Sandra Brown Books in Order

Sandra Brown is an American New York Times bestselling romantic suspense and thriller author, who has published over 80 novels since 1981, with most of them New York Times bestsellers. She has sold over 80 million copies over the years around the world, and her books have been translated into 34 languages. In 2008, the International Thriller Writers named her Thriller Master, their top career honor, and she has served as president of Mystery Writers of America.

She started writing romances in the 1980s using three different pen names: Rachel Ryan, Laura Jordan, and Erin St. Claire. However, towards end of the 80s, she switched to writing darker romantic suspense novels under her own name, with titles such as Slow Heat in Haven and French Silk being some of her most popular early works in the new genre.

This page lists all Sandra Brown books in order, including her series, standalone novels and short stories published under her own name and her earlier pen names.

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Where to Start with Sandra Brown

→ New to Sandra Brown’s romantic thrillers? Her standalone romantic suspense novels are where most readers start, with Slow Heat in Heaven (1988), which was her first book in the genre, but any of her 1990s and 2000s standalones (French Silk, The Crush, Chill Factor) work just as well.
→ Prefer a series to a standalone? Start with Texas! Lucky (Texas! Tyler Family Saga #1) for her earlier romantic series, or Smash Cut (Mitchell & Associates #1) for her later, more thriller-based series
→ Her two standalone sections on this page are based on two different eras and readerships of her books: the Standalone Romantic Suspense Thrillers (late 1980s onward) and the Standalone Romance Novels (writing romances under pen names). They don’t connect or share characters.

How the Series Connect

None of Sandra Brown’s series connect in storyline or characters, with an exception. Tough Customer (Mitchell & Associates #2) was written to give Dodge Hanley, one of the supporting characters in Smash Cut, his own story. Sandra Brown said that she liked this character enough to go back and revisit him.

Bed & Breakfast Series (Books in Order)

The Bed & Breakfast series is a two-book romantic suspense duology, originally published as part of Bantam Loveswept series in 1983 and 1984. The books are separate novels with different characters and stories, but they do share the theme of a bed and breakfast being the catalyst to finding love when one needs it most.

  1. Breakfast in Bed, 1983
  2. Send No Flowers, 1984

Coleman Family Saga Series (Books in Order)

The Coleman Family Saga is a two book historical romance series that follows Coleman family members in the 19th-century Texas. Each book follows a different couple in the same family, so while the books are separate, they do share the same world and loose family.

  1. Sunset Embrace, 1985
  2. Another Dawn, 1985

Mason Sisters Series (Books in Order)

The Mason Sisters series follows two Mason sisters in two related contemporary romance novels, with each focusing on a different sister. They were originally published as Loveswept romance novels.

  1. Fanta C, 1987
  2. Adam’s Fall, 1988

Mitchell & Associates Series (Books in Order)

The Mitchell & Associates series follows characters connected to a Texas criminal defense law firm. Originally Smash Cut was intended as a standalone novel, but it was expanded into a series with Tough Customer as the author wanted to focus on Dodge Hanley, a cynical, burned-out PI who appeared in the first novel as a supporting character.

  1. Smash Cut, 2009
  2. Tough Customer, 2010

Texas! Tyler Family Saga Series (Books in Order)

The Texas! Tyler Family Saga follows three Tyler family members, brothers Lucky, Chase, and Sage, in the romantic series set in small-town Texas. Each book focuses on a different sibling and their own story, but all three books share the same setting and family.

  1. Texas! Lucky, 1990
  2. Texas! Chase, 1991
  3. Texas! Sage, 1991

Lee Coburn Series (Books in Order)

The Lee Coburn series follows undercover federal agent Lee Coburn in a novel and a short story sequel. Lee takes a widow and her younger daughter hostage during his escape from a murder charge. The story focuses on their relationship, and the short story is a direct sequel.

  1. Lethal, 2011
  2. Honor & …, 2018

Hell Raisers Series

The Hell Raisers series is a two-book romance series originally published under the Erin St. Claire pen name. The two books can be read independently but share a setting and have similar romantic themes, but they are not direct sequels to each other.

Written as Erin St. Claire

Standalone Romantic Suspense Thrillers

The standalone novels below are Sandra Brown’s main novels starting from the late 1980s, which include full-length romantic suspense and thriller novels published under her own name.

Standalone Romance Novels

The novels below are Sandra Brown’s early romances, published between 1981 and 1989 under the pen names Rachel Ryan, Laura Jordan, and Erin St. Claire, and some early books under her own name.

Anthologies

Novellas

Non-Fiction Books

Sandra Brown Biography

Sandra Brown

Sandra Brown is an American romantic suspense and thriller author who has published over 80 novels since 1981. Currently, more than 80 million copies of her books are in print worldwide, with more than 77 being on the New York Times bestseller list. Her books have been translated into 34 languages.
Official website: sandrabrown.net

Sandra Brown was born Sandra Lynn Cox on March 12, 1948, in Waco, Texas, and grew up in Fort Worth, where she grew up reading detective novels.. Her father was a journalist and her mother was a counsellor. She studied English at Texas Christian University, but she left in 1968 when she married Michael Brown, a former television news anchor and documentary producer. After her marriage, she worked as a weather reporter for TV stations in Tyler and Dallas including WFAA-TV, and as a feature reporter on the nationally syndicated program PM Magazine. When she was let go from her television job in 1979, she decided to write full time instead.

