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Contemporary Melodrama

Authors & Titles

• Allen, Charlotte Vale: Dreaming in Color
  
• Anton, Barbara: Egrets to the Flames
  
• Bagshawe, Tilly: Adored
  
• Balogh, Mary: Lauren Edgeworth series
  
  1. One Night for Love
     
  2. A Summer to Remember
     
• Baxter, Mary Lynn: Evening Hours
  
• Baxter, Mary Lynn: In Hot Water
  
• Binchy, Maeve: Nights of Rain and Stars
  
• Binchy, Maeve: Whitethorn Woods
  
• Bonasia, Lynn Kiele: Some Assembly Required
  
• Bradford, Barbara Taylor: A Sudden Change of Heart
  
• Brown, Sandra: A Secret Splendor
  
• Cameron, Stella: Finding Ian
  
• Cameron, Stella: Tell Me Why
  
• Carroll, Susan: The Bride Finder
  
• Cates, Kimberly: The Gazebo
  
• Claire, Edie: Meant to Be
  
• Coburn, Randy Sue: Owl Island
  
• Cohen, Tish: Inside Out Girl
  
• Cox, Josephine: The Journey
  
• Crandall, Susan: On Blue Falls Pond
  
• Dailey, Janet: Aspen Gold
  
• Dailey, Janet: Tangled Vines
  
• DeBerry, Virginia & Grant, Donna: Pat & Gayle series
  
  1. Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made
     
  2. Gotta Keep On Tryin'
     
• Delinsky, Barbara: Commitments
  
• Delinsky, Barbara: For My Daughters
  
• Delinsky, Barbara: Heart of the Night
  
• Delinsky, Barbara: Looking for Peyton Place
  
• Delinsky, Barbara: More Than Friends
  
• Delinsky, Barbara: The Secret Between Us
  
• Delinsky, Barbara: Twelve Across
  
• Delinsky, Barbara: Twilight Whispers
  
• Delinsky, Barbara: A Woman Betrayed
  
• Delinsky, Barbara: A Woman's Place
  
• de los Santos, Marisa: Cornelia Brown series
  
  1. Love Walked In
     
  2. Belong to Me
     
• Deveraux, Jude: Carolina Isle
  
• Deveraux, Jude: The Duchess
  
• Deveraux, Jude: First Impressions
  
• Deveraux, Jude: High Tide
  
• Deveraux, Jude: Mountain Laurel
  
• Deveraux, Jude: The Mulberry Tree
  
• Deveraux, Jude: Secrets
  
• Deveraux, Jude: Someone to Love
  
• Deveraux, Jude: Wild Orchids
  
• Ellis, Julie: Glorious Morning
  
• Ellis, Julie: No Greater Love
  
• Ellis, Julie: When the Summer People Have Gone
  
• Fowler, Therese: Souvenir
  
• Frank, Dorothy Benton: Bulls Island
  
• Freeman, Cynthia: Always and Forever
  
• Freeman, Cynthia: Come Pour the Wine
  
• Freeman, Cynthia: Illusions of Love
  
• Freeman, Cynthia: The Last Princess
  
• Freeman, Cynthia: No Time For Tears
  
• Freeman, Cynthia: Portraits
  
• Freeman, Cynthia: Seasons of the Heart
  
• Freeman, Cynthia: A World Full of Strangers
  
• French, Marilyn: The Bleeding Heart
  
• French, Marilyn: My Summer With George
  
• French, Marilyn: Our Father
  
• Garlock, Dorothy: A Week From Sunday
  
• Garrett, Annie: After You
  
• Garrett, Annie: Because I Wanted You
  
• Goodman, Joanna: Harmony
  
• Goudge, Eileen: Blessing in Disguise
  
• Goudge, Eileen: Garden of Lies series
  
  1. Garden of Lies
     
  2. Thorns of Truth
     
• Goudge, Eileen: One Last Dance
  
• Goudge, Eileen: The Second Silence
  
• Goudge, Eileen: Such Devoted Sisters
  
• Goudge, Eileen: Trail of Secrets
  
• Gould, Judith: The Best is Yet to Come
  
• Gould, Judith: Time to Say Good-Bye
  
• Graham, Janice: Sarah's Window
  
