Lisa Mondello

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  • Bibliography:
    61 Books (7 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 2000
  • Latest Book:
    August 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Cradle of Secrets

1 - Cradle of Secrets (Nov-2007)
2 - Her Only Protector (Aug-2008)

Dakota Hearts

1 - Her Dakota Man (Nov-2013)
2 - Badland Bride (Dec-2013)
3 - Dakota Heat (Jan-2014)
4 - Wild Dakota Heart (Feb-2014)
5 - His Dakota Bride (Mar-2014)
6 - Dakota Wedding (Dec-2014)
7 - His Dakota Heart (Apr-2015)
8 - Dakota Cowboy (Jun-2015)
9 - One Dakota Night (Sep-2015)
10 - Dakota Homecoming (Feb-2016)
11 - Dakota Blues (Apr-2018)
12 - Dakota Fire (Jan-2019)
13 - Dakota SEAL (Apr-2019)
14 - Dakota Sunrise (Feb-2020)

Fate with a Helping Hand

1 - All I Want for Christmas Is You (Dec-2000)
2 - The Marriage Contract (Nov-2000)
3 - The Knight and Maggie's Baby (Sep-2011)
4 - My Lucky Charm (Feb-2015)
The Gift, a short story (Aug-2014)

The Goddess Circle

1 - Everything and More (Apr-2021)

Heroes of Providence

1 - Material Witness (Aug-2012)
2 - Safe Haven (Aug-2016)
3 - Reckless Hours (Sep-2016)
4 - Desperate Hours (Oct-2016)
5 - Final Hours (Dec-2016)
6 - Cold Harbor (Feb-2017)

Summer House

1 - Moment in Time (Jul-2015)
2 - Moment of Impact (Aug-2015)
3 - Moment of Truth (Nov-2015)
4 - Moment of Trust (Dec-2015)

Texas Hearts

1 - All I Want for Christmas Is You (Dec-2000)
2 - Her Heart for the Asking (Sep-2001)
3 - His Heart for the Trusting (Apr-2002)
4 - The More I See (Oct-2003)
5 - Gypsy Hearts (Nov-2005)
6 - Leaving Liberty (May-2014)
7 - His Texas Heart, a Western Romance (Jul-2014)
8 - The Wedding Dress (May-2016)
9 - Lone Star Lady (Jan-2017)
10 - Under a Texas Star (Mar-2017)

Multi-Author Series List

Rising Storm

7 - Weather the Storm (Dec-2015)
11 - Brave the Storm (Sep-2016)

Rodeo Knights

1 - Her Knight, Her Protector (Oct-2015)
11 - Sweet Montana Sky (Jun-2017)

Book List in Order: 61 titles

  • The Marriage Contract

    Fate with a Helping Hand - 2

    Cara Carvalho and Devin Michaels became best friends one distant summer, until fate and their own inner need for success forced them to separate. Now both are seeking more from their lives. A glib promise on the back of her 17th birthday card is enou...

  • Nothing But Trouble

    What's a girl to do all alone with a rodeo cowboy for 1 month in the Wyoming wilderness? Melanie Summers has something to prove! Being a zoologist is her dream and the only thing standing in the way of her going on an African expedition is her...

  • All I Want for Christmas Is You

    Fate with a Helping Hand - 1
    Texas Hearts - 1

    Estranged from her family, single mother Lauren Alexander is heartbroken when her daughter requests a daddy for Christmas from Santa. Sexy Santa, Kyle Preston, has gone from throw away kid to successful real estate entrepreneur. Taking these two stay...

  • Her Heart for the Asking

    Texas Hearts - 2

    "Ms. Mondello presents a beguiling story that keeps you turning the pages...Truly a joy to read." Susan Mobley - 4 STARS - ROMANTIC TIMES MAGAZINEMandy Morgan swore she’d never step foot in Texas again after Beau Gentry left her for life on the rod...

  • His Heart for the Trusting

    Texas Hearts - 3

    Ever since Mitch Broader set foot in Texas, he dreamed of owning his own ranch. Now that he’s bought a share in the Double T Ranch, he’s one step closer to the dream. Then his past greets him in the form of a baby basket, complete with infant and...

  • The More I See

    Texas Hearts - 4

    As a top-notch cutting horse trainer, Cody Gentry was riding high until he lost his eyesight after a freak chemical accident. Unable to see the hand in front of his face, never mind the horse or cattle he trained, he knows his life is over and slips ...

  • Gypsy Hearts

    Texas Hearts - 5


    The story of the Gentry Brothers continues...

    Book 4 of USA TODAY Bestselling Author Lisa Mondello's popular Western Contemporary Romance featuring those hot Texas Cowboys and the women who tame them in her popular romance series TE...

