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  • Bibliography:
    93 Books (12 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1999
  • Latest Book:
    December 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Bad Girls of the West

1 - Scandalous Sadie (Feb-2021)
2 - Ravenous Rose (Jul-2021)
3 - Tempting Tessa (Jun-2021)
4 - Nellie's Redemption (Sep-2021)

Burnett Brides

1 - The Rancher Takes a Bride (Jul-2012)
2 - The Outlaw Takes A Bride (Aug-2012)
3 - The Marshal Takes A Bride (Jun-2012)
4 - The Christmas Bride (Nov-2013)
5 - Travis (Jun-2022)
6 - Tanner (Jan-2023)
7 - Tucker (Feb-2023)
8 - Joshua (Feb-2023)
9 - Jacob (Apr-2023)
10 - Justin (Jul-2023)

Cuvier Women

1 - Wronged (Jan-2013)
2 - Betrayed (Jan-2013)
3 - Beguiled (Jan-2013)

Lipstick and Lead

1 - Desperate (Jun-2014)
2 - Deadly (Nov-2014)
3 - Dangerous (Feb-2015)
4 - Daring (May-2015)
5 - Determined (Sep-2015)
6 - Deceived (Jan-2018)
6.5 - Quinlan's Quest (Jan-2019)
7 - Defiant (Jul-2021)

Lipstick and Lead 2.0

1 - Nailing the Hit Man (Oct-2019)
2 - Nailing the Billionaire (Oct-2019)
3 - Nailing the Single Dad (Nov-2019)

Mail Order Bride Tales

1 - A Brother's Betrayal (Sep-2018)
2 - Pearl (Nov-2018)
3 - Ace's Bride (Sep-2018)

Racy Reunions

1 - Paying for the Past (Jun-2016)
2 - Her Christmas Lie (Nov-2015)
3 - Cupid's Revenge (Jun-2016)

Return to Cupid, Texas

1 - Cupid Stupid (Mar-2017)
2 - Cupid Scores (Feb-2017)
3 - Cupid's Dance (Feb-2017)
4 - Cupid Help Me! (Apr-2017)
5 - Cupid Cures (May-2017)
6 - Cupid's Heart (Jul-2017)
7 - Cupid Santa (Oct-2017)
8 - Cupid's Second Chance (Feb-2018)
9 - Cupid Charmer (May-2019)
10 - Cupid Crazy (Feb-2023)
11 - Cupid's Bachelorette (Feb-2022)
12 - Cupid Games (Apr-2023)

Scandalous Suffragettes

1 - Abigail (Jul-2015)
2 - Bella (Jun-2016)

Secrets of Mustang Island

1 - Secrets of a Summer Place (Aug-2022)
2 - Secrets of a Runaway Bride (Mar-2023)

Takes a Wife

1 - The Rancher Takes a Wife (Aug-2000)
2 - The Outlaw Takes a Wife (Jan-2001)
3 - The Marshal Takes a Wife (Jul-2001)

The Trouble With Twins

1 - My Sister's Boyfriend (Jan-2013)

Multi-Author Series List

Alphabet Mail-Order Brides

17 - Quinlan's Quest (Jan-2019)

American Mail-Order Brides

10 - Katie: Bride of Virginia (Nov-2015)

Angel Creek Christmas Brides

1 - Charity (Nov-2018)
11 - Ginger (Dec-2019)
17 - Minnie (Nov-2020)

The Debutantes of Durango

4 - The Debutante's Scandal (Sep-2020)
5 - The Debutante's Gamble (Sep-2020)
6 - The Debutante's Revenge (Sep-2020)

The Surprise Brides (Historical)

4 - Ethan (Oct-2015)

Book List in Order: 93 titles



  • Rachel, a spinster, with a sister and three small children, is stranded after her preacher father is killed in an Indian raid. Wade is a gambler that runs across them, on his way to a Fort Laramie for the biggest card game west of the Mississippi. ...



