Denise Hunter Books In Order

A Cowboy’s Touch

Abigail is just in Moose Creek, Montana for the summer to temporarily care for her great aunt. But a tender hearted cowboy beckons her to stay. Abigail Jones intends to spend just one summer in middle of nowhere Montana with her Aunt Lucy. Time away from her job is just what Abigail needs to reas*sess her life. The slow pace has her breathing deeply for the first time in years. And the majestic scenery encourages her to get reacquainted with herself…
and God. What she didn’t count on was the handsome widowed cowboy who owns the ranch where her aunt lives. When the rancher loses his daughter’s nanny, Abigail decides to lend a hand for the summer. Wade Ryan can’t help being attracted to Abigail. But he’s given up everything to protect his daughter, and he’s not about to risk it all on a pretty face. Under Abigail’s care, Wade’s home and daughter thrive. And with Wade’s touch, Abigail’s heart feels at home at last. But Abigail knows this elusive rancher is hiding something. Will her own secrets separate her from the cowboy who finally captured her heart?

The Accidental Bride

When a wedding reenactment turns real, Shay finds she’s an accidental bride. Shay Brandenberger is raising her daughter in Moose Creek, Montana, on her childhood ranch, nestled against the Yellowstone River. Despite the hard work, she can’t seem to keep her head above water and now the bank is threatening to foreclose. She prays for a miracle, but the answer she receives is anything but expected. Having agreed to play the bride in the Founders’ Day wedding reenactment, Shay is mortified to be greeted at the end of the aisle by none other than Travis McCoy, her high school sweetheart the man who left her high and dry for fame and fortune on the Texas rodeo circuit. Then the unthinkable happens. Thanks to a well meaning busybody and an absentminded preacher, the make believe vows result in a legal marriage. But before Shay can say annulment, Travis comes up with a crazy proposal. If she refuses his offer, she may lose her home. If she accepts, she may lose her heart. Shay isn’t sure if the recent events are God’s will or just a preacher’s blunder. Will trusting her heart to the man who once shattered it be the worst mistake of her life? Or could their marriage be the best accident that ever happened?

Never a Bride

Historical inspirational romance

Bittersweet Bride

Historical inspirational romance

Surrender Bay

Once childhood friends, Samantha and Landon are now separated by distance and secrets. Will Samantha’s return to Nantucket bring her the peace she longs for? Samantha Owens’ estranged stepfather has died, leaving her his cottage in Nantucket a place she fled years ago, never planning to return. As a single mom, Samantha can’t afford to pass up a financial windfall like ocean front property. So she travels home to fix up the house and sell it…
never suspecting that Landon Reed still lives two doors down. As their long dormant romance begins to bud again, Samantha must face a past that separated her from the God of her childhood. And she must tell Landon why she fled the island in the first place a secret that could tear them apart. Is Landon’s love really as unconditional as he claims? And will Sam finally realize that the God she found all those years ago never abandoned her? A heart tugging tale of shattered trust, growing faith, and love that endures…
all in a romantic seaside setting.

The Convenient Groom

She wrote the book–literally–on finding the right mate. But does she really understand what love’s about?

Five hours before her Nantucket beach wedding–and on the eve of her big book launch–celebrity marriage counselor Kate Lawrence has everything in place.

Everything, that is, but the groom. She might not have a career, either, when her nationwide audience finds out their marriage guru has been left at the altar.

Enter Lucas Wright, who offers to stand in for the missing husband-to-be and marry her. Kate’s desperate enough to agree–although she’s sure this Mr. Wright is completely wrong for her. Can they pull it off? And why would Lucas marry her in the first place?

With her life spinning out of control, Kate wonders what good her carefully laid plans are if they only lead to chaos. Could it be that ‘Dr. Kate’ doesn’t know the first thing about love? When she seeks God’s will instead of her won, Kate finally discovers true and lasting love.

Seaside Letters

She wrote the book–literally–on finding the right mate. But does she really understand what love’s about?

Five hours before her Nantucket beach wedding–and on the eve of her big book launch–celebrity marriage counselor Kate Lawrence has everything in place.

Everything, that is, but the groom. She might not have a career, either, when her nationwide audience finds out their marriage guru has been left at the altar.

Enter Lucas Wright, who offers to stand in for the missing husband-to-be and marry her. Kate’s desperate enough to agree–although she’s sure this Mr. Wright is completely wrong for her. Can they pull it off? And why would Lucas marry her in the first place?

With her life spinning out of control, Kate wonders what good her carefully laid plans are if they only lead to chaos. Could it be that ‘Dr. Kate’ doesn’t know the first thing about love? When she seeks God’s will instead of her won, Kate finally discovers true and lasting love.