  • Cradle of Secrets

    Cradle of Secrets - 1
    Love Inspired Suspense - 78

    WHO WAS TAMMIE GARDNER, REALLY? She was never supposed to know she was adopted. Never supposed to uncover the secrets of her birth. But she had. And with God as her guide, Tammie Gardner headed cross-country to a sleepy New England town, determine...

  • Her Only Protector

    Cradle of Secrets - 2
    Love Inspired Suspense - 113

    A perilous journey to South America is the only way to retrieve the child. With her missing brother's daughter back in her arms, Sonny Montgomery finally feels safe. Until a handsome, cold-eyed bounty hunter stops her moments before boarding a plane ...



  • Yuletide Protector

    Love Inspired Suspense - 178

    A DEFENDER FOR CHRISTMAS Her ex-husband wants her dead? Daria Carlisle can hardly believe it. Detective Kevin Gordon insists it's true...and that it's his fault that her ex is still at large. Which means it's his responsibility to make sure Daria st...

  • Fresh-start Family

    Love Inspired - 594
    Love Inspired Large Print - 594

    "Please. It's a Matter of Life and Death!" Civilian life is a strain for war hero Tom Garrison, but he's an expert at emergencies. And he puts his training to good use helping his lovely neighbor, single mom Jenna Atkins, and her sick son, Brian. To...

  • In a Doctor's Arms

    Love Inspired - 623
    Love Inspired Large Print - 623

    A Youth in Need After a tragic car accident, Dr. Dennis Harrington's teenage nephew is traumatized. And Dennis just can't find a way to reach the boy. So when he discovers a respected child psychologist is staying in their small Vermont town, he tur...

  • The Knight and Maggie's Baby

    Fate with a Helping Hand - 3

    ***A NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestseller!** "The secondary characters were amazing...a very good book." Cocktails and Books. "...had me in tears because it was so beautiful. Such a lovely story of two people falling in love against the odds." Cry...

  • Material Witness

    Heroes of Providence - 1

    ** A USA Today Bestseller! ** Contemporary Romanctic Thriller Novel: 72,000 words"Mondello's latest, a pulse-pounding, pitch-perfect addition to the romantic-suspense genre." Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Named one of Kirkus Reviews BEST BOOKS OF 2...

  • Love Me Some Cowboy

  • Her Dakota Man

    Dakota Hearts - 1

    From USA Today Best Selling Author Lisa Mondello - A new contemporary western romance series DAKOTA HEARTSShe needed to risk the truth to get a second chance...Poppy Erickson had spent the year wondering how all their lives might have been different ...

  • Badland Bride

    Dakota Hearts - 2

    She'd spent a lifetime packing armor around her heart...Raised an Army brat, Regis Simpson was used to calling new towns home, learning to quickly make friends but never letting anyone get too close. When devastating floods tear through the Badlands...

  • Dakota Heat

    Dakota Hearts - 3

    Followup to HER DAKOTA MAN and BADLAND BRIDE from NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling Author Lisa Mondello DAKOTA HEAT book 3 of Dakota HeartsHotshot Sam McKinnon was always leaving town, chasing another fire until his own hometown became vuln...

  • Wild Dakota Heart

    Dakota Hearts - 4

    Former NAVY SEAL, Ethan McKinnon, has spent ten years in the military trying to wash away the bad boy reputation that ultimately resulted in the death of his best friend Denny Newton. Unfortunately, that meant leaving behind everyone, especially Mad...



  • His Dakota Bride

    Dakota Hearts - 5

    Her heart had always belonged to Wade McKinnon... When single mother, Skylar Barnett, came to South Dakota, she thought her life was just beginning. Newly pregnant, she waited for the love of her life, Wade McKinnon, to join her so they could start ...

  • Leaving Liberty

    Texas Hearts - 6

    **From NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling Author Lisa Mondello** The Gentry boys tales continue with Jackson Gentry in LEAVING LIBERTY, book 5 of Texas Hearts.LEAVING LIBERTYThere's been a storm brewing in Liberty Calvert's life. But she d...

  • His Texas Heart, a Western Romance

    Texas Hearts - 7

    From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Lisa Mondello...Book 6 in the contemporary western romance series TEXAS HEARTS...HIS TEXAS HEARTTime was running out for Cole Rivers. He may not have been born in the United States, but Texas was ...

  • The Gift

    THE GIFT by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Lisa Mondello Allison Jones knows what it's like to want. Or rather, she did. She'd spent the first few years of her life being shifted from one foster home to another, never really fin...

  • The Gift, a short story

    Fate with a Helping Hand

    THE GIFT is a USA Today Bestseller as part of the Tempting Fate 2 Boxed Set which includes the New York Times Bestseller The Knight and Maggie's Baby. A bank full of money is no match...for a heart filled with love! Allison Jones knows what it's...

