Lena Nelson Dooley

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  • Bibliography:
    34 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1993
  • Latest Book:
    September 2022
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Full Series List in Order

A Love's Road Home Novel

1 - A Heart's Gift (Dec-2016)
2 - A Heart's Forgiveness (Apr-2021)
3 - A Heart's Forever Home (Sep-2021)
4 - A Heart's Rescue (Sep-2022)

McKenna's Daughters

1 - Maggie's Journey (Oct-2011)
2 - Mary's Blessing (May-2012)
3 - Catherine's Pursuit (Feb-2013)

The Nilssons

1 - The Other Brother (Jul-2002)
2 - His Brother's Castoff (Feb-2004)
3 - Double Deception (Jun-2004)
4 - Gerda's Lawman (Oct-2004)

Book List in Order: 34 titles

  • Home to Her Heart

    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Heartsong Inspirational Romance - 54

    When Laura returns to the Ozarktown of Hunnington, Arkansas, as a first-year teacher, her lack of experience is obvious in dealing with her high school students. But life experience is also missing from Laura's resume. When the dark and mysterious...

  • The Other Brother

    The Nilssons - 1
    Heartsong Inspirational Romance - 492

    Promises broken and hearts left bare. Olina Sandstrom is on her way to America to marry her fiancee, but in her heart, she carries a secret that stands like an insurmountable wall between her and God. Gustaf Nilsson is the eldest son, so he o...

  • His Brother's Castoff

    The Nilssons - 2
    Heartsong Inspirational Romance - 584

    Anna Jensen's love isn't enough. After all, with one former beau married and another dead, Anna knows there must be something wrong with her. August Nilsson is consumed with envy for his older brother. Gustaf has everything August has ever wanted ...

  • Double Deception

    The Nilssons - 3
    Heartsong Inspirational Romance - 599

    Since her mother died, Rissa's stepfather, Pierre Le Blanc, has been her guardian. She hates the life they lead - always traveling from one place to the other - and longs for a way to escape. She has no hope - until they arrive in Litchfield, Minneso...

  • Mother's Old Quilt

    in Scraps of Love

    As long as women have been sewing, there have been boxes of scraps and recycled garments in their homes. The women of the Collins family have such a treasure box, which down through time is opened by Bridgit, who stitches her wedding dress on the Dak...

  • Gerda's Lawman

    The Nilssons - 4
    Heartsong Inspirational Romance - 615

    Years spent tracking a swindler and his twin daughters have cost Frank dearly in time and money. When his search leads to Litchfield, Minnesota, the former U.S. Marshal finds more than he bargained for -- in the form of his quarry, Gerda Nilsson. ...

  • Pirate's Prize

    Heartsong Inspirational Romance - 656

    Angelina de la Fuente Delgado, the pampered daughter of a wealthy merchant, is on her way home from a trip to Spain when her ship is attacked by pirates. The brigands capture her and her aunt and steal all the merchandise on the ship. After forcing m...

  • Move a Mountain

    in Windswept Weddings

    Wedding bells are ringing, but there are storms on the horizon that may keep everyone from reaching the church. Christine's perfect wedding plans are sorely tested when the worst snowstorm in over a decade hits central Minnesota. Tornado warnings bla...

  • Never Say Never

    Heartsong Inspirational Romance - 702

    When Charlotte Halloran's husband was killed by a drunk driver, her heart died, too. Now, one year later, Charlotte and her teenaged daughter are boarding a cruise ship to take their minds off their loss. But when the Pearl of the Ocean's captain cat...



  • A Daughter's Quest

    Heartsong Inspirational Romance - 724

    As he lies dying, Constance's father asks her to seek out a troubled friend of his from the war and tell him about God's love. Although she would rather stay with those she has known all her life, Constance obeys her father's wishes. She leaves her h...

  • The Spinster and the Cowboy

    in The Spinster Brides of Cactus Corner

    Four Cactus Corner, Arizona, women-unmarried by choice or circumstance-find fulfillment in volunteering at the town orphanage. That is until romance changes the course of their lives. India Cunningham is happy running her father's ranch until a child...

  • Can You Help Me?

    in Carolina Carpenter Brides

    Contemporary Romance: Taking a wallpapering class at a local Home & Hearth Superstore, Brianna Griffith encounters Zach Wilson, an old flame. Kaitlyn Ferrer, an investigative reporter, is doing undercover work on the dating scene at the store when sh...

  • Montana Mistletoe

    Contemporary Romance: Four girlfriends make a pact to find true love by their twenty-eighth Christmas. As the deadline looms, each keeps busy with expanding career and experiences faltering Christmas spirit. Lori is a major struggling to bolster the ...

  • Who Am I?

    Heartsong Inspirational Romance - 769

    Leiann Hambrick was settled into a comfortable life as a Texas school teacher...but then her mother dies and her world is turned upside down. A letter Leiann receives causes her to question her very identity. What will she learn when she goes to Bost...

  • The Best Medicine

    in Colorado Snowbound Christmas

    50-100 Word Consumer Copy -- Relive the Christmas of 1913 thorough the eyes of young people in love as snow falls in a record-setting blizzard. During Christmas the Christmas of 1913, Colorado is buffeted with snow and four couples find that taken re...

