Sherryl Woods Books in Order

Young widow Lauren works in Charleston's planning bureau, where she crosses powerful developer Leland Cross. He wants both revenge and a relationship, leaving her to confront his determination while protecting her independence and her young child.

Melissa becomes governess to wealthy Jason Kent's motherless daughter and grows attached to the lonely child. Her feelings for Jason complicate the job, especially when staying near him could mean watching him marry another woman.

New television station manager Kelly Patrick must persuade star anchorman Grant Andrews to renew his contract. Their attraction creates a struggle over authority, leaving Kelly determined to protect her career without becoming part of his bargaining terms.

Attorney Linc Taylor is drawn to Christina Davis after she challenges his arrogance at a fundraiser. Discovering she is a judge makes their attraction professionally dangerous, forcing both to weigh their ambitions against the relationship they want.

Approaching forty, Jessica Warren resolves to act maturely and get fit, but playful neighbor Kevin Lawrence disrupts her plans. His disregard for appearances challenges her reserve, leaving her torn between propriety and the attraction she cannot dismiss.

Mime Erin Matthews teases a stranger in a suit, only for Mark Townsend to pursue her with a whirlwind marriage proposal. His romantic gestures tempt her, but past disappointments make his promises of lasting security difficult to trust.

An injury leaves tennis champion Evan Thomas bitter and isolated, until teacher Corey Reed urges him to help troubled children through sport. Their attraction complicates her campaign, as each asks for emotional commitments the other finds difficult.

Photographer Melody travels through Bavaria with writer Brad Wainwright, determined to keep their partnership professional. His kisses and an apparent romantic rival undermine that resolve, leaving her uncertain about his intentions and the place she holds in his life.

TV producer Barrie MacDonald resists network executive Michael Compton's plan to reschedule her sitcom, despite their attraction. When her heroine's romance starts echoing her own dilemmas, Barrie must reconsider how closely to mix professional and personal life.

Romantic antique dealer Victoria Marshall falls for Tate McAndrews, the practical IRS representative auditing her business. Their attraction is strong, but their different expectations leave her wondering whether an impulsive dreamer and a realist can build a lasting relationship.

Private investigator Matt Flanagan is sent to find Meg Blake, who keeps emotional distance from the people who care about her. His growing protectiveness challenges his professional detachment, while Meg struggles to accept affection without retreating behind old barriers.

Doug Maguire returns claiming he has changed, but ex-wife Traci refuses to surrender her hard-won independence. Their son's needs, her family's support, and Doug's persistent charm complicate her resolve never to trust the man who left.

Entertainment lawyer Lindsay Tabor tracks down screenwriter Mark Channing, who insists she visit his mountain ski retreat before considering her offer. Their attraction threatens the professional distance she wants to maintain while securing him as a client.

Tina Harrington shelters people and animals who have nowhere else to go, until neighbor Drew Landry questions her unconventional household. His suspicions set events in motion that threaten her family, even as meeting Tina changes his judgment and awakens attraction.

Director Ashley Ames reluctantly films a commercial with toddler Kevin Donovan, then finds herself attracted to his father, Cole. His devotion to his son challenges her assumptions about children and draws her toward a family she never expected to want.

Audrey Nelson cancels her vacation to cover a balloon festival, vowing this will be her last unwanted favor. Blake Marshall's forceful charm tests that resolve, making her weigh growing attraction against her need for control and self-respect.

Librarian Dana Brantley moves to quiet River Glen to rebuild her life, but the townspeople begin matchmaking. Nick Verone and his young son welcome her, while Nick must earn the trust of a woman still carrying painful memories.

Widowed psychologist Mallory Blake moves to San Francisco and clashes with neurosurgeon Justin Whitmore over a young patient. Attraction reveals the hurt beneath his difficult manner, leaving two wounded people to consider whether they can risk intimacy again.

Katie Stewart's personal ad draws many responses and unexpected objections from her boss, Ross Chandler. As Ross begins pursuing her himself, romantic notes from an anonymous admirer leave Katie torn between a tangible attraction and an elusive promise.

