Lisa Mondello

For three years, she worked in elementary education working in grades one and two writing classes and learning that even at such an early age, she could identify who was a puzzler, a pantser, a linear writer, or a plotter. She’s developed a workshop called Understanding Your Writing Profile which helps writers get organized so they’re able to write more efficiently. Her first novel, “All I Want for Christmas is You” won Best First Book in the Golden Quill.

The best place to start is the Fate with a Helping Hand series, the earliest of Lisa Mondello's multi-book series: it opens with All I Want for Christmas is You (1999) and runs to 5 books across 1999–2015, ending with My Lucky Charm (2015). Lisa Mondello's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Lisa Mondello has 88 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1999 and 2024. 83 of them belong to 11 named series — the largest being the Dakota Hearts series with 14 books — and 5 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. Lisa Mondello's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Fate with a Helping Hand (1999–2015, 5 books), Texas Hearts (2001–2017, 9 books) and Cradle of Secrets (2007–2008, 2 books), plus 7 more.

This guide splits Lisa Mondello's 88 books into 11 named series and 5 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Dakota Hearts (14 books, 2013–2020); Rodeo Knights (10 books, 2015–2017); Texas Hearts (9 books, 2001–2017); Sweet Montana (8 books, 2017–2022); Heroes of Providence (6 books, 2012–2017), plus 6 further series.