Kristan Higgins

Author Information
Kristan Higgins
  • Bibliography:
    24 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 2006
  • Latest Book:
    June 2024
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About the Author

Kristan lives with her family in a small Connecticut town that boasts a wonderful library, a great agricultural fair, a really good ice cream stand and not much else. She is the mother of two lovely kids and the wife of a brave firefighter who is, perhaps more importantly, a fantastic cook. Pets include a cheerful Lab mutt, two cats and the occasional, short-lived beta fish.

Previously a copywriter, Kristan began writing fiction when her children graced her life with simultaneous afternoon naps. Writing, she found, was infinitely more satisfying than folding laundry, and so began her first novel. Kristan holds a BA in English from the College of the Holy Cross, which enables her to identify dangling participles and quote many great novels.

Kristan and her crew spend as much time as possible at the family home on Cape Cod, where they shiver in the Atlantic, ride bikes, swat horseflies and don't catch any fish.

Full Series List in Order

A Blue Heron Novel

1 - The Best Man (Mar-2013)
2 - The Perfect Match (Nov-2013)
3 - Waiting on You (Mar-2014)
4 - In Your Dreams (Oct-2014)
5 - Anything for You (Jan-2016)

Cambry-on-Hudson

1 - If You Only Knew (Aug-2015)
2 - On Second Thought (Feb-2017)

Gideon's Cove, Maine

1 - Catch of the Day (Oct-2007)
2 - The Next Best Thing (Feb-2010)
3 - Somebody to Love (Apr-2012)

Mackerly, Rhode Island

1 - The Next Best Thing (Feb-2010)
2 - Somebody to Love (Apr-2012)

Book List in Order: 24 titles

  • Fools Rush In

    Millie Barnes is this close to finally achieving her perfect life . . . Rewarding job as a local doctor on Cape Cod? Check. Cute cottage of her very own? Check. Adorable puppy suitable for walks past attractive locals? Check! All she needs is for...

  • Catch of the Day

    Gideon's Cove, Maine - 1

    THIS CATCH OF THE DAY COULD BE THE DISH OF A LIFETIME! First Date a la Maggie Take one lovelorn diner owner (me) A generous helping of nosy local gossips A dollop of envy at married sister's perfect life A splash of divine intervention (my matchm...

  • Just One of the Guys

    Being one of the guys isn't all it's cracked up to be... So when journalist Chastity O'Neill returns to her hometown, she decides it's time to start working on some of those feminine wiles. Two tiny problems: #1--she's five feet eleven inches of r...

  • Too Good To Be True

    How far would you go to get over a guy? When Grace Emerson's ex-fiance starts dating her younger sister, extreme measures are called for. To keep everyone from obsessing about her love life, Grace announces that she's seeing someone. Someone wonderf...

  • The Next Best Thing

    Gideon's Cove, Maine - 2
    Mackerly, Rhode Island - 1

    Lucy Lang isn't looking for fireworks. She's looking for a nice, decent man. Someone who'll mow the lawn, flip chicken on the barbecue, teach their future children to play soccer. But most important: someone who won't inspire the slightest stirrin...

  • All I Ever Wanted

    One Happily-Ever-After Rocking Chair… and no sign of any forthcoming babies to rock in ol' Georgebury, Vermont. For Callie Grey, turning thirty means coming to grips with the fact that her boss (and five-week fling) is way overdue in his marriage ...

  • My One and Only

    Just when she thought she had life and love all figured out... Divorce attorney Harper James can't catch a break. Bad enough that she runs into her ex-hubby, Nick, at her sister's destination wedding, but now, by a cruel twist of fate, she's being f...

  • Until There Was You

    She's having serious prom-night deja vu... Posey Osterhagen can't complain. She owns a successful architectural salvaging company, she's surrounded by her lovable, if off-center, family and she has a boyfriend -- sort of. Still, something's missing....

  • Somebody to Love

    Gideon's Cove, Maine - 3
    Mackerly, Rhode Island - 2

    New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Kristan Higgins is back with a hilarious and heartwarming new story about a rich girl who discovers that a little hard work may be just the thing she needs.... After her father loses the family fortu...



  • The Best Man

    A Blue Heron Novel - 1

    SOMETIMES THE BEST MAN IS THE ONE YOU LEAST EXPECT… Faith Holland left her hometown after being jilted at the altar. Now a little older and wiser, she's ready to return to the Blue Heron Winery, her family's vineyard, to confront the ghosts of h...