• Hannah, Kristin: Angel Falls
  
• Hannah, Kristin: Firefly Lane
  
• Hannah, Kristin: Magic Hour
  
• Hannah, Kristin: On Mystic Lake
  
• Harleman, Ann: The Year She Disappeared
  
• Harris, Joanne: Coastliners
  
• Heggan, Christiane: Blind Faith
  
• Heggan, Christiane: Deception
  
• Hegi, Ursula: The Worst Thing I've Done
  
• Hickam, Homer: Josh Thurlow series
  
  1. The Keeper's Son
     
  2. The Ambassador's Son
     
• Howard, Linda: Sarah's Child
  
• Howatch, Susan: The Rich Are Different
  
• Jaffe, Rona: Class Reunion
  
• Jones, Allen Morris: Last Year's River
  
• Kelly, Cathy: Past Secrets
  
• Kleypas, Lisa: Blue-Eyed Devil
  
• Koomson, Dorothy: My Best Friend's Girl
  
• Krentz, Jayne Ann: Absolutely, Positively
  
• Krentz, Jayne Ann: Eye of the Beholder
  
• Krentz, Jayne Ann: Lost & Found
  
• Krentz, Jayne Ann: Soft Focus
  
• Lindsey, Johanna: All I Need is You
  
• Lindsey, Johanna: The Pursuit
  
• Lowell, Elizabeth: This Time Love
  
• Lustbader, Victoria: Stone Creek
  
• Macomber, Debbie: Cedar Cove series
  
  1. 16 Lighthouse Road
     
  2. 204 Rosewood Lane
     
  3. 311 Pelican Court
     
  4. 44 Cranberry Point
     
  5. 50 Harbor Street
     
  6. 6 Rainier Drive
     
  7. 74 Seaside Avenue
     (related nonfiction) Knit Along with Debbie Macomber: The Cedar Cove Collection
     
• Macomber, Debbie: Susannah's Garden
  
• Markey, Judy: Just Trust Me
  
• Mazza, Cris: Waterbaby
  
• McGinniss, Joe Jr.: The Delivery Man
  
• McNaught, Judith: Night Whispers
  
• McNaught, Judith: Perfect
  
• McNaught, Judith: Remember When
  
• McNaught, Judith: Until You
  
• McNaught, Judith: Water's Edge
  
• McNaught, Judith: Whitney, My Love
  
• Michael, Judith: Acts of Love
  
• Michael, Judith: A Certain Smile
  
• Michael, Judith: Deceptions
  
• Michael, Judith: Inheritance
  
• Michael, Judith: Possessions
  
• Michael, Judith: Pot of Gold
  
• Michael, Judith: The Real Mother
  
• Michael, Judith: A Ruling Passion
  
• Michael, Judith: Sleeping Beauty
  
• Michael, Judith: A Tangled Web
  
• Michaels, Fern: All She Can Be
  
• Michaels, Fern: Annie's Rainbow
  
• Michaels, Fern: Celebration
  
• Michaels, Fern: Crown Jewel (12/03)
  
• Michaels, Fern: Dear Emily
  
• Michaels, Fern: Desperate Measures
  
• Michaels, Fern: Family Blessings
  
• Michaels, Fern: Finders Keepers
  
• Michaels, Fern: Fool Me Once
  
• Michaels, Fern: For All Their Lives
  
• Michaels, Fern: The Guest List
  
• Michaels, Fern: Hey, Good Looking
  
• Michaels, Fern: Hide and Seek
  
• Michaels, Fern: Late Bloomer
  
• Michaels, Fern: Listen To Your Heart
  
• Michaels, Fern: Plain Jane
  
• Michaels, Fern: Pretty Woman
  
• Michaels, Fern: Revenge of the Sisterhood series
  
  1. Weekend Warriors
     
  2. Payback
     
  3. Vendetta
     
  4. The Jury
     
  5. Sweet Revenge
     
  6. Lethal Justice
     
  7. Hokus Pokus
     
• Michaels, Fern: Sara's Song
  
• Michaels, Fern: Sea Gypsy
  
• Michaels, Fern: Serendipity
  
• Michaels, Fern: To Have and To Hold
  
• Michaels, Fern: Weekend Warriors
  
• Michaels, Fern: What You Wish For
  
• Michaels, Fern: Yesterday
  
• Michaels, Fern: Colemans & Thorntons series
  
  Texas Series:
  
