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  • Bibliography:
    71 Books (13 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 1994
  • Latest Book:
    November 2022
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Full Series List in Order

Accidental Blessings

1 - An Accidental Hero (Jul-2003)
2 - An Accidental Mom (Oct-2003)
3 - An Accidental Family (Jun-2011)

By Way of the Lighthouse

1 - The Man She Knew (Jun-2017)
2 - Bringing Rosie Home (Jan-2018)
3 - The Redemption of Lillie Rourke (Apr-2018)

A Child to Love

1 - Raising Connor (Oct-2013)
2 - Devoted to Drew (Dec-2013)
3 - Saving Alyssa (Mar-2014)

First Responders

1 - From Ashes to Honor (Sep-2011)
2 - Honor Redeemed (Mar-2012)
3 - A Man of Honor (Sep-2012)

A Little Child Shall Lead Them

1 - All He'll Ever Need (Sep-2019)
2 - Home to Stay (May-2020)
3 - Loving Mrs. Bontrager (May-2021)

Lone Star Legends

1 - Beautiful Bandit (Aug-2010)
2 - Maverick Heart (Jan-2011)
3 - Unbridled Hope (Dec-2010)

Pocketful of

1 - Pocketful of Love (Sep-1994)
2 - Pocketful of Promises (Mar-1995)

Related Books

1 - His Healing Touch (Feb-2002)
2 - Out of the Shadows (Jul-2002)

Secrets on Sterling Street

1 - Currency of the Heart (Jan-2015)
2 - Guardians of the Heart (Aug-2015)
3 - Healing of the Heart (Nov-2016)

Shadows

1 - Beyond the Shadows (Jan-2019)
2 - Shadows of His Mind (May-2022)
3 - The Shadows of His Past (Aug-2022)

Suddenly!

1 - Suddenly Daddy (Jun-1998)
2 - Suddenly Mommy (Aug-1998)
3 - Suddenly Married (Feb-1999)
4 - Suddenly Reunited (Jul-2000)
5 - Suddenly Home (Mar-2001)

Sundown Diner

1 - The Preacher Wore Black Leather (Sep-2022)

Those Marshall Boys

1 - Once a Marine (Feb-2015)
2 - Sweet Mountain Rancher (Sep-2015)
3 - The Firefighter's Refrain (May-2016)

Multi-Author Series List

The American Adventure

3 - Dream Seekers (Dec-1998)
4 - Fire by Night (Dec-1998)

Quilts of Love

4 - For Love of Eli (Feb-2013)

Book List in Order: 71 titles



  • Elice Glasser is a widow with three children to raise. Cabot Murray is an ex-cop who returns home to Freeland, Maryland, to deal with the pain of his own tragic loss: the death of his wife and daughter in a horriable automobile accident. Out of th...



  • Everything Valerie held dear has been ruthlessly vanquished by the Civil War. How could the God her family loved and worshipped take away her family and home? Struggling to survive, Valerie accepts a teaching position and is slowly drawn to the to...



  • Elise and Cabot seem to live on borrowed time as they share a decidedly blue past. While both remember their old lives--the pain of living alone--they cling to a new future of love with each other. Cabot, a former cop with the Chicago Police Force...



  • Sky and Chet have both tragically lost a loved one. Each has decided to live life without a special love, to become immersed in a chosen career. Chet, a successful cattle rancher, is in the business of protecting his livestock while Sky, a veterinari...



  • In the wake of the disastrous potato famine of 1845, Bridgette McKenna was forced to leave her home in county Donegal,Ireland, at the tender age of fourteen, and go to work on a Virginia plantation as a scullery maid. Now four years older, Bridget...



  • Katherine Flynn has been widowed for seven years and has adjusted well to her independent lifestyle. She has started her own dressmaking shop and quickly has a thriving business. But, the day Kate's eight-year-old son, Adam, is chased home by a burly...



  • By moonlight or candlelight...discover the joy of Christmas love. High on Kismet Hill, Brynne Carter's great-grandfather claimed the land that would be Carter Hollow, Virginia. Now as Christmas 1865 approaches, Brynne surveys the magnificent vista...



  • Emma Wright knows the loneliness of being an orphan. Maybe that's why her Maryland home seems to attract children left parentless by accident or by the recent Civil War. It is hard to care and provide for them on a nurse's salary, and finding Christi...



  • Love is in the air in each of the four love stories in this contemporary collection: Reluctant Valentine, by Loree Lough; Masquerade, by Kathleen Yapp; Interrupted Melody, by Sally Laity; and Castaways, by Debra White Smith....