Reporter Amanda Roberts is at a gym when a popular aerobics instructor is found dead in the steam room. Convinced there is a murder story to investigate, she resists Joe Donelli's attempts to keep her safely out of danger.

Steven Drake returns offering to buy land from Lara Danvers, who believes he seduced her years earlier to obtain her farm. Renewed attraction forces them to confront conflicting memories before Lara can consider letting him back into her life.

Engineer Cara Scott searches for site manager Rod Craig after weeks without reports, then ends up fleeing danger with him in a Mexican jungle. Their arguments and attraction complicate survival as Rod's independence collides with Cara's determination.

Teacher Elizabeth Gentry pours her energy into her students after betrayal and loss make romance feel unsafe. Todd Lewis's persistence revives feelings she has suppressed, but trusting him means risking the fragile peace she has built around her work.

Practical Gabrielle Clayton accepts renovator Paul Reed's offer to share his affordable apartment after her fortunes decline. They intend to maintain personal boundaries, but close quarters and unexpected common ground turn a housing solution into a romantic complication.

Reporter Amanda Roberts expects a routine Georgia cooking demonstration, until the chef collapses dead in his souffle. Pursuing a possible murder story puts her at odds with detective Joe Donelli, whose concern for her mixes with attraction.

Catherine Devlin and businessman Dillon Westin share a passionate weekend, then promise to reunite a year later. Their feelings endure, but busy lives in separate cities and existing obligations make turning occasional meetings into a lasting relationship difficult.

When valuable antiques vanish from homes she has visited, reporter Amanda Roberts becomes the prime suspect. Clearing her name requires help from her former husband and her current love, bringing personal complications into an already difficult investigation.

Ann Davies readily opens her home to children and kittens, but temporary lodger Hank Riley brings a different challenge. His attraction to Ann conflicts with his habit of avoiding domestic ties, while her crowded household tests their expectations.

Cassie Miles swears off baseball players after her marriage ends, but pitcher J.K. Starr befriends her young son. His interest challenges her defenses, leaving Cassie to wonder whether their relationship could endure after spring training takes him away.

Financial executive Joshua Ames falls for ranch manager and single mother Traci Garrett while working in Wyoming. When he returns determined to pursue her, Traci must decide whether attraction is worth reopening a heart she has carefully guarded.

Postal worker Marilou Stockton follows a grandmother's undelivered letter to Cal Rivers, expecting to help repair a family rift. Instead she finds a stubborn adult rancher whose attraction to her complicates her efforts to encourage forgiveness.

Amanda Roberts's fiance, former New York cop Joe Donelli, disappears on their wedding day. Following his trail through the South takes her into a world of skinheads, violence, and old resentments as she searches for her missing groom.

Widower Brandon Halloran has often interfered in his family's romances, but now his own lost love returns. Reuniting with Elizabeth Forsythe offers a second chance, provided his relatives do not derail the happiness he once helped arrange for them.

A fire damages Frank's hands and threatens his livelihood, leaving him unwilling to face recovery or his family. Occupational therapist Jenny Michaels challenges his withdrawal, and their growing connection makes accepting help feel possible, though trusting love remains difficult.

Kevin Halloran defied family expectations to marry Lacey Granger, but the years have strained their youthful certainty. When a serious blow threatens Kevin, Lacey must confront doubts within their marriage and the commitment needed to support him.

Molly DeWitt's fresh start in a Key Biscayne apartment complex falters when its president is found murdered with a knife that seems to be hers. Investigating alongside detective Michael O'Hara becomes essential to clearing her name.

A young film director is found dead in actress Veronica Weston's trailer, and Molly DeWitt becomes her alibi. Working with detective Michael O'Hara, Molly must sort through a cast of suspects whose motives make the actress's innocence difficult to establish.

Independent Dana Roberts disrupts corporate executive Jason Halloran's predictable life, but resists becoming someone he needs to rescue. Their attraction forces both to question familiar roles as Dana protects the self-reliance she has maintained since her teens.

Zelda Lane returns to the town she once scandalized, still drawn to Taylor Matthews and still nursing a grudge. Now a respectable community figure, Taylor must face the love he abandoned and the feelings her return revives.