  1. Texas Rich
     
  2. Texas Heat
     
  3. Texas Fury
     
  4. Texas Sunrise
     Vegas Series:
     
  5. Vegas Rich
     
  6. Vegas Heat
     
  7. Vegas Sunrise
     Kentucky Series:
     
  8. Kentucky Rich
     
  9. Kentucky Heat
     
  10. Kentucky Sunrise
      
• Michna, Tanya: Necessary Arrangements
  
• Miller, Linda Lael: The Last Chance Cafe
  
• Mitchard, Jacquelyn: The Breakdown Lane
  
• Mitchard, Jacquelyn: Twelve Times Blessed
  
• Montefiore, Santa: Last Voyage of the Valentina
  
• Montefiore, Santa: The Sea of Lost Love
  
• Morton, Brian: Breakable You
  
• Nash, Jennie: The Last Beach Bungalow
  
• North, Will: The Long Walk Home
  
• O'Dell, Tawni: Sister Mine
  
• Phillips, Susan Elizabeth: Breathing Room
  
• Phillips, Susan Elizabeth: This Heart of Mine
  
• Picoult, Jodi: Change of Heart
  
• Pilcher, Robin: A Risk Worth Taking
  
• Pilcher, Robin: Starting Over
  
• Pilcher, Rosamunde: Winter Solstice
  
• Plain, Belva: After the Fire
  
• Plain, Belva: Blessings
  
• Plain, Belva: The Carousel
  
• Plain, Belva: Crescent City
  
• Plain, Belva: Crossroads
  
• Plain, Belva: Daybreak
  
• Plain, Belva: Eden Burning
  
• Plain, Belva: Evergreen
  
• Plain, Belva: Fortune's Hand
  
• Plain, Belva: The Golden Cup
  
• Plain, Belva: Harvest
  
• Plain, Belva: Homecoming
  
• Plain, Belva: Legacy of Silence
  
• Plain, Belva: Looking Back
  
• Plain, Belva: Promises
  
• Plain, Belva: Random Winds
  
• Plain, Belva: Secrecy
  
• Plain, Belva: Tapestry
  
• Plain, Belva: Treasures
  
• Plain, Belva: Whispers
  
• Quinn, Karen: Wife in the Fast Lane
  
• Rice, Luanne: Beach Girls
  
• Rice, Luanne: Dance With Me
  
• Rice, Luanne: The Edge of Winter
  
• Rice, Luanne: Follow the Stars Home
  
• Rice, Luanne: Light of the Moon
  
• Rice, Luanne: Safe Harbor
  
• Rice, Luanne: Sandcastles
  
• Rice, Luanne: The Secret Hour
  
• Rice, Luanne: Secrets of Paris
  
• Rich, Meredith: Tender Offerings
  
• Ripley, Alexandra: From Fields of Gold
  
• Ripley, Alexandra: A Love Divine
  
• Ripley, Alexandra: New Orleans Legacy
  
• Ripley, Alexandra: The Time Returns
  
• Roberts, Nora: Calhouns series (aka Calhoun Women series)
  This series consists of five short novels originally published in the 1990s and collected in various combinations throughout the years. The reading order seems to be:
  
  1. "Courting Catherine"
     
  2. "A Man for Amanda"
     
  3. "For the Love of Lilah"
     
  4. "Suzanna's Surrender"
     
  5. "Megan's Mate"
     
  Books:
  
  • The Calhouns: Catherine, Amanda, and Lilah (contains "Courting Catherine," "A Man for Amanda," and "For the Love of Lilah")
    
  • The Calhouns: Suzanna and Megan (contains "Suzanna's Surrender" and "Megan's Mate")
    
  • The Calhoun Women: Lilah & Suzanna (contains "For the Love of Lilah" and "Suzanna's Surrender")
    
  • The Calhoun Women: Catherine & Amanda (contains "Courting Catherine" and "A Man for Amanda")
    
  • The Calhoun Women (contains "Courting Catherine," "A Man for Amanda," "For the Love of Lilah," and "Suzanna's Surrender")
    
• Roberts, Nora: Chesapeake Bay series (aka Eastern Shore series)
  
