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Explore the Texas Sun books by Kelsie Stelting in order, with summaries, series background, character connections, and where to start reading.

Last updated: July 15, 2026

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Texas Sun books in publication order

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Unfair Catch

by Kelsie Stelting

2017

After losing her dream job in Austin, Savannah Dondi returns to her small hometown and her aunt's beauty parlor. A rodeo reunion with Hudson and unresolved feelings for Rhett force her to confront the life she left behind.

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Anything But Yes

by Kelsie Stelting

2018

Savannah has a loving partner, a dream job in Austin, and a future that seems within reach. But an almost-proposal and a painful loss leave her wondering how to prove she is ready for the commitment Rhett wants.

Texas Sun books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Unfair Catch"

    Unfair Catch

    by Kelsie Stelting

    2017Texas Sun, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Anything But Yes"

    Anything But Yes

    by Kelsie Stelting

    2018Texas Sun, Book 2

Series background & context

Texas Sun is a small-town romance thread centered on Savannah Dondi and the complicated ties waiting for her back home. The story has a more adult, post-college feel than Stelting's high school romances, but it keeps the same interest in friendship, old feelings, and second chances.

Unfair Catch begins when Savannah loses her dream job in Austin and has to return to her hometown. Working at her aunt's beauty parlor is not the future she imagined. Seeing people from her past, especially Hudson McAllister and Rhett Lane, makes it even harder to decide whether home is a setback or a place where she can start again.

Small towns have long memories.

Savannah's old feelings are tangled up with choices she regrets. Hudson represents one possible future, while Rhett is tied to a past she has not fully understood or moved beyond. Their friends' relationships and the town's rodeo culture keep bringing everyone into the same spaces, leaving Savannah little room to avoid hard conversations.

Anything But Yes returns to Savannah and Rhett after the events of the first book. Savannah has a job she loves in Austin and people she cares about, but an almost-proposal and a personal loss make her question what commitment and home mean to her. It works best as a continuation rather than an entry point.

The Texas setting matters here. Rodeos, beauty-parlor talk, old friends, family expectations, and the pull of Austin all shape Savannah's choices. The tone is romantic and emotionally open, with more attention to adulthood's practical pressures than to school drama.

Start with Unfair Catch, then read Anything But Yes for the next chapter of Savannah and Rhett's relationship.

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