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Wishing Well Texas Books in Order

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Explore the Wishing Well, Texas books in order by Melanie Shawn, with quick summaries, series notes, and help picking a starting book.

Last updated: June 29, 2026

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Wishing Well Texas books in publication order

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12 books

1

Convincing Cara

by Melanie Shawn

2015

Fresh off life-changing news, Cara McCord wants to truly start living, but her heart still belongs to the one cowboy she thinks she cannot have. Trace Briggs is ready to prove her wrong.

2

Teasing Destiny

by Melanie Shawn

2015

Destiny Rose Porter never forgot the night JJ Briggs broke her heart. When the major league pitcher comes back to Wishing Well, old chemistry and unfinished business make staying away impossible.

3

Discovering Harmony

by Melanie Shawn

2016

Harmony Briggs finally realizes she wants more than the life she planned, and Hudson Reed has been quietly loving her from afar. Wishing Well gives them the perfect place to see what the heart already knew.

4

Claiming Colton

by Melanie Shawn

2017

Colton has to decide whether finally going after what he wants is worth everything he could lose. Set in Wishing Well, it is a warm, sexy story about long-held feelings coming to a head.

5

Seducing Sawyer

by Melanie Shawn

2017

Delilah Turner is done waiting and finally decides to go after Sawyer Briggs herself. Years of built-up attraction turn this Wishing Well romance into a bold, satisfying payoff.

6

Taming Travis

by Melanie Shawn

2017

Travis may look impossible to pin down, but one woman sees more in him than his reputation. This Wishing Well romance leans into stubborn attraction, family ties, and the challenge of slowing a restless heart.

7

Trusting Bryson

by Melanie Shawn

2017

Bryson might be ready for more, but trust is never that simple in a town with long memories. This romance blends chemistry, vulnerability, and the slow work of believing someone will stay.

8

Unwrapping Jade

by Melanie Shawn

2018

A holiday mood and a guarded heroine make room for a sweet, sexy romance about finally opening the heart you have kept wrapped up too tight. It is warm, festive, and emotionally direct.

9

Borrowing Bentley

by Melanie Shawn

2020

Maisy Turner and Bentley Calhoun have been driving each other crazy since childhood. Working together in Wishing Well turns their long-running feud into a sharp, funny enemies-to-lovers romance with serious sparks.

10

Educating Holden

by Melanie Shawn

2020

Holden thinks he understands exactly how relationships work, until one smart, grounded woman proves he has more to learn than he expected. It is a flirty, emotional romance about growth, vulnerability, and getting out of your own way.

11

Kissing Beau

by Melanie Shawn

2020

Beau is easy to want and much harder to trust with your heart. This connected small-town romance leans into charm, chemistry, and the moment attraction finally becomes too strong to laugh off.

12

Loving Jackson

by Melanie Shawn

2020

Jackson and the woman who knows him best are forced to stop hiding behind old habits and easy assumptions. What follows is a warm contemporary romance about trust, attraction, and finally taking a real emotional risk.

Wishing Well Texas books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Teasing Destiny"

    Teasing Destiny

    by Melanie Shawn

    2015Wishing Well Texas, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Convincing Cara"

    Convincing Cara

    by Melanie Shawn

    2015Wishing Well Texas, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Discovering Harmony"

    Discovering Harmony

    by Melanie Shawn

    2016Wishing Well Texas, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Taming Travis"

    Taming Travis

    by Melanie Shawn

    2017Wishing Well Texas, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Claiming Colton"

    Claiming Colton

    by Melanie Shawn

    2017Wishing Well Texas, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Trusting Bryson"

    Trusting Bryson

    by Melanie Shawn

    2017Wishing Well Texas, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Seducing Sawyer"

    Seducing Sawyer

    by Melanie Shawn

    2017Wishing Well Texas, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Unwrapping Jade"

    Unwrapping Jade

    by Melanie Shawn

    2018Wishing Well Texas, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "Borrowing Bentley"

    Borrowing Bentley

    by Melanie Shawn

    2020Wishing Well Texas, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "Loving Jackson"

    Loving Jackson

    by Melanie Shawn

    2020Wishing Well Texas, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "Educating Holden"

    Educating Holden

    by Melanie Shawn

    2020Wishing Well Texas, Book 11
  12. Book cover for "Kissing Beau"

    Kissing Beau

    by Melanie Shawn

    2020Wishing Well Texas, Book 12

Series background & context

Wishing Well, Texas is exactly the kind of town the name promises, warm, a little sentimental, and full of people who cannot stop getting involved in each other's lives. The books revolve around connected families and friends, with old crushes, hometown returns, and long-held feelings doing a lot of the heavy lifting.

This series has a strong roots-and-history feel.

Characters often know each other from way back, which makes the romances richer right from the start. Somebody had a teenage crush. Somebody left. Somebody stayed. Somebody has been quietly in love for years and is finally out of excuses. That built-in history gives even the lighter books some emotional depth.

The town also lets Melanie Shawn play with a good mix of hero types. You get athletes, cowboys, steady local guys, and men who thought they had more time to figure things out. On the other side are heroines trying to protect their hearts, launch businesses, recover from loss, or finally choose what they want instead of what seems safe.

Family is everywhere, in the best and most stressful ways. Grandparents, siblings, neighbors, and longtime friends all help shape the stakes. The books can be sexy and funny, but what makes the series stick is the sense that every couple is being folded into a bigger community.

If you like romance where the town feels as important as the leads, Wishing Well works beautifully. It is generous, connected, and full of second chances that feel earned rather than easy.

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