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ⓘ About Nancy Herkness
Nancy Herkness is an award-winning American writer of contemporary, romance, and fiction novels. She is best known for writing the Whisper Horse book series that helped her to win her first literary award. The Montlake Romance publication published this series along with another popular novel series by Herkness known as Second Glances. Herkness has also written several other popular novels of contemporary romance in her career. She has been nominated for RWA’s RITA Award on two occasions. Recently, she has started writing a new romance series that follows the adventures of 3 rich men, who indulge in a life-altering bet during their romantic adventures. Author Herkness is a proud member of the RWA, the Novelists, Inc., and the New Jersey Romance Writers.
All Book Series by Nancy Herkness
A Down-Home Country Christmas
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2014
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Nancy Herkness?
Nancy Herkness is an award-winning American writer of contemporary, romance, and fiction novels. She is best known for writing the Whisper Horse book series that helped her to win her first literary award. The Montlake Romance publication published this series along with another popular novel series by Herkness known as Second Glances.
Which Nancy Herkness series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Whisper Horse series, the earliest of Nancy Herkness's multi-book series: it opens with Take Me Home (2012) and runs to 4 books across 2012–2014, ending with A Down-Home Country Christmas (2014). Nancy Herkness's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Nancy Herkness written?
Nancy Herkness has 20 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2003 and 2025. 17 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being the Wager of Hearts series with 4 books — and 3 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Nancy Herkness's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Nancy Herkness's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Whisper Horse (2012–2014, 4 books), Wager of Hearts (2015–2017, 4 books) and Second Glances (2017–2019, 3 books), plus 2 more.
How are Nancy Herkness's books organised into series?
This guide splits Nancy Herkness's 20 books into 5 named series and 3 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Wager of Hearts (4 books, 2015–2017); Whisper Horse (4 books, 2012–2014); The Consultants (3 books, 2020–2021); Royal Caleva (3 books, 2023–2025); Second Glances (3 books, 2017–2019).