Whitney Dineen Books in Order
Explore Whitney Dineen books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and where to start across her rom-coms, family stories, and adventures.
Last updated: July 11, 2026
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Whitney Dineen books in publication order
43 books
She Sins at Midnight
by Whitney Dineen
2014
Hollywood assistant Lila lives a double life as the secret author of a steamy romance novel. A visit home for her class reunion turns into small-town chaos when celebrity trouble follows her and love shows up where she least expects it.
The Reinvention of Mimi Finnegan
by Whitney Dineen
2015
Mimi is tired of feeling like the least impressive sister and the only one without a plan. Her family's push to find Mr. Right goes sideways when a maddening British novelist becomes impossible to ignore.
Wilhelmina and the Willamette Wig Factory
by Whitney Dineen
2015
Moving to Oregon feels like the end of the world to Wilhelmina Snodgrass until she meets eccentric Tommy and stumbles into a ghost-guided mystery. Soon the girls are trying to reopen a long-shuttered wig factory and outsmart school enemies along the way.
Going Up?
by Whitney Dineen
2016
Fiona moves to New York dreaming bigger than an elevator operator job in a fancy apartment building. Between a hot handyman, dangerous neighbors, and a city that never behaves, her messy new life gets entertaining fast.
Mimi Plus Two
by Whitney Dineen
2016
Mimi thinks she has finally landed the perfect life, marriage, baby, and a bright future. Then pregnancy, postpartum depression, and family strain turn her happy ending into something much harder and more real.
Who the Heck is Harvey Stingle?
by Whitney Dineen
2016
Willy and Tomasina are back, and this time the mystery involves a boy who can see the family ghost that changed everything. Their search for answers pulls them toward local history, fresh danger, and a trip into the past.
Kindred Spirits
by Whitney Dineen
2017
Pip's odd gift for passing along messages from the other side makes dating a challenge, to put it mildly. When a spirit nudges her toward polished New Yorker Richard, romance and chaos arrive together.
Motherhood Martyrdom & Costco Runs
by Whitney Dineen
2017
This funny memoir follows Dineen's early years of motherhood, from the first rush of pregnancy to the sleep-starved reality that follows. Along the way she writes candidly about postpartum depression, family chaos, and the strange comfort of a Costco run.
The Friendship Bench
by Whitney Dineen
2017
When Ella's best friend moves away, school suddenly feels lonely and hard. A simple friendship bench helps her class turn kindness into action and gives other children a place to find a friend.
Relatively Normal
by Whitney Dineen
2018
Cat's sensible fiancé is about to meet the gloriously unpredictable family she comes from. One holiday visit is enough to unleash old flames, bad timing, and a lot of comic damage.
Relatively Happy
by Whitney Dineen
2019
Sarah is busy running an organic farm, a yurt bed-and-breakfast, and a vegan café when several very different men land in her orbit. While she searches for cosmic guidance, her family brings even more chaos to the mix.
Relatively Sane
by Whitney Dineen
2019
Cat returns to her small Illinois hometown with a plan to turn the family farm into a wedding venue. Reality TV cameras, family upheaval, and a boyfriend with secrets make that plan a lot harder to pull off.
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.
Ain't She Sweet
by Whitney Dineen
2020
After a public breakup, former model Tara retreats to rural Oregon and retrains as a pastry chef. A hardworking farmer and one very meddlesome mother make her quiet reset far more complicated.
Love is a Battlefield
by Whitney Dineen
2020
Addison and Brogan are nudged toward the same Oregon summer by two mothers who clearly think they know best. Old friction, forced proximity, and a very suspicious amount of matchmaking make resistance difficult.
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.
It's My Party
by Whitney Dineen
2021
Claire takes a new job at an Oregon lodge to escape a cheating boyfriend and a stalled life in Los Angeles. She does not expect to fall for the lodge's executive chef, or discover he is hiding royal-sized secrets.
Love for Sale
by Whitney Dineen
2021
Beverly Hills realtor Emily Hargrove has a psychic knack for matching clients with the house that will lead them to love. Helping a demanding movie mogul find his soulmate gets complicated when her gift starts pointing in an unexpected direction.
Mistle Text
by Whitney Dineen
2021
Holly is raising her young niece and juggling jobs when a gift-shopping gig brings her into contact with icy banker Archie. Their holiday texts turn warm in a hurry, but both have reasons to keep love off the list.