Reporter Amanda Roberts finds her anonymous source murdered in a cemetery before he can expose an Atlanta bank. Pursuing his allegations draws her into arms deals, trade embargo violations, and political intrigue that make finding the killer dangerous.

Reporter Amanda Roberts encounters a jogger shortly before the woman is murdered. As a killer targets professional women in Atlanta's parks, Amanda's investigation puts her in danger and draws her closer to former cop Joe Donelli.

Molly DeWitt joins detective Michael O'Hara to investigate a murder at an environmental charity gala. The dead chairwoman moved among wealthy people with plenty to hide, leaving Molly to sort through motives behind the glittering event.

Divorce lawyer Kate Newton meets widower David Winthrop through his troubled ten-year-old son. Helping the boy brings her into a grieving family's life, where her growing feelings for David complicate the boundaries she expected to keep.

Penny Hayden and Sam Roberts meet again nine years after their teenage acquaintance. Penny's grandfather wants to turn their reunion into a match, but Sam's preference for solitude and Penny's resistance make his plans difficult.

Molly DeWitt and Michael O'Hara find a boat rigged to explode at the Miami docks. With Michael's uncle missing, their search for answers leads into a conspiracy that makes staying alive as urgent as solving the mystery.

Beth Callahan dreams of restoring a Victorian house in Berry Ridge, Vermont. When bachelor Ken Hutchinson buys it and hires her to help, their clashing ideas turn a professional arrangement into an increasingly personal challenge.

Foreign correspondent Richard Walton returns to Kiley, Virginia, to care for his ill grandmother. Pastor Anna Louise Perkins challenges his weary view of people, offering the possibility of renewed faith and a relationship he hadn't expected.

Reporter Amanda Roberts investigates the apparent suicide of a Georgia senator's assistant. The young woman's promising career makes her fatal car crash difficult to explain, and Amanda's questions threaten people who would prefer the case closed.

Widowed Jessie Adams goes into labor near a Texas ranch and must accept help from her late husband's brother. Luke knows little about delivering babies, and their unexpected Christmas encounter brings old discomfort into a very immediate crisis.

Amanda Roberts investigates trouble surrounding Atlanta's wealthy Kenilworth family after a child asks her to find his missing mother. What begins as a search for answers develops into a murder case involving a family's closely guarded secrets.

Jordan Adams proposes a practical marriage to single mother Kelly Flint, a friend whose daughter already matters to him. Both carry wounds from earlier relationships, but their supposedly sensible arrangement becomes harder to separate from real feelings.

Amanda Roberts tries to clear the name of Miss Martha's long-dead lover, a bootlegger accused of a crime. Digging into the past brings a living killer's attention, turning an old injustice into a present danger.

With her Wall Street career and marriage in trouble, Callie Smith returns toward the Iowa family she's avoided. A request to rescue a failing soap opera brings Jason Kane into her life and makes starting over complicated.

Cody Adams returns home to discover that Melissa Horton has a daughter and their old relationship has unfinished business. He offers marriage, but Melissa wants more than a practical solution to the hurt that separated them.

Widowed rancher Harlan Adams has raised sons, but a rebellious teenager who steals his truck presents a different challenge. Meeting the girl's mother, Janet Runningbear, brings an attraction to a woman who won't follow his orders.

Ashley Wilde returns home and finds herself drawn to proper, reserved Dillon Ford. Time together in a secluded cabin intensifies their attraction, but their very different temperaments make it difficult to imagine how a relationship could work.

Danielle Wilde helps widower Slade Watkins manage his two unruly sons and begins to hope for a family with them. Slade refuses to marry again, while the people of Riverton take an interest in changing his mind.

Sara Wilde wants the ranch her father sold to Jake Dawson. A rodeo wager gives her a chance to challenge him, but the terms require marriage if she loses, putting her home and her future on the line.

Pregnant Angela Adams refuses to marry Clint Brady after his reaction to the news wounds her. Clint now wants to be a father, but rebuilding their relationship requires more than accepting responsibility for their child.

