Lisa Gardner 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 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(By: 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(As: Alicia Scott) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
34	Nine Months Part 2(As: Alicia Scott) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
35	Nine Months Part 3(As: 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(As: Alicia Scott) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
40	Partners in Crime Part 2(As: Alicia Scott) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
41	Partners in Crime Part 3(As: 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 🇺🇸

3 books (2004–2014)

Start with I'd Kill For That and read in order.

#	Title
1	I'd Kill For That 2004Buy 🇺🇸
2	Suspense Magazine June 2013 2013Buy 🇺🇸
3	FaceOff 2014Buy 🇺🇸

12 books (2004–2020)

Start with Alone, the first of 12 books in the Detective D.D. Warren series.

#	Title
1	Alone 2004Buy 🇺🇸
2	Hide 2007Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Neighbor 2009Buy 🇺🇸
4	Live to Tell 2010Buy 🇺🇸
5	Love You More 2011Buy 🇺🇸
6	Catch Me 2012Buy 🇺🇸
7	Fear Nothing 2014Buy 🇺🇸
8	Find Her 2016Buy 🇺🇸
9	Look For Me 2018Buy 🇺🇸
10	Never Tell 2019Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Guy Who Died Twice 2019Buy 🇺🇸
12	When You See Me 2020Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2012–2016)

Start with The 7th Month and read in order.

#	Title
1	The 7th Month 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Laughing Buddha: Malachai Samuels vs. D.D. Warren(With: M.J. Rose) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
3	3 Truths and a Lie 2016Buy 🇺🇸

10 books (1997–2020)

Start with The Perfect Husband, the first of 10 books in the FBI Profiler series.

#	Title
1	The Perfect Husband 1997Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Next Accident 2001Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Third Victim 2001Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Killing Hour 2003Buy 🇺🇸
5	Gone 2006Buy 🇺🇸
6	Say Goodbye 2008Buy 🇺🇸
7	The 4th Man 2016Buy 🇺🇸
8	Right Behind You 2017Buy 🇺🇸
9	Never Tell 2019Buy 🇺🇸
10	When You See Me 2020Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2021–2025)

Start with Before She Disappeared, the first of 4 books in the Frankie Elkin series.

#	Title
1	Before She Disappeared 2021Buy 🇺🇸
2	One Step Too Far 2022Buy 🇺🇸
3	Still See You Everywhere 2024Buy 🇺🇸
4	Kiss Her Goodbye 2025Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1995–1996)

Start with At the Midnight Hour, the first of 5 books in the Guiness Gang series.

#	Title
1	At the Midnight Hour 1995Buy 🇺🇸
2	Hiding Jessica 1995Buy 🇺🇸
3	One Who Almost Got Away 1996Buy 🇺🇸
4	Quiet One 1996Buy 🇺🇸
5	The One Worth Waiting For 1996Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1997–1998)

Start with MacNamara's Woman and read in order.

#	Title
1	MacNamara's Woman 1997Buy 🇺🇸
2	Maggie's Man 1997Buy 🇺🇸
3	Brandon's Bride 1998Buy 🇺🇸

13 books (1998–2000)

Start with Engaging Sam(By: Ingrid Weaver), the first of 13 books in the Men In Blue series.

#	Title
1	Engaging Sam(By: Ingrid Weaver) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
2	Girls' Night Out(By: Elizabeth August) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
3	Murphy's Law(By: Marilyn Pappano) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
4	One Silent Night(By: Debra Cowan) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Reforming of Matthew Dunn(By: Virginia Kantra) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
6	While She Was Sleeping(By: Diane Pershing) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
7	An Officer and a Gentle Woman(By: Doreen Owens Malek) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
8	Bridger's Last Stand(By: Linda Winstead Jones) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
9	Most Wanted(By: Maggie Price) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
10	One Moment Past Midnight(By: Emilie Richards) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Tough Guy and the Toddler(By: Diane Pershing) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
12	A Place to Call Home(By: Sharon Sala) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
13	Marrying Mike... Again 2000Buy 🇺🇸

29 books (1988–2002)

Start with Measure of Deceit(By: Caroline Burnes), the first of 29 books in the Safe Haven series.

#	Title
1	Measure of Deceit(By: Caroline Burnes) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Message(By: Stella Cameron) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
3	Come Gentle the Dawn(By: Lindsay McKenna) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
4	Life Line(By: Rebecca York) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
5	Deadly Currents(By: Caroline Burnes) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Reluctant Bride(By: Barbara Bretton) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
7	A Haven in His Arms(By: Phyllis Halldorson) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
8	Dead Heat(By: Patricia Rosemoor) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
9	Hired Hand(By: Elizabeth Bevarly) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
10	Night Prince(By: Muriel Jensen) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
11	Tempting Faith(By: Susan Mallery) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
12	At the Midnight Hour(As: Alicia Scott) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
13	Caitlin's Guardian Angel(By: Marie Ferrarella) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
14	His Friend's Wife(By: Janice Kay Johnson) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
15	Odd Man Out(By: B.J. Daniels) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
16	True Lies(By: Ingrid Weaver) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
17	Badlands Bride(By: Cheryl St. John) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Marrying Kind(By: Beverly Bird) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
19	Renegade's Redemption(By: Lindsay Longford) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
20	Sunset Promises(By: Carla Cassidy) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
21	The Amnesiac Bride(By: Marie Ferrarella) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
22	Return to Sender(By: Merline Lovelace) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
23	Clay Yeager's Redemption(By: Justine Davis) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
24	Keeping Annie Safe(By: Beverly Barton) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
25	Her Private Bodyguard(By: Gayle Wilson) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
26	Inadmissible Passion(By: Ann Voss Peterson) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
27	One Good Man(By: Julie Miller) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
28	Memories of Megan(By: Rita Herron) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
29	Secrets and Lies(By: Maggie Shayne) 2002Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1994–2026)

Start with Waking Nightmare, the first of 5 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Waking Nightmare 1994Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Other Daughter 1999Buy 🇺🇸
3	Marrying Mike... Again 2000Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Survivors Club 2002Buy 🇺🇸
5	You'll Be Sorry 2026Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2011–2015)

Start with Love You More and read in order.

#	Title
1	Love You More 2011Buy 🇺🇸
2	Touch & Go 2013Buy 🇺🇸
3	Crash & Burn 2015Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1992–1994)

Start with Walking After Midnight and read in order.

#	Title
1	Walking After Midnight 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	Shadow's Flame 1994Buy 🇺🇸