  • The Perfect Match

    A Blue Heron Novel - 2

    What if the perfect match is a perfect surprise? Honor Holland has just been unceremoniously rejected by her lifelong crush. And now -- a mere three weeks later -- Mr. Perfect is engaged to her best friend. But resilient, reliable Honor is going ...

  • Waiting on You

    A Blue Heron Novel - 3

    IS YOUR FIRST LOVE WORTH A SECOND CHANCE...? Colleen O'Rourke is in love with love...just not when it comes to herself. Most nights, she can be found behind the bar at the Manningsport, New York, tavern she owns with her twin brother, doling out ...

  • In Your Dreams

    A Blue Heron Novel - 4

    EVERYONE LOVES JACK HOLLAND, BUT EMMALINE NEAL NEEDS HIM. Her ex-fiancé is getting married in Malibu and, obviously, she can't go to the wedding alone. In Manningsport, New York, tall, blond and gorgeous Jack Holland is practically a cottage ind...

  • If You Only Knew

    Cambry-on-Hudson - 1

    The drama, hilarity and tears of sisterhood are at the heart of the thoroughly captivating new novel by New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins -- a funny, frank and bittersweet look at marriage, forgiveness and moving on Letting go of ...

  • Anything for You

    A Blue Heron Novel - 5

    Before you get down on bended knee... ...you should be pretty darn sure the answer will be yes. For ten years, Connor O'Rourke has been waiting for Jessica Dunn to take their on-again, off-again relationship public, and he thinks the time has com...

  • On Second Thought

    Cambry-on-Hudson - 2

    Following in the footsteps of her critically acclaimed novel If You Only Knew, multi-bestselling author Kristan Higgins returns with a pitch-perfect look at the affection -- and the acrimony -- that binds sisters together Ainsley O'Leary is so re...

  • Now That You Mention It

    New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins welcomes you home in a funny, emotionally charged must-read novel about the complications of life, love and family One step forward. Two steps back. The Tufts scholarship that put Nora Stuart on t...

  • Good Luck with That

    New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins is beloved for her heartfelt novels filled with humor and wisdom. Now, she tackles an issue every woman deals with: body image and self-acceptance. Emerson, Georgia, and Marley have been best frien...

  • Life and Other Inconveniences

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Good Luck with That comes a new novel about a blue-blood grandmother and her black-sheep granddaughter who discover they are truly two sides of the same coin. Emma London never thought she had anything...



  • Always the Last to Know

    Sometimes you have to break a family to fix it. From New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins, a new novel examining a family at the breaking point in all its messy, difficult, wonderful complexity. The Frosts are a typical American fa...

  • Pack Up the Moon

    Every month, a letter. That's what Lauren decides to leave her husband when she finds out she's dying. Each month, she gives Josh a letter containing a task to help him face this first year without her, leading him on a heartrending, beautifu...

  • Out of the Clear Blue Sky

    From New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins comes a funny and surprising new novel about losing it all -- and getting back more than you ever expected. Lillie Silva knew life as an empty nester would be hard after her only child left f...

  • A Little Ray of Sunshine

    Harlow Smith thought she had finally achieved the quiet life she wanted -- a little bookstore on Cape Cod, an apartment in her grandpa’s house, a more or less happily single life -- when the biggest secret from her past walked into town and changed...

  • Look on the Bright Side

    From the author of Pack Up the Moon comes a funny, romantic, and deeply moving novel about the unexpected rewards that come from life’s detours.Lark Smith has always had a plan for her life: find a fantastic guy, create a marriage as blissful ...

Award-Winning Books by Kristan Higgins

All I Ever Wanted
2010 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Chick Lit/Women's Fiction
Catch of the Day
2008 Rita Award -- Contemporary Single Title
If You Only Knew
2015 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements
Just One of the Guys
2008 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Chick Lit/Women's Fiction
Now That You Mention It
2018 Rita Award -- Novel with Strong Romantic Elements
On Second Thought
2017 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Mainstream Fiction
Too Good To Be True
2010 Rita Award -- Contemporary Single Title


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kristan Higgins has published 24 books.

The next book by Kristan Higgins, Look on the Bright Side, will be published in June 2024.

The first book by Kristan Higgins, Fools Rush In, was published in November 2006.

Yes. Kristan Higgins has 4 series.
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