Former investigator Dana Miller seeks answers after her husband is murdered in Chicago. Rick Sanchez may know something important, but trusting him becomes complicated as she works to protect the community program her husband believed in.

Gracie MacDougal leaves her demanding work behind and plans a bed-and-breakfast in Seagull Point, Virginia. Kevin Daniels owns the Victorian house she wants, but his refusal to sell and their growing attraction complicate her fresh start.

Deputy Justin Adams catches Patsy Longhorn stealing medicine for her feverish baby. Enforcing the law clashes with his sympathy for a struggling mother, while his wish to help challenges her reluctance to trust another man.

Veterinarian Dani Adams has reasons to avoid single fathers, but Duke Jenkins and his twins make that resolve difficult. Their growing closeness offers the family she might want, if she can risk repeating an earlier heartbreak.

Lizzy Adams is pregnant by Hank Robbins and refuses to trap him in marriage. Hank already wants a future with her, but convincing Lizzy that his proposal comes from love requires overcoming her doubts about his intentions.

Jane Dawson discovers she is pregnant just as she fears her chance at motherhood is slipping away. The baby also brings her former lover back into her life, forcing them to confront an unexpected future and unfinished feelings.

Single father Chance Adams plans to use his attraction to schoolteacher Jenny to pursue a grievance against her family. His son and his growing feelings complicate a scheme that becomes increasingly difficult to keep separate from love.

New York career woman Megan O'Rourke inherits responsibility for her grandfather's young daughter, whom she never knew existed. Returning to Wyoming brings unexpected parenthood and an encounter with Jake Landers, the man connected to her own past.

Former rodeo star Slade Sutton suddenly faces raising his young, motherless daughter Annie. Val Harding offers help, but accepting her presence brings an attraction he would rather avoid while he struggles to become the father Annie needs.

Harlan Patrick Adams sees a photograph of singer Laurie Jensen's baby and recognizes his own eyes. Pursuing answers from his former love brings questions of parenthood, marriage, and the career Laurie has worked to build.

Rancher Hardy Jones finds Trish Delacourt in labor beside a snowy road and helps deliver her baby. His involvement with mother and daughter challenges his determination to stay a bachelor and keep emotional commitments out of his life.

Sharon Adams expects little change while working in her family's convenience store. A snowy night's arrival of a cowboy and an abandoned baby opens unexpected possibilities, challenging her settled plans with the prospect of love and family.

Struggling actress Heather Reed brings her three-year-old daughter to Wyoming to find the child's father, Todd Winston. Todd's resistance surprises her, leaving Heather to uncover why he won't accept a place in their daughter's life.

Private investigator Dylan Delacourt helps pediatrician Kelsey James search for her kidnapped son. Her guarded secrets test his trust, while the case reopens his own pain over losing a child and complicates their growing attraction.

Grace Foster believes marriage to Michael Delacourt is impossible despite their shared past. Helping two runaway children brings them together on a Texas ranch, where old feelings and new responsibilities challenge the future she has ruled out.

Maddie Kent gets close to Tyler Delacourt to take revenge on the family she blames for destroying her own. Falling for him undermines her plan, but revealing her deception could cost the relationship she now wants.

Jeb Delacourt suspects geologist Brianna O'Ryan of corporate spying, but the secret she's protecting involves her daughter. His efforts to understand her guarded behavior bring an attraction that competes with her determination to put her child first.

Miami firefighter Ricky Wilder rescues Allie Matthews during a hurricane and offers her somewhere to stay. Their attraction faces his reluctance to commit and her need for independence, while his dangerous work adds another obstacle to trust.

Daisy Spencer takes in a ten-year-old orphan caught trying to steal her car, despite her family's objections. The boy's uncle, police officer Walker Ames, arrives with his own troubles, complicating Daisy's effort to offer the child stability.

Widow Karen Hanson struggles to keep her ranch and considers selling it to begin again. The interested buyer is Grady Blackhawk, her late husband's enemy, making her growing attraction to him difficult to reconcile with the past.

Cassie Collins returns to Winding River ten years after leaving pregnant with Cole Davis's child. Cole wants marriage and a place in his child's life, but their renewed attraction must contend with the betrayal that drove her away.