  • Sometimes Love is Sweeter... Sabrina Callahn broke her engagement to Texas Ranger Patrick Shand when he arrested her brother for cattle rustling--and broke her heart. Returning to her hometown after two years away, the first thing Sabrina sees is...



  • HE MARRIED HER FOR MONEY... Alexandra Thurston's opinion of the male species is as tainted as her reputation. Her husband disgraced her when he wrongfully accused her of infidelity, and then divorced her. Running from her shattered life, Alexandra s...



  • In a rugged Texas frontier town, a crafty widow sets out to find wives for her unruly brood of handsome sons. CASTING A SPELL OF LOVE Erotic spiritualist Rose Severin has everyone in Forth Worth, Texas, convinced she can speak to the dead. Everyone ...



  • In a rugged Texas frontier town, a crafty widow sets out to find wives for her unruly brood of handsome sons. SECOND CHANCES Dazed and grieving the death of his best friend, Tanner Burnett walked away from the Battle of Atlanta. Now a deserter, h...



  • In a rugged Texas frontier town, a crafty widow sets out to find wives for her unruly brood of handsome sons. A Face From The Past Now respected and responsible, Marshal Tucker Burnett thought his rambling past was behind him. That is, until Dr. S...



  • Wealthy Creole businessman Jean Cuvier had not one secret, but two. Two extra brides, to be precise--which was a scandalous shock to his true wife. Except she was no longer a wife now that Jean had been murdered. She was one of the three Cuvier widow...



  • When Jean Cuvier was murdered, he left a legacy of scandal and betrayal that rocked New Orleans. For the wealthy Creole businessman had not one wife to mourn him, but three. Much to Nicole Rosseau Cuvier's shock, she was the second of the three Cuvie...



  • A Woman Betrayed Louisiana shipping tycoon Jean Cuvier ruined Layla DuChampe's father and forced her into marriage. But when Jean is murdered, Layla discovers she was not the only woman Jean duped. To her shock, she is the third Cuvier widow...and s...






  • An AnthologyCupid's RevengeTen years ago, Skye Brand ran from Cupid, Texas to avoid marriage to Zane Calhoun. Now she's returning to town for the wedding of her friends Michelle and Ryan where she'll see Zane for the first time. Has he forgiven her f...



  • Marshal Tucker Burnett has cleaned up his gunslinger past and is now a respectable lawman. But he's determined to remain single even after his crafty mother has found eligible women for his brothers to marry. Until Dr. Sarah James returns home to For...



  • Eugenia Burnett wants grandchildren. This cunning widow is determined to find wives for her brood of handsome sons. In Fort Worth, Texas, Rose Severin, runs a séance parlor where she speaks to the dead or at least she pretends to until she can earn ...



  • Everyone deserves a second chance. After the death of his best friend in the Battle of Atlanta, Tanner Burnett walked away from the civil war. Now, ten years later, he runs with the Sam Bass gang, trying to escape the memories of the war. But when a ...



  • The trouble with identical twins... He's back. The one guy she never wanted to see again. Her high school indiscretion, Brent Moulton, has returned to Tyler, Texas. Only Jennifer Riley knows the truth about that night so long ago when she switched pl...



  • Scandal, Bigamy and Murder Recently married Layla Cuvier is awakened to the shocking news that her husband is murdered and that she is not his only widow. It’s true, she hated Jean Cuvier who forced Layla’s father to sell his shipping company and...



  • Nicole Cuvier went to New Orleans to share wonderful news with her husband only to discover him in a hotel room murdered, with two other women claiming to be his wives. It seems there are three Cuvier Widows and each one is suspected of murder.Pregna...



  • Shock, anger and humiliation were the only emotions Marian Cuvier felt for her murdered husband, Jean, especially after the detective informed her she’s not the only woman he married. There are three Cuvier widows and each one is suspected of murde...



  • Sometimes in order to find yourself, you must become someone else!

