Barbara Barrett

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  • Bibliography:
    30 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 2012
  • Latest Book:
    March 2024
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Full Series List in Order

A Mah Jongg Mystery

1 - Craks in a Marriage (Feb-2018)
2 - Bamboozled (Apr-2018)
3 - Connect the Dots (Feb-2019)
4 - Beware the East Wind (Aug-2019)
5 - Flower Power (Feb-2020)
6 - Jokers Wild (Jul-2020)
7 - The Charleston Challenge (Sep-2020)
8 - The Dragon Lady Gets Her Due (Nov-2020)
9 - Courtesy Call (Aug-2021)

The Matchmaking Motor Coach

0.5 - The Sleepover Clause (Nov-2012)
1 - Driven to Matrimony (Jan-2014)
2 - Seduction on Wheels (Aug-2015)
3 - Keeping It Casual (Aug-2016)

A Nailed It Home Reno Mystery

1 - Measure Twice, Murder Once (Jan-2022)
2 - Loose Screw (Feb-2022)
3 - Death by Drywall (Mar-2022)
4 - Homicide by Hammer (Aug-2022)
5 - Nuts and Bolts (Feb-2023)
6 - Snared by the Snake (Jun-2023)
7 - Wrenched at the Reindeer Run (Sep-2023)

Sullivan's Creek

1 - And He Cooks Too (Apr-2013)
2 - Saved by the Salsa (Aug-2014)
3 - Tough Enough to Tango (Feb-2015)

UnderWright Productions

1 - Don't Toy with Me (Jul-2017)
2 - Change Up (Sep-2017)
3 - Love In The Third Act (Nov-2017)

Book List in Order: 30 titles

  • The Sleepover Clause

    The Matchmaking Motor Coach - 0.5

    Beware of sticky divorces, or you could wind up a pawn in the middle. Aubrey Carpenter has no idea that the rustic, man's man mountain cabin she just converted to high Louis XIV style is still owned by her client's estranged husband. And he's not imp...

  • And He Cooks Too

    Sullivan's Creek - 1

    Three men, three lies. One thought it was for her own good, one did it for his own good, and the third nearly destroyed her career. Blacklisted by the city's finest restaurants, Chef Reese Dunbar must now put the resuscitation of her battered reputat...

  • Driven to Matrimony

    The Matchmaking Motor Coach - 1

    Dina Maitland spends almost as much time extricating her movie star mother from personal messes as she invests in her forensic accounting job. So much time, she may no longer have a job once she cleans up her mother's latest fiasco, her engagement to...

  • Saved by the Salsa

    Sullivan's Creek - 2

    Junior architect Lacey Rogers welcomes the opportunity to work with Jack Dalton, the firm’s golden boy, that is, until her hormones can’t resist his charm and spectacular looks. How can she keep her mind on their design project when her most pote...

  • Tough Enough to Tango

    Sullivan's Creek - 3

    When her father’s heart problems sideline him, Shae Harriman agrees to oversee Sullivan’s Creek, the largest residential building project the company has ever tackled.Though she has the education, her lack of management or supervisory experience,...

  • Not Your Mama's Mambo

  • Seduction on Wheels

    The Matchmaking Motor Coach - 2

    When her ex-husband calls her frigid, Jenna DiFranco takes some incredible risks to prove her sexuality, including picking up men in bars. Realizing her behavior is unsafe and irrational and finding herself facing several days on the road alone with ...

  • Keeping It Casual

    The Matchmaking Motor Coach - 3

    Talent manager Alex Appleby needs Geoff McKenna's help. Her vicious client is threatening the reputation of Alex's television-star father if Alex can't convince her stepsister to go along with the client's demand. Alex turns to Geoff to make the case...

  • Don't Toy with Me

    UnderWright Productions - 1

    Repossession of your car in Los Angeles is like breathing without lungs. It can make an unemployed management consultant like Jordan Wright do crazy things, such as accept a job beneath her skills on a reality competition show and pretend to be a spy...



  • Change Up

    UnderWright Productions - 2

    Barbara Barrett, http://www.barbarabarrettbooks.com, shapes the characters of her contemporary romances against the backdrop of their careers. In her new series, UnderWright Productions, she enters the world of TV production. Book 1 in the series, Do...

  • Love In The Third Act

    UnderWright Productions - 3

    Wedding planner Hadley Mayhew makes the mistake of sharing with new client her mother’s bizarre request to help her find a man, never contemplating the woman will think the idea of a mature child helping their parent reenter the dating game might b...

  • Craks in a Marriage

    A Mah Jongg Mystery - 1

    When Sydney Bonner overhears a fellow mah jongg player arguing on the phone with her husband, she realizes the couple's "perfect marriage" isn't all it appears to be. A few days later, the husband is found dead, his head bashed in. Fearing she'll...

  • Bamboozled

    A Mah Jongg Mystery - 2

    Essential oils distributor Dorcas Wiley is the boss everyone loves to hate. So when she turns up dead, killed by her own trophy, disgruntled saleswoman Cathy Broderick is the obvious suspect in her murder. Despite opportunity, motive and incriminatin...

