Kate Kingsbury Reading Order

53 books (1997–2014)

Start with Cinderella Story(By: Elizabeth August), the first of 53 books in the 36 Hours series.

#	Title
1	Cinderella Story(By: Elizabeth August) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
2	Father And Child Reunion(By: Christine Flynn) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
3	For Her Eyes Only(By: Sharon Sala) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
4	Ooh Baby, Baby(By: Diana K. Whitney) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
5	Strange Bedfellows(By: Kasey Michaels) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Rancher and the Runaway Bride(By: Susan Mallery) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
7	Marriage By Contract(By: Sandra Steffen) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
8	Nine Months(By: Beverly Barton) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
9	Parent Plan(By: Paula Detmer Riggs) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
10	Partners In Crime(By: Lisa Gardner) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
11	You Must Remember This(By: Marilyn Pappano) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
12	A Thanksgiving To Remember(By: Margaret Watson) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
13	Cinderella for a Night(By: Susan Mallery) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Christmas That Changed Everything(By: Marilyn Pappano,Christine Flynn,Mary Lynn Baxter) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
15	Very... Pregnant New Year's(As: Doreen Roberts) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
16	My Secret Valentine(By: Marilyn Pappano) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
17	Cinderella Story Part 1(By: Elizabeth August) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
18	Cinderella Story Part 2(By: Elizabeth August) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
19	Cinderella Story Part 3(By: Elizabeth August) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
20	Father and Child Reunion Part 1(By: Christine Flynn) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
21	Father and Child Reunion Part 2(By: Christine Flynn) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
22	Father and Child Reunion Part 3(By: Christine Flynn) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
23	For Her Eyes Only Part 1(By: Sharon Sala) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
24	For Her Eyes Only Part 2(By: Sharon Sala) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
25	For Her Eyes Only Part 3(By: Sharon Sala) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
26	Lightning Strikes Part 1(By: Mary Lynn Baxter) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
27	Lightning Strikes Part 2(By: Mary Lynn Baxter) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
28	Lightning Strikes Part 3(By: Mary Lynn Baxter) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
29	Lightning Strikes(By: Mary Lynn Baxter) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
30	Marriage by Contract Part 1(By: Sandra Steffen) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
31	Marriage by Contract Part 2(By: Sandra Steffen) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
32	Marriage by Contract Part 3(By: Sandra Steffen) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
33	Nine Months Part 1(By: Alicia Scott) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
34	Nine Months Part 2(By: Alicia Scott) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
35	Nine Months Part 3(By: Alicia Scott) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
36	Ooh Baby, Baby Part 1(By: Diana K. Whitney) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
37	Ooh Baby, Baby Part 2(By: Diana K. Whitney) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
38	Ooh Baby, Baby Part 3(By: Diana K. Whitney) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
39	Partners in Crime Part 1(By: Alicia Scott) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
40	Partners in Crime Part 2(By: Alicia Scott) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
41	Partners in Crime Part 3(By: Alicia Scott) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
42	Strange Bedfellows Part 1(By: Kasey Michaels) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
43	Strange Bedfellows Part 2(By: Kasey Michaels) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
44	Strange Bedfellows Part 3(By: Kasey Michaels) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
45	The Parent Plan Part 1(By: Paula Detmer Riggs) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
46	The Parent Plan Part 2(By: Paula Detmer Riggs) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
47	The Parent Plan Part 3(By: Paula Detmer Riggs) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
48	The Rancher and the Runaway Bride Part 1(By: Susan Mallery) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
49	The Rancher and the Runaway Bride Part 2(By: Susan Mallery) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
50	The Rancher and the Runaway Bride Part 3(By: Susan Mallery) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
51	You Must Remember This Part 1(By: Marilyn Pappano) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
52	You Must Remember This Part 2(By: Marilyn Pappano) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
53	You Must Remember This Part 3(By: Marilyn Pappano) 2014Buy 🇺🇸

30 books (1992–2019)

Start with Black Tree Moon(By: Kathleen Eagle), the first of 30 books in the American Heroes series.

