Inglath Cooper Reading Order

33 books (1994–2000)

The Family Man series is a complete 33-book romance collection published between 1994 and 2000, featuring different authors contributing standalone stories within a shared thematic universe. Each novel explores family dynamics and relationships from various perspectives, with titles like Bringing Up Father, Jake's Promise, and The Third Christmas serving as entry points into different characters' journeys. Reading in publication order allows you to experience how the series evolved across its six-year run, though individual books can be enjoyed independently without prior knowledge of earlier entries.

Start with Bringing Up Father(By: Maggie Simpson), the first of 33 books in the Family Man series.

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1	Bringing Up Father(By: Maggie Simpson) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Jake's Promise(By: Helen Conrad) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Third Christmas(By: Margot Early) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Cry Uncle(By: Judith Arnold) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Father Takes a Wife(By: Ginger Chambers) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Fathers & Other Strangers(By: Evelyn A. Crowe) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Finding Father(By: Anne Marie Duquette) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	First Love, Second Chance(By: Amanda Clark) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Four Times the Trouble(By: Tara Taylor Quinn) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Jacob's Girls(By: Tara Taylor Quinn) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Man of My Dreams(By: Margot Dalton) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Good Father(By: Peg Sutherland) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The West Virginian(By: Sharon Brondos) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Firm Commitment(By: Linda Markowiak) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	His Runaway Son(By: Dee Holmes) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Mr. Family(By: Margot Early) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Birth Mother(By: Tara Taylor Quinn) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Only Child(By: Carolyn McSparren) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Trouble with Texans(By: Maggie Simpson) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Water Baby(By: Roz Fox) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	This Montana Home(By: Sherry Lewis) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	If Wishes Were Horses(By: Carolyn McSparren) 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	The Last Good Man 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	A Father's Heart(By: Karen Young) 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	A Father's Place(By: Joan Kilby) 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Before Thanksgiving Comes(By: Marisa Carroll) 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Having It All / The Boss Next Door(By: Roz Fox) 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Reluctant Witness(By: Linda Markowiak) 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Daddy's Home(By: Pamela Bauer) 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Her Brother's Keeper(By: K.N. Casper) 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Jessie's Father(By: C.J. Carmichael) 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	What Child Is This?(By: Karen Young) 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Close Neighbors(By: Dawn Stewardson) 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

36 books (2003–2020)

The Going Back series is a 36-book romance collection published between 2003 and 2020, now complete. Written by multiple authors including Inglath Cooper, Caron Todd, Janice Carter, and others, these books should be read in publication order to follow the interconnected stories. The series explores themes of homecoming, second chances, and personal growth through standalone yet connected narratives set in small-town America.

Start with The House on Creek Road(By: Caron Todd), the first of 36 books in the Going Back series.

#	Title
1	The House on Creek Road(By: Caron Todd) 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Past, Present and a Future(By: Janice Carter) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Return to Little Hills(By: Janice Macdonald) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Everything To Prove(By: Nadia Nichols) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	His Best Friend's Baby(By: Molly O'Keefe) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Man With a Past(By: Kay Stockham) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Mr. Imperfect(By: Karina Bliss) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Truth About Family(By: Kimberly Van Meter) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	A Time to Come Home(By: Darlene Gardner) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Count on Love(By: Melinda Curtis) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Return to West Texas(By: Jean Brashear) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Wedding Heiress(By: Pamela Ford) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Wrong Man For Her(By: Kathryn Shay) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	A Forever Family(By: Jamie Sobrato) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	A Man to Rely on(By: Cindi Myers) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	More Than a Memory(By: Roz Fox) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	A Letter for Annie(By: Laura Abbot) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	An Unlikely Setup(By: Margaret Watson) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Cowboy Comes Back(By: Jeannie Watt) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Boyfriend's Back(By: Ellen Hartman) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Man She Once Knew / The Price He Paid(By: Jean Brashear) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Trust Me / The Promise He Made(By: Linda Style) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	A Lot Like Christmas(By: Dawn Atkins) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Always a Temp(By: Jeannie Watt) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Can't Stand the Heat?(By: Margaret Watson) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	A Southern Reunion(By: Lenora Worth) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Deserving of Luke(By: Tracy Wolff) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	One Good Reason(By: Sarah Mayberry) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	The Baby Connection(By: Dawn Atkins) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	The Christmas Gift(By: Darlene Gardner) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	The Last Goodbye(By: Sarah Mayberry) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	The Prodigal Son(By: Beth Andrews) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	In His Eyes(By: Emmie Dark) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	The Long Shot(By: Ellen Hartman) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Beyond Ordinary(By: Mary Sullivan) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	John Riley's Girl 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

