The Creek Water Books in Order
Part ofWhitney Dineen Books in OrderThis page shows Whitney Dineen's Creek Water books in order, with quick summaries, series background, and tips on where to start.
Last updated: July 11, 2026
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The Creek Water books in publication order
4 books
The Event
by Whitney Dineen
2019
After a disastrous company gala blows up her glamorous New York life, Emmeline Frothingham is forced back to Creek Water, Missouri. Home means family, gossip, and unfinished business, plus a chance to see her past differently.
The Move
by Whitney Dineen
2019
A fortune teller once told Lexi her life would change when a dog jumped over her, and at thirty that ridiculous prediction suddenly comes true. A bad week sends her to Creek Water, where fresh trouble may lead to a fresh start.
The Dream
by Whitney Dineen
2020
Ashley has loved Davis Frothingham since high school, even though he barely remembers her. Caring for his dying grandmother brings her back into his life and forces both of them to face old assumptions.
The Plan
by Whitney Dineen
2020
Amelia Frothingham plays the carefree bohemian well, but underneath she is all control and hidden worry. Then bad-boy rock star Huck Wiley rolls into Creek Water and threatens every plan she thought she had nailed down.
The Creek Water books in chronological order
The Event
by Whitney Dineen
2019The Creek Water, Book 1
The Move
by Whitney Dineen
2019The Creek Water, Book 2
The Plan
by Whitney Dineen
2020The Creek Water, Book 3
The Dream
by Whitney Dineen
2020The Creek Water, Book 4
Series background & context
Creek Water is Whitney Dineen in small-town mode, which means you get humor, family meddling, old grudges, and the kind of hometown memory that can make a grown adult feel like a teenager again. The series is set in Creek Water, Missouri, a river town where reputations travel fast and privacy is mostly a theory.
Everyone knows everyone, which is both the problem and the point.
The books revolve around women whose lives have taken them elsewhere, or who wish they had, and then pull them back into the orbit of Creek Water. In The Event, Emmeline Frothingham returns home after a disastrous night in New York leaves her life in pieces. The Move brings in Lexi Blake, an outsider whose bad-luck prophecy leads her straight into town. The Plan stays close to the Frothingham family through Amelia, a bead shop owner who looks carefree on the surface and is anything but. The Dream turns to Ashley and Davis, folding a longtime crush into a story about class, memory, and feeling good enough.
What makes the series work is the mix of scale. The external plots can be big, job disasters, secrets, rock stars, historic houses, romantic fallout, but the emotional stakes are local. A family business matters. A grandmother matters. The women who used to judge you at the club matter more than anyone wants them to. Creek Water keeps reminding its characters that home is not just a place on a map. It is a network of people, obligations, embarrassments, and loyalties.
The tone is funny, but not weightless. These books have room for difficult pasts, missed chances, and the awkwardness of having to rebuild yourself where everybody remembers an earlier version of you. Dineen gets a lot of mileage out of that tension. Her heroines want fresh starts, but the town insists on history.
If you like interconnected romances where place really shapes the story, Creek Water is a strong entry point. Read them in order if you want the fullest picture of the families and friendships. Start anywhere if you are just in the mood for a lively small-town romance with plenty of gossip on the side.
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