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Explore Terri Blackstock books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and easy starting points for her romance, mystery, and suspense novels.

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Blue Fire

by Terri Blackstock

1984

Weather forecaster Nicole Stevens wants a shot at serious news, but station owner Barret Downing worries success will take her away from him. When a routine interview turns into a career-making break, Nicole has to choose between ambition and love.

A Secret Stirring

by Terri Blackstock

1986

An early romance about buried feelings beginning to rise to the surface. As old defenses slip, two people have to decide whether they are ready for honesty, vulnerability, and a very real chance at love.

Head Over Heels

by Terri Blackstock

1986

An early contemporary romance about emotions spinning out of control faster than either lead expects. Family complications and mixed signals make falling in love feel as risky as it is irresistible.

Impressions

by Terri Blackstock

1986

An early contemporary romance about first impressions that do not tell the whole story. Attraction, ambition, and misunderstanding keep pushing two people together before either is ready to trust it.

Lover's Reunion

by Terri Blackstock

1986

Cassie and Sly have been pretending to their families that they are still together, and a high school reunion forces them to keep up the act. Going home means facing old grief, old mistakes, and feelings that never really went away.

Quiet Lightning

by Terri Blackstock

1986

An early category romance about a quiet attraction that does not stay quiet for long. Blackstock builds the story around emotional sparks, hesitation, and the risk of trusting someone at the wrong moment.

Tender Betrayer

by Terri Blackstock

1986

Elise Cranston's vanished fiancé suddenly returns and demands that she trust him, even after months of silence and heartbreak. When danger closes in and he all but drags her into hiding, she has to decide whether he is protecting her or deceiving her again.

Stolen Moments

by Terri Blackstock

1987

Laney Fields wants to reclaim a place in the life of the daughter she gave up for adoption, but Wes Grayson will do anything to protect the little girl he has raised. The fight over one child turns into a deeply personal test of trust and love.

Tangled Triumphs

by Terri Blackstock

1987

An early romance built around crossed wires, competing goals, and feelings that refuse to stay neatly sorted. Winning starts to matter less once the characters realize what they may be losing.

Ticket to a Fantasy

by Terri Blackstock

1987

A light contemporary romance about dreams that look perfect from a distance and the hard choices waiting underneath them. Blackstock keeps the focus on longing, escape, and what real love costs once fantasy wears off.

Wife Wanted

by Terri Blackstock

1988

Tycoon Joe Dillon launches a very public search for the perfect wife, complete with impossible requirements. Then Brit Alexander crashes into the picture and ruins his tidy plan, because she is exactly the kind of woman he never meant to want.

Emerald Windows

by Terri Blackstock

1989

A woman returns to a town full of rumors and unfinished business, only to find herself working closely with the man tied to her past. As old accusations flare again, love and reputation are both on the line.

White Line & Alibis

by Terri Blackstock

1990

A romantic suspense story built on deception, mistaken appearances, and the danger of trusting the wrong version of events. Blackstock mixes emotional tension with a mystery that keeps shifting underfoot.

Above the Clouds

by Terri Blackstock

1991

Air safety investigator Addison Lowe meets pilot Annie Russell after a deadly plane crash and finds himself torn between suspicion and sympathy. As they search for the truth, their uneasy alliance begins to look a lot like love.

Her Father's Daughter

by Terri Blackstock

1991

A family-centered romance about inheritance, loyalty, and the long shadow cast by a father's choices. The heroine has to sort out who she is apart from the life that shaped her.

Honorbound

by Terri Blackstock

1991

A contemporary romance where loyalty and duty pull hard against personal happiness. Two people have to decide whether honor means holding on to the past or finally risking a future together.

Second Chances

by Terri Blackstock

1991

Heiress Leah Borgadeau's young daughter is kidnapped, forcing her to turn to the former fiancé she left behind without explanation. Finding the child means facing old secrets, including the truth Jeff never knew.

Father Knows Best

by Terri Blackstock

1992

An early romance about family expectations, old hurts, and the problem of other people deciding what is best for your life. The heart of the story is the push and pull between independence and love.

Sand Man

by Terri Blackstock

1992

A short category romance about a connection that seems fleeting at first, then grows harder to ignore. Blackstock keeps the focus on timing, vulnerability, and the surprise of being seen clearly.