28 books (1999–2024)

The Hometown U.S.A. series is a 28-book romance collection featuring interconnected stories set in small-town America, with contributions from multiple authors including Inglath Cooper, Roz Fox, Linda Warren, and others. Published from 1999 through 2024, the series remains ongoing and should be read in publication order to experience the full arc of character connections and community development. Each book stands as its own complete romance while contributing to the larger tapestry of relationships and storylines within the series. Beginning with Welcome To My Family, readers will discover how individual love stories weave together across the Hometown U.S.A. landscape.

Start with Welcome To My Family(By: Roz Fox), the first of 28 books in the Hometown U.S.A. series.

#	Title
1	Welcome To My Family(By: Roz Fox) 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Truth About Jane Doe(By: Linda Warren) 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	A Country Practice(By: Laura Abbot) 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Daughter of Oklahoma(By: Darlene Graham) 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	That Woman in Wyoming(By: Sherry Lewis) 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	A Woman Like Annie 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	My Name is Nell(By: Laura Abbot) 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Dilemma at Bayberry Cove(By: Cynthia Thomason) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Second Sister(By: Carrie Weaver) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Women of Bayberry Cove(By: Cynthia Thomason) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	An Unlikely Match(By: Cynthia Thomason) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Dear Cordelia(By: Pamela Ford) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Rules of Engagement(By: Bonnie K. Winn) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Marriage in Jeopardy(By: Anna Adams) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Small-Town Secrets(By: Margaret Watson) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	No Hero Like Him(By: Elaine Grant) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Plan B: Boyfriend(By: Ellen Hartman) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Frankie's Back in Town(By: Jeanie London) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Her Mountain Man(By: Cindi Myers) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Way to Texas / Waltz Across Texas(By: Liz Talley) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	A Little Texas / Texas Twirl(By: Liz Talley) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	A Taste of Texas / Takes Two to Tango(By: Liz Talley) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	A Touch of Scarlet(By: Liz Talley) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Her Son's Hero(By: Vicki Essex) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Cost of Silence(By: Kathleen O'Brien) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	These Ties That Bind(By: Mary Sullivan) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Winning Over the Rancher(By: Mary Brady) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Hot to Trot(By: Liz Talley) 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

10 books (2012–2019)

Inglath Cooper's Nashville series comprises ten romance novels published between 2012 and 2019, following the interconnected lives of characters in the Nashville music scene. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Ready to Reach and concluding with You, Me and a Palm Tree. Each book can be enjoyed for its own story while contributing to the larger tapestry of relationships and drama across the series.

Start with Ready to Reach, the first of 10 books in the Nashville series.

#	Title
1	Ready to Reach 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Hammer and a Song 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Pleasure in the Rain 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	What We Feel 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Amazed 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Commit 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Sweet Tea and Me 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	R U Serious 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Not Without You 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	You, Me and a Palm Tree 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

32 books (2000–2020)

The Single Father series is a 32-book romance collection published between 2000 and 2020, now complete. Each standalone novel explores themes of fatherhood, family, and romance, featuring different characters and stories across the full run. Readers should begin with This Child of Mine by Darlene Graham and proceed in publication order to experience the series as intended.

