Raspberry Ridge Sweet Beach Romance Books in Order
Part ofJessie Gussman Books in OrderFind the Raspberry Ridge Sweet Beach Romance books by Jessie Gussman in order, with summaries, series background, and reading advice.
Last updated: June 29, 2026
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Raspberry Ridge Sweet Beach Romance books in publication order
11 books
Around the Next Bend
by Jessie Gussman
2024
A public Christian speaker comes home for a funeral carrying a secret from long ago. The man who remembers that night best may also be the one who still wants her.
Beyond the Setting Sun
by Jessie Gussman
2024
A burned-out pop star and an exhausted hockey player hide out next door to each other in Raspberry Ridge. Their summer escape gets complicated by attraction and honesty.
Down the Dirt Road
by Jessie Gussman
2024
After her parents' death, a woman returns to Raspberry Ridge to settle the family estate and uncover old secrets. A quiet local man becomes part of the mystery and the healing.
Into the Golden Dawn
by Jessie Gussman
2024
Back in Raspberry Ridge after a dangerous life on the road, a woman wants one safe thing, her family home. A childhood friend offers help, and maybe much more.
On the Sandy Beach
by Jessie Gussman
2024
A married couple whose garden-design partnership shattered after tragedy try one last project together, a memorial garden for their son. It is grief, forgiveness, and marriage repair by the lake.
Under the Rising Moon
by Jessie Gussman
2024
Abandoned in Raspberry Ridge with a baby and no plan, a woman ends up under the roof of a gruff man caring for his mother. Forced closeness slowly turns warm.
Below the Far Horizon
by Jessie Gussman
2025
A woman returns to town after her marriage and career collapse, only to find family surprises waiting at home. Raspberry Ridge offers her more than recovery, and maybe real love.
Beside the Rolling Waves
by Jessie Gussman
2025
When a woman drops everything to help care for her sister's newborn twins, she must co-parent with the man who ghosted her years ago. Second chances roll in with the waves.
Between the Shady Groves
by Jessie Gussman
2025
Another Raspberry Ridge couple finds their way through family history, small-town closeness, and the quiet surprises of coming home. The tone is gentle, reflective, and romantic.
Over the Verdant Hills
by Jessie Gussman
2025
Trying to begin again in Raspberry Ridge, a woman throws herself into restoring family ground and rethinking the life she chased. Love arrives through old ties and new perspective.
Through the Dark Night
by Jessie Gussman
2025
Set against Raspberry Ridge's calm beauty, this romance asks two wounded people to trust light after a hard season. It promises hope without pretending darkness is easy.
Raspberry Ridge Sweet Beach Romance books in chronological order

On the Sandy Beach
by Jessie Gussman
2024Raspberry Ridge Sweet Beach Romance, Book 1
Under the Rising Moon
by Jessie Gussman
2024Raspberry Ridge Sweet Beach Romance, Book 2
Down the Dirt Road
by Jessie Gussman
2024Raspberry Ridge Sweet Beach Romance, Book 3
Around the Next Bend
by Jessie Gussman
2024Raspberry Ridge Sweet Beach Romance, Book 4
Into the Golden Dawn
by Jessie Gussman
2024Raspberry Ridge Sweet Beach Romance, Book 5
Beyond the Setting Sun
by Jessie Gussman
2024Raspberry Ridge Sweet Beach Romance, Book 6
Beside the Rolling Waves
by Jessie Gussman
2025Raspberry Ridge Sweet Beach Romance, Book 7
Below the Far Horizon
by Jessie Gussman
2025Raspberry Ridge Sweet Beach Romance, Book 8
Over the Verdant Hills
by Jessie Gussman
2025Raspberry Ridge Sweet Beach Romance, Book 9
Between the Shady Groves
by Jessie Gussman
2025Raspberry Ridge Sweet Beach Romance, Book 10
Through the Dark Night
by Jessie Gussman
2025Raspberry Ridge Sweet Beach Romance, Book 11
Series background & context
Raspberry Ridge sits near Jessie Gussman's other Lake Michigan towns, but it has its own mood. This series begins with sisters returning home after their parents' deaths, and that note of inheritance, memory, and family complication keeps echoing through the books.
The setting is lovely, but the wounds are real.
Raspberry Ridge gives you beaches, cottages, gardens, fishing boats, and summer light, but it also brings in grief, old secrets, broken marriages, hidden histories, and people who left town thinking they would never come back. That makes the romances feel both gentle and substantial. The scenery softens the edges, but it does not solve the problems.
The series works especially well because it keeps widening. What begins as one family's return becomes a bigger community story, with locals, old friends, neighbors, and newcomers all getting their own chance at love. Jessie Gussman uses the town's spaces, docks, gardens, old houses, quiet roads, to slow characters down enough that they have to face what they have been avoiding.
Start with On the Sandy Beach if you can. The family threads and town atmosphere build from there, and later books gain more emotional depth when you already know who came back, what they lost, and why Raspberry Ridge still matters.
If you want small-town beach romance with a little more ache in it, this is a strong place to go.
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