Susan Mallery Books in Order

Teacher Nissa Lang accepts a summer room in CEO Desmond Stilling's home after another arrangement falls through. She intends to hide her longtime crush, while he struggles to maintain the distance he believes his best friend's sister deserves.

Shaye Harper stops in Wishing Tree on her way to a fresh start, determined to avoid men. Army veteran Lawson Easley wants to stay in his hometown, making their growing connection depend on whether she can imagine remaining there.

Reggie returns for her parents' Christmas vow renewal and encounters her first love again. Meanwhile, her pregnant sister Dena connects with a widowed songwriter, as both women confront the fears that stand between them and another chance at love.

Former stepsisters Daisy and Sage have spent years nursing a rivalry sharpened by family history and romance. When their younger sister Cassidy needs care, they must work together, reopening old wounds while discovering whether reconciliation is still possible.

Winemaker Mackenzie Dienes's job, home, and closest relationships all belong to her husband's family. When their marriage ends, she faces a choice between staying in a diminished role and risking everything familiar to build a life of her own.

Camryn plans a temporary holiday romance while caring for her sisters in Wishing Tree. Her friend River grows close to her partner in the town's Christmas festivities, but doubts about his hidden past complicate their chance at lasting love.

Bree, Mikki, and Ashley combine a bookstore, gift shop, and bakery on the California coast. Their business thrives while romance and family complications unsettle their lives, making new friendship a source of courage for choices they have avoided.

Overwhelmed by her grown children's problems and her own uncertain future, Robyn Caldwell visits her great-aunt in Santa Barbara. When loved ones follow her, the hoped-for escape becomes a chance to rethink family responsibilities and what she wants for herself.

Friends Heather, Daphne, and Tori confront different threats to the lives they have built. An uncertain family connection, a strained marriage, and an inconvenient attraction test their confidence while their friendship offers room to reconsider what happiness requires.

Finley McGowan has built a secure home for the niece she is raising, despite her own troubled childhood. When her sister Sloane returns seeking a relationship with her daughter, Finley must confront mistrust, forgiveness, and the fear of losing family.

When her ex-husband’s arrest leaves his pregnant wife Allison stranded, Erica takes her in at their daughter Summer’s request. Living together forces two wary women to reconsider old assumptions and discover an unexpected possibility of friendship and family.

Julie Parker expects a quiet Christmas with her secret, much younger boyfriend until her adult children request a family gathering. As guests multiply at the cabin, concealed relationships and old hurts complicate everyone’s hopes for the holiday.

Laurel, Paris, and Cassie want their summer book club to offer an escape from everyday troubles. Instead, the fictional heroines they read inspire them to confront damaged relationships, take risks, and consider changes beyond the pages of their books.

Malibu sandwich-shop owner Beth is delighted when her brother dates her best friend and she falls for that friend’s brother. Discovering his infidelity leaves her torn between protecting family and preserving the relationships that have transformed her life.

A wedding venue brings two mothers and their adult daughters together, exposing a long-buried connection involving an adoption that never happened. As secrets emerge, all four women question how past choices have shaped their relationships and their sense of belonging.

Jax runs a bookstore where townspeople keep private diaries in labeled lockboxes. When an accident erases the names, identifying the owners exposes secrets that disrupt the community, while her own family and romantic plans resist her attempts at control.

Childhood friends Lily, Anne, and Maya once promised to be family, until a romantic betrayal divided them. Maya’s determined reunion plan sends them recreating missed milestones, challenging Lily and Anne to reconsider their history and forgive their younger selves.