Tara Janzen Books in Order
Tara Janzen books in order, with concise summaries, series details, and simple advice on where to begin with her romantic suspense and adventure novels.
Last updated: July 14, 2026
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Tara Janzen books in publication order
13 books
Crazy Cool
by Tara Janzen
2005
Christian Hawkins once went to prison after saving socialite Kat Dekker. Thirteen years later, an explosion at a Denver art auction puts Kat in danger, forcing the former lovers to confront their past while someone tries to kill her.
Crazy Hot
by Tara Janzen
2005
Paleontologist Regan McKinney searches for her missing grandfather and finds Quinn Younger in a nearly deserted Utah town. The former Air Force pilot owes her grandfather his life, but terrorists and stolen dinosaur bones turn their search deadly.
Crazy Kisses
by Tara Janzen
2006
Undercover soldier Kid Chronopolous returns to Panama City with a drug lord's killers on his trail. His on-and-off love, Nikki McKinney, comes to say goodbye, only to become a target herself.
Crazy Love
by Tara Janzen
2006
SDF commander Dylan Hart recruits street-smart Skeeter Bang for a mission involving a top-secret file. When a Washington party erupts in gunfire, they must outrun danger while facing an attraction neither can dismiss.
Crazy Sweet
by Tara Janzen
2006
After torture and memory loss, Gillian Pentycote remakes herself as the lethal Red Dog and hunts the man who destroyed her life. Operative Travis James wants the same enemy, but refuses to let her serve as bait.
Crazy Wild
by Tara Janzen
2006
Special Defense Force operative Creed Rivera is watching a Denver librarian who may be tied to a missing nuclear warhead. When killers arrive, Creed and Cordelia "Cody" Stark must run together before a global weapons deal goes through.
Cutting Loose
by Tara Janzen
2007
CIA operative Zachary Prade is supposed to recover an encoded file from Lily Robbins, not fall for her. Hunted by spies and assassins, Lily must trust the man she knows as a Central American drug lord.
On the Loose/ Steele Street: Loose
by Tara Janzen
2007
Ex-DEA operative C. Smith Rydell is assigned to protect Honey York, the woman he once caught smuggling money into El Salvador. With a CIA operation failing, they have forty-eight hours to find a guerrilla camp and get out.
Loose And Easy
by Tara Janzen
2008
Special Ops soldier Johnny Ramos spots his brilliant high school crush disguised as a Denver prostitute. Private investigator Esmee Alden is really chasing stolen art and a ruthless bookie, but Johnny's return blows her operation wide open.
Breaking Loose
by Tara Janzen
2009
Art dealer Suzi Toussi and former soldier Dax Killian are both hunting the Memphis Sphinx, a relic rumored to have dangerous power. Their competing missions take them through Paraguay, where trust is as scarce as the artifact.
Loose Ends
by Tara Janzen
2011
A soldier believed dead returns as Conroy Farrel, with little memory and a mission against Steele Street. Jane Linden, a former thief who knew him long ago, is caught between bringing him home and staying alive.
Crazy Hearts
by Tara Janzen
2020
Dylan Hart has spent years hiding the life he had before Steele Street. Now the past he thought was gone is racing toward Denver, forcing the Special Defense Force leader to face the people who still want him dead.
River of Eden
by Tara Janzen
2020
Botanist Annie Parrish hires disgraced scientist Will Travers to guide her into the Amazon in search of a rare orchid. Their expedition becomes a fight for survival when Will's enemy and Annie's secrets close in.