  • Watch love bloom in a church, an office building, a retirement home, and a library in this all-new collection of contemporary inspirational romances. Contains 'Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace,' by Veda Boyd Jones; 'Once Upon A Dream,' by Sally L...



  • CAN THIS MARRIAGE BE SAVED? Ciara and Mitch Mahoney were swept to the altar on a whirlwind courtship. But the honeymoon was over when Ciara begged her new husband to quit his job as an FBI special agent. Then, without warning, Mitch went undercove...



  • Unless God provides a miracle cure for her cancer, Leah Jordan has only a short time to fulfill her last wish-to see her childhood friends marry and become the parents of her beloved two-year-old Fiona. All through high school and college the thre...



  • SMALL PACKAGE...BIG SURPRISE! One tragic night Jaina Chandelle forever lost the chance to have a baby. Then one bright day a charming infant was abandoned in her diner. Suddenly her dreams of motherhood came true! But Connor Buchanan, the baby'...



  • When unspeakable tragedy leaves young Eli an orphan, two families are devastated. But Taylor, Eli's aunt and legal guardian, vows to help him remember his parents by creating a Memory Quilt. As she begins piecing together the moments of his parents' ...



  • It is never too late to recapture the wonder of the holiday season, to wish again for your deepest dreams to come true. The backdrop of lights twinkling in the darkness and boundless good will make Christmas the perfect time for love, as the heronine...





  • Can a needy child heal the hearts of two wounded souls...? Jet-setting Ethan Burke had no plans of becoming a father-especially not to the eleven-year-old daughter of his best friends! The shock of losing her mom and dad in the same tragic car wr...



  • FINALLY A BRIDE Teacher Dara Mackenzie loved kids with all her heart. Trouble was, she seemed destined to remain forever single, forever childless. Until two solemn, motherless tykes in her Sunday school class caught her eye, captured her heart--a...






  • At the tender age of eighteen, cowboy Kent McCoy was sentenced to ten years hard labor for a crime he didn't commit. When his time ends, he finds himself without family, home, or a single reason to believe in a merciful God. Like a lone wolf, he head...



  • This contemporary collection includes four brand-new inspirational novellas -- all by experienced authors -- that are sure to inspire Christmas joy: Dear Jane by Yvonne Lehman, The Language of Love by Loree Laugh, Candlelight Christmas by Colleen L. ...



  • Love Happened To Other People..... Not to a man wanted - dead or alive! For ten years, Jake Walker had been on the run from murder, marshals and memories. But now he'd found Bess Beckley, whose caring heart and depthless soul could stop any man i...



  • Drew Cunningham had always been a man of strong faith. When he married Gabrielle, he knew he would love her forever -- and she him. Now Drew's faith has been challenged. After less than a year of marriage, his beloved Gabrielle had left him, and he f...



  • Body and faith bruised, Lieutenant Alex Van Buren had one wish -- to make it through another day. Then sprightly Taylor Griffith came into his life... and he began to wonder if it was time to face his future. Taylor had never known a man like Ale...




  • SCIENCE VERSUS...FAITH? Dr. Wade Cameron was a man of science -- it came with the territory. He knew there was nothing between him and Patrice McKenzie short of chemistry. Never mind that the petite auburn-haired beauty had a smile that would put ...



  • THE LORD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS... A head-on collision with burned-out rodeo star Reid Alexander is the last thing actress Cammi Carlisle needs! Pregnant, widowed and considered a "has-been," Cammi is returning to her family's Texas ranch in sea...



  • TRUST IS NO ACCIDENT... Lily London had been crushed when Max Sheridan left town to marry someone else. Years later, her heart leaped when he returned to Amarillo, Texas, to take over his mother's diner. Now that she was old enough to do more than...



  • To Priscilla and Caleb, a marriage of convenience seems the only solution. She'll do anything to provide for her beloved grandparents: he needs her help to rescue his failing farm. Despite her resolve to the contrary, Priscilla finds herself drawn...






  • When Sunni Wallace goes to work for radio shrink Gabe McCaffrey, a flame is lit that neither can control. Can they forget past hurts long enough to let love into their hearts again? Or will they forever live in the past…alone?...




  • From the instant widower Simon Thomas helps bring Levi Gunden into the world, he loves the boy almost as much as if he'd been his own. Five short years later, when Levi is brutally murdered -- and dies in Simon's arms -- he's certain there's no great...



