Brenda Novak Books in Order – Complete List

Brenda Novak is a favorite American author of romantic suspense novels, as well as historical romance and contemporary romance novels. Brenda Novak’s books include her romantic suspense series, such as the Stillwater Trilogy, the Last Stand collection, the Bulletproof books, and the Evelyn Talbot Chronicles, among others, while romances include the Whiskey Creek series, Silver Springs, and the new Coyote Canyon series.

Here are the Brenda Novak books in order of publication. The reading and chronological order is the same for her novels.

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Dundee Idaho Books in Publication Order

1. That One Night (#1), 2002 (aka A Baby of Her Own)
2. Falling For You (#2), 2003 (aka A Husband of Her Own)
3. First Love, Second Chance (#3), 2004 (aka A Family of Her Own)
4. Say You Love Me (#4), 2004 (aka aka A Home of Her Own)
5. Meant for You (#6), 2005 (aka Stranger in Town)
6. Finding You (#6), 2005 (aka Big Girls Don’t Cry)
7. The Other Woman (#7), 2006 (aka Just the Two of Us)
8. Coulda Been A Cowboy (#8), 2007 (aka The More I Love You)
9. A Dundee Christmas (#8.5), 2017

Stillwater Trilogy in Order of Publication

1. Dead Silence, 2006
2. Dead Giveaway, 2007
3. Dead Right, 2007

The Last Stand Books in Publication Order

1. Trust Me, 2008
2. Stop Me, 2008
3. Watch Me, 2008
4. The Perfect Couple, 2009
5. The Perfect Liar, 2009
6. The Perfect Murder, 2009

Dept. 6 Hired Guns Trilogy in Order of Publication

1. The Perfect Murder, 2010
2. Body Heat, 2010
3. Killer Heat, 2010

Bulletproof Trilogy in Order of Publication

1. In Seconds, 2011
2. In Close, 2011
3. Inside, 2011

Whiskey Creek Books in Publication Order

1. When We Touch (#0.5), 2012
2. When Lightning Strikes (#1), 2012
3. When Snow Falls (#2), 2012
4. When Summer Comes (#3), 2013
5. Home to Whiskey Creek (#4), 2013
6. Take Me Home for Christmas (#5), 2013
7. Come Home to Me (#6), 2014
8. The Heart of Christmas (#7), 2014
9. This Heart of Mine (#8), 2015
10. A Winter Wedding (#9), 2015
11. Discovering You (#10), 2016

The Evelyn Talbot Chronicles / Hannover Chronicles Books in Publication Order

1. Hanover House (#0.5), 2015
2. Her Darkest Nightmare (#1), 2016
3. Hello Again (#2), 2017
4. Face Off (#3), 2018
5. Blindspot (#4), 2019

Fairham Island Books in Publication Order

1. The Secret Sister, 2015
2. The Secrets She Kept, 2016

Silver Springs Books in Publication Order

1. Finding Our Forever (#1), 2017
2. No One but You (#2), 2017
3. Until You Loved Me (#3), 2017
4. Right Where We Belong (#4), 2017
5. Unforgettable You (#5), 2019
6. Christmas in Silver Springs (#6), 2019
7. A California Christmas (#7), 2020
8. Home for the Holidays (#7.5), 2020
9. When I Found You (#8), 2021
10. Keep Me Warm at Christmas (#9), 2021

Coyote Canyon Books in Publication Order

1. Talulah’s Back in Town, 2023
2. The Talk of Coyote Canyon, 2023
3. The Messy Life of Jane Tanner, 2024

9 Months Later Books in Publication Order

• Back to You, 2000 (aka Expectations)
• Snow Baby, 2000
• Baby Business, 2000
• That One Night, 2002 (aka A Baby of Her Own)

Standalone Novels in Order of Publication

• Of Noble Birth, 1999
• A Family by Christmas, 2001 (aka We Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus)
• Shooting the Moon, 2002
• Taking the Heat, 2003
• To Win Her Heart, 2004
• Cold Feet, 2004
• Every Waking Moment, 2005
• Honor Bound, 2011 (aka The Bastard)
• Through the Smoke, 2013
• A Matter of Grave Concern, 2014
• On a Snowy Christmas, 2018
• Before We Were Strangers, 2018
• Just Like the Ones We Used to Know, 2019
• One Perfect Summer, 2020
• The Bookstore on the Beach, 2021
• Summer on the Island, 2022
• The Seaside Library, 2023
• Tourist Season, 2024
• The Banned Books Club, 2024

Short Story Anthologies and Collections in Order of Publication

Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

• Love That! Brenda Novak’s Every Occasion Cookbook, 2015 (with Jan Coad)

Brenda Novak Biography

Brenda Novak was born in 1964 in Vernal, Utah, in the United States. As a child, she moved with her family to Arizona. Later on, while studying in the university, she wanted to get married and start a family, so she left Brigham Young University and found a job in commercial real estate to become a loan officer.

The way she became a novelist is one of those famous stories that is being told by people every chance they get.

One day when she went home from work, she found her children’s babysitter drugging her youngest son with cough syrup and Tylenol so he would go to sleep. Seeing this, she was so shocked that she decided to leave her day job as a loan officer and become a stay-at-home mom in order to take care of her family.

While reading a romance novel, she had the idea of writing books as well. However, it took her five years to get as far as actually writing a book. It was a difficult time for her family since they not only lost their family business but also their home. Eventually, however, she finally wrote and sold her first romance novel, Of Noble Birth, in 1999. This is when Brenda Novak knew she found her final calling: become a book author.

Brenda Novak is currently living with her husband and five children in Sacramento where, besides writing, she also helps diabetes research by raising money for Juvenile Diabetes Research, since her youngest son, Tad, has diabetes as well.

She received several awards such as the National Reader’s Choice, and the Award of Excellence, and was listed on bestseller lists like the Bookseller’s Best, the Beacon Award for Published Authors, and the Write Touch.

In The Evelyn Talbot Chronicles, Evelyn is a criminal psychologist who lives in a small Alaskan town. She founded the Hanover House, which is a facility for some extremely dangerous criminals, and psychopaths who should be locked forever away. The reason why she started this home is because when she was 16, her boyfriend attacked her, almost killed her, and left her for dead. Now Evelyn wants to learn what makes psychopaths tick, learn their secret,and find out how their mind is working.

Soon after she started working at Hanover House, she met Sergeant Amarok who was very unhappy with the entire home for criminal convicts being in his neighborhood.

Fairham Island is another series that features Maisey Lazarow who, after many years, returns to her home island, Fairham, after a heavy divorce. Back at home, she meets her high school fling, Rafe Romero, who still makes her heart beat fast even after all these years.

This second series is just as good as the previous one, however, Fairham Island has some gothic undertone which I really enjoyed (I always loved gothic stories). Brenda got her idea for the first book, The Secret Sister while watching an episode of Dateline, where a brother and sister got together after several years to indulge in recollecting their early years together when they remembered playing with another child who might or might not have been a sibling.

After a thorough investigation, they found a shocking discovery. So Brenda’s imagination started creating a full storyline which eventually became the plotline for her book.

Reading the books by Brenda Novak in order for her several romantic suspense book series is recommended. They each feature main characters that are connected throughout the books, a storyline that you might miss out on if you read them out of order.