Driftwood Lane

Meridith can handle anything: guardianship of three distant siblings, a dilapidated Bed and Breakfast, even an ever present handyman who’s dismantling more than her fireplace or can she? When the death of Meridith’s estranged father leaves her with custody of three siblings she’s never met, she reluctantly goes to Nantucket to care for them but only until their uncle returns from his trip. Little does she know, the uncle is already there under the guise of her friendly handyman, with plans of his own. Will the love that grows between them be strong enough to overcome the secrets that brought them both to Driftwood Lane?

Mending Places

Hanna can forgive anything. But can she forgive this?

One Woman Harboring a Painful Past Hanna Landin’s past holds her captive. But the rugged mountain guide she hires to help the family’s floundering mountain lodge makes her wish she could move beyond it. Can she save her grandmother’s lodge from threats of sabotage? Can she forget that terrible night?

One Man Hiding a Mysterious Secret Micah Gallagher lives with a load of guilt from past mistakes. He can conquer the slopes of the Grand Teton, but can he conquer the fear in his heart? His new boss seems determined to make him try, but Micah is strong enough to resist her…
or is he?

Two Lives Indelibly Intertwined Together Hanna and Micah face the past. But it’s more horrifying than either of them feared, and Hanna faces the ultimate challenge of forgiveness. Micah will do anything to protect Hanna. But can he protect her from himself?

Saving Grace

As if the jolt of becoming a single mom to her two sons wasn’t enough, Natalie Coombs is facing new stresses as the director of the crisis pregnancy center. A teenager who comes in for testing brings back memories of another pregnant girl whose life tragically ended in suicide. Desperate to reach out to this client, Natalie crosses professional boundaries and incurs the wrath of a mysterious assailant. Even within her family, all is not well as her relationship with her sister becomes increasingly tense. Natalie is compelled to carefully count the cost of following her heart and her convictions amid betrayal, physical danger, and strained family relationships. Filled with human drama, readers will be easily drawn in as national issues become highly personal in this gripping tale of conflict and commitment.

Finding Faith

Set in the high pressure world of a Chicago television newsroom, author Denise Hunter brings to life a story of intrigue and integrity, of secrets divulged and promises kept. Paula Landin Cohen’s new job as an investigative reporter quickly puts her in the spotlight as she pursues a story that becomes nationally followed as the Switched at Birth Mystery. Finding what really happened to the young couple’s baby will assure her a coveted role as news anchorwoman but she also faces the challenges of a shaky marriage, a colleague who fiercely asserts his desire for the job, and a past decision that haunts her.

Sweetwater Gap

A story of love and second chances. She wished she could go back and change things…
but life doesn’t give do overs. Could anything but good byes be waiting on the other side of Sweetwater Gap? Josie Mitchell’s sister Laurel thinks she’s come home to pitch in with the apple harvest and save the family orchard. Her brother in law Nate thinks she’s there to talk the overworked, very pregnant Laurel into finally selling the family business. The orchard’s new manager Grady Mackenzie just thinks she’s trouble with a capital T. They’re all right…
and all wrong. Because no one really knows what drove Josie from home in the first place. Why she’s never come home before, even for her own father’s funeral. Why she pushes herself so hard…
and what she’s running from. And nobody, not even Josie, is prepared for the surprising new fruit she’ll find on her last trip home.

Reunions

The spark of love stands the test of time and is fanned to a flame as four couples are reunited. These contemporary novellas include four reunion celebrations high school, college, family, and organ donors that will tug at the tightest of heartstrings. Various authors.

Blind Dates

Mattie Stevens has forgotten about Jeff Weatherly. After all, it’s been years since the two were an item…
but Grandma certainly remembers. What can Mattie do when Jeff returns to town and Grandma pushes her back toward ‘the one who got away’? As a successful interior designer, Callie’s tired of men who pursue her for her money…
so she’s said good bye to love. But Grandma insists she go on just one date with a particular architect after all, he doesn’t like ‘hard headed’ businesswomen! Will love unexpectedly enter their plans? When Grandma’s latest ‘eligible young man’ skips the blind date Chelsea agreed to, Chelsea sends a poisonous E mail before learning what actually happened. Later, when his company renovates her apartment, she meets the man and finds attraction building. How can she win his heart…
without divulging her secret of the ugly E mail? Melissa puts on a wild woman act to drive off the latest blind date Grandma arranged. But wait who’s that guy waiting for her in the living room? Will inline skates help her get on track with the right man? Don’t miss these charming stories of reluctant romance, spurred by a grandma who knows God has a perfect love for each of her four granddaughters.