    She’s a Runaway Bride

    Valerie Burrows is running from a wedding, her attorney fiancé and the law.  Pampered Valerie takes a bus to nowheresville, where she lear...



  • Since his mother abandoned him on Christmas Eve never to return, Colin McDermott has hated Christmas and sworn never to have children. But this year two angels are giving him everything he didn't want. A Santa suit, a child and a chance at love again...






  • In the historical western town of Fort Worth, Texas, matchmaking mother, Eugenia Burnett, has achieved her goals. Her three sons are happily married, and she has three grandchildren, with the fourth on the way. But she hasn’t given up her matchmaki...



  • Three Funny Contemporary Romantic Comedies All Together in A Boxed Set My Sister's Boyfriend The trouble with identical twins… He's back. The one guy she never wanted to see again. Her high school...



  • After the death of their father, the McKenzie sisters, Meg, Annabelle and Ruby try the normal ways for women to earn a living in a small western town. When they fail, the McKenzie sisters decide to take up their father's profession, bounty hunting. T...



  • Sometimes exposing the truth about love can leave your own heart exposed. Documentary filmmaker Reed Hunter is ordered by his boss to expose relationship coach, Lacey Morgan’s Twelve Steps of Dating program. Discovering the matchmaker is not the sw...



  • Second Chances at Love Can Be Deadly Meg McKenzie has been responsible for her sisters since she was twelve when her mother died. While she longs to have a normal life like all young women, she must dress in pants and take on a man’s job as a bount...



  • Annabelle McKenzie stays at home and takes care of the farm and the bookkeeping for their family bounty hunting business while her two sisters take all the risks. Except that she’s grown bored and longs for adventure. The chance to show her sisters...



  • Ruby McKenzie loves being a bounty hunter in west Texas. She loves chasing bad guys and bringing them to justice using her beauty and wiles to catch criminals. But her sisters refused to let her hunt alone and now they’re married, no longer interes...



  • USA Today Best Selling Author Kirsten OsbourneMail Order Mischief When Elizabeth Miller agreed to manage a mail order bride agency years before, she had no idea that it would leave her lonely and isolated. She's loved one man for years and is about ...



  • In New Hope, Texas women like children, are to be seen and not heard. Their only job in life is to marry, procreate, and be a loyal, obedient wife. Thus the shortage of available women. Until, Abigail Vanderhooten is unexpectedly called home, her hea...



  • Hannah Williams’ first goal after becoming a bounty hunter is to return to Hide Town, Texas to seek revenge on the man who sold her into prostitution. While searching for her stepfather, she stumbles across a man brutally beaten and takes him to he...






  • Beth Worthington finds herself racing from a wealthy older groom into the arms of a stranger when she defies an attempt by her father to marry her off. Instead, she takes matters into her own hands and agrees to become a mail-order bride with no inte...



  • Tyler Ferguson thought losing your memory had some advantages, but mainly it created problems. When a roadside bomb in Kabul exploded the Humvee he’d been riding in, and wiped his memory of the last nine months in Afghanistan, he’d been given a m...



  • A disastrous factory fire ends Katie Maverick’s livelihood and she must find something quick. Convinced to become a mail-order bride, she receives an offer of marriage from Daniel O’Malley.Only Daniel isn’t the one who put the ad in the Groomsâ...



  • Ten years ago, Skye Brand ran from Cupid, Texas to avoid marriage to Zane Calhoun. Now she's returning for the Valentine wedding of her friends Michelle and Ryan where she'll see Zane for the first time. Has he forgiven her for running from an elo...



  • Love vs ambition!

    Bella Francis is an heiress whose duty is to marry a wealthy young man of her father's choosing - which is why she ran from that life. Bella follows her friend and fellow suffragette to a western town in Texas, wh...



  • Dr. Anthony DeAngelo holds patients' hearts in his hands, but is unwilling to take time from his career to find love for himself. Since the day his fiancé left him at the altar, his career has been his focus. Now that he's accomplished his career...



