Barbara Freethy Books in Order

Barbara Freethy is a #1 New York Times bestselling American author best known for the Off the Grid: FBI romantic suspense series, her psychological thrillers and contemporary romance series. She is a two-time RITA Award winner and in 2014, Amazon named her the KDP Bestselling Author of All Time. She has sold over 11 million books for more than 90 novels.

She writes in several genres, from romantic suspense, family-focused contemporary romances, to mystery thrillers. The suspense novels are plot-heavy, and they usually include secrets, twists, and often a romantic subplot. Her newer books are more thriller-focused, including the Mysteries Uncorked podcast thriller series launched in late 2025, which has shifted to psychological thriller with no or hardly any romance involved, and the and the FBI: East Coast Strike Team series (2026).

This page lists all Barbara Freethy books in order, including her thriller and suspense series, standalone mystery novels, contemporary romance series, and early books published under her pen name Kristina Logan.

Latest Barbara Freethy Books

More Upcoming Releases

• Cross That Line (October 2026)
• It Started With a Kiss (April 2027)

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How the Series Connect

Barbara Freethy’s series are mostly independent of each other. They each have different characters, different settings, and there are no shared storylines between her romantic suspense and her romance books. The Callaways and Calloway Cousins are the exception. The Calloway Cousins series is a direct spinoff of The Callaways, following the next generation of the same family, and some recurring characters appear in both series. Everything else, such as the FBI series, Angel’s Bay, Lightning Strikes, Whisper Lake, and her newer thriller lines, can be read in any order.

Deception Series (Books in Order)

The Deception romantic suspense duology follows couples thrown together by an elusive conman who deceived them all, who believes he can’t be caught.

1. Taken, 2006
2. Played, 2006

Sanders Brothers Series (Books in Order)

The Sanders Brothers romantic suspense duology follows two brothers, Jake and Dylan, each in their own novel, who go through several dangerous situations to protect the women they love.

1. Silent Run, 2008
2. Silent Fall, 2008

Angel’s Bay Series (Books in Order)

The Angel’s Bay series is set in a small California coastal town built around the legend of a historic shipwreck, and the belief, held by some locals, that angels from that wreck occasionally involve themselves in the lives of the people living there. Each book follows a different couple in town as they are involved in a mystery case. The tone is warmer and more community-focused than the author’s later FBI work, being closer to women’s fiction with romantic suspense and slightly supernatural elements.

1. Suddenly One Summer, 2009
2. On Shadow Beach, 2010
3. In Shelter Cove, 2010
4. At Hidden Falls, 2011
5. Garden of Secrets, 2011

Wish Series (Books in Order)

The Wish contemporary romance series focuses on how magical wishes affect people’s lives. Each book in the series is loosely connected to wishes made and granted.

1. A Secret Wish, 2012
2. Just A Wish Away, 2012
3. When Wishes Collide, 2012

Callaways Series (Books in Order)

The Callaways series follows a large Irish-American family in San Francisco, most of them working as firefighters, cops, and first responders, as each Callaway family member or siblijng gets entangled with their love interest often through dangerous situations and various crisis. The series is primarily contemporary romance, though many books have suspense subplots.

1. On A Night Like This, 2012
2. So This Is Love, 2013
3. Falling For A Stranger, 2013
4. Between Now And Forever, 2013
5. Nobody But You, 2013
6. All A Heart Needs, 2014
7. That Summer Night, 2014
8. When Shadows Fall, 2014
9. Somewhere Only We Know, 2015

Bachelors & Bridesmaids Series (Books in Order)

The Bachelors & Bridesmaids contemporary romance series follows seven female friends who start the series as bridesmaids and end up finding their own love stories.

1. Kiss Me Forever, 2014
2. Steal My Heart, 2014
3. All Your Loving, 2014
4. Before I Do, 2015
5. Falling Into You, 2015
6. Forever Starts Tonight, 2017
7. Dreaming of You, 2019

Lightning Strikes Trilogy (Books in Order)

The Lightning Strikes trilogy is a romantic suspense series that follows the Monroe siblings who try to find the truth about their father’s death in a plane crash. Each book follows a different sibling, and the lightning connects the various events in the books both in a literal and a figurative way.

1. Beautiful Storm, 2015
2. Lightning Lingers, 2016
3. Summer Rain, 2016

Callaway Cousins Series (Books in Order)

The Callaway Cousins series is a spinoff of the Callaway Family series, following the next, younger generation of the Callaway family.

1. If I Didn’t Know Better, 2015
2. Tender Is The Night, 2016
3. Take Me Home, 2016
4. Closer To You, 2016
5. Once You’re Mine, 2017
6. Can’t Let Go, 2017
7. Secrets We Keep, 2018

Off The Grid: FBI Series (Books in Order)

The Off the Grid: FBI series follows a new group of of FBI agents who trained together at Quantico and now handle different field assignments, so each book has new lead characters in the same professional world. The series is mix of romantic suspense and thriller: the cases are extremely dangerous (bombings, kidnappings, intelligence operations, corrupt officials), and each book pairs one of the agents with a civilian or partner who they have to work with or protect. Over time, the danger level grows from book to book, and later novels are more thriller than suspense.

1. Perilous Trust, 2017
2. Reckless Whisper, 2018
3. Desperate Play, 2018
4. Elusive Promise, 2018
5. Dangerous Choice, 2019
6. Ruthless Cross, 2019
7. Critical Doubt, 2020
8. Fearless Pursuit, 2020
9. Daring Deception, 2021
10. Risky Bargain, 2021
11. Perfect Target, 2022
12. Fatal Betrayal, 2023
13. Deadly Trap, 2024
14. Lethal Game, 2024
15. Shattered Truth, 2025

Whisper Lake Series (Books in Order)

The Whisper Lake series is a contemporary romance series set in a small California lakeside town. Each book follows a different couple.

