Texas Time Travel Books in Order
Part ofCaroline Clemmons Books in OrderFind the Texas Time Travel books in order by Caroline Clemmons, with summaries, series background, and a quick guide to starting the trilogy.
Last updated: July 12, 2026
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Texas Time Travel books in publication order
3 books
Texas Lightning
by Caroline Clemmons
2018
Nineteenth-century rancher Penny Terry is chasing rustlers when she is hurled 120 years into the future. Jake Knight thinks she is trouble, until sabotage on his ranch proves they need each other.
Texas Rainbow
by Caroline Clemmons
2018
A strange accident strands heiress Ellie St. Eaves in the wrong time and squarely in Sheriff Bart Knight's path. Attraction is easy, but bridging two eras is a lot harder.
Texas Storm
by Caroline Clemmons
2018
When a storm drops wartime pilot Jeannie Luttrell into another time, rancher Caleb Knight becomes her only safe harbor. Their growing bond will have to survive danger, suspicion, and the portal that brought her there.
Texas Time Travel books in chronological order
Series background & context
Texas Time Travel does exactly what the title promises, but it keeps one boot planted in ranch country while it does it.
These books are romances first, with time travel used to throw capable, stubborn people into impossible situations. A nineteenth-century ranch woman can wake up in the present. A woman from another era can meet a modern Texas sheriff. A wartime pilot can fall through a storm and land in the wrong century. Clemmons has fun with the setup, but she does not treat it like a gimmick.
The real question is always belonging.
Because the series is grounded in one extended world, especially the Knight family and their ranch connections, the books feel connected instead of random. There are practical problems to solve, sabotage, hidden agendas, ranch disputes, and the simple shock of realizing the world has moved on without you. That keeps the stakes human even when the premise is not.
The tone is lighter than some of Clemmons's straight western suspense, but there is still danger, and there is still a lot of emotional adjustment. Characters have to decide not only who they love, but where, and when, they belong.
Start with Texas Lightning, then move through Texas Rainbow and Texas Storm. If you like western romance but want something a little more playful, with portals, storms, and culture shock mixed into the love story, this is the series to try.
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