Tess Thompson

Tess loves lazy afternoons watching football, reading in bed, binge-watching television series, hanging out on the back patio with Best Husband Ever, red win, strong coffee, and walks on crisp autumn days. She never knows what she’ll make for dinner, laughs just a little too loudly, always complains about the rain even though she decided to live in Seattle, and looks ridiculous while kickboxing in an effort to combat her muffin top. Tess is proud to have grown up in a small town such as the ones in her books.

The best place to start is the River Valley series, the earliest of Tess Thompson's multi-book series: it opens with Riversong (2011) and runs to 6 books across 2011–2017, ending with Riverstorm (2017). Tess Thompson's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Tess Thompson has 111 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2011 and 2026. 108 of them belong to 16 named series — the largest being the Soul Sisters at Cedar Mountain Lodge series with 18 books — and 3 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. Tess Thompson's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are River Valley (2011–2017, 6 books), Legley Bay (2013–2014, 2 books) and Blue Mountain (2014–2021, 6 books), plus 13 more.

This guide splits Tess Thompson's 111 books into 16 named series and 3 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Soul Sisters at Cedar Mountain Lodge (18 books, 2020–2023); Cliffside Bay (14 books, 2018–2020); Sugarville Grove (12 books, 2024–2026); Emerson Pass Historicals (8 books, 2020–2023); The Mystery Matchmaker of Ella Pointe (7 books, 2023), plus 11 further series.