Tina Leonard

Tina Leonard is an award-winning author whose works have made the New York Times, Ingrambook, USA Today, Bookscan, Amazon, and Waldenbooks bestseller lists. She has more than 3 million of her novels in print published by the likes of Diversion Books, Samhain Publishing, London Bridge and Harlequin Books. Her novels are known for their endearing communities, sparkling humor and memorable characters that typically include sassy heroines and handsome men with tons of attitude.

The best place to start is the New Arrivals series, the earliest of Tina Leonard's multi-book series: it opens with Who's the Daddy? (1995) and runs to 8 books across 1995–2012, ending with Baby by Chance (2012). Tina Leonard's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Tina Leonard has 233 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1982 and 2025. 220 of them belong to 19 named series — the largest being the Callahan Cowboys series with 17 books — and 13 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. Tina Leonard's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are New Arrivals (1995–2012, 8 books), Accidental Dads (1995–1998, 6 books) and Deep in the Heart (1996–1998, 3 books), plus 13 more.

This guide splits Tina Leonard's 233 books into 19 named series and 13 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Callahan Cowboys (17 books, 2011–2014); Trueblood, Texas (15 books, 2001–2004); Cowboys by the Dozen (13 books, 2003–2006); New Arrivals (8 books, 1995–2012); Accidental Dads (6 books, 1995–1998), plus 14 further series.