  • Dakota Wedding

    Dakota Hearts - 6

    Ian McKinnon was just getting steady on his feet, looking forward to the opening of the Wounded Veterans Center and a big McKinnon wedding celebration, when tragedy struck again. The soldier who'd saved his life while in the military has died. He's c...

  • My Lucky Charm

    Fate with a Helping Hand - 4

    A little thing called desperation had Zoey Preston under the gun. She had two choices, find a job that would help pay enough for her to stay in Boston. or face moving back to the country to a house full of family and various animals. The last thi...

  • His Dakota Heart

    Dakota Hearts - 7

    How do you say goodbye to a love when it had no ending?

    Gray McKinnon has spent two years struggling with moving on when the woman he loved suffered an accident that left her in a coma and no hope of recovery. Everyone urged Gray to move o...

  • Dakota Cowboy

    Dakota Hearts - 8

    The last thing Luke McKinnon wanted in life was to work at the family oil business. He'd done a good job steering clear of that by setting up a successful law practice in Sioux Falls. But when the patriarch of the family falls sick, Luke steps in. ...

  • Moment in Time

    Summer House - 1



  • Moment of Impact

    Summer House - 2

    He was her parents' worst nightmare. And he was everything she wanted... Do you remember that moment when you wanted time to stand still? When you could anticipate the train wreck ahead but had no way to stop it? Or stop the desire you had in you...

  • One Dakota Night

    Dakota Hearts - 9

    The McKinnon family romances continue with ONE DAKOTA NIGHT, book 9 of Dakota Hearts...Grace McKinnon had her chance at love, and she lost. She'd married a thrill seeking rodeo man who was never around. All she wants now is to find someone she can ...

  • Her Knight, Her Protector

    Rodeo Knights - 1

    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lisa Mondello, a new western romance novel series, RODEO KNIGHTS. Her Knight, Her Protector (Book 1 of Rodeo Knights) As a former Marine Police Officer and rodeo bull rider, Jesse Knight is no stra...

  • Moment of Truth

    Summer House - 3

    From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Lisa Mondello...The Summer House Series:Moment in Time book 1Moment of Impact book 2Moment of Truth book 3Moment of Trust book 4MOMENT of TRUTH, book 3 of the Summer House SeriesSometimes the wrong...

  • Moment of Trust

    Summer House - 4

    Love comes easy...trust takes a little more time.Six years ago Penny Munez made the mistake of leaving home too young and moving in with a man who beat her for recreation. She'd fled with the shirt on her back, no pants and no shoes and jumped into a...

  • Weather the Storm

    Rising Storm - 7

    Secrets, Sex and Scandals … Welcome to Storm, Texas, where passion runs hot, desire runs deep, and secrets have the power to destroy… Get ready. The storm is coming. Bryce Douglas faces a crisis of faith when his idyllic view of his family is cha...

  • Dakota Homecoming

    Dakota Hearts - 10

    Julian McKinnon hasn't been home to South Dakota and the family that had always been his anchor, and they want to know why. He may seem like the black sheep of the family, but telling his family he was an undercover FBI agent after all they'd been t...

  • The Wedding Dress

    Texas Hearts - 8

    The wedding dress wasn't magic...but their love was.

    Eight years ago, Hannah Ward thought she'd found the perfect wedding dress to wear when she and her childhood sweetheart, Dane Bancroft, decided to elope right after graduation. But instea...

  • Safe Haven

    Heroes of Providence - 2

    "Heart-pounding and it kept me glued to each page. A very enjoyable book with realistic characters." reviewer"I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and recommend it to any mystery-romance fan." reviewerFrom New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author L...

  • Brave the Storm

    Rising Storm - 11

    Secrets, Sex and Scandals … Welcome to Storm, Texas, where passion runs hot, desire runs deep, and secrets have the power to destroy… Get ready. The storm is coming. As Senator Rush’s poll numbers free fall, Marylee tries to drive a wedge betwe...



  • Reckless Hours

    Heroes of Providence - 3

    Her whole life had been a lie…It was only supposed to be a random DNA test performed with her class. But it turned Professor Tammie Gardner’s world upside down and proved to her that the tragic death of her parents was no accident. After rummag...

  • Desperate Hours

    Heroes of Providence - 4

    Bounty hunter, Gil Waite is after Sonny's brother. All he cares about is "finding the fugitive" and collecting his money. But Sonny Montgomery is after so much more. Her precious baby niece, Ellie, who was kidnapped by a Colombian drug lord....

  • Final Hours

    Heroes of Providence - 5

    **Updated!**Serena Davco's nightmare is almost over. Or so she thinks. Her baby has been returned to her and now she waits anxiously for her husband to return home safely after being imprisoned by Colombian gangsters. But her joy quickly brings her...