#	Title
1	Black Tree Moon(By: Kathleen Eagle) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	No Retreat(By: Marilyn Pappano) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
3	To Each His Own(By: Kathleen Eagle) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
4	Cuts Both Ways(By: Dee Holmes) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
5	Hell On Wheels(By: Naomi Horton) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
6	Hold Back the Night(By: Emilie Richards) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
7	In a Stranger's Eyes(As: Doreen Roberts) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
8	Callaghan's Way(By: Marie Ferrarella) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
9	Defender(By: Kathleen Eagle) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
10	Keeper(By: Patricia Gardner Evans) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
11	Michael's Father(By: Dallas Schulze) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
12	Simple Gifts(By: Kathleen Korbel) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
13	Cold Cold Heart(By: Ann Williams) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
14	Luke(By: Jill Shalvis) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
15	Rescue Me!(By: Elda Minger) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
16	Between Roc and a Hard Place(By: Heather Graham Pozzessere) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
17	Flashback(By: Jill Shalvis) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
18	Flashpoint(By: Jill Shalvis) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
19	The Eleventh Hour(By: Wendy Etherington) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
20	Free Fall(By: Jill Shalvis) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
21	A Soldier in Conard County(By: Rachel Lee) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
22	A Walk on the Wild Side(By: Eileen Dreyer) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
23	Show Me a Hero(By: Allison Leigh) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
24	Soldier, Handyman, Family Man(By: Lynne Marshall) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
25	Special Forces Father(By: Victoria Pade) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
26	The Captain's Baby Bargain(By: Merline Lovelace) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
27	The Captains' Vegas Vows(By: Caro Carson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
28	The Lieutenants' Online Love(By: Caro Carson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
29	The Majors' Holiday Hideaway(By: Caro Carson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
30	The Colonels' Texas Promise(By: Caro Carson) 2019Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1997–2012)

Start with Murder, They Wrote and read in order.

#	Title
1	Murder, They Wrote 1997Buy 🇺🇸
2	Cast of Characters 2012Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2008–2009)

Start with High Marks for Murder and read in order.

#	Title
1	High Marks for Murder 2008Buy 🇺🇸
2	Finished Off 2009Buy 🇺🇸
3	Murder Has No Class 2009Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2004–2004)

Start with Behind the Shield(By: Sheryl Lynn), the first of 4 books in the Cowboy Cops series.

#	Title
1	Behind the Shield(By: Sheryl Lynn) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
2	Denim Detective(By: Adrianne Lee) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
3	Official Duty(As: Doreen Roberts) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
4	Restless Spirit(By: Cassie Miles) 2004Buy 🇺🇸

43 books (1985–1997)

Start with Devil's Gambit(By: Lisa Jackson), the first of 43 books in the Dangerous to Love USA Series series.

#	Title
1	Devil's Gambit(By: Lisa Jackson) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
2	Twice Shy(By: Evelyn A. Crowe) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
3	Measure of Deceit(By: Caroline Burnes) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
4	Life Line(By: Rebecca York) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
5	Someone To Turn To(By: Marilyn Cunningham) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
6	A Dangerous Game(By: Candace Schuler) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
7	A Dangerous Loyalty(By: Suzanne Ellison) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
8	Accompanying Alice(By: Terese Ramin) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Perfect Frame(By: Barbara Bretton,Betsy Page) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
10	Deadly Currents(By: Caroline Burnes) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
11	Stage Whispers(By: Barbara Bretton,Elise Title) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Reluctant Bride(By: Barbara Bretton) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
13	A Haven in His Arms(By: Phyllis Halldorson) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
14	Deadly Devotion(By: Sheryl Lynn) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
15	Only a Dream Away(As: Doreen Roberts) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
16	Passion's Verdict(By: Barbara Bretton,Frances Williams) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
17	A Wanted Man(By: Kathleen Creighton) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
18	Capture(By: Emily French) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
19	Night Prince(By: Muriel Jensen) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
20	Safekeeping(By: Peg Sutherland) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
21	Surrogate Dad(By: Marion Smith Collins) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
22	A Secret And A Bridal Pledge(By: Barbara Bretton,Andrea Edwards) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
23	An Innocent Man(By: Margaret Watson) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
24	Behind The Mask(By: Joanna Wayne) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
25	Caitlin's Guardian Angel(By: Marie Ferrarella) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
26	Heart of the Hunter(By: B.J. James) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
27	His Friend's Wife(By: Janice Kay Johnson) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
28	The Gunslinger(By: Mary McBride) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
29	Time and Again(By: Kathryn Jensen) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
30	True Lies(By: Ingrid Weaver) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
31	A Suitable Bodyguard / The Bodyguard(By: Kathryn Shay) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
32	Baby Romeo: P.I.(By: Jule McBride) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
33	Badlands Bride(By: Cheryl St. John) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
34	Stranger in Paradise(By: Amanda Stevens) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
35	The Marrying Kind(By: Beverly Bird) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
36	The Only Child(By: Carolyn McSparren) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
37	Touch Me In The Dark(By: Patricia Rosemoor) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
38	When a Man Loves a Woman(By: Bonnie K. Winn) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
39	Renegade's Redemption(By: Lindsay Longford) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
40	Sunset Promises(By: Carla Cassidy) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
41	The Amnesiac Bride(By: Marie Ferrarella) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
42	The Twenty-Third Man(By: Peggy Nicholson) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
43	Wed To A Stranger?(By: Jule McBride) 1997Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (1999–1999)