Text in Show
by Whitney Dineen
2021
Grad student Autumn lands in the middle of a wildly competitive Manhattan dog show while trying to save money and plan her future. The only thing more difficult than the pampered pooches is the maddeningly attractive vet she cannot stop thinking about.
Text Me On Tuesday
by Whitney Dineen
2021
Aspiring caterer Aimée finally lands a dream corporate gig, only to collide, literally and nakedly, with a grumpy British architect. A texting mix-up lets them drop their guard, but the truth behind the messages could ruin everything.
Text Wars
by Whitney Dineen
2021
Astrologer Serafina and astrophysicist Ben are forced into an on-air partnership after their first TV clash becomes ratings gold. Their feud turns flirty fast, especially when work strands them together in Florida.
The Text God
by Whitney Dineen
2021
Broke artist Jen starts getting uplifting texts from someone saved in her phone as GOD and decides the universe may finally be helping. The mystery texter is actually a handsome lawyer, and the misunderstanding gets messier the closer they grow.
You're So Vain
by Whitney Dineen
2021
Lu Choate wants nothing to do with more family spectacle, especially when it involves royal in-laws. Then prickly Lu and carefree Prince Alistair are thrown together, and mutual irritation starts looking a lot like chemistry.
A Hate Like This
by Whitney Dineen
2022
Young widow Moira Bishop is busy raising three boys and running Gamble's only diner, and that leaves no room for romance. Entertainment lawyer Ethan Caplan arrives planning to write a novel and instead finds himself falling hard for her whole chaotic world.
Hate, Rinse, Repeat
by Whitney Dineen
2022
Maisy is doing her best to give her son a good Christmas while hiding the identity of his father. Then hometown hockey hero Chase Evans comes back to Gamble, and the secret she has guarded for years gets much harder to keep.
Head Over Feet
by Whitney Dineen
2022
Princess Aubrey has loved Grady for years, but he has always kept his distance. A Mediterranean trip forces them into close quarters and makes it harder to ignore everything simmering between them.
No Ordinary Hate
by Whitney Dineen
2022
Movie star Harper Kennedy escapes a humiliating Hollywood scandal by hiding out in Gamble, Alaska with her kids. Peace proves hard to find when a gruff lodge owner makes it clear he is not thrilled by her arrival.
Queen of Hearts
by Whitney Dineen
2022
Agnes takes a palace job as part of a careful career plan, not to fall for a future king. Working for Prince Andrew means sparks, misunderstandings, and a queen who is far too invested in the outcome.
Text and Confused
by Whitney Dineen
2022
Toni vows to stop chasing the wrong men, then accidentally starts texting the wrong co-worker. What begins as careful flirting with a supposed good guy becomes a very messy lesson in typecasting, attraction, and second chances.
At Last
by Whitney Dineen
2023
Princess Sophie thought she had buried her first great love along with her old dreams. Then a bouquet arrives from Arlo Hammond, and the past comes rushing back with unfinished questions.
Pity Date
by Whitney Dineen
2023
Faith is reeling from betrayal when a kind, gorgeous stranger offers to pose as her date to an upcoming wedding. Their fake arrangement is supposed to sting her ex, not spiral into tabloids and real feelings.
Pity Party
by Whitney Dineen
2023
Bridal boutique owner Melissa has had enough of other people's happy endings. Then grumpy single dad Jamie arrives in Elk Lake with his daughter, and her worst workplace for a romantic starts feeling unexpectedly hopeful.
Breaking the Ice
by Whitney Dineen
2024
Ice-skating coach Ellie agrees to let a disgraced billionaire stay in the cabin on her mother's property during a charity hockey event. Forced proximity, bad first impressions, and undeniable attraction make Maple Falls a lot warmer than expected.
Pity Pact
by Whitney Dineen
2024
Seventh-grade math teacher Paige loves matchmaking shows but does not actually trust them. When her own love life gets tangled up with the idea of a televised happily-ever-after, skepticism and hope go head to head.
Pity Parade
by Whitney Dineen
2024
TV matchmaker Trina Rockwell faces a brutal choice, become the star of a dating show or find a husband fast enough to save her career. Back in Elk Lake, an old romantic near-miss makes the job even more complicated.
