Brenda Novak

Brenda Novak is an American author who was born in 1964 in Vernal, Utah. She has written almost 50 books revolving around romantic suspense, contemporary romance and historical romance genres. With over four million copies of her books sold, she has been awarded many awards including three RITA Award nominations, Bookseller’s Best Award and National Reader’s Choice.

The best place to start is the 9 Months Later series, the earliest of Brenda Novak's multi-book series: it opens with Her Sister's Baby (1995) and runs to 47 books across 1995–2011, ending with For Their Baby (2011). Brenda Novak's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Brenda Novak has 262 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1982 and 2027. 223 of them belong to 15 named series — the largest being the 9 Months Later series with 47 books — and 39 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. Brenda Novak's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are 9 Months Later (1995–2011, 47 books), Dundee, Idaho (2002–2010, 9 books) and The Birth Place (2003–2004, 6 books), plus 10 more.

This guide splits Brenda Novak's 262 books into 15 named series and 39 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: 9 Months Later (47 books, 1995–2011); Whiskey Creek (11 books, 2012–2016); Silver Springs (10 books, 2017–2021); Dundee, Idaho (9 books, 2002–2010); The Last Stand (6 books, 2008–2009), plus 10 further series.