  • Lone Star Lady

    Texas Hearts - 9

    Taos, New Mexico wasn't far enough from home for Theresa Morales to run to. But this Texas girl didn't think there was anything that could wipe away the pain of her mistakes, even in the arms of Dr. Dennis Harrington the local doctor at the Taos ski...

  • Cold Harbor

    Heroes of Providence - 6

    FBI Agent, Charlotte "Charley" Tate has loved only one man in her life. The one man she betrayed, Tyler Jacobsen. Tyler had given up a career he loved as a Providence police detective after realizing how easily a beautiful face and sweet smile h...

  • Under a Texas Star

    Texas Hearts - 10

    Military hero Tom Garrison is an expert in high intensity emergency situations. But after years of military service, all he wants to do is hide from the world. When single mom Jenna Atkins bangs on his door in the middle of the night begging for his ...

  • Sweet Montana Sky

    Rodeo Knights - 11

    Someone is using superstition to cause trouble on the rodeo circuit. An upside down horseshoe made Tabby Swanson's skin crawl, but it wasn't enough to keep her from training her prize horse, Tenterhook, for barrel racing so she could get a sponsorshi...

  • Dakota Blues

    Dakota Hearts - 11

    Hawk McKinnon has been waiting for his lady love, Regis, to marry him ever since she stepped foot in Rudolph, South Dakota. Now that they're expecting a baby, he's determined to finally make her his wife. But Regis has doubts and fears Hawk can't pos...

  • Sweet Home Montana

  • Sweet Montana Rescue



  • Sweet Montana Outlaw

  • Sweet Montana Secrets

    They say time heals all wounds, but time doesn't make you forget who you were...

    Ten years ago Hunter Williams' life was a mess. Injured on the rodeo circuit, the absolute last thing he needed was to fall in love. He hadn't expected being c...

  • Dakota Fire

    Dakota Hearts - 12

    Every once in a while you discover you've gotten too comfortable. That's when danger strikes.

    A serial killer had threatened Summer Bigelow and she'd fled to South Dakota where she fell for sexy Hotshot firefighter Sam McKinnon. She'd traded...

  • Dakota SEAL

    Dakota Hearts - 13

    Ethan and Maddie fell in love despite tragedy that had torn them apart years ago. Maddie doesn't want another tragedy. Although she loves the strong Navy SEAL who is now a police officer, she fears that he could be taken away from her at a moment's n...

  • Unsuitably Perfect

    Perfection is way overrated! Opposites not only attract, but sometimes the unsuitable love interests turn out to be the perfect, explosive match for each other. There may be a whole lot of conflict between these three heroes and heroines, but in...

  • Sweet Montana Bride

    Trip Taggart had worked hard on the rodeo circuit, earned his money and then purchased the Lone Creek Ranch for a song. For fifteen years he'd built a rodeo arena, training center and stock company he was proud of. But now the daughter of a rodeo fri...

  • Dakota Sunrise

    Dakota Hearts - 14

    Gray and Nina have been planning their wedding for over a year hoping that Nina's father would come around and accept Gray. Moving on had been tough for Gray until Nina gave him a reason to smile and want to think about the future again. They're star...

  • Cupid to the Rescue

    Humans may think they have their acts together? So not! Sometimes they need to be rescued by big-hearted four-legged friends. Come join eight modern masters of romance as they celebrate Valentine’s Day with brand-new tales of tail-wagging joy. ...

  • Everything and More

    The Goddess Circle - 1

    Montana (Tana) Reeves is about to lose her apartment because her ex-boyfriend left her with the rescue dog, Cupid, he'd used to sweet-talk her into their relationship. Losing her apartment over a dog is bad enough, but veterinarian Jett Billings' gen...

  • Grown-Up Christmas Wish

    On the eve of losing his inheritance from the only person who called him family, Cade takes leave from the Army and travels to Sweet Montana only to find out his grandfather's house is going to be put up for auction for hungry developers to bid on if...

  • Sweet Montana Mischief

    A new tenant lives at the Lone Creek Ranch that has Ace Hanson's head spinning. He'd always thought of himself as a drifter, but the thought of moving around like a gypsy suddenly didn't sound as appealing as the lovely Hope Cabello.As an entertainer...

  • Love Walks In

    As a hotel event planner at one of Crystal Cove's beach resorts, Meredith Prichard dreads the 1989 class reunion booked in Crystal Cove. Rumor has it Griffin Cole, the man who'd broken her heart by breaking their engagement to fight for his country d...

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Lisa Mondello has published 61 books.

The next book by Lisa Mondello, Love Walks In, will be published in August 2024.

The first book by Lisa Mondello, Nothing But Trouble, was published in November 2000.

Yes. Lisa Mondello has 7 series.
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