  • When karate expert, Paige Anderson, meets ex-football star, Dean Porter, people fall head over heels--literally!Despite very different backgrounds, it's quickly obvious they have much in common. But will the dark secret that caused her to turn from G...



  • When Emily Alden relocated to historic Main Street in Ellicott City, the last thing she expected was that the shopkeeper next door would judge her 'guilty', based on the inaccurate quotes of a cub reporter. In her mind, Cory Russell should have been ...



  • A former marine is no match for the spunky Sam Sinclair. Bryce Stone has returned to his hometown of North Pole, Alaska, and the self-admitted scrooge is not very happy about living in a town "Where the Spirit of Christmas Lives Year Round." What's w...



  • It's June, 1888, when Kate Wellington is taken hostage by outlaw Frank Michaels. The sun's high in the Texas sky when he turns her into an unwilling accomplice in a robbery that leaves four men dead in a San Antonio bank. After escaping from him, ...



  • Life is a dream come true for Callie Roberts""until her worst nightmare ruins the fairy tale. A steamboat boiler explosion kills her parents, her older brother, and her beloved fiancé. It also deafens her younger brother and leaves Callie with a...



  • Nurse Levee O'Reilly and her husband, Dr. Liam O'Reilly, are headed west to the California Territory to practice medicine when their stagecoach is tragically attacked by the infamous Frank Michaels. All alone now and grieving, Levee makes her way to ...



  • To Love Or Not To Love Again That's the question stirring Texan widower Lamont London's heart. His longtime neighbor Nadine Greene still turns heads -- especially his. But after enduring an abusive marriage, Nadine's gun-shy when it comes to relat...






  • If he had only answered that last phone call from the World Trade Center . . . Minutes before two jumbo jets changed U.S. history, New York police officer Austin Finley ignored the call from his brother, who'd been bugging him for days. Trying to ...



  • First impressions, thank goodness, really can't be trusted! When marine biologist Holly Leonard agrees to help Parker Brant write a book on giant sea turtles, she expects a charming and charismatic charter boat captain -- not the strait-laced, all...



  • Highly skilled Search and Rescue (SAR) team leader, Honor Mackenzie, works almost as hard at guarding the dark secrets of her past as she does when training SAR dogs. As for widowed Sun reporter Matt Phillips, not even his former SAR work is as impor...



  • On a steamy spring morning, Dusty Parker -- part-time pastor, part-time search-and-rescue team member, and full-time administrator of a school for troubled boys -- joins the search for a missing teenage girl. He partners with volunteer and inner-city...




  • When unspeakable tragedy leaves young Eli an orphan, two families are devastated. But Taylor, Eli s aunt and legal guardian, vows to help him remember his parents by creating a Memory Quilt. As she begins piecing together the moments of his parents' ...



  • When Drewry Sheffield’s uncle promises her hand in marriage as payment of a gambling debt, God seems strangely silent. Orphaned, and with no kin to help her, Drewry feels she must take matters into her own hands -- and quickly!
    Through an une...



  • “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”―2 Corinthians 12:9
     
    Home from the Civil War a hopeless cripple and the master of a ruined plantation, James Sheffield must learn to live again. But a d...



  • LIKE IT OR NOT, THEY'RE FAMILY NOW When Brooke O'Toole's sister and brother-in-law die in a tragic accident, her only priority is the emotional well-being of her one-year-old nephew, Connor. Unfortunately, that means making nice with the man she ...



  • THEY WERE WORLDS APART, CONNECTED BY A BOY… Why would a former football star like Logan Murray pay attention to her? Bianca Wright was a far cry from the beautiful women she'd seen him with in the tabloids. He was just being kind. Or even worse...






  • He couldn't save his wife…but he will save Alyssa When Noah Preston entered witness protection, his only concern was for his daughter. He couldn't save her mother, but he would save Alyssa -- no matter what. Now, three years later, he's done hi...



  • Shaina Sterling hates the lie she’s living but feels she has no choice. Soon after the shocking death of her husband, the young widow learns how deeply entrenched in debt his lavish lifestyle has left her. To protect the legacy of his name, as well...



  • Does she even need a hero? Summer Lane is no damsel in distress. For the past two years, she's been battling her way back from her worst nightmare all by herself. So she doesn't need the fabulous former Marine Zach Marshall swooping in to save he...