These two romances follow women facing unfinished business in Winding River. Cassie returns with the child Cole never raised, while widowed Karen considers selling her ranch to her husband's enemy, bringing old loyalties into new relationships.

Gina Petrillo returns to Winding River, Wyoming, hoping to escape her troubles, but lawyer Rafe O'Donnell follows her as a suspect. His determination to keep her under observation becomes complicated by the attraction developing between them.

Hollywood star Lauren Winters returns to Wyoming and works anonymously as a horse trainer. Rancher Wade Owens treats her as an ordinary person, but his distrust of wealth and fame makes revealing her identity a risk to their romance.

Sheriff Tucker Spencer finds former love Mary Elizabeth in his bed after her politician husband is murdered. She needs his help clearing her name, forcing Tucker to investigate while confronting the heartbreak she left behind.

Single mother Jenna Kennedy stages a bold spectacle to get Bobby Spencer's attention and secure a job planning Trinity Harbor's riverfront. Their professional ambitions soon collide with attraction, despite both wanting to avoid another complicated romance.

Abandoned in childhood and separated from his brothers, pub owner Ryan Devaney has little faith in love. Maggie O'Brien challenges his guarded outlook and awakens his desire to find the family he has long been missing.

Firefighter Sean Devaney avoids love because his childhood taught him that families fall apart. Meeting single mother Deanna Blackwell after a devastating fire draws him toward her and her son, challenging his fear of commitment.

A runaway teenager brings child advocate Daniel Devaney back into contact with Molly Creighton, the woman he lost after tragedy. Hoping for a fresh start, Daniel must show that he can take responsibility and earn her trust.

Emma Killian returns to Florida after her father's death and finds debts, secrets, and questions surrounding the family diner. Police chief Matt Atkins offers support as she tries to keep the business afloat and understand what happened.

Physical therapist Kelly Andrews has long loved navy SEAL Michael Devaney and is assigned to help him recover from a terrible accident. His injuries have damaged his confidence, making it difficult for him to believe he could offer her happiness.

Fisherman Patrick Devaney withdraws after discovering a painful family secret. Kindergarten teacher Alice Newberry tries to reach him, but accepting the possibility of love means confronting the past he has shut himself away to avoid.

After years raising her nephews, Destiny Carlton turns her attention to protecting the family business from former love William Harcourt. His corporate challenge is intended to win her back, but her anger transforms their reunion into a contest.

Tycoon Richard Carlton resists his aunt's attempt to pair him with PR executive Melanie Hart. When the press mistakes them for a couple, he proposes a fake engagement, only to find their performance stirring feelings he hoped to avoid.

Dr. Beth Browning appreciates the effect charming Mack Carlton has on a young patient, but doubts his suitability as a partner. His playboy history and her own past losses complicate an attraction encouraged by his matchmaking aunt.

Reclusive artist Ben Carlton meets gallery owner Kathleen Dugan through his matchmaking aunt. Kathleen is drawn to both his paintings and the man behind them, but his painful memories threaten his ability to risk another relationship.

After being jilted, Maggie Forsythe retreats from her South Carolina life until friends encourage a new direction. Attraction to project foreman Josh Parker offers possibilities, but his distrust of privileged women puts their different backgrounds between them.

Jo D'Angelo returns to Rose Cottage seeking the comfort her sisters found there, only to encounter former love Pete Catlett. With Pete worried about his young son, both must decide whether their old heartbreak can become a new beginning.

Weary correspondent Dinah Davis returns to South Carolina planning to settle down with the dependable man she left behind. Instead, his risk-taking brother Cordell captures her interest, challenging her carefully chosen plan for a quieter life.

Burned-out attorney Ashley D'Angelo seeks calm at Rose Cottage and finds herself attracted to Josh Madison, who seems unlike her usual partners. Discovering that he has hidden something important threatens the relationship she hoped would offer a fresh start.

Melanie retreats to Rose Cottage hoping to put her own needs first, but meets a landscaper and his troubled daughter. Their need for help draws her closer, leaving her to consider whether loving them would cost her independence.