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The McGraths Books in Order

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Browse The McGraths books by Roxanne St Claire in order, with quick summaries, series background, and where to start with these family romances.

Last updated: July 10, 2026

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The McGraths books in publication order

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1

Like a Hurricane

by Roxanne St Claire

2004

Quinn McGrath believes in fate from the moment Nicole Whitaker crashes into his life. Nicole sees him as the man who could destroy her dream, until paradise starts changing both of them.

2

The Fire Still Burns

by Roxanne St Claire

2004

Architect Colin McGrath and society-bred Grace Hathaway are rivals for a major project, but their history runs much deeper than business. Three weeks under the same roof forces old passion and long-buried secrets back into the open.

3

When the Earth Moves

by Roxanne St Claire

2005

Cameron McGrath thinks women usually want his money or his name, until Jo Ellen Tremaine asks for something stranger. One week in her mountain home turns a custody fight into a romance neither of them expected.

The McGraths books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Like a Hurricane"

    Like a Hurricane

    by Roxanne St Claire

    2004The McGraths, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Fire Still Burns"

    The Fire Still Burns

    by Roxanne St Claire

    2004The McGraths, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "When the Earth Moves"

    When the Earth Moves

    by Roxanne St Claire

    2005The McGraths, Book 3

Series background & context

The McGraths is an earlier St Claire series, and you can feel her enjoying the tight, high-emotion structure of category romance. These books are shorter and more concentrated than some of her later series, but they already show interests that keep turning up in her work, strong family identity, sharp romantic conflict, and characters whose orderly plans get knocked sideways by love.

The series follows three McGrath men, Quinn, Colin, and Cameron. Each story throws a different brother into a situation where business, duty, or ambition collides with desire. In Like a Hurricane, fate and conflict arrive almost at once when Quinn meets resort owner Nicole Whitaker. The Fire Still Burns turns old passion and present-day professional rivalry into a combustible mix for Colin and Grace Hathaway. When the Earth Moves gives Cameron a battle over family responsibility and a woman he cannot stop thinking about.

These are not sprawling family sagas. They are closer, faster stories.

That compactness works in their favor. The emotional lines are clear, the chemistry lands early, and the conflicts move quickly. There is a little destiny in the air, a little family pressure, and a strong sense that these men are used to control until the right woman makes that impossible.

Even in this shorter format, St Claire gives the books enough warmth to make the brothers feel connected rather than random. You get glimpses of shared history, personality differences, and the family pull behind the romance.

If you are curious about her earlier contemporary work, The McGraths is a good place to look. The books are streamlined, dramatic, and very readable, with just enough family glue to make the three stories feel like they belong together.

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