Maureen Child

Maureen Child is an enthusiastic USA Today bestselling author who has written about 90 romance novels as well as novellas. Born on September 28, 1951 in Southern California, United States; Maureen’s writing career was born when her children were small. Writing to her was not just a way to keep busy but as a way to build a career and hopefully work at the comfort of her home as she takes care of her children.

The best place to start is the A Town Called Harmony series, the earliest of Maureen Child's multi-book series: it opens with Playing Cupid (1994) and runs to 9 books across 1994–1995, ending with Amazing Grace (1995). Maureen Child's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Maureen Child has 541 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1974 and 2026. 490 of them belong to 46 named series — the largest being the Fortunes of Texas: Reunion series with 15 books — and 51 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. Maureen Child's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Kathleen Kane Short Stories/Novellas (1993, 2 books), A Town Called Harmony (1994–1995, 9 books) and Bachelor Battalion (1998–2002, 14 books), plus 39 more.

This guide splits Maureen Child's 541 books into 46 named series and 51 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Fortunes of Texas: Reunion (15 books, 2005–2006); Bachelor Battalion (14 books, 1998–2002); Dynasties: The Ashtons (14 books, 2005); Dynasties: The Danforths (14 books, 2003–2009); Kings of California (13 books, 2008–2013), plus 41 further series.