Pity Present
by Whitney Dineen
2024
Molly takes a holiday design job at a lodge and is horrified to learn it comes with a singles event. Blake, a sports journalist stuck covering matchmaking instead of sports, is just as resistant, until one awkward collision changes the tone.
Fake-Off with Fate
by Whitney Dineen
2025
Ashlyn returns to Maple Falls for what should be a brief visit and somehow ends up acting mayor during a full-on town crisis. Falling for Jamie, the new hockey team captain, is absolutely not part of the plan.
Pity Play
by Whitney Dineen
2025
A woman who has loved her brother's best friend forever suddenly gets him as a temporary houseguest. Luke claims he is only in Elk Lake briefly, but one kiss makes that deadline feel very uncertain.
Pity Please
by Whitney Dineen
2025
After a broken engagement, Allie returns to Elk Lake to rebuild her life from scratch. Then her longtime crush, her best friend's older brother Noah, comes home too, and both of them start rethinking the future.
Pity Prank
by Whitney Dineen
2026
A creative photographer on the spectrum meets handsome new doctor Thomas Culpepper in the most awkward way possible, with sexy pirate photos and zero chill. Small-town misunderstanding turns into a tender, funny romance with room for both nerves and hope.
Where to start with Whitney Dineen
If you want texting rom-coms: Text Me On Tuesday → The Text God → Text Wars
If you want small-town family chaos: The Event → The Move → The Plan → The Dream
If you want quirky family comedy: Relatively Normal → Relatively Sane → Relatively Happy
If you want cozy matchmaking romance: Pity Date → Pity Party → Pity Pact
If you want royals and meddling mothers: Love is a Battlefield → Ain't She Sweet → It's My Party → You're So Vain
Whitney Dineen sub-series and character series
- A Gamble on Love Mom-Com books in order
- An Accidentally in Love Story books in order
- Love In Maple Falls books in order
- Love on Thin Ice books in order
- Pity books in order
- Relativity books in order
- Seven Brides for Seven Mothers books in order
- The Creek Water books in order
- The Mimi Chronicles books in order
- The Wilhelmina Adventures books in order
A Gamble on Love Mom-Com books in order
Explore this seriesAn Accidentally in Love Story books in order
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Mistle Text
by Whitney Dineen
2021An Accidentally in Love Story, Book 5
Text in Show
by Whitney Dineen
2021An Accidentally in Love Story, Book 4
Text Me On Tuesday
by Whitney Dineen
2021An Accidentally in Love Story, Book 1
Text Wars
by Whitney Dineen
2021An Accidentally in Love Story, Book 3
The Text God
by Whitney Dineen
2021An Accidentally in Love Story, Book 2
Text and Confused
by Whitney Dineen
2022An Accidentally in Love Story, Book 6
An Accidentally in Love Story books in chronological order

Text Me On Tuesday
by Whitney Dineen
2021An Accidentally in Love Story, Book 1
The Text God
by Whitney Dineen
2021An Accidentally in Love Story, Book 2
Text Wars
by Whitney Dineen
2021An Accidentally in Love Story, Book 3
Text in Show
by Whitney Dineen
2021An Accidentally in Love Story, Book 4
Mistle Text
by Whitney Dineen
2021An Accidentally in Love Story, Book 5
Text and Confused
by Whitney Dineen
2022An Accidentally in Love Story, Book 6
Love In Maple Falls books in order
Explore this seriesLove on Thin Ice books in order
Explore this seriesPity books in order
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Pity Date
by Whitney Dineen
2023Pity, Book 1
Pity Party
by Whitney Dineen
2023Pity, Book 2
Pity Pact
by Whitney Dineen
2024Pity, Book 3
Pity Parade
by Whitney Dineen
2024Pity, Book 4
Pity Present
by Whitney Dineen
2024Pity, Book 5
Pity Play
by Whitney Dineen
2025Pity, Book 6
Pity Please
by Whitney Dineen
2025Pity, Book 7
Pity Prank
by Whitney Dineen
2026Pity, Book 8
Pity books in chronological order

Pity Date
by Whitney Dineen
2023Pity, Book 1
Pity Party
by Whitney Dineen
2023Pity, Book 2
Pity Pact
by Whitney Dineen
2024Pity, Book 3
Pity Parade
by Whitney Dineen
2024Pity, Book 4
Pity Present
by Whitney Dineen
2024Pity, Book 5
Pity Play
by Whitney Dineen
2025Pity, Book 6
Pity Please
by Whitney Dineen
2025Pity, Book 7
Pity Prank
by Whitney Dineen
2026Pity, Book 8
Relativity books in order
Explore this seriesSeven Brides for Seven Mothers books in order
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Ain't She Sweet
by Whitney Dineen
2020Seven Brides for Seven Mothers, Book 2
Love is a Battlefield
