Thomas Kinkade Books in Order

Co written with fellow artist James Gurney, this classic instructional book shares practical advice on sketching on location, from choosing materials to capturing motion, light, and perspective. Illustrated with their travel drawings, it encourages artists of all levels to carry a sketchbook and really look at the world.

Blending short essays with reproductions of his paintings, Kinkade reflects on themes like focus, balance, gratitude, and family in this inspirational book. He uses the language of art to offer gentle suggestions for choosing joy in daily life and noticing small moments of beauty.

This first Cape Light novel introduces the picture perfect seaside town and its imperfect residents, from overworked Mayor Emily Warwick and her restless sister Jessica to compassionate Reverend Ben and outspoken diner owner Charlie. As an election looms and family tensions rise, each character must decide what kind of life they want to build.

Back in Cape Light, Emily Warwick juggles the demands of city hall, a demanding elderly mother, and her sister’s controversial engagement. Still mourning her late husband and the baby she once gave up, Emily wonders if she will ever feel whole again, even as small, unexpected graces begin to pull her toward hope.

With the town election behind her, Mayor Emily Warwick can finally focus on getting to know Sara, the adult daughter she placed for adoption twenty years earlier. As Emily navigates regret, new love with publisher Dan Forbes, and Sara’s tentative trust, Reverend Ben faces his own crisis of faith inside his troubled family.

Missionary pastor James Cameron returns to Cape Light to recover from illness and crashes his car in a snowstorm into that of Leigh Baxter, a pregnant woman on the run from a dangerous ex husband. Sheltered in town, Leigh finds warmth and love she never expected, but telling James the full truth may cost her everything.

Still bruised from a bitter divorce, single mother Molly Willoughby has little interest in romance until widowed physician Matthew Harding moves to Cape Light with his troubled teenage daughter. As their friendship deepens, both adults must confront grief, forgiveness, and whether they dare believe in a fresh start.

Amanda keeps house for her widowed minister father and tries to live up to everyone’s expectations, even while missing her mother terribly. When she befriends a boy her father disapproves of, Amanda must find the courage to follow her conscience without turning her back on the family she loves.

Kat, the lighthouse keeper’s artistic daughter, longs to study painting in Boston even though such dreams are considered improper for a girl. After she helps save a ship during a storm and earns a chance at art school, Kat must find her own resourcefulness and bravery to make that opportunity real.

In 1905 Cape Light, Lizabeth is Kat’s wealthy cousin, certain that her family’s money can fix any problem. When jealousy, loss, and a hard choice threaten her closest relationships, she discovers that kindness, honesty, and courage matter far more than fancy dresses or grand parties.

Recently arrived in Cape Light, Rose desperately wants to fit in with Kat, Lizabeth, and Amanda but hides a secret about her past that could change how the whole town sees her. Her story traces what happens when friendship, honesty, and belonging come into conflict.

Cape Light’s mayor, Emily Warwick, finds a baby girl left in a cradle outside the church with a plea that someone care for her. Given temporary custody, Emily longs to keep the child, but her husband fears starting over, forcing Emily to weigh her duty to family against the tug of her own heart.

Confined to bed after a bad fall, sharp tongued Lillian Warwick spends the holiday season remembering the winter of 1955, when she first met charming Oliver and fell in love. As her daughters Emily and Jessica care for her and listen, the family begins to see both past hurts and present hopes in a new light.

Created in partnership with a national volunteer organization, this book pairs Kinkade’s images with stories of ordinary people serving their communities. It celebrates the quiet work of volunteers and encourages readers to see generosity and service as a natural part of everyday life.

Molly Willoughby thought her child raising years were behind her, so an unexpected pregnancy shakes her carefully planned future. Elsewhere in Cape Light, Miranda discovers an unconscious stranger in her orchard and nurses him back to health, while Reverend Ben wrestles with the sudden fame of a mysterious wooden angel in his church.

When a nighttime fire destroys Sam and Jessica Morgan’s beloved house just weeks before Christmas, they are forced to rely on the hospitality of friends while rebuilding their lives. On the other side of town, widower Jack Sawyer shelters a stranded mother and daughter, slowly finding that their presence rekindles his hope.

Home from military service and facing lasting injuries, David is struggling to find work, accept his father’s remarriage, and face the return of his former girlfriend in Cape Light. Nearby, proud matriarch Lillian Warwick discovers that opening her guarded heart to old friend Dr. Ezra Elliot might be the bravest wish of all.

Newly confident in her nursing career, Lucy Morgan is ready to leave her unreliable boyfriend until a sick, runaway teenager pulls them both into a crisis. At the same time, single mother Betty finds herself unexpectedly drawn to a struggling writer playing Santa at a local party, and learns that the best gifts are often people.

Advertising executive Liza Martin arrives on Angel Island planning to sell the tired old inn she has inherited and hurry back to Boston. Memories of golden summers, the slow work of renovation, and the quiet strength of handyman Daniel Merritt gently push her to wonder whether the island offers a second chance.

As Christmas approaches, Reverend Ben faces heart surgery and the unsettling prospect of stepping away from his beloved pulpit. While he recovers, young interim pastor Isabel Lawrence quietly wins over the Cape Light congregation, forcing Ben to ask what his calling looks like in the next chapter of his life.

Liza Martin’s newly reopened inn takes on its first big test when she agrees to host a wedding before renovations are finished. As family tensions rise, a storm blows in, and the groom goes missing, Liza leans on enigmatic handyman Daniel Merritt and discovers that love and trust are rarely simple.

After a health scare, Adele Morgan returns to Cape Light determined to heal a long running family feud, only to find her children resistant and busy with their own lives. On nearby Angel Island, a skeptical graduate student arrives to debunk the town’s angel legends and instead finds his heart changing in unexpected ways.

When a film crew chooses Angel Island as a location, movie star Charlotte Miller falls in love with the inn’s quiet beauty and the steady kindness of local fisherman Colin Doyle. As fame collides with small town life, both must decide what they are willing to risk for a different kind of future.