Silena

by Terri Blackstock

1992

A romance centered on a woman named Silena, whose life is complicated by secrets, identity, and the possibility of a love she cannot easily trust. The story leans into mystery as much as emotion.

Delta Dust

by Terri Blackstock

1993

A contemporary romance with a rough-edged backdrop and strong emotional stakes. Blackstock blends danger, attraction, and old wounds into a story about finding steadiness in an unsettled world.

Flashback

by Terri Blackstock

1993

A suspense-tinged romance in which the past rushes back with dangerous force. Old memories and unfinished feelings turn into present-day trouble that the characters can no longer outrun.

One Good Man

by Terri Blackstock

1993

A relationship story about disappointment, trust, and the difference between charm and character. The title points to the real question at the center, whether one decent, dependable man can change everything.

Catch a Falling Star

by Terri Blackstock

1994

Heiress Laura Rockford thinks singer Zane Berringer is offering her love, but he may really want access to her money. Record producer Sly Hancock sees the trap coming and hopes Laura will turn to him before the fallout gets worse.

Heaven Knows

by Terri Blackstock

1994

A heartfelt romance about hope after heartache and the slow work of believing in love again. Faith and emotion carry the story as two people try to find their way through a messy present.

The Princess and the Pauper

by Terri Blackstock

1994

A playful contemporary romance that uses a rich girl and ordinary girl contrast to explore identity, class, and unexpected love. Blackstock gives the familiar setup a warm, emotional twist.

Winner Take All

by Terri Blackstock

1994

A high-stakes romance where competition, pride, and hard bargains leave little room for trust. What begins as a fight to win turns into a question of what victory is really worth.

Evidence of Mercy

by Terri Blackstock

1995

Lawyer and pilot Lynda Barrett can no longer afford her plane, but a test flight with wealthy Jake Stevens ends in disaster. It soon becomes clear that someone is hunting Lynda, and stopping them may take more courage than either expected.

To Heaven and Back

by Terri Blackstock

1995

A contemporary romance with a strong emotional pull, following two people through loss, hope, and the long road back to each other. The story leans on faith without losing its romantic focus.

Daniel

by Terri Blackstock

1996

A return to the Calloway Corners world that gives Daniel his own story of family ties, old history, and renewed love. The small-town setting lets Blackstock mix nostalgia with fresh romantic tension.

Justifiable Means

by Terri Blackstock

1996

Detective Larry Millsaps thinks a rape case should be open and shut, until the victim seems to know too much about how to secure a conviction. As a stalker closes in, Larry has to protect Melissa while deciding how much of her story he can trust.

Never Again Good-Bye

by Terri Blackstock

1996

Laney Fields only wants a place in the life of the daughter she gave up years ago, but Wes Grayson sees her as a threat to the child he has raised. Between them stands one little girl who could deepen the divide or heal it.

Ulterior Motives

by Terri Blackstock

1996

When art dealer Louis Dubose is murdered, the evidence points neatly to Ben Robinson. Ben's ex-wife Sharon believes many bad things about him, just not murder, and her search for the truth leads straight into kidnapping, danger, and old wounds.

Blind Trust

by Terri Blackstock

1997

Two weeks before the wedding, Clint Jessup vanished without explanation. Eight months later he is back, asking Sherry Grayson to trust him as danger, pursuit, and a buried secret threaten both of them.

Broken Wings

by Terri Blackstock

1997

After Flight 94 crashes, Erin Russell fights to defend the reputation of her friend and co-pilot, Mick Hammon. Crash investigator Addison Lowe may hold the truth, but getting to it could ruin the dead, divide the living, and change both their lives.

Presumption of Guilt

by Terri Blackstock

1997

Reporter Beth Wright suspects something ugly is happening at the St. Clair Children's Home, and someone wants her silenced before she can prove it. With social worker Nick Hutchins beside her, Beth uncovers a horrifying system that puts children in real danger.

When Dreams Cross

by Terri Blackstock

1997

Justin Pierce has the cartoon character Andi Sherman needs for her faith-based amusement park, but their shared dream is complicated by a painful past. To save the project, they must work together before pride destroys everything they have built.

Private Justice

by Terri Blackstock

1998

A serial killer is stalking firemen's wives in the sleepy town of Newpointe, and Mark Branning fears his estranged wife Allie may be next. To save her, they will have to confront both the murderer and the cracks in their marriage.

