Deborah Smith

Deborah Smith is a Wall Street Journal and NY Times bestselling author of romance, women's fiction, contemporary, southern, paranormal, fantasy, and fiction stories. She has penned more than thirty-five books in her career in the women's fiction and romance genres. Altogether, Deborah has created twenty-one series romances.

The best place to start is the Dinah / Rucker series, the earliest of Deborah Smith's multi-book series: it opens with Hold on Tight (1988) and runs to 3 books across 1988–1989, ending with Never Let Go (1989). Deborah Smith's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Deborah Smith has 58 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1980 and 2017. 39 of them belong to 11 named series — the largest being The Cherokee Trilogy series with 4 books — and 19 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. Deborah Smith's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Surprise (1980–1990, 2 books), Proud Surrender (1987, 1 book) and Dinah / Rucker (1988–1989, 3 books), plus 7 more.

This guide splits Deborah Smith's 58 books into 11 named series and 19 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Cherokee Trilogy (4 books, 1989–1991); Douglas Kincaid (4 books, 1990–1991); Sweet Tea (4 books, 2000–2012); The Crossroads Café Universe (3 books, 2006–2014); Dinah / Rucker (3 books, 1988–1989), plus 6 further series.