  1. Sea Swept
     
  2. Rising Tides
     
  3. Inner Harbor
     
  4. Chesapeake Blue
     
• Roberts, Nora: Concannon Sisters series
  
  1. Born in Fire
     
  2. Born in Ice
     
  3. Born in Shame
     (all three published in one volume as Irish Born )
     
• Roberts, Nora: Donovan Legacy series
  
  1. Captivated
     
  2. Entranced
     
  3. Charmed
     (#1, #2, & #3 published in one volume as The Donovan Legacy )
     
  4. Enchanted
     
• Roberts, Nora: Gallagher's Pub series
  
  1. Jewels of the Sun
     
  2. Tears of the Moon
     
  3. Heart of the Sea
     
• Roberts, Nora: In the Garden series
  
  1. Blue Dahlia
     
  2. Black Rose
     
  3. Red Lily (to be published 11/05)
     
• Roberts, Nora: Irish Thoroughbred series
  
  1. Irish Thoroughbred
     
  2. Irish Rose
     (#1 & #2 published in one volume as Irish Hearts )
     
  3. Irish Rebel
     
• Roberts, Nora: MacGregor series
  
  (prequel) Rebellion
  
  1. Playing the Odds
     
  2. Tempting Fate
     (#1 & #2 published in one volume as The MacGregors: Serena - Caine )
     
  3. All the Possibilities
     
  4. One Man's Art
     (#3 & #4 published in one volume as The MacGregors: Alan - Grant )
     
  5. For Now, Forever
     
  6. In From the Cold
     (#5 & #6 published in one volume as The MacGregors: Daniel - Ian )
     
  7. The MacGregor Brides
     
  8. The Winning Hand
     
  9. The MacGregor Grooms
     
  10. The Perfect Neighbor
      
• Roberts, Nora: Night Tales series
  
  1. Night Shift
     
  2. Night Shadow
     
  3. Nightshade
     
  4. Night Smoke
     (#1 - #4 published in one volume as Night Tales )
     
  5. Night Shield
     
• Roberts, Nora: O'Hurley series
  
  1. The Last Honest Woman
     
  2. Dance to the Piper
     (above two titles published in one volume as Born O'Hurley )
     
  3. Skin Deep
     
  4. Without a Trace
     (above two titles published in one volume as O'Hurley's Return )
     
• Roberts, Nora: Sacred Sins series
  
  1. Sacred Sins
     
  2. Brazen Virtue
     
• Roberts, Nora: Stanislaski series (aka Wild Ukranians series)
  
  1. Taming Natasha
     
  2. Luring a Lady
     
  3. Falling for Rachel
     
  4. Convincing Alex
     (#1 & #3 published in one volume as The Stanislaski Sisters )
     (#2 & #4 published in one volume as The Stanislaski Brothers )
     
