This Old House Books in Order

This Old House, also published as Montana Home, is one of Roxanne Snopek's clearest expressions of a theme she comes back to again and again: home is something people build, repair, lose, and sometimes earn back the hard way. Set in Marietta, Montana, the series links four romances through houses, neighboring properties, old attachments, and the practical work of making a life fit who you are now instead of who you used to be.

That idea starts right away in Her Montana Hero. Samara Davis comes back to Marietta as a widow with a young daughter and a half-ready heritage house, only to find that Logan Stafford, the boy she once loved, is now part of the mess she has to manage. It is a strong opening because the house is not just a backdrop. It is a symbol of what Sam wants: safety, stability, and a place where the past stops running the show.

The next books keep the focus on rebuilding, but from different angles. A Sweet Montana Christmas looks at a marriage under strain as Melinda and Austin Sweet try to hold themselves together while caring for a rundown honey farm and navigating money trouble, pride, and family expectations. The Cowboy Next Door lightens the tone with sparks between single mom Leda Plett and rodeo agent Eric Anders, though even there Snopek keeps an eye on embarrassment, responsibility, and the difference between helping someone and trying to run their life.

Cinderella's Cowboy finishes the set with a shy heroine, a playboy rancher, and just enough fairy-tale energy to be fun without losing the grounded tone of the series. Across all four books, the common thread is that love does not arrive in perfect conditions. The plumbing is broken. The finances are shaky. The dog is loose. The child needs supper. Somebody still has to decide whether to stay, apologize, grow up, or let themselves be seen.

That is the charm of this series.

These are small-town romances with warm community ties, but they do not feel weightless. Snopek is interested in second chances, yes, but also in competence, caretaking, and how private disappointments show up in daily routines. If you like stories where the emotional arc is tied to an actual place, an actual home, and the stubborn work of making both livable, This Old House is a very approachable starting point.