Start with This Child of Mine(By: Darlene Graham), the first of 32 books in the Single Father series.

#	Title
1	This Child of Mine(By: Darlene Graham) 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Mommy Plan(By: Susan Gable) 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Mommy Said Goodbye(By: Janice Kay Johnson) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Wrong Man(By: Laura Abbot) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	To Be a Mother(By: Rebecca Winters) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Woman In Hiding(By: Rebecca Winters) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	A Mom for Matthew(By: Roz Fox) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Bachelor Father(By: Pamela Bauer) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Trick to Getting a Mom(By: Amy Frazier) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	To Protect His Own(By: Brenda Mott) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Family at Stake(By: Molly O'Keefe) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Man from Montana(By: Brenda Mott) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Over His Head(By: Carolyn McSparren) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Party of Three(By: Joan Kilby) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Trouble With Twins(By: Nancy Warren) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	An Unlikely Family(By: Cynthia Thomason) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	It Takes Two(By: Joanne Michael) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Nanny Makes Three(By: Joan Kilby) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Practice Makes Perfect(By: Janice Macdonald) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Baby Doctors(By: Janice Macdonald) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	A Soldier Comes Home(By: Cindi Myers) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	His Secret Past(By: Ellen Hartman) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Home for the Holidays(By: Sarah Mayberry) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Dance with the Doctor(By: Cindi Myers) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Once and for All(By: Jeannie Watt) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Sasha's Dad(By: Geri Krotow) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	The Moon That Night(By: Helen Brenna) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Nanny Next Door(By: Michelle Celmer) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Daddy's Little Matchmaker(By: Roz Fox) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Hearts Entwined(By: Roz Fox) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Soldier's Rescue(By: Betina Krahn) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Unfinished Business 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2015–2025)

The Smith Mountain Lake series by Inglath Cooper comprises four contemporary romance novels set around the Virginia lakeside community. Published between 2015 and 2025, the series is still ongoing and should be read in publication order beginning with Blue Wide Sky, followed by Dragonfly Summer, Fences, and The Strawberry Field. Each installment builds on the connections and relationships established in the previous books, making sequential reading essential for full enjoyment of the interconnected stories.

Start with Blue Wide Sky, the first of 4 books in the Smith Mountain Lake series.

#	Title
1	Blue Wide Sky 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Dragonfly Summer 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Fences 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Strawberry Field 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

13 books (2005–2020)

Inglath Cooper's Standalone Novels series comprises thirteen complete contemporary romance novels published between 2005 and 2020. Though each book stands alone with its own characters and story, readers should begin with A Man to Believe In and follow the publication order through the final entry, A Dog Named Nate. The series showcases Cooper's characteristic romance storytelling across diverse settings and scenarios throughout her two-decade span of releases.

Start with A Man to Believe In, the first of 13 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	A Man to Believe In 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	A Year and a Day 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Lost Daughter of Pigeon Hollow 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	A Gift Of Grace 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	A Woman with Secrets 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Good Guys Love Dogs 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Truths and Roses 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Mayor of Macon Point 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Crossing Tinker's Knob / And Then You Loved Me 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Rock Her 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Heart That Breaks 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Swerve 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	A Dog Named Nate 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2014–2020)

The Take Me There series by Inglath Cooper is a complete three-book romance collection published between 2014 and 2020. Each standalone novel follows different characters in romantic settings across the globe, beginning with That Month in Tuscany, followed by That Birthday in Barbados, and concluding with That Weekend in Paris. Readers should follow publication order to experience the series as intended.

Start with That Month in Tuscany and read in order.

#	Title
1	That Month in Tuscany 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	That Birthday in Barbados 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	That Weekend in Paris 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2018–2018)

#	Title
1	Jane Austen Girl / Down a Country Road 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2015–2015)