  5. Waiting for Nick
     
  6. Considering Kate
     
• Roberts, Nora: Templeton Dream series
  
  1. Daring to Dream
     
  2. Holding the Dream
     
  3. Finding the Dream
     
• Roberts, Nora: Three Sisters Island series
  
  1. Dance Upon the Air
     
  2. Heaven and Earth
     
  3. Face the Fire
     
• Roberts, Nora: Angels Fall
  
• Roberts, Nora: Birthright
  
• Roberts, Nora: Blue Smoke
  
• Roberts, Nora: Carolina Moon
  
• Roberts, Nora: Divine Evil
  
• Roberts, Nora: From the Heart
  
• Roberts, Nora: Genuine Lies
  
• Roberts, Nora: The Gift
  
• Roberts, Nora: Hidden Riches
  
• Roberts, Nora: Homeport
  
• Roberts, Nora: Honest Illusions
  
• Roberts, Nora: Hot Ice
  
• Roberts, Nora: Mind Over Matter
  
• Roberts, Nora: Montana Sky
  
• Roberts, Nora: Northern Lights
  
• Roberts, Nora: Once Upon a Dream
  
• Roberts, Nora: Private Scandals
  
• Roberts, Nora: Public Secrets
  
• Roberts, Nora: The Reef
  
• Roberts, Nora: River's End
  
• Roberts, Nora: Rules of Play
  
• Roberts, Nora: Sanctuary
  
• Roberts, Nora: Sweet Revenge
  
• Roberts, Nora: Three Fates
  
• Roberts, Nora: True Betrayals
  
• Roberts, Nora: Two of a Kind
  
• Roberts, Nora: The Villa
  
• Siddons, Anne Rivers: Hill Towns
  
• Siddons, Anne Rivers: King's Oak
  
• Siddons, Anne Rivers: Low Country
  
• Siddons, Anne Rivers: Nora, Nora
  
• Siddons, Anne Rivers: Off Season
  
• Siddons, Anne Rivers: Up Island
  
• Smith, Deborah: When Venus Fell
  
• Smith, Deborah: Sweet Hush
  
• Sparks, Nicholas: A Bend in the Road
  
• Sparks, Nicholas: The Choice
  
• Sparks, Nicholas: Dear John
  
• Sparks, Nicholas: The Guardian
  
• Sparks, Nicholas: Jeremy Marsh series
  
  1. True Believer
     
  2. At First Sight
     
• Sparks, Nicholas: The Lucky One
  
• Sparks, Nicholas: The Rescue
  
• Sparks, Nicholas: A Walk to Remember
  
• Spencer, LaVyrle: Bitter Sweet
  
• Spencer, LaVyrle: The Endearment
  
• Spencer, LaVyrle: Family Blessings
  
• Spencer, LaVyrle: Forgiving
  
• Spencer, LaVyrle: Home Song
  
• Spencer, LaVyrle: November of the Heart
  
• Spencer, LaVyrle: Small Town Girl
  
• Spencer, LaVyrle: Sweet Memories
  
• Spencer, LaVyrle: That Camden Summer
  
• Spencer, LaVyrle: Then Came Heaven
  
• Steel, Danielle: Accident
  
• Steel, Danielle: Amazing Grace
  
• Steel, Danielle: Bittersweet
  
• Steel, Danielle: Bungalow 2
  
• Steel, Danielle: Changes
  
• Steel, Danielle: Coming Out
  
• Steel, Danielle: The Cottage
  
• Steel, Danielle: Crossings
  
• Steel, Danielle: Daddy
  
• Steel, Danielle: Dating Game
  
• Steel, Danielle: Echoes
  
• Steel, Danielle: Family Album
  
• Steel, Danielle: Fine Things
  
• Steel, Danielle: Five Days in Paris
  
• Steel, Danielle: Full Circle
  
• Steel, Danielle: The Ghost
  
• Steel, Danielle: The Gift
  
• Steel, Danielle: Granny Dan
  
• Steel, Danielle: Heartbeat
  
• Steel, Danielle: His Bright Light: The Story of Nick Traina
  
• Steel, Danielle: Honor Thyself
  
• Steel, Danielle: The House
  
• Steel, Danielle: The House on Hope Street
  
• Steel, Danielle: H.R.H.
  
• Steel, Danielle: Impossible
  
• Steel, Danielle: Irresistible Forces
  
• Steel, Danielle: Jewels
  
• Steel, Danielle: Johnny Angel
  
• Steel, Danielle: Journey
  
• Steel, Danielle: Kaleidoscope
  
• Steel, Danielle: The Kiss
  
• Steel, Danielle: The Klone and I
  
• Steel, Danielle: Leap of Faith
  
• Steel, Danielle: Lightning
  
• Steel, Danielle: Lone Eagle
  
• Steel, Danielle: The Long Road Home
  
• Steel, Danielle: Malice
  
• Steel, Danielle: Message From Nam
  
• Steel, Danielle: Miracle
  
• Steel, Danielle: Mirror Image
  
• Steel, Danielle: Mixed Blessings
  
• Steel, Danielle: No Greater Love
  
• Steel, Danielle: Palomino
  
• Steel, Danielle: Promise
  
• Steel, Danielle: The Ranch
  
• Steel, Danielle: Ransom
  
• Steel, Danielle: Rogue
  
• Steel, Danielle: Safe Harbour
  
• Steel, Danielle: Second Chance
  
• Steel, Danielle: Secrets
  
• Steel, Danielle: Silent Honor
  
• Steel, Danielle:Sisters
  
• Steel, Danielle: Special Delivery
  
• Steel, Danielle: Star
  
• Steel, Danielle: Sunset in St. Tropez
  
• Steel, Danielle: Thurston House
  
• Steel, Danielle: Toxic Bachelors
  
• Steel, Danielle: Vanished
  
• Steel, Danielle: Wanderlust
  
• Steel, Danielle: The Wedding
  
• Steel, Danielle: Wings
  
• Steel, Danielle: Zoya
  
• Stern, Tracy: Longings
  
• Stockenberg, Antoinette: Tidewater
  
• Stone, Jean: The Summer House
  
• Stone, Katherine: Another Man's Son
  
• Stone, Katherine: Caroline's Journal
  
• Stone, Katherine: The Other Twin
  
• Stone, Katherine: Pearl Moon
  
• Stone, Katherine: Thief of Hearts
  
• Swift, Sue: Walk Like a Man
  
• Swindells, Madge: Song of the Wind
  
• Thomas, Jodi: The Secrets of Rosa Lee
  
• Vincenzi, Penny: Sheer Abandon
  
• Wall, Judith Henry: If Love Were All
  
• Wallach, Anne Tolstoi: Trials
  
• Welling, Tina: Crybaby Ranch
  
• Wiggs, Susan: Home Before Dark
  
• Wiggs, Susan: The Ocean Between Us
  
• Wilson, Susan: Cameo Lake
  
• Woodiwiss, Kathleen: Ashes in the Wind
  
• Woodiwiss, Kathleen: Come Love a Stranger
  
• Woodiwiss, Kathleen: Forever in Your Embrace
  
• Woodiwiss, Kathleen: Petals on the River