Cathy Gillen Thacker

Cathy Gillen Thacker is American bestselling author of romance novels. The author began writing to occupy herself while she was taking care of her small children. While she was still learning on how to be an author, she wrote seven books and fortunately her eighth attempt was finally accepted and published in July 1982.

The best place to start is the Here Come the Grooms series, the earliest of Cathy Gillen Thacker's multi-book series: it opens with Circumstantial Evidence (1984) and runs to 18 books across 1984–1992, ending with Best Man For The Job (1992). Cathy Gillen Thacker's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Cathy Gillen Thacker has 679 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1981 and 2025. 630 of them belong to 39 named series — the largest being the Home on the Ranch series with 67 books — and 49 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. Cathy Gillen Thacker's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Here Come the Grooms (1984–1992, 18 books), Close to Home (1988–2006, 15 books) and Christmas is for Kids (1989–2013, 11 books), plus 29 more.

This guide splits Cathy Gillen Thacker's 679 books into 39 named series and 49 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Home on the Ranch (67 books, 1996–2020); Crystal Creek (22 books, 1993–2025); Here Come the Grooms (18 books, 1984–1992); Forrester Square (17 books, 2003–2004); Heart of the West (16 books, 1999–2001), plus 34 further series.

This guide splits Cathy Gillen Thacker's 679 books into 39 named series and 49 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Home on the Ranch (67 books, 1996–2020); Crystal Creek (22 books, 1993–2025); Here Come the Grooms (18 books, 1984–1992); Forrester Square (17 books, 2003–2004); Heart of the West (16 books, 1999–2001), plus 34 further series.