  • How can she forgive the man who arrested her brother? The man who was once her fiancé?

    Sabrina Callahan left Texas after the man she loved arrested her brother for cattle rustling. Two years later, when she arrives home, there is Patrick, ...



  • One lie changes the course of three lives… When Marianne Larson uncovers a truth about her marriage, she sets out to change the course of her life, finding herself along the way. But that journey doesn’t come easy as her mother and daughter decid...



  • Meghan Scott is not a typical school librarian. When her girlfriends convince her to test the Cupid superstition and dance naked around the statue, she reluctantly agrees. Eager to find her soulmate and start a family Meghan reasons, nothing else has...



  • After dancing around the Cupid fountain, can they hide their forbidden romance?

    Stay away from our sister. She's off limits.

    Much to her overprotective brothers dismay, Kelsey Lawrence seems to attract trouble. After drinking wine, h...






  • Nothing says bad judgement like trying to prove a superstition true…Taylor Braxton, along with a few adventurous girlfriends, decides to test one such superstition on Valentine’s Day â€" the day Taylor’s ex-fiancé is to be married. A few bottl...



  • A Conservative Cowboy Saves A Zany Journalist. Has Cupid Struck Again?Cowboy, Jim Lawrence, doesn’t believe in superstitions, hocus pocus, or folklore. After losing a bet he must dance naked around the Cupid Statue at midnight, not believing he wil...



  • Can Cupid Cure Not Only a Disease, But a Heart as Well?

    This dance meant nothing. This superstition had no bearing on his love life, his future wife or anything else. A nice warm bed called to him and the time had come to get this done. <...



  • The Bad Boy Wants The Preacher’s Daughter…At Least For One Night

    "Oh no," she screeched trying to hide all her very nice curves that she obviously had kept hidden away all these years.

    "What are you doing here?" he asked stunned.



  • Mistletoe, Montana Where Kisses Lead to Happily Ever After.
After a devastating tragedy, Everleigh Walsh’s uncle insists she come to Mistletoe, Montana to celebrate Christmas. Trying to deal with the horrible events she left behind, she is st...



  • Flood waters and broken hearts…two jilted ex-lovers trapped in Bride, Texas

    Laney Baxter’s ironic escape to Bride, Texas couldn’t be more fitting - considering she is a runaway bride! Unfortunately her plans to hide out have her jump...



  • Santa needs help delivering toys...Does he get more than he bargained for?

    "Stop," he called. "Halt."

    Taking a glance behind her, Santa ran toward her, chasing her and she busted out laughing. 

    "Freeze, I'm the law."

    "L...



  • The Bumbling Female Bounty Hunter meets a dime novelist and does he have a story to tell.

    Escaping her matchmaking mother, Caroline Mckenzie becomes the bumbling female bounty hunter. Luck protects her from her inept self, until she meet...



  • One Blind Date Too Many

    "Oh, honey, I miss you so much. How can I go on without you?" she said, trying to stop the tears that had flowed all day. As she laid the flower at the foot of Cupid, a shimmering light appeared before her and a w...



  • Can love overcome a generational feud?For generations, Collin Langley’s family has owned the largest Appaloosa ranch in New Dawn, Oregon. When a long lost member of the Jackson’s lays claim to the land, reigniting the Langley-Jackson feud, he’s...










  • The Past Collides With the Future Creating Mail-Order Bride SparksAfter being gone for years, Mick 'Ace' McIntire ordered himself a mail-order bride and returned home to Russell Gulch, Colorado. But everything has changed at home. His reason for orde...



  • Two brothers at odds. A stolen bride. Who wins? Who loses? Who claims her heart? After an accident disfigures Abel Shepherd's face, he is considered the ogre of Potter county. Lonely, he orders a mail-order bride, but she never arrives. Yet, his ...



  • The Single Father and the Teacher
Jesse McIntire is determined to protect his young daughter from the fate of his late wife. His father sends for a woman to take over his daughter's academic training as well as her feminine etiquette. Jesse re...