1. Always With Me, 2019
2. My Wildest Dream, 2019
3. Can’t Fight The Moonlight, 2020
4. Just One Kiss, 2020
5. If We Never Met, 2021
6. Tangled Up In You, 2022
7. Next Time I Fall, 2023

Ocean Shores Series (Books in Order)

The Ocean Shores series is a humorous contemporary romance series set in Oceanside, California, following a group of tenants living in a large apartment complex near the beach, with a new group of characters moving in and becoming neighbors.

1. Hopelessly Romantic, 2024
2. Summer Loving, 2024
3. Moonlight Feels Right, 2025
4. Blame It On The Bikini, 2025
5. Love Me Like You Do, 2026
6. It Started With a Kiss, 2027

Mysteries Uncorked Series (Books in Order)

The Mysteries Uncorked series follows Cassidy Clarke and her two best friends, Tessa and Morgan, who lose their jobs and start a true-crime podcast, since they’re all obsessed with true-crime. Initially, it is just the three of them drinking wine and going through cold cases, but one of them unexpectedly takes off. As their audience grows, they take the podcasting show on the road to investigate real cold cases, and soon things become dangerous. When they decide to investigate a real disappearance at a coastal inn in Maine, their lives as amateur podcasting enthusiasts are quickly put at risk. The series is the author’s most suspense-driven project, closer to authors like Ruth Ware or Freida McFadden than to her earlier romantic suspense. Each book follows a new investigation.

1. Is Anyone Listening?, 2025
2. What They’ll Say About Us, 2026

FBI Series: Strike Team East Series (Books in Order)

The FBI: Strike Team East series, also called the East Coast Strike Team series, is Barbara Freethy’s newest FBI-spinoff series, launched in 2026. It follows agents working on the East Coast, with romantic suspense elements similar to the Off the Grid series and a different member of the elite FBI unit in each book.

1. Burn Every Bridge, 2026
2. Cross That Line, 2026

Author Contributions

• Luke (7 BridRes for 7 Brothers #1), 2016
• Ryder (7 Brides For 7 Soldiers #1), 2017
• Devlin (7 Brides for 7 Blackthornes #1), 2019

Standalone Novels

• Daniel’s Gift, 1996
• Ryan’s Return, 1996
• Ask Mariah, 1997
• One True Love, 1998
• The Sweetest Thing, 1999
• Just the Way You Are, 2000
• Almost Home, 2000
• Some Kind of Wonderful, 2001
• Love Will Find a Way, 2002
• Summer Secrets, 2003
• Golden Lies, 2004
• The Cuzzian Horse, 2004
• All She Ever Wanted, 2004
• Don’t Say a Word, 2005
• Patrick Michael O’Reilly’s 13th Summer, 2007
• The Way Back Home, 2012
• Sweet Somethings, 2017
• All The Pretty People, 2022
• Last One to Know, 2022
• The Other Emily, 2023
• Nothing Breaks Like a Heart, 2025

Writing as Kristina Logan

These are all early Silhouette Romance novels published under the pen name Kristina Logan, before Barbara Freethy began publishing under her real name in 1996.

• Promise of Marriage, 1990
• Hometown Hero, 1991
• Two to Tango, 1992
• The Right Man for Loving, 1992
• To the Rescue, 1993
• The Man Behind the Magic, 1993
• A Man Like Jake, 1994

Barbara Freethy Biography

Barbara Freethy is an American author of romantic suspense, contemporary romance, and women’s fiction novels. She has published more than 90 novels since her debut novel, and sold over 11 million copies worldwide, with more than 25 titles being on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists.
Official website: barbarafreethy.com

Born and raised in California, Barbara Freethy studied Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara and then worked in public relations before becoming an author. She started writing while pregnant with her first child, and eventually sold her debut novel, a Silhouette Romance published under the pen name Kristina Logan. She then continued to write standalone novels under her pen name during the 1990s, until she changed to writing under her real name in 1996 with Daniel’s Gift, which won the RITA Award for Best Contemporary Romance.

She continued writing for traditional publishers including HarperCollins, Penguin, and Simon & Schuster during the 2000s, then decided to move to self-publishing in 2011, founding her own imprint, Fog City Publishing, where she not only published new books but also brought back her earlier written novels. The transition worked, as Summer Secrets hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list in 2012, and in 2014 Amazon named her the KDP Bestselling Author of All Time. More than 28 of her titles have appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists.

Barbara Freethy writes in several genres, but mostly in contemporary romance with the Callaways and its spinoff series, the Whisper Lake and Ocean Shores series, romantic suspense with the Off the Grid: FBI series and the earlier standalone thrillers, and starting from 2025, straight thrillers with with the Mysteries Uncorked podcast series and the new FBI: East Coast Strike Team series.

Daniel’s Gift was optioned for a television movie, although it was never officially produced and released.

She has received six RITA nominations in total, winning twice — for Daniel’s Gift (1997) and The Way Back Home (2013). She lives in Northern California.

Barbara Freethy Awards and Honors

Awards

• Ryan’s Return – Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for Best Contemporary Novel (1996)
• Daniel’s Gift – Romance Writers of America RITA Award, Best Contemporary Single Title (1997)
• The Way Back Home – Romance Writers of America RITA Award, Best Contemporary Single Title (2013)

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