Where to start with Tara Janzen
For the Steele Street series from the beginning: Crazy Hot → Crazy Cool → Crazy Wild → Crazy Kisses
For the later Steele Street arc: On the Loose → Cutting Loose → Loose And Easy → Breaking Loose
For the series payoff and Dylan Hart's history: Loose Ends → Crazy Hearts
For a standalone Amazon adventure: River of Eden
Tara Janzen sub-series and character series
Steele Street books in order
Explore this series
Crazy Cool
by Tara Janzen
2005Steele Street, Book 2
Crazy Hot
by Tara Janzen
2005Steele Street, Book 1
Crazy Kisses
by Tara Janzen
2006Steele Street, Book 4
Crazy Love
by Tara Janzen
2006Steele Street, Book 5
Crazy Sweet
by Tara Janzen
2006Steele Street, Book 6
Crazy Wild
by Tara Janzen
2006Steele Street, Book 3
Cutting Loose
by Tara Janzen
2007Steele Street, Book 8
On the Loose/ Steele Street: Loose
by Tara Janzen
2007Steele Street, Book 7
Loose And Easy
by Tara Janzen
2008Steele Street, Book 9
Breaking Loose
by Tara Janzen
2009Steele Street, Book 10
Loose Ends
by Tara Janzen
2011Steele Street, Book 11
Crazy Hearts
by Tara Janzen
2020Steele Street, Book 12
Steele Street books in chronological order

Crazy Hot
by Tara Janzen
2005Steele Street, Book 1
Crazy Cool
by Tara Janzen
2005Steele Street, Book 2
Crazy Wild
by Tara Janzen
2006Steele Street, Book 3
Crazy Kisses
by Tara Janzen
2006Steele Street, Book 4
Crazy Love
by Tara Janzen
2006Steele Street, Book 5
Crazy Sweet
by Tara Janzen
2006Steele Street, Book 6
On the Loose/ Steele Street: Loose
by Tara Janzen
2007Steele Street, Book 7
Cutting Loose
by Tara Janzen
2007Steele Street, Book 8
Loose And Easy
by Tara Janzen
2008Steele Street, Book 9
Breaking Loose
by Tara Janzen
2009Steele Street, Book 10
Loose Ends
by Tara Janzen
2011Steele Street, Book 11
Crazy Hearts
by Tara Janzen
2020Steele Street, Book 12
Standalone Tara Janzen books
Author bio
Tara Janzen is the pen name of Glenna McReynolds, a novelist whose work moves easily between romance, danger, history, and the occasional far-flung expedition. Born in Lewiston, Idaho, in 1953, she later studied at Colorado Mountain College and has long made her home in Colorado.
Her publishing career began under the name Glenna McReynolds. Her first novel, South's Honor, appeared in 1987, followed by a run of thirteen Loveswept romances. These early books often mixed strong-willed heroines, Western settings, and the kind of trouble that makes a quiet life impossible.
A few of those titles, including Avenging Angel, Shameless, and Outlaw Carson, established the broad range of her romance writing. Avenging Angel received a RITA Award in 1994, and McReynolds also earned a career achievement award for her romantic adventure work.
She didn't stay in one lane. The Dragon novels, beginning with The Dragon and the Dove, brought fantasy elements into the mix. Her later Chalice books, including The Chalice and the Blade, Dream Stone, and Prince of Time, moved through medieval landscapes, old legends, political struggles, and love stories with high personal stakes.
Then came the Amazon.
In River of Eden, McReynolds sent two scientists deep into the Brazilian rain forest in pursuit of a rare orchid and a dangerous enemy. The novel shows her interest in research-heavy settings, with botany, anthropology, local beliefs, and wilderness survival all folded into a romantic suspense story.
The Tara Janzen name arrived with Crazy Hot in 2005. It opened the Steele Street series, a line of contemporary romantic suspense novels centered on a Denver-based Special Defense Force team. The characters have military and intelligence skills, messy pasts, fast cars, and a habit of finding themselves in missions that become much more personal than planned.
The pace changes fast.
Books such as Crazy Cool, Crazy Wild, Crazy Kisses, and Loose Ends pair a different couple with a new threat, while familiar team members keep the larger story moving. Readers who enjoy romantic suspense tend to come for the mix of undercover work, international danger, second chances, and a close-knit group that has known one another through the worst days of their lives.
Janzen's books have appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists. Her stories are usually built around people who are capable under pressure but still carrying old grief, old loyalties, or old mistakes. The romantic relationships matter, but so do the friendships, the team history, and the question of whether someone can really leave the past behind.
Colorado remains a natural home base in much of her work, especially the Steele Street novels. From there, her characters head into art-world schemes, jungle missions, covert operations, and old mysteries that refuse to stay buried.
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