Shadow of Doubt

by Terri Blackstock

1998

Detective Stan Shepherd lies in a coma from arsenic poisoning, and the police think his wife Celia did it. Attorney Jill Clark is not so sure, and as the evidence grows darker, she realizes the real killer may still be free.

Word of Honor

by Terri Blackstock

1998

A bombing at the Newpointe post office kills three people and leaves a child fighting for his life. Attorney Jill Clark wants to believe the desperate suspect is guilty, until fresh danger suggests the truth is far more complicated.

Seasons Under Heaven

by Terri Blackstock

1999

On Cedar Circle, one child's life-threatening illness sends shock waves through an entire cul-de-sac. As families rally around one another, hidden fractures, quiet hopes, and hard questions about faith rise to the surface.

Showers in Season

by Terri Blackstock

2000

Tory and Barry Sullivan's pregnancy becomes a crisis when they learn their baby has Down syndrome. Around them, the women of Cedar Circle offer support, wisdom, and friendship as each family faces its own private storms.

The Heart Reader

by Terri Blackstock

2000

Sam Bennett, a lukewarm believer, wakes to find that he can hear the deepest spiritual needs of the people around him. The experience changes not only his life, but the lives of his family, friends, and church.

The Heart Reader of Franklin High

by Terri Blackstock

2000

Teenager Jake Sheffield suddenly discovers he can hear the deepest spiritual needs of the people around him. As he responds, his friends begin to see how much courage and compassion real faith can require.

The Listener

by Terri Blackstock

2000

One morning Sam Bennett wakes up able to hear the deepest spiritual needs of everyone around him. What begins as a frightening gift becomes a challenge to act, speak, and see people the way God does.

Trial by Fire

by Terri Blackstock

2000

Pastor and fireman Nick Foster finds a body in the blaze consuming his church, and the death is clearly no accident. When paramedic Issie Mattreaux follows another lead, she stumbles into danger that could destroy everything Nick loves.

Covenant Child

by Terri Blackstock

2001

Kara and Lizzie should have grown up in security, but after family tragedy they are left in the hands of cruel relatives who want their fortune. Years later, the truth about who they are could either heal them or break them further.

Love's Second Chances

by Terri Blackstock

2001

A romance collection built around reunion, forgiveness, and the hope of starting over. It gathers stories where love returns after loss, pride, or long separation and asks whether the heart can trust again.

Seaside

by Terri Blackstock

2001

Two sisters with very different lives are called away to a beach cabin by their mother for a week together. In the slowed-down space of Seaside, old envy, family strain, and unspoken love finally have room to surface.

Times and Seasons

by Terri Blackstock

2001

Cathy Flaherty is rethinking marriage just as her teenage son Mark is arrested for selling drugs. Once again, the families of Cedar Circle have to lean on one another through shame, change, and the everyday work of grace.

Cape Refuge

by Terri Blackstock

2002

Morgan Cleary's husband is jailed for the murder of her parents, but Police Chief Cade is not convinced the case is that simple. As Morgan struggles to keep Hanover House alive, her search for the truth becomes a race against another killing.

Season of Blessing

by Terri Blackstock

2002

Sylvia Bryan is stunned to learn she has breast cancer just when life seemed full of purpose and forward motion. The residents of Cedar Circle once again walk through fear, faith, and hard questions together.

The Gifted

by Terri Blackstock

2002

Three friends are rescued from an earthquake, healed, and suddenly given remarkable powers. For a while they become an unstoppable team, until the gifts disappear and they have to learn what real faith looks like without them.

The Gifted Sophomores

by Terri Blackstock

2002

Three very different teens survive an earthquake and wake to find they have been healed and given strange spiritual gifts. Their new powers pull them together, but keeping faith when the gifts vanish may be the harder lesson.

Line of Duty

by Terri Blackstock

2003

A bombing turns a high-rise fire into catastrophe, and attorney Jill Clark Nichols learns her firefighter husband Dan may be buried in the wreckage. As the waiting begins, she has to face grief, doubt, and the question of who caused the disaster.

Southern Storm

by Terri Blackstock

2003

A dead stranger appears, then Police Chief Cade vanishes, leaving Cape Refuge buzzing with suspicion. Blair Owens is sure Cade did not run, and finding him may force her to trust in ways she never has before.