by Whitney Dineen
2020Seven Brides for Seven Mothers, Book 1
It's My Party
by Whitney Dineen
2021Seven Brides for Seven Mothers, Book 3
You're So Vain
by Whitney Dineen
2021Seven Brides for Seven Mothers, Book 4
Head Over Feet
by Whitney Dineen
2022Seven Brides for Seven Mothers, Book 5
Queen of Hearts
by Whitney Dineen
2022Seven Brides for Seven Mothers, Book 6
At Last
by Whitney Dineen
2023Seven Brides for Seven Mothers, Book 7
Seven Brides for Seven Mothers books in chronological order

Love is a Battlefield
by Whitney Dineen
2020Seven Brides for Seven Mothers, Book 1
Ain't She Sweet
by Whitney Dineen
2020Seven Brides for Seven Mothers, Book 2
It's My Party
by Whitney Dineen
2021Seven Brides for Seven Mothers, Book 3
You're So Vain
by Whitney Dineen
2021Seven Brides for Seven Mothers, Book 4
Head Over Feet
by Whitney Dineen
2022Seven Brides for Seven Mothers, Book 5
Queen of Hearts
by Whitney Dineen
2022Seven Brides for Seven Mothers, Book 6
At Last
by Whitney Dineen
2023Seven Brides for Seven Mothers, Book 7
The Creek Water books in order
Explore this seriesThe Mimi Chronicles books in order
Explore this seriesThe Wilhelmina Adventures books in order
Explore this seriesWhitney Dineen collections, short stories, and related book types
Standalone Whitney Dineen books
Author bio
Whitney Dineen was born in Chicago, but her path to becoming a novelist was anything but tidy. As a kid, she dealt with a learning disability that made reading frustrating because the words would go in and not always stay there. She did not really fall in love with books until her early teens, and then she went hard in the other direction.
Once reading clicked, she read for pleasure, for escape, and for curiosity. That habit stayed with her into college at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where a local agent discovered her and nudged her into a career she had not planned. Dineen became a plus-size model, a job that first took her around Chicago and then much farther.
New York came next. Los Angeles followed.
Those years ended up shaping a lot of what readers now enjoy in her fiction. Modeling gave her plenty of downtime, and she filled it by reading widely. While living in Los Angeles with her husband, she also baked for a celebrity clientele and worked on creative projects outside publishing. One of those projects, a cooking show she developed with her husband, almost happened, then fell apart. Out of that frustration, she sat down at her computer and started writing. What began as a way to blow off steam turned into a career.
Her first novel, She Sins at Midnight, drew on Hollywood life and used it for comic fuel. From there she built a body of work that mixes romantic chaos with very human worries. The Reinvention of Mimi Finnegan taps into sibling pressure and self-doubt. Relatively Normal turns family dysfunction into comedy. The Event and the rest of the Creek Water books lean into small-town gossip, second chances, and the way home can still surprise you.
She has never seemed interested in staying in one narrow lane. Alongside rom-coms, she has written family humor, middle grade adventures, and thrillers. Even so, there is a recognizable Dineen flavor running through the whole catalog: witty dialogue, women who are doing their best under ridiculous circumstances, and communities that are nosy, messy, and often weirdly lovable.
That is also why readers who like the breezy setup of Text Me On Tuesday often wind up enjoying books that look very different on paper. The jokes come fast, but there is usually something sturdier underneath them, grief, reinvention, family strain, or the simple wish to be seen clearly. She knows how to make room for both the pratfall and the feeling.
She is also a USA Today bestselling author, and her books have picked up several reader-facing awards along the way. Dineen tends to describe herself with a joke before anything else, which fits the work. The humor is front and center, but the staying power comes from the warmth.
She likes mess, but the humane kind.
These days, Dineen lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and children. By her own account, life there includes chickens, organic vegetables, baking, movie nights, and an unwavering respect for french fries. It sounds like the sort of setting one of her heroines would appreciate, especially after a long, chaotic route to a happy ending.
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