  • Christmas Love at Lake Tahoe

    Reserve time for romance in this inspirational Christmas collection where four college grads major in love at a Lake Tahoe lodge. After meeting a handsome paramedic, re...

  • Charlesy's Accountant

    in Wild West Christmas (Romancing America: Texas)

    Spur your faith and love of romance in four intriguing novellas where passion hits the open range. Saddle up with Charlsey Ames as she shakes off the trail dust for a c...

  • Love Finds You in Golden, New Mexico

    Love Finds You

    All that glitters is not gold. It’s 1890, and Golden, New Mexico, is a booming mining town where men far outnumber women. So when an old wealthy miner named Philip Smith finds himself in need of a nursemaid, he places an ad for a mail-order bride -...

  • Maggie's Journey

    McKenna's Daughters - 1

    Near her eighteenth birthday, Margaret Lenora Caine finds a chest hidden in the attic containing proof that she's adopted. The spoiled daughter of wealthy merchants in Seattle, she feels betrayed by her real parents and by the ones who raised her. Bu...



  • Mary's Blessing

    McKenna's Daughters - 2

    When her mother dies, Mary Lenora must grow up quickly to take care of her brothers and sisters. Can love help her to shoulder the burden? Mary Lenora Caine knows she is adopted. As she was growing up, her mother called her “God’s blessing.”...

  • Catherine's Pursuit

    McKenna's Daughters - 3

    In book three of the McKenna’s Daughters series, Catherine McKenna begins a journey to find her lost sisters that turns into a spiritual journey for the entire McKenna family....

  • Christmas Confusion

    Lori Compton, mayor of Mistletoe, needs ideas for ways to prop up the sagging economy. After having her heart broken by the former pastor, she doesn’t want to spend time with the new pastor. Rev. Russell Brown has plenty of ideas, even one that inc...

  • 24 Christmases

    In 1985, as I was preparing to order Christmas cards from a Christian supplier, God told me that He had given me the gift of writing, and I should use it to bless people at Christmas. That year, I wrote my first Christmas story. The story of Mary as ...

  • Charlsey's Accountant

    Spur your faith and love of romance in this novella where passion hits the open range. Saddle up with Charlsey Ames as she shakes off the trail dust for a citified dandy. Charlsey Ames is the son her father would never have--riding, roping, working t...

  • No Thank You

    Social Director Scarlett McKaye loves planning things down to the last detail. But what she didn't count on was having to spurn the bold advances of a reckless suitor.How far will daredevil Derrick Greene go to cancel Scarlett's reservations?...

  • The Gold Digger

    Published in connection with Hartline Literary Agency, serving the Christian book community. It's 1890, and Golden, New Mexico, is a booming mining town where men far outnumber women. So when an old wealthy miner named Philip Smith finds himself in n...

  • A Heart's Gift

    A Love's Road Home Novel - 1

    ***WINNER OF THE 2017 FAITH, HOPE, & LOVE READER'S CHOICE AWARD FOR LONG HISTORICALS*** Because of an earlier betrayal, Franklin vows never to open his heart to another woman. But he desires an heir. When Lorinda is finally out from under the control...

  • Summer Fireworks

  • The 12 Gifts of Christmas

    Malcolm MacGregor is a descendant of Scotland’s Clan MacGregor and a successful young businessman in Fort Worth, Texas. Alanza Cantalamessa works at a gourmet pizzeria owned by her Brazilian artist mother and her Italian Poppa. Both of them are smi...



  • Esther's Temptation

    Saddle weary, former deputy US Marshal Jac Andrews rides into Denton, Texas. He'd hunted a swindler and his daughter-or identical twin daughters if Jac is right-and he feels he finally has caught up with this criminal gang. Unfortunately, He is immed...

  • The Disappearing Ship

    in The Great Lakes Lighthouse Brides Collection

    Lighthouses have long been the symbol of salvation, warning sailors away from dangerous rocks and shallow waters. Along the Great Lakes, America’s inland seas, lighthouses played a vital role in the growth of our nation. They shepherded settlers...

  • A Heart's Forgiveness

    A Love's Road Home Novel - 2

    Accepting an ad for a mail-order bride was supposed to solve her problems.It's 1890, and Golden, New Mexico, is a booming mining town where men far outnumber women. So when Jeremiah Dennison's good friend and mentor finds himself in need of a nurse, ...

  • A Heart's Forever Home

    A Love's Road Home Novel - 3

    A single lawyer whose clients think he needs a wife. A woman who needs a forever home...or a forever family...or a forever love.Although Traesa Killdare is a grown woman now, the discovery that her adoption wasn't finalized sends her reeling. Especia...

  • A Heart's Rescue

    A Love's Road Home Novel - 4

    He's been tasked to protect her, but his heart has become far too involved.Angelina de la Fuente Delgado, the daughter of a wealthy merchant, is on her way home from a trip to Spain when her ship is attacked by pirates. The brigands capture her and h...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Lena Nelson Dooley has published 34 books.

Lena Nelson Dooley does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Heart's Rescue, was published in September 2022.

The first book by Lena Nelson Dooley, Home to Her Heart, was published in January 1993.

Yes. Lena Nelson Dooley has 3 series.
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