River's Edge

by Terri Blackstock

2004

Lisa Jackson vanishes, and when her body is found the clues point in conflicting directions, an affair, a psychic tip, and a fertility specialist. In Cape Refuge, the truth behind her death is tangled with grief and deception.

Breaker's Reef

by Terri Blackstock

2005

After a Cape Refuge teen is murdered, evidence from an eccentric mystery writer's novels starts matching the crimes. Then more bodies appear, Chief Cade is framed, and Sadie Caruso goes missing, turning suspicion into panic.

Last Light

by Terri Blackstock

2005

When the power dies across the globe, the Branning family watches planes fall, roads jam, and ordinary life collapse in hours. Surviving the blackout is hard enough, but it gets worse when murder and fear move into the neighborhood.

Soul Restoration

by Terri Blackstock

2005

A short devotional-style book for weary readers who need rest, hope, and spiritual renewal. Blackstock offers meditations and confessions aimed at helping people recover their footing in hard seasons.

Night Light

by Terri Blackstock

2006

Months into the global blackout, the Brannings are still learning how to live without the systems that once made life easy. When Jeff tracks two young thieves home, the family uncovers a desperate mystery that changes their sense of purpose.

True Light

by Terri Blackstock

2007

Eight months into the blackout, winter and fear are taking a toll on Oak Hollow. When a teen is shot and Mark Green becomes the easy suspect, the Brannings stand with him against a frightened community.

Dawn's Light

by Terri Blackstock

2008

As the pulses behind the outage begin to fade, thirteen-year-old Beth Branning witnesses a murder and keeps silent out of terror. Her secret could cost her life just as the Brannings face their hardest choices yet.

Double Minds

by Terri Blackstock

2009

Singer-songwriter Parker James is struggling to make it in Nashville when her workplace becomes a murder scene. Digging into the truth draws her into corruption, stalking, and a dangerous look behind the music industry's polished surface.

Intervention

by Terri Blackstock

2009

Barbara Covington stages one last intervention to save her addicted daughter Emily, only for the interventionist to turn up dead and Emily to vanish. To clear her daughter and find her alive, Barbara has to enter a world she barely recognizes.

Predator

by Terri Blackstock

2010

After an online predator murders her younger sister, Krista Carmichael creates a fake profile to lure the killer out. Teaming up with social network founder Ryan Adkins only makes the hunt more dangerous, because the predator is already watching.

Shadow in Serenity

by Terri Blackstock

2011

Carny Sullivan knows a con artist when she sees one, and smooth-talking Logan Brisco sets off every alarm she has. When he tries to sell the struggling town of Serenity on an amusement park dream, Carny becomes determined to expose him.

Vicious Cycle

by Terri Blackstock

2011

Fifteen-year-old Lance Covington finds an abandoned baby in a car and is quickly accused of kidnapping. Clearing his name pulls his family into a brutal world of meth, baby trafficking, and desperate choices.

Downfall

by Terri Blackstock

2012

Emily Covington has been sober for nearly two years, but her past still makes her everyone's easiest suspect. When a bomb is found under her car and a murder follows, Emily has to identify the real killer before she becomes the next victim.

Truth Stained Lies

by Terri Blackstock

2013

Blogger Cathy Cramer writes about local murders until her own brother is caught in a killing investigation. To save him and protect his little boy, Cathy and her sisters start moonlighting as private investigators.

Distortion

by Terri Blackstock

2014

Juliet Cole watches her husband die in a parking lot, then hears a message proving his death was no random crime. As she and her sisters dig deeper, money, drugs, and a secret second life turn her grief into terror.

Chance of Loving You

by Terri Blackstock

2015

A three-author romance collection about bad timing, old regrets, and the hope of love getting another chance. The stories lean into fresh starts without forgetting the pain that came first.

Twisted Innocence

by Terri Blackstock

2015

Holly Cramer is trying to build a stable life for her baby when police come asking about the child's father, a suspect in a murder case. Her search for him turns into a hostage nightmare tied to dangers she thought were behind her.

If I Run

by Terri Blackstock

2016

Casey Cox's DNA is all over a murder scene, and she knows going to the police could get her killed. As she runs, investigator Dylan Roberts begins to suspect the woman he is hunting may be the one person telling the truth.

