Barbara Dunlop

Barbara Dunlop is a USA Today and New York Times bestselling author that has written over fifty novels in the romance genre. Barbara wrote her first work of fiction when she was only eight years. Her first work was titled “How The Giraffe Got His Long Neck” and was published to critical acclaim.

The best place to start is the Hotel Marchand series, the earliest of Barbara Dunlop's multi-book series: it opens with The Setup (2006) and runs to 12 books across 2006–2007, ending with Unmasked (2007). Barbara Dunlop's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Barbara Dunlop has 213 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2001 and 2026. 196 of them belong to 22 named series — the largest being the Hotel Marchand series with 12 books — and 17 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Barbara Dunlop's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Tall, Dark and Restless (2005, 2 books), Hotel Marchand (2006–2007, 12 books) and Dynasties: The Elliotts (2006, 12 books), plus 18 more.

This guide splits Barbara Dunlop's 213 books into 22 named series and 17 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Hotel Marchand (12 books, 2006–2007); Dynasties: The Elliotts (12 books, 2006); Thoroughbred Legacy (11 books, 2008–2012); American Extreme Bull Riders Tour (8 books, 2017); Dynasties: The Lassiters (8 books, 2014–2017), plus 17 further series.