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Stonehill Books in Order

Part ofMarci Bolden Books in Order

See the Stonehill books by Marci Bolden in order, with quick summaries, series background, connected characters, and simple where-to-start guidance.

Last updated: July 4, 2026

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Stonehill books in publication order

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6 books

1

Friends Without Benefits

by Marci Bolden

2015

Dianna Friedman is barely holding things together after her husband leaves. When betrayed spouse Paul O'Connell shows up with a plan, friendship becomes their lifeline, and maybe something more.

2

The Forgotten Path

by Marci Bolden

2015

Annie O'Connell trusts no one more than herself, even as Marcus Callison has loved her for years. When tragedy shatters her carefully managed life, Marcus refuses to let her face the fallout alone.

3

The Road Leads Back

by Marci Bolden

2015

Artist Kara Martinson has built a life far from the town that cast her out. A surprise reunion with Harry Canton pulls her back toward old love, old pain, and a hometown she never meant to face again.

4

Jessica's Wish

by Marci Bolden

2016

Eleven-year-old Jessica wants one thing for her birthday, a mother. As her father Phil grows close to Mallory O'Connell, family pressure and old fears threaten the fragile happiness taking shape around them.

5

This Old Cafe

by Marci Bolden

2017

Jenna Reid is fighting to keep her struggling cafe afloat when Daniel Maguire enters her life at his own low point. Fixing the building turns into something more personal for them both.

6

Forever Yours

by Marci Bolden

2019

Four years after Aiden broke her heart, Meg Tanaka wants nothing to do with him. His return to town reopens old hurt and raises one hard question, can a first love really earn a second chance?

Stonehill books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "The Road Leads Back"

    The Road Leads Back

    by Marci Bolden

    2015Stonehill, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Friends Without Benefits"

    Friends Without Benefits

    by Marci Bolden

    2015Stonehill, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "The Forgotten Path"

    The Forgotten Path

    by Marci Bolden

    2015Stonehill, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Jessica's Wish"

    Jessica's Wish

    by Marci Bolden

    2016Stonehill, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "This Old Cafe"

    This Old Cafe

    by Marci Bolden

    2017Stonehill, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Forever Yours"

    Forever Yours

    by Marci Bolden

    2019Stonehill, Book 6

Series background & context

Stonehill is Marci Bolden's small-town romance series, and the town matters almost as much as the couples do. These books are full of people who thought they had moved on, only to find that home, family, and old love stories still have a pull. Each novel centers on a different pair, but the families, friendships, and local history knit everything together.

The series opens with The Road Leads Back, where Kara Martinson is pushed back toward the hometown that once rejected her. Her reunion with Harry Canton brings up unfinished business, old hurt, and the question of whether two people can build something real after so much lost time. That second-chance feeling runs through much of the series.

Other books widen the circle. Friends Without Benefits pairs two people blindsided by their spouses' betrayal. The Forgotten Path follows fiercely self-reliant Annie O'Connell and the man who has loved her for years. In Jessica's Wish, an eleven-year-old girl who wants a mother becomes the quiet center of a new love story between her father Phil and Mallory O'Connell.

Small town, big feelings.

By the time you reach This Old Cafe and Forever Yours, Stonehill has become the kind of place where people show up bruised by divorce, grief, money problems, or bad timing and slowly find room to start again. A struggling cafe, a family home, or a familiar main street can become the backdrop for repair. Even when the books focus on romance, family ties are never far away.

The tone is warm, emotional, and very character-driven. These are adult love stories, not teen romances, and the conflicts often come from years of history rather than simple misunderstandings. Parents, exes, children, siblings, and longtime friends all have weight here. So do secrets that towns remember long after individuals want to forget them.

If you like interconnected series where familiar faces keep returning, Stonehill delivers that comfort without losing tension. The appeal is not just who ends up together. It is watching a whole community make room for forgiveness, honesty, and a little hope.

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