If I'm Found

by Terri Blackstock

2017

Still running for a murder she did not commit, Casey Cox hides under a new identity while gathering evidence against the real killers. Dylan Roberts says he wants to help, but trusting him could cost her everything.

Catching Christmas

by Terri Blackstock

2018

Overworked young attorney Sydney Batson and struggling cab driver Finn Parrish are thrown together by Sydney's determined grandmother, Miss Callie. As Christmas nears, Callie's matchmaking turns into a funny, tender story about second chances and what matters most.

If I Live

by Terri Blackstock

2018

Casey Cox is running out of places to hide, and Dylan Roberts is no longer chasing her, he is trying to keep her alive. To end the hunt, they have to expose the people behind the murder before one of them pays the final price.

Smoke Screen

by Terri Blackstock

2019

Wildfire fighter Nate Beckett returns to his Colorado hometown when his father is released from prison for a murder he says he did not commit. Working with Brenna Herzog, the victim's daughter and Nate's first love, he starts pulling at lies that never really died.

Aftermath

by Terri Blackstock

2021

After a devastating explosion kills two of three friends at a concert venue, Dustin Webb is arrested when explosives are found in his trunk. Attorney Jamie Powell risks everything to defend the old friend she is sure is being framed.

Where should I start?

If you want a fast fugitive thriller: If I RunIf I'm FoundIf I Live
If you like survival stories and big stakes: Last LightNight LightTrue LightDawn's Light
If you want family-driven mystery: Truth Stained LiesDistortionTwisted Innocence
If you prefer small-town suspense: Cape RefugeSouthern StormRiver's EdgeBreaker's Reef
If you want relationship-centered drama: Seasons Under HeavenShowers in SeasonTimes and SeasonsSeason of Blessing

Author bio

Terri Blackstock was born in Belleville, Illinois, in 1957, but she did not grow up in one place for long. Her father was in the Air Force, so childhood meant constant moving. She has said she lived in nine states, spent her first four school years in the Netherlands, and learned early what it felt like to be the new kid in the room.

Mississippi stuck.

After her parents divorced, Blackstock moved there with her mother, graduated from Wingfield High School in Jackson, and later studied at Hinds Junior College before earning a degree in English from Northeast Louisiana University. She has often tied her writing life back to those early years of moving around, when imagination became a steady companion and stories were a way to make sense of unfamiliar places.

She sold her first novel at twenty-five. For years she wrote category romance under the names Terri Herrington and Tracy Hughes, turning out book after book for major romance lines. That early stretch mattered. It gave her speed, discipline, and a feel for emotional conflict that never left her work, even after the genre changed.

Then came the big turn.

In the mid-1990s, after what she has described as a spiritual awakening, Blackstock stepped away from secular romance and began writing under her own name. She moved toward suspense, but she did not abandon relationships, family strain, or the messy inner lives of her characters. Instead, she folded those things into crime stories, survival stories, and chase stories, and that blend became her signature.

You can see it all over books like Cape Refuge, Last Light, Intervention, Truth Stained Lies, and If I Run. Her plots move fast, but they are usually built around ordinary people, parents, siblings, spouses, investigators, teenagers, being pushed into situations they never wanted. Readers tend to come to her for the page-turning danger, then stay for the family tension, the moral pressure, and the sense that fear and hope are fighting for the same ground.

Her novels like to ask what people do when the ground gives way.

Sometimes that ground is literal, as in Last Light, where a global blackout throws modern life into chaos. Sometimes it is personal, as in Intervention, where addiction tears through a family, or Truth Stained Lies, where a murder case turns three sisters into reluctant investigators. And sometimes it is a full-on pursuit story, as in If I Run, where Casey Cox is trying to stay alive long enough to prove she is innocent. Across all of them, Blackstock returns to a few steady interests: truth, trust, forgiveness, and the pressure that reveals who people really are.

She has sold millions of books, appeared on national television and radio, and picked up major Christian fiction honors along the way, including Carol Awards and a Christy Award. But the plainest way to describe her career is this: she found the lane that fit her best, and she stayed with it. Mississippi has long been home base for her family life and writing life, and that grounded Southern feel, close families, everyday settings, and faith tested under pressure, shows up again and again in her work.

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