Kathleen Lawless

She began writing once her three kids were down for their nap, then later on when they were at school. Even though they’re grown up and on their own, she still prefers that school day writing schedule. She blames a misspent youth watching “Bonanza”, “Rawhide”, and “Maverick” for her fascination with cowboys, which hasn’t kept her from creating this wide variety of occupations and interests for her many alpha male heroes.

The best place to start is the Secret Seductions series, the earliest of Kathleen Lawless's multi-book series: it opens with Taboo (2003) and runs to 6 books across 2003–2020, ending with Who Needs a Cowboy! (2020). Kathleen Lawless's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Kathleen Lawless has 253 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2003 and 2024. 234 of them belong to 14 named series — the largest being The Reclusive Man series with 19 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. Kathleen Lawless's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Secret Seductions (2003–2020, 6 books), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (2019–2020, 7 books) and Widows of the Wild West (2020–2022, 2 books), plus 4 more.

This guide splits Kathleen Lawless's 253 books into 14 named series and 19 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Reclusive Man (19 books, 2022–2024); Last Man Standing (15 books, 2022); Always a Bridesmaid (13 books, 2023); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (7 books, 2019–2020); Secret Seductions (6 books, 2003–2020), plus 9 further series.