  • Evil touched Quinlan once. Will it do so again?

    The best thing that ever happened to Quinlan Clark was the day the law took her to an orphanage. Now, the time has come for Quinlan and the other young teachers to go out on their own as mai...



  • Is it possible to love someone in another time? Are dreams real?
Sadie Mae Miller is hanging up her barrel racing crown and beginning a new life. But when her grandmother asks her to sleep under a new wedding ring quilt with promises of vision...



  • Will the Billionaire Become Another of Her Victims?In the quaint town of Cupid, where love and laughter blend in a whimsical dance, Whitney Beckett's heartache turns her into the notorious man-eater after a fateful day at the altar. Armed with a two-...



  • Will the Bounty Hunter Catch the Billionaire?Brittany McKenzie, ex-military sniper, comes from a long line of bounty hunters. The night her cousin Jennifer marries, she has a one-night stand with a gorgeous unknown man who piques her interest. Back a...



  • The Redhead with the Gun Won't be DeniedJennifer McKenzie Delgado along with her cousins own the fourth generation of Lipstick and Lead. Together, they are determined their business of bounty hunting will continue. The problem is they hold a million-...



  • The Heat is OnMy pet name for him is Detective Baby Daddy. Why so harsh, you ask? Because Antonio Marino represents everything I detest in a guy. Unfortunately, we're both after the same criminal. Normally, that wouldn't bother me since I always get ...




  • Gambling on the Wild WomanFannie Trippe is every mother's nightmare. A wild child who refuses to obey the rules of conventional society—like women don't gamble. Until the night her full house beats the mine owner's three of a kind. Did she win...



  • Reckless Flirting and a Dangerous TemptationDaisy Trippe is the perfect daughter and the perfect woman to be a wealthy man's wife. At the Debutante Ball, her goal is to kiss a handsome man. A rich handsome man who would make all her socialite dreams ...



  • Scandal at the Debutante Ball...
Much to her mother's dismay, Meg Trippe isn't interested in rushing to the altar. At eighteen, she's a forward-thinking woman who dreams of independence and never relying on a man. But her mother dreams of her ...




  • Bad Girls Have More Fun
Unjustifiably branded scandalous by the newspaper society columnist, Sadie King tries to embrace her new identity to show society she is above such piddly gossip. She will wear her bad girl badge with pride, chin held h...



  • Good Girls Often Get Into TroubleA woman cannot enter the 1885 National Marksman Association championship. 
But that won't stop Tessa Harris. When her manly disguise is revealed, she is banished by her family and society. Desperate to make the...



  • Some Husbands Just Won't DieOn the brink of losing everything, Dora Tennyson learns her dead husband is alive and well in Fort Worth. And married. Determined to capture the man who stole her inheritance, she becomes a bounty hunter. Only problem is t...



  • Good Girls Just Want to be BadRose Tuttle, the preacher's daughter, has been secretly rebelling against her father's tyranny for months. Disguised she takes a job singing in the saloon. When her father announces he's found her a husband, she rebels. ...



  • Can the Bad Girl be Tamed?Nellie Robinson's sharp tongue and scheming ways have done more harm to the debutantes in Fort Worth, Texas, than even the newspaper's scandal-loving social columnist. But when Prince Randolph Schmidt comes to town, she is d...



  • Searching for a SantaAs Christmas approaches, Carrie Madison faces a daunting challenge—finding the perfect Santa for the orphanage celebration. Little does she know, fate has a different plan for her when a mysterious burglar seeks refuge in ...



  • A billionaire longing for a family. A lawyer with a broken heart. A Cupid statue with a superstition.Dustin Torres, a self-made billionaire, has conquered the business world and is now on the hunt for love and a picture-perfect family. In the heart o...