#	Title
1	The Marriage Beat 1999Buy 🇺🇸

18 books (1984–1992)

Start with Circumstantial Evidence(By: Annette Broadrick), the first of 18 books in the Here Come the Grooms series.

#	Title
1	Circumstantial Evidence(By: Annette Broadrick) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
2	McCade's Woman(By: Rita Rainville) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
3	Once Upon A Time(By: Lucy Gordon) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
4	To Choose A Wife(By: Phyllis Halldorson) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
5	Taking Savanah(By: Pepper Adams) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
6	Lazarus Rising(By: Anne Stuart) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
7	Make-Believe Marriage(By: Carole Buck) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Bridal Price(By: Barbara Boswell) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Nesting Instinct(By: Elizabeth August) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
10	A Practical Marriage(By: Dallas Schulze) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
11	Annie in the Morning(By: Curtiss Matlock) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
12	Father of the Bride(By: Cathy Gillen Thacker) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
13	In the Line of Duty(As: Doreen Roberts) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
14	Runaway Bride(By: Karen Leabo) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Cowboy and the Chauffeur(By: Elizabeth August) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
16	Best Man For The Job(By: Dixie Browning) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
17	Not His Wedding!(By: Suzanne Simms) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
18	Wedding Eve(By: Betsy Johnson) 1992Buy 🇺🇸

9 books (2001–2006)

Start with A Bicycle Built for Murder, the first of 9 books in the Manor House Mysteries series.

#	Title
1	A Bicycle Built for Murder 2001Buy 🇺🇸
2	Death is in the Air 2001Buy 🇺🇸
3	Dig Deep for Murder 2002Buy 🇺🇸
4	For Whom Death Tolls 2002Buy 🇺🇸
5	Paint by Murder 2003Buy 🇺🇸
6	Berried Alive 2004Buy 🇺🇸
7	Fire When Ready 2004Buy 🇺🇸
8	An Unmentionable Murder 2006Buy 🇺🇸
9	Wedding Rows 2006Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2017–2018)

Start with Dead and Breakfast and read in order.

#	Title
1	Dead and Breakfast 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	Doom with a View 2017Buy 🇺🇸
3	Be Our Ghost 2018Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2021–2022)

Start with In Hot Water and read in order.

#	Title
1	In Hot Water 2021Buy 🇺🇸
2	In Too Steep 2022Buy 🇺🇸

23 books (1993–2019)

Start with Room with a Clue, the first of 23 books in the Pennyfoot Hotel Mysteries series.