  • The Billionaire's Big Birthday Bash

    Architect Keegan Bock has it all: celebrity, money and a job that takes him to the world's most fabulous hideaways. But this sumptuous lifestyle has gotten old. He yearns for more, to feel whole again, the way he did before Drew broke their engage...

  • Paradise by Design

    Architect Keegan Bock has it all: celebrity, money and a job that takes him to the world's most fabulous hideaways. But this sumptuous lifestyle has gotten old. He yearns for more, to feel whole again, the way he did before Drew broke their engage...

  • Connect the Dots

    A Mah Jongg Mystery - 3

    How could a thirty-something man fall to his death from a fourth-floor balcony he knows isdefective? That’s the question freelance writer Micki Demetrius is asked to answer by theman’s grieving mother, Clarissa White, who refuses to believe his d...

  • Beware the East Wind

    A Mah Jongg Mystery - 4

    Beware the east wind! It's hurricane season in Florida, and everyone's attention is focused on preparing for the latest tempest. But in Serendipity Springs, mah jongg pals Marianne, Sydney, Micki and Kat are caught in a different kind of whirlwind&#x...

  • Flower Power

    A Mah Jongg Mystery - 5

    Kat Faulkner is finally about to relaunch her singing career at Lombardi's Supper Club. Even mystery man Roger Flower, the new owner of the restaurant, has brought an entourage to her packed opening night. But her triumphant return to the stage is sc...

  • Jokers Wild

    A Mah Jongg Mystery - 6

    Marianne Putnam's one-act play is about to come to life, if she can put up with the guidance of an egotistical New York director who seems to think his primary job is tormenting the cast and crew at the Serendipity Springs community center. Jason New...



  • The Charleston Challenge

    A Mah Jongg Mystery - 7

    Oh, her aching feet! Micki Demetrius questions her sanity for agreeing to compete in Serendipity Springs' Annual Charleston Challenge when clearly she and her partner, Guy Whitney, have no chance of winning or even placing. Just ask the reigning cham...

  • The Dragon Lady Gets Her Due

    A Mah Jongg Mystery - 8

    When the dragon lady down the street invites Sydney Bonner's husband to join the block's holiday lighting extravaganza, Syd figures the venture will distract him while she manages Sheriff Rick Formero's election campaign. But Trip's merry mission end...

  • Courtesy Call

    A Mah Jongg Mystery - 9

    Katrina Faulkner hurts almost as much as the man in her life when he loses his bid to be reelected sheriff. But for the first time since she met Rick Formero, she's not worried about him being in peril—until he's drafted to help solve the fier...

  • Measure Twice, Murder Once

    A Nailed It Home Reno Mystery - 1

    It's bad enough when your business partner buys a property without consulting you, but when she accidentally acquires a brothel, it's enough to make Rowena Summerfield want to throw away her hammer. Still, the house is a bargain, and maybe it's just ...

  • Loose Screw

    A Nailed It Home Reno Mystery - 2

    All Rowena Summerfield wants to do is finish her latest home renovation with her daughter, Valerie. And it seems like all building inspector Mortimer Fonseca wants to do is get in her way. His refusal to help Ro's Nailed It company meet his impossibl...

  • Death by Drywall

    A Nailed It Home Reno Mystery - 3

    Renovating a restaurant is hard enough. Renovating it for your boyfriend who thinks his million-dollar smile will make up for his ever-changing whims is even harder. But running the job when a woman is murdered in a house your colleague is renovating...

  • Homicide by Hammer

    A Nailed It Home Reno Mystery - 4

    All Rowena Summerfield is seeking is a sense of accomplishment as she and her thirty-five-year old daughter, Valerie, build their fledgling home reno business. However, circumstances and her former partner keep pulling her back to investigating homic...

  • Nuts and Bolts

    A Nailed It Home Reno Mystery - 5

    Ex-cop Rowena Summerfield would do just about anything for longtime friend Ryder Tompkins. When he discovers he has a half sister he never knew about and pressures Ro to use her investigative talents to help him find her, she can't say no. But boyfri...

  • Snared by the Snake

    A Nailed It Home Reno Mystery - 6

    Nailed It Home Reno owners Rowena Summerfield and her daughter, Valerie, thought they'd seen it all, but the derelict Mehaffy House is a first. Rumor has it the place is haunted. Though the women scoff at the idea, there's no denying weird things are...

  • Wrenched at the Reindeer Run

    A Nailed It Home Reno Mystery - 7

    Interior designer Rowena Summerfield is ready to add her festive flair to the reception for her Florida town's first marathon, even if a local Scrooge turns down her request for a donation. But when he's found dead under the wreckage of the race's re...



  • Curtains for the Condo Casanova

    Dumped from the lead role on her detective show, snubbed by Hollywood and hurting for cash, TV star Marla Dane sees only one way out: running home to Minnesota. There she can lick her wounds, eat ice cream and check up on her seemingly capricious sis...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Barbara Barrett has published 30 books.

Barbara Barrett does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Curtains for the Condo Casanova, was published in March 2024.

The first book by Barbara Barrett, The Sleepover Clause, was published in November 2012.

Yes. Barbara Barrett has 5 series.
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