Anna DeStefano Books In Order

Publication Order of Atlanta Heroes Books

Publication Order of Echoes of the Heart Books

Publication Order of Legacy Books

Publication Order of Rivers Brothers Books

Publication Order of Seasons of the Heart Books

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Publication Order of Single...With Kids Books

Publication Order of Anthologies

Anna DeStefano
Anna DeStefano was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and she’s lived in the South her whole life. Her background as an adult educator and care provider in the world of grief recovery and crisis lends itself to the deeper psychological themes of each and every story that she writes.

Anna brings to life the emotion packed, heartwarming stories about family, second chances, and community. Her award winning, nationally bestselling small town romances spotlight friendships, family and the forgiveness which nurtures her characters’ dreams, while they explore all of the issues that all contemporary families face.

Her imagination is forever inspired by our ability to claim an unlimited and exciting future, by honestly facing and bravely overcoming the setbacks of the past.

Anna is also a masterclass, workshop, and keynote speaker all about the writing process which regularly attract standing room only crowds. Anna has also presented to more than 70 conferences, as well as teaching one-day, half-day, and weekend seminars to smaller groups that are interested in a more hands on and interactive experience. She’s also a freelance editor and a writing coach, partnering with a select number of freelance clients, coaching writers to create the very best books they can from their own individual visions.

Anna won a Cataromance.com’s Reviewer’s Choice Award twice in a row, is a Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award winner, and was a finalist for such contests as the National Readers Choice Awards, the Maggie Award of Excellence, the Holt Medallion, and the Book Buyers Best Award.

“The Prodigal’s Return” is the first stand alone novel and was released in 2006. Does going back home mean living with the past, or living down the past?

Teenage Bobby Compton’s death shocked the community of Rivermist, Georgia. It also ruined the lives of Jennifer Gardner and Neal Cain. Jennifer’s life spiraled out of control until her daughter was born which forced her to grow up, and Neal got sent to prison.

Neal, eight years later, has returned home to help with his ailing dad. Jennifer, a single mom, has also returned, attempting to make a go of things. Jennifer and Neal were in love back when they were teens, and those feelings have not gone away. However they are much different people, having been shaped by everything that’s happened. They cannot change the past, but can they still have a future?

“Because of a Boy” is the first novel in the “Atlanta Heroes” series and was released in 2007. Nurse Kate Rhodes is duty bound to report the abusive dad of one of her charges, despite the attorney that is proclaiming his client’s innocence.

Stephen Creighton is not in the habit of getting too involved with his cases. For him, it’s get in, fight like hell, and just get out. However he must invest more when he finds out Kate’s actions have put his clients’ lives in jeopardy. And now the son and dad have gone into hiding.

With the dad being sought after by the authorities and the son desperately in need of medical treatment, it is a race against the clock. One that Kate and Stephen can only win if they work together. Something that is even tougher to do when the tension between the two of them becomes white hot passion.

“Dark Legacy” is the first novel in the “Legacy” series and was released in 2009. In her nightmares, she hears screams of “Die!” It’s the voice of her sister, the compulsion is stronger than any ordinary dream.

Maddie Temple cannot go through any of this again. Her twin has been in a coma now for a decade. Their psychic link got severed. That is what she thought anyway.

However there is a lot that Maddie does not know, about the 200 year old curse on her family, about the shadowy group that wants to exploit the Temple twins’ powers all for themselves, about the sexy psychiatrist that has offered to help her. Only way to find all of the answers and avoid getting pulled into the abyss of madness is to trust her heart and confront her own Dark Legacy.

“Christmas on Mimosa Lane” is the first novel in the “Seasons of the Heart” series and was released in 2012. Mallory Phillips spent her childhood on the streets and it taught her to never trust love again. Years later, and she just longs to have a community she can call home and for a peaceful existence, but she just can’t quite settle into the picturesque and cozy world around her.

Polly Lombard sneaks into Mallory’s house in order to look at her Christmas tree, Mallory connects with Polly and her grieving dad in some wondrous ways, helping the both of them heal. However when Mallory’s past comes back to haunt her, is she going to trust her new family to be there for her?

Anna’s emotional and heartwarming story of second chances is a testament to the healing power of love, and the incredible joy of Christmas miracles.

“Here in My Heart” is the first novel in the “Echoes of the Heart” series and was released in 2014. Work and live together, or lose everything that matters.

This ultimatum tilts Dru Hampton’s contented life in Chandlerville, Georgia, on its ear. The guy that Vivian, her cantankerous benefactor and boss, wants Dru to partner up with, and even live with, is named Brad Douglas, who has let Dru down every way that a man possibly can.

Sheriff’s deputy Brad Douglas has come a long way since his rebellious youth. He has returned home to care for Vivian, his ill grandma. He has kept out of Dru’s way all of these years to make up for the hurt he caused her once. Now, the delightfully mischievous Vivian’s dying wish is for them to rebuild at least a working relationship, and she is betting on rediscovering so much more.

The Douglas home and the family business that Brad and Dru both cherish so much is going to get sold if they do not resolve their differences. Can these two childhood sweethearts make up and reclaim one another’s hearts before it is too late?