In 1981, she published her debut novel, Love’s Encore, using the pen name Rachel Ryan, which she created from the first names of her two children. This effectively started her writing career. In addition, she also used the pen names Laura Jordan and Erin St. Claire to write romances for Bantam’s Loveswept and Dell’s Candlelight Ecstasy lines before publishing her novels under her own name. By the mid-1980s, Sandra Brown had moved from straight-up romance novels to the romantic suspense and thriller genre that she is currently best known for, and which she still continues writing today. Some of her titles that are still widely read today are Slow Heat in Haven, Best Kept Secrets, and French Silk, which was later adapted for television. These books made her one of the most popular authors in her genre.

From the beginning of 1990, Sandra Brown published around one book per year, each landing on the New York Times bestseller list. So far, her novels have been translated into 34 language.

Sandra Brown has received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Texas Christian University, where she implemented the Excellence in Literary Fiction (ELF) scholarship that would be awarded every year to creative writing studies. She was also president of Mystery Writers of America. She is a member of the Author’s Guild, International Association of Crime Writers, Mystery Writers of America, Novelists, Inc. and Literacy Partners. She lives in Arlington, Texas, with her husband.

Book Adaptations

  • Smoke Screen – adapted into the TV film Smoke Screen (2010)
  • French Silk – adapted into the TV film French Silk (1994)
  • Ricochet – adapted into the TV film Ricochet (2011)
  • White Hot – adapted into the TV film White Hot (2016)

Awards and Honors

Awards

  • American Business Women’s Association Distinguished Circle of Success (1992)
  • A.C. Greene Award
  • Romance Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award (1998)
  • Texas Medal of Arts Award for Literature (2007)
  • International Thriller Writers Thriller Master Award (2008)
  • B’nai B’rith’s Distinguished Literary Achievement Award
  • Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Texas Christian University

Edited by

Marika

Founder of Mystery Sequels, a reference site focused on listing mystery and thriller books in the correct reading order. I maintain and update the site’s bibliographies as new titles are released, ensuring accuracy and consistency across author and series pages.

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40 Comments

  1. She is such a brilliant writer, I am not sure if I want to go back to the beginning, reading in order those written early in her career. Most of what I have read appears in more recent offerings. Any. suggestions??

  2. Just read my first Sandra Brown ~ Mean Streak. Does it honestly end with the husband, Jeff, not charged with the murder? With the two crazy brothers on the loose from the hospital ready to seek revenge on Hayes Bannock? How’s Alice going to react when she figures out she’s been used? I was ready to turn the page for the next chapter and the story was over! I searched for a series and find all her books are stand alones. I’m afraid to read another if they end with too many questions. ☹️

  3. has sandra brown used dodge haney in any novels except smash cut and tough guy

  4. I have read all of her books, except for the latest, Thick as Thieves. Plan to read that one soon. Sandra Brown is my favorite author and I have read many books from various authors.

  5. Just finished Mean Streak for the second time. Couldn’t put it down this time either. This woman has a talent most of us just dream about!

  6. I had no idea, when I opened and read my first book (around 17 or 18 yrs. old) that it would enhance my life, bring me every wave of emotion known. I’m now 78, retired and have collected books along my journey of life. Thank God for good books. Ms. Brown has given me much to enjoy and learn from. Thank you for that! I can’t just pick one book that is the “outstanding” one for me. There’s just too many of hers. Her words grab at you to the point where you won’t want to finish something else (not a book, but cleaning, cooking, calling someone back, etc.). You have to FINISH this book you are reading!!!! Not to just finish it, but learn all the “why’s, who, when) that answer all your questions you now have about the characters and the plot. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES!

    February 2nd, 2021

  7. Except for new one Thick as Thieves I have read every one of these books–presently working on the ones she wrote before this list: i.e. Sunset Embrace and Another Dawn—both soooo good.
    From this list #1 favorite is “Envy” #2 Where There’s Smoke and The Alibi #3 all the rest!

  8. I’m currently reading Outfox and keep thinking the main character Drex needs sequels. I think many of her books main characters need sequels. Great writing and character development.

  9. I just finished reading Sting> Great book. I’ve on her wibesite to get a list ofall her book titlers so I can request them from the liebray as I’am 85 years old and have a lot of time on my hands to read >

  10. Sandra Brown’s books are the books they are talking about when they say, ” you can’t put it down”. I discovered her about a year ago when a friend gave me a box of books. Mean Streak and Lethal were in that box and I’ve been reading her books almost non-stop since. Three cheers for Sandra Brown, if you haven’t read anything yet ,there’s over 70 to choose from! Pick one.

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