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ⓘ About Lena Nelson Dooley
Lena Nelson Dooley is an award-winning multi-published author who has sold more than 800,000 copies of her work. Dooley’s works have been featured on bestseller lists on Amazon, Publishers Weekly, ECPA, and CBA. She is the author of “A Christian Writers World,” a very popular blog where she features the works of authors she likes. The blog was the winner of the Book Club Network’s Readers’Choice Blog of the Year Award. She has also made the final shortlist for the ACFW Carol Awards contest at least three times. She is also the winner of the Will Rogers Medallion Award in 2011 for her novel “Love Finds You in Golden New Mexico.” Apart from her writing and blogging endeavors, she is a member of several fiction writing groups in Dallas Fort Worth.
All Book Series by Lena Nelson Dooley
The Rancher's Ready-Made Family / A Heart's Gift
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2021
The Doctor's Mail-Order Bride / A Heart's Forgiveness
Book 2 of 4 · published 2021
The Lawyer's Marriage of Convenience / A Heart's Forever Home
Book 3 of 4 · published 2021
The Guard's Captive Bride / A Heart's Rescue
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2022
The Rails to Love Romance Collection
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2016
Love Finds You in Miracle, Kentucky
Series opener · book 1 of 50 · published 2008 Anthology · Andrea Boeshaar
Love Finds You in Snowball, Arkansas
Book 2 of 50 · published 2008 Anthology · Sandra Bricker
Love Finds You in Romeo, Colorado
Book 3 of 50 · published 2008 Anthology · Gwen Ford Faulkenberry
Love Finds You in Valentine, Nebraska
Book 4 of 50 · published 2008 Anthology · Irene Brand
Finding Love In Last Chance, California
Book 5 of 50 · published 2008 Anthology · Miralee Ferrell
Love Finds You in Revenge, Ohio / Sweet Revenge
Book 6 of 50 · published 2009 Anthology · Lisa Harris
Love Finds You in Treasure Island Florida
Book 7 of 50 · published 2009 Anthology · Debby Mayne
Love Finds You in Holiday, Florida
Book 8 of 50 · published 2009 Anthology · Sandra Bricker
Love Finds You in Humble, Texas
Book 9 of 50 · published 2009 Anthology · Anita Higman
Love Finds You in Paradise, Pennsylvania
Book 10 of 50 · published 2009 Anthology · Loree Lough
Love Finds You in North Pole, Alaska
Book 11 of 50 · published 2009 Anthology · Loree Lough
Love Finds You in Maiden, North Carolina
Book 12 of 50 · published 2009 Anthology · Tamela Hancock Murray
Love Finds You in Charm, Ohio
Book 13 of 50 · published 2009 Anthology · Annalisa Daughety
Love Finds You in Sisters, Oregon
Book 14 of 50 · published 2009 Anthology · Melody Carlson
Love Finds You in Bethlehem, New Hampshire
Book 15 of 50 · published 2009 Anthology · Lauralee Bliss
Love Finds You in Lonesome Prairie, Montana
Book 16 of 50 · published 2009 Anthology · Tricia Goyer
Love Finds You in Hope Kansas
Book 17 of 50 · published 2010 Anthology · Pamela Griffin
Love Finds You in Lahaina, Hawaii
Book 18 of 50 · published 2010 Anthology · Bodie Thoene
Love Finds You in Hershey, Pennsylvania
Book 20 of 50 · published 2010 Anthology · Cerella Sechrist
Love Finds You In Sun Valley Idaho
Book 21 of 50 · published 2010 Anthology · Angela Ruth Strong
Love Finds You in Victory Heights, Washington
Book 22 of 50 · published 2010 Anthology · Tricia Goyer
Love Finds You in Pendleton, Oregon
Book 23 of 50 · published 2010 Anthology · Melody Carlson
Love Finds You in Calico, California
Book 24 of 50 · published 2010 Anthology · Elizabeth Ludwig
Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio
Book 25 of 50 · published 2010 Anthology · Serena B. Miller
Love Finds You in Deadwood, South Dakota
Book 26 of 50 · published 2010 Anthology · Tracey Cross
Love Finds You Under the Mistletoe
Book 27 of 50 · published 2010 Anthology · Irene Brand,Anita Higman
Love Finds You in Carmel-By-The-Sea, California
Book 28 of 50 · published 2010 Anthology · Sandra Bricker
Love Finds You in Silver City, Idaho
Book 29 of 50 · published 2010 Anthology · Janelle Mowery
Love Finds You in Branson, Missouri
Book 30 of 50 · published 2011 Anthology · Gwen Ford Faulkenberry
Love Finds You in Amana, Iowa