  • Nell Holstrom wanted no part of her grandfather’s barren gold mine that had taken the lives of her mother, father, and younger brother -- even if there may still be hidden wealth inside. Instead, she went to Denver and took a job as housekeeper at ...



  • He can say no to everything but her… Nate Marshall used to be a yes-man…until being so agreeable cost him dearly. But Eden Quinn has a way of getting him to reconsider his "just say no" policy. Which is how a bunch of troubled teens end up at...



  • He's a man who wants it all…if only he could have it Dreams of stardom took musician and firefighter Sam Marshall far from his Colorado roots. Starting fresh in Nashville hasn't been easy, especially after an injury on the job, but he's working...



  • Ruby McCoy is haunted by her father's sins....

    When Ruby McCoy arrives in Fairplay, her ornate carriage is followed by an entourage who heft steamer trunks, hatboxes, and traveling bags into the hotel…where she has booked the entire second floor....



  • What happens when you do go home again? One mistake cost Josh Hunter almost everything. Burning his bridges was easier than coming home. Yet here he is, eight years -- and one family crisis -- later, back in his Pennsylvania town playing unlikely...



  • Franco Allessi is a broken, lonely man who wants nothing more than to outrun the ghosts of his past. For years, he tries to numb the pain of his wife’s death with cheap beer and whiskey. When he’s convicted of drunk driving, the judge revokes his...



  • A kidnapping shattered their family… Rena and Grant VanMeter lived every parent’s worst nightmare when their preschool daughter was abducted. Riddled with guilt and hoping time apart would help them heal, Rena made the hardest decision of her ...



  • She’s ready for that second chance… But will he believe she’s changed? When she fled Baltimore after a near-fatal accident that left her dependent on painkillers, Lillie Rourke had lost everything. Now, emotionally healed, she’s ready t...



  • Elice Glasser is a widow with three young children to raise. Cabot Murray is an ex-cop who returns home to Freeland, Maryland, to deal with the pain of his own tragic loss: the death of his wife and daughter in a fiery explosion intended for him.Grie...



  • Among the New-new Order Amish of Oakland, Maryland, children bring precious hope, joy -- and sometimes an unexpected second chance at love . . . For Amish widower Phillip Baker, providing for his family in the wake of his wife's death means b...



  • In the New Order Amish community of Pleasant Valley, a helping hand is never far away, and a baby’s smile can be reason enough to start over -- and risk love again . . . Since losing his family in a tragic accident, building contractor Max Lamb...



  • What happens when two secretive, stubborn people find themselves thrown together to help four rascally youngsters -- twins times two! -- create a Christmas surprise for their parents? Mischief and mayhem, and just maybe . . . love!...



  • Family Fiction’s #1 author of Amish Fiction!Amid the New Order Amish community of Oakland, Maryland, an unexpected gift of comfort and tender caring can help spark a surprising dream of love . . . Between raising three grieving children and ru...



  • USA Today bestselling authors Shelley Shepard Gray, Rachel J. Good, and Loree Lough celebrate the spirit of the season, the warmth of simple traditions, and of course, the joy of holiday treats, with this faith-affirming collection of three connected...



  • Jase Brooks had been a 26-year-old Marine, stationed in Afghanistan when his parents were killed in a head-on collision. His anguish was compounded when, at the reading of the will, he learned they'd made him sole guardian of his 11-year-old brother....



  • Life was good for Murphy O'Brien... until it wasn't... Murphy O'Brien, born without fingerprints, becomes a valuable asset to a crime boss who puts the lonely, orphaned boy to work, stealing from his wealthy clients... without leaving a shred of evid...



  • Matt Maxwell wondered a lot about changing his first name to Former: Former Marine. Former minister. Former husband. One by one, he'd lost them all. After losing his wife to his church deacon, he'd packed his battered military duffel, gassed up h...



  • David Baden feels unworthy of love...  For years, Anna Hertzler has dropped slips of paper into THE Blessings Jar on her dresser... each one a prayer of someday becoming Mrs. David Baden. Unfortunately, David barely seems to notice her, unless s...



  • Beth Lantz's widowed father is 100% opposed to the changes that came with Pleasant Valley's New Order Amish lifestyle. His biggest complaint? Christmas! Beth, much to his dismay, inherited her mother's enthusiasm for the holiday. Thankfully, her upho...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Loree Lough has published 71 books.

Loree Lough does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Christmas Letter, was published in November 2022.

The first book by Loree Lough, Pocketful of Love, was published in September 1994.

Yes. Loree Lough has 13 series.