The Broad Street Boarding House Books in Order

The Broad Street Boarding House books are built around women in transition. Some are traveling across the West, some are chasing missing family, and some are trying to outrun trouble that has already caught up with them. The boarding house gives the series its anchor, a temporary shelter where strangers arrive carrying more history than they first admit.

Because it is a shared-world series, the tone mixes romance with suspense and a strong sense of place. Illness, family secrets, military duty, and the risks of frontier travel all play a role. Christine Sterling's Cassidy's Calling brings in the Presidio in San Francisco, a chaplain-in-training, and a woman who hates what war has taken from her. Carrigan's Calm pushes even harder into danger, with the promise of bullets, blood, and a love story trying to hold steady while trouble closes in.

What links the books is the feeling that safety is never guaranteed. The women are usually capable and clear-eyed, but they still need allies. The men are often trying to live up to duty, faith, or family expectations of their own.

So expect more tension here than in Sterling's cozier town series. The romances are still sweet, but the road to them can be rough, and the boarding house itself feels like a crossroads where people arrive one way and leave changed.