Book 31 of 50 · published 2011 Anthology · Melanie Dobson
Love Finds You in Folly Beach, South Carolina
Book 32 of 50 · published 2011 Anthology · Loree Lough
Love Finds You in Camelot Tennessee
Book 33 of 50 · published 2011 Anthology · Janice Hanna
Love Fnds You in Annapolis, Maryland
Book 34 of 50 · published 2011 Anthology · Roseanna M. White
Finding Love in Tombstone Arizona
Book 35 of 50 · published 2011 Anthology · Miralee Ferrell
Love Finds You in Martha\'s Vineyard, Massachusetts
Book 36 of 50 · published 2011 Anthology · Melody Carlson
Love Finds You in Prince Edward Island, Canada
Book 37 of 50 · published 2011 Anthology · Susan Page Davis
Mismatched in Texas / Love Finds You in Poetry, Texas
Book 38 of 50 · published 2011 Anthology · Janice Thompson
Love Finds You in Groom, Texas / Last Groom in Town
Book 39 of 50 · published 2011 Anthology · Janice Hanna
Love Finds You in Lancaster County Pennsylvania
Book 40 of 50 · published 2011 Anthology · Annalisa Daughety
Love Finds You in Annapolis, Maryland / A Heart's Revolution
Book 41 of 50 · published 2011 Anthology · Roseanna M. White
Love Finds You in Sunflower, Kansas
Book 42 of 50 · published 2012 Anthology · Pamela Tracy
Love Finds You in Wildrose, North Dakota
Book 43 of 50 · published 2012 Anthology · Tracey Bateman,Tracey Cross
Love Finds You in New Orleans, Louisiana
Book 44 of 50 · published 2012 Anthology · Christa Allan
Love Finds You at Home for Christmas
Book 45 of 50 · published 2012 Anthology · Annalisa Daughety
Love Finds You in Glacier Bay, Alaska
Book 46 of 50 · published 2013 Anthology · Tricia Goyer
Love Finds You in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Book 47 of 50 · published 2013 Anthology · Pamela S. Meyers
Love Finds You in Frost, Minnesota
Book 48 of 50 · published 2013 Anthology · Judy Baer
Daisy Belle / Love Finds You in Daisy Oklahoma
Book 49 of 50 · published 2017 Anthology · Janice Hanna
A Kiss At Sunset Beach / Love Finds You in Sunset Beach, Hawaii
Latest in the series · book 50 of 50 · published 2018 Anthology · Robin Jones Gunn
Gone to Texas
Series opener · book 1 of 7 · published 2018 Anthology · Caryl McAdoo
Heart and Home
Latest in the series · book 7 of 7 · published 2018 Anthology · P. Creeden
Christmas Love Through the Ages
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2021
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Lena Nelson Dooley?
Lena Nelson Dooley is an award-winning multi-published author who has sold more than 800,000 copies of her work. Dooley’s works have been featured on bestseller lists on Amazon, Publishers Weekly, ECPA, and CBA. She is the author of “A Christian Writers World,” a very popular blog where she features the works of authors she likes.
Which Lena Nelson Dooley series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Lena Nelson Dooley Standalone Novels series, the earliest of Lena Nelson Dooley's multi-book series: it opens with Home to Her Heart (1993) and runs to 9 books across 1993–2018, ending with The 12 Gifts of Christmas (2018). Lena Nelson Dooley's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Lena Nelson Dooley written?
Lena Nelson Dooley has 93 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1993 and 2022. 88 of them belong to 8 named series — the largest being the Lena Nelson Dooley Standalone Novels series with 9 books — and 5 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Lena Nelson Dooley's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Lena Nelson Dooley's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Lena Nelson Dooley Standalone Novels (1993–2018, 9 books), Minnesota Brothers (2002–2004, 5 books) and Lena Nelson Dooley Short Stories/Novellas (2008–2013, 5 books), plus 3 more.
How are Lena Nelson Dooley's books organised into series?
This guide splits Lena Nelson Dooley's 93 books into 8 named series and 5 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Lena Nelson Dooley Standalone Novels (9 books, 1993–2018); Thanksgiving Books & Blessings Collection One (7 books, 2018); Minnesota Brothers (5 books, 2002–2004); Lena Nelson Dooley Short Stories/Novellas (5 books, 2008–2013); Brides in the Colorado Rockies / Love's Road Home (4 books, 2021–2022), plus 3 further series.