  • Secrets, Lies and a Matchmaking GhostBillionaire Travis Burnett would love to close the dude ranch portion of the Burnett Ranch. But the family board of directors refuses. So Travis must continue to deal with city slickers who think ranching is just ...



  • Jennifer Moss is having a really bad day.... But it's about to get even worse...
In the tumult of Jennifer Moss's life, every blow seems to land harder than the last. Her son's grades plummet, her marriage feels distant, and a letter from the ...



  • Can a Matchmaking Ghost Heal Two Broken Hearts?Tanner Burnett served his country well in the Iraq War. Now he's returned home with a badass case of posttraumatic challenges. The least little noise has him taking cover. So when a ghost starts talking ...



  • Childhood enemies married in Vegas?Caitlyn Beckett, had a five year plan. Marry a handsome billionaire, have two point five children and live happily-ever-after in a grand mansion. Only problem, she is four years late in finding her wealthy husband a...



  • Come Spend Christmas with the BurnettsJoshua Burnett is the next Burnett the family ghost is ready to match. But he's been keeping secrets from the family. Secrets even his ghostly great-great-great-great-grandmother doesn't know. Maybe he's a womani...



  • The Bodyguard, The Actress, and the Matchmaking GhostTexas billionaire Tucker Burnett keeps his international acclaimed security business and personal life separate even when he's protecting the world's most beautiful women. When his client is almost...



  • Running Away Brought Her What She WantedCrystal Young isn't marrying for love, but it will give her what her heart desires that is until her fiancé reveals his true treacherous self. Running from her wedding, she takes their honeymoon cruise alo...



  • Games People PlayEmily Martin, disgraced professional basketball player, is now the high school basketball coach in the small town of Cupid, Texas. Unfortunately, she's locked in a perpetual game of dodgeball with the boys' coach - her jilted college...



  • The Cowboy lost his memory and the wanderer longs to forget her obligation.Jacob Burnett knows the danger of the rodeo. He's witnessed many a cowboy flying through the air, but this is his dream. He's going to win or die trying. And dying is a possib...



  • Can a Romance Writer Tame a Grumpy Cowboy?Grumpy cowboy Justin Burnett has built an emotional barrier around his heart. All he wants to do is work with the cattle, and yet his Aunt Rose has given him a special task - show a romance writer how a worki...



  • A Christmas Miracle in the Snow — Love Comes to the Rescue

Going home for Christmas, Olivia Miller's life takes a sudden, unexpected turn. Stranded in a desolate snowstorm, she's left reeling from a string of losses - her job, h...



  • In the Honeymoon Suite of Life, Love has Other PlansDr. Noel Baker and Dr. Hannah Young share a deep, unshakable friendship bound by their love for medicine. But the unspoken attraction between them remains a line they're hesitant to cross.Noel carri...



  • Mistletoe and a Secret Baby: Rekindling Love in the Season of MiraclesNine months ago, amidst the sun-kissed waves of a cruise, Amelia Miller and Ryan Allen shared a magical encounter that neither could forget. The spark between them was instant, the...



  • An Unforgettable Blizzard of Love -- Second Chances With a BillionaireIn the heart of a raging snowstorm, fate reunites Emma Miller and billionaire Theodore White, two old high school friends. Emma, with no room left in the city and Theodore on his w...







  • It's reunion time for the Crystal Cove High Class of 1989, and romance is in the air.Jason Martin—the once notorious bad boy of school, caught stealing girls' panties and hanging them on football goal posts has returned to Crystal Cove High. N...



  • A Billionaire's Hidden Talent, A Literary Agent's Last ChanceDakota Landry, the brooding billionaire, may have lost it all before striking it rich with a lottery win, but he harbors a hidden passion that even his closest kin are unaware of.Heidi Pere...






Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Sylvia McDaniel has published 93 books.

The next book by Sylvia McDaniel, Desiree, will be published in December 2024.

The first book by Sylvia McDaniel, A Hero's Heart, was published in January 1999.

Yes. Sylvia McDaniel has 12 series.