#	Title
1	Room with a Clue 1993Buy 🇺🇸
2	Do Not Disturb 1994Buy 🇺🇸
3	Eat, Drink, and Be Buried 1994Buy 🇺🇸
4	Service for Two 1994Buy 🇺🇸
5	Check-Out Time 1995Buy 🇺🇸
6	Grounds for Murder 1995Buy 🇺🇸
7	Chivalry is Dead 1996Buy 🇺🇸
8	Pay the Piper 1996Buy 🇺🇸
9	Ring for Tomb Service 1997Buy 🇺🇸
10	Death with Reservations 1998Buy 🇺🇸
11	Dying Room Only 1998Buy 🇺🇸
12	Maid to Murder 1999Buy 🇺🇸
13	No Clue at the Inn 2003Buy 🇺🇸
14	Slay Bells 2006Buy 🇺🇸
15	Shrouds of Holly 2007Buy 🇺🇸
16	Ringing in Murder 2008Buy 🇺🇸
17	Decked with Folly 2009Buy 🇺🇸
18	Mistletoe and Mayhem 2010Buy 🇺🇸
19	Herald of Death 2011Buy 🇺🇸
20	The Clue is in the Pudding 2012Buy 🇺🇸
21	Mulled Murder 2013Buy 🇺🇸
22	A Perilous Promise 2016Buy 🇺🇸
23	A Merry Murder 2019Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2011–2014)

Start with Mind Over Murder, the first of 4 books in the Raven's Nest series.

#	Title
1	Mind Over Murder 2011Buy 🇺🇸
2	A Sinister Sense 2012Buy 🇺🇸
3	Trouble Vision 2013Buy 🇺🇸
4	Extra Sensory Deception 2014Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1998–1999)

Start with Home is Where the Cowboy Is and read in order.

#	Title
1	Home is Where the Cowboy Is 1998Buy 🇺🇸
2	A Forever Kind of Cowboy 1999Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Maverick's Bride 1999Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2025–2025)

14 books (1994–1996)

Start with Sam's World(By: Ann Williams), the first of 14 books in the Spellbound series.

#	Title
1	Sam's World(By: Ann Williams) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
2	Somewhere in Time(By: Merline Lovelace) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
3	Turn Back the Night(By: Jennifer Drew) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
4	A Twist in Time(By: Lee Karr) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
5	Anything's Possible(By: Judith McWilliams) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
6	Bedazzled(By: Rita Rainville) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
7	Errant Angel(By: Justine Davis) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
8	Heaven Can't Wait(By: Linda Turner) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
9	His Accidental Angel(By: Sandra Paul) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
10	So Little Time(As: Doreen Roberts) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
11	A Wife In Time(By: Cathie Linz) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
12	Apache Dream Bride(By: Joan Elliott Pickart) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
13	His Chosen Bride(By: Marcia Evanick) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Man from Forever(By: Vella Munn) 1996Buy 🇺🇸

17 books (1987–2015)

Start with Gambler's Gold(As: Doreen Roberts), the first of 17 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Gambler's Gold(As: Doreen Roberts) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
2	Forbidden Jade(As: Doreen Roberts) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
3	Willing Accomplice(As: Doreen Roberts) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
4	Desert Heat(As: Doreen Roberts) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
5	Threat of Exposure(As: Doreen Roberts) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
6	Home for the Holidays(As: Doreen Roberts) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
7	Broken Wings(As: Doreen Roberts) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Road to Freedom(As: Doreen Roberts) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
9	Only a Dream Away(As: Doreen Roberts) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
10	Where There's Smoke(As: Doreen Roberts) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
11	A Cowboy's Heart(As: Doreen Roberts) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
12	A Mom For Christmas(As: Doreen Roberts) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
13	Every Waking Moment(As: Doreen Roberts) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
14	In Love with the Boss(As: Doreen Roberts) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
15	One Bride: Baby Included(As: Doreen Roberts) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
16	The English Wife(As: Doreen Roberts) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
17	Spooks: The Diary of Jeanie Morris(As: Rebecca Kent) 2015Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2016–2018)

Start with Fractured and read in order.

8 books (1998–2001)

Start with A Season of Miracles(By: Christine Michels), the first of 8 books in the Try To Remember series.

#	Title
1	A Season of Miracles(By: Christine Michels) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
2	Owen's Touch(By: Lee Magner) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Mercenary And The Marriage Vow 1998Buy 🇺🇸
4	Trusting A Texan(By: Leann Harris) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
5	I'll Remember You(By: Barbara Ankrum) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
6	Virgin Without A Memory(By: Vickie Taylor) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
7	Safe In His Arms(By: Christine Scott) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
8	Witness... And Wife?(By: Kate Stevenson) 2001Buy 🇺🇸