Margaret Watson

Margaret Watson is a two-time RITA finalist and USA Today bestselling author of romantic suspense and general romance fiction novels. Margaret Watson has now published millions of copies of her novels but is still thrilled to see her name on the cover of a published novel. She believes herself very lucky that she gets to work in two careers that she absolutely loves.

The best place to start is the Into the Storm series, the earliest of Margaret Watson's multi-book series: it opens with An Innocent Man (1995) and runs to 6 books across 1995–2020, ending with Hometown Girl (2020). Margaret Watson's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Margaret Watson has 326 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1985 and 2025. 325 of them belong to 18 named series — the largest being the Hometown U.S.A. series with 28 books — and 1 is a standalone title, collection or anthology.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Margaret Watson's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Into the Storm (1995–2020, 6 books), Cameron Cowboys (1998–1999, 5 books) and Hometown U.S.A. (1999–2024, 28 books), plus 9 more.

This guide splits Margaret Watson's 326 books into 18 named series and 1 title that stands alone or appear only in collections: Hometown U.S.A. (28 books, 1999–2024); Blackhawk Security (14 books, 2021–2025); Year Of Loving Dangerously (12 books, 2000–2001); The Donovan Family (9 books, 2013–2017); Into the Storm (6 books, 1995–2020), plus 13 further series.