Carla Neggers Books In Order – Complete List

New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers is hugely popular with the readers of romantic suspense novels. Although she is known in the romantic suspense genre, she also writes contemporary romance novels with added suspense elements. As of today, she has published over 70 novels published around the world.

Here are the Carla Neggers books in order for her romantic suspense series, romance series, and her several standalone novels.

Mill Brook Trilogy in Publication Order

1. Finders Keepers, 1989
2. Within Reason, 1990
3. That Stubborn Yankee, 1991

Carriage House Books in Publication Order

1. The Carriage House, 2001
2. The Cabin, 2002
3. Stonebrook Cottage, 2002
4. The Harbor, 2002
5. Secret Hideaway, 2016 (short story)

Cold Ridge Books in Publication Order

aka the U. S. Marshal series

1. Cold Ridge, 2003
2. Shelter Island (#1.5), 2003
3. Night’s Landing, 2004
4. The Rapids, 2004
5. Dark Sky, 2005
6. Breakwater, 2006
7. Abandon, 2007
8. On the Run (#6.5), 2009

FBI / Ireland Books in Publication Order

1. The Widow, 2006
2. The Angel, 2008
3. The Mist, 2009
4. The Whisper, 2010

Black Falls Books in Publication Order

1. Cold Pursuit, 2008
2. Cold River, 2009
3. Cold Dawn, 2010
4. Cold Moonlight (#3.5), 2013

Swift River Valley Books in Publication Order

1. Secrets of the Lost Summer, 2012
2. That Night on Thistle Lane, 2013
3. Cider Brook, 2013
4. Christmas at Carriage Hill (#3.5), 2014
5. Echo Lake, 2015
6. A Knights Bridge Christmas, 2015
7. The Spring at Moss Hill, 2016
8. Red Clover Inn, 2017
9. The River House, 2018
10. Stone Bridges, 2019

Sharpe & Donovan Books in Publication Order

1. Rock Point (#0.5), 2013 (prequel novella)
2. Saint’s Gate, 2011
3. Heron’s Cove, 2012
4. Declan’s Cross, 2013
5. Harbor Island, 2014
6. Keeper’s Reach), 2015
7. Liar’s Key, 2016
8. Impostor’s Lure, 2018
9. Rival’s Break, 2019

Velvet Glove Books in Publication Order

• The Venus Shoe (#1), 1984
• The Knotted Skein (#7), 1984
• The Uneven Score (#14), 1985

Writing As Amalia James

• Midsummer Dreams, 1982
• Dream Images, 1983
• Tangled Promises, 1982, (#22 in the Circle of Love series)

Writing As Anne Harrell

• Minstrel’s Fire, 1988
• Betrayals, 1990

Standalone Romantic Suspense Novels in Publication Order

• Tempting Fate, 1993
• A Rare Chance, 1996
• Finding You, 1996
• Just Before Sunrise, 1997
• Night Scents, 1997
• Claim the Crown, 1987
• White Hot, 1998
• Kiss the Moon, 1999
• On Fire, 1999
• The Waterfall, 2000
• Cut and Run, 2007

Standalone Romance Novels in Publication Order

Novellas in Publication Order

• Tricks of Fate, 1995
• Close Call, 2009 (included in More Than Words)
• Husband for Hire, 2018

Collections and Anthologies in Publication Order

Carla Neggers Biography

Carla Neggers was born in August 9, 1955 in Belchertown, Massachusetts. She spent her childhood in the edge of the Quabbin Reservoir. From a very young age she loved imagining stories of people that were living in the nearby towns.

Her father used to tell stories of life as a Dutch sailor, and combined with her mother’s native Florida origins, this sparked the inspiration for some of the latest works of the author.

Carla Neggers is a magna cum laude graduate of Boston University in journalism. Before starting out as a full-time author, she worked as an arts and entertainment writer.

Carla Neggers has been a published writer since the 1980s and has continued to put out novel after novel. She sold her first novel soon after graduating from university. The places she writes about are fictional, such as Knights Bridge and Swift River Valley. However, they still resemble some of the places where she grew up. This makes the descriptions of the towns in her stories quite real.

The author often draws inspiration from her life experiences, including her stay in various libraries. For example, her local library was the inspiration for the haunted Knights Bridge library, and as a teenager, she volunteered at the local library as well. During college, she loved spending her time at the Boston public library to study and relax from her daily stress.

The Carla Neggers books are page-turners. Her characters are well developed, and her dialogues are realistic. In her stories she depicted the New England towns quite realistically. As I mentioned before, many of her novels are set in the same fictional universe.

Carla Neggers is a member of the International Women’s Writing Guild, Romance Writers of America, Authors Guild, and Authors League of America. She has also presented writers’ workshops and has been a guest on television and radio programs. She has sold over a million books in over 30 countries, and her novels have been translated into numerous languages.

One of my favorite series by her is The Sharpe Donovan series, featuring FBI agents Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan. The two books, Saint’s Gate and Keeper’s Reach, were released together in 2011. Emma Sharpe, a former nun turned FBI agent, and Colin Donovan, an undercover FBI agent and art crimes expert, working well together to solve art crimes that, more often than not, lead to murder. The series includes not only action but also romance and suspense.

Carla Neggers started her Swift River Valley series in 2012. It was released along with Secrets of the Lost Summer. Secrets of the Lost Summer features Olivia Frost, who returns to her hometown of Knights Bridge, Massachusetts, in order to take over her grandfather’s Victorian mansion, which, in the meantime, has become a bed and breakfast. During the renovations, Olivia discovers a box of letters hidden away in a secret room.

Carla Neggers Awards and Nominations

• Reviewer’s Choice Award nominations, Romantic Times, 1983, for best Bantam Loveswept, 1986 and 1987, both for best Harlequin Temptation, 1988, for best romance series writer
• Reviewer’s Choice Award, Romantic Times, 1985, for The Uneven Score, 1988, for All in a Name
• Cold Ridge was nominated for the Rita Award in the Romantic Suspense category in 2004
• RT Book Reviews Career Achievement Award for romantic suspense
• The author received the Maine CrimeMaster Award at the Maine Crime Wave conference in 2023