Tracey Bateman

Tracey Bateman is an American author that writes Christian fiction. Besides series like Kansas Home and Mahoney Dairies, Bateman has been known to upend the Christian literary market by producing unexpected stories like 'Thirsty’, a Christian novel with vampires. Though, the author will be the first to tell you that her church never gets nearly as much of her time and dedication as it deserves.

The best place to start is the Kansas Home series, the earliest of Tracey Bateman's multi-book series: it opens with Darling Cassidy (2000) and runs to 4 books across 2000–2003, ending with Emily's Place (2003). Tracey Bateman's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Tracey Bateman has 106 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2000 and 2021. 92 of them belong to 12 named series — the largest being the Secrets of Wayfarers Inn series with 13 books — and 14 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. Tracey Bateman's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Kansas Home (2000–2003, 4 books), Oregon Brides (2003–2005, 3 books) and California Chances (2004–2005, 3 books), plus 8 more.

This guide splits Tracey Bateman's 106 books into 12 named series and 14 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Secrets of Wayfarers Inn (13 books, 2018–2020); Kansas Home (4 books, 2000–2003); Claire Everett (3 books, 2006–2007); Drama Queen (3 books, 2007–2008); 50 States of Love (3 books, 2014–2017), plus 7 further series.