Carolyn Haines Books In Order
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Publication Order of Fear Familiar Books
Fear Familiar | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Too Familiar | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shades Of Familiar | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Familiar Remedy | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Familiar Tale | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bewitching Familiar | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Familiar Heart | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Familiar Fire | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Familiar Christmas | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Familiar Obsession | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Familiar Lullaby | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Familiar Mirage | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Familiar Oasis | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Familiar Double | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Familiar Texas | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Familiar Escape | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Familiar Vows | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Familiar Showdown | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Thrice Familiar | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Holding Out For A Hero Books
Publication Order of Sarah Booth Delaney Books
Publication Order of Trouble Cat Mysteries Books
Familiar Trouble | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trouble in Dixie | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trouble in Tallahassee | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trouble in Summer Valley | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trouble Under the Mistletoe | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Small Town Trouble | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trouble in Paradise | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Turning for Trouble | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trouble's Wedding Caper | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trouble in Action | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trouble Most Faire | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Whisper of Trouble | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trouble Restored | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Legend of Blackthorn Books
Babe In The Woods | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rider In The Mist | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Pluto's Snitch Books
The Book of Beloved | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The House of Memory | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Specter of Seduction | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Visitation of Angels | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Phantom Filly | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jaguar's Eye | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fatal Ingredients | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Summer of fear | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hoodwinked | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Flesh and Blood | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Summer of the Redeemers | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cutting Edge | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Season of Innocents | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Touched | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shop Talk | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Texas Midnight | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Midnight Burning | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Judas Burning | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Penumbra | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fever Moon | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Revenant | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deception | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Skin Dancer | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Seeker | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Darkling | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Publication Order of Cozy Case Files Mystery Sampler Books
Cozy Case Files Volume 1 | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files Volume 2 | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files Volume 3 | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files Volume 4 | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files Volume 5 | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files Volume 6 | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files Volume 7 | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files Volume 8 | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files Volume 9 | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files Volume 10 | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files Volume 11 | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files Volume 12 | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files Volume 13 | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files Volume 14 | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files Volume 15 | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files Volume 16 | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files Volume 17 | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files, Volume 18 | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files, Volume 20 | (2024) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anthology series.If author is listed on a book then this author wrote a story within that book. |
Publication Order of Safe Haven Books
The Message | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Measure of Deceit | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Come Gentle the Dawn | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Life Line | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deadly Currents | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Reluctant Bride | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Haven in His Arms | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hired Hand | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dead Heat | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Night Prince | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tempting Faith | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Odd Man Out | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
True Lies | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
At the Midnight Hour | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Caitlin's Guardian Angel | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
His Friend's Wife | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Badlands Bride | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Marrying Kind | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Renegade's Redemption | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sunset Promises | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Amnesiac Bride | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Return to Sender | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Clay Yeager's Redemption | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Keeping Annie Safe | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Her Private Bodyguard | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Inadmissible Passion | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
One Good Man | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Secrets and Lies | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Memories of Megan | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Greatest Texas Love Stories of All Time Books
Satan's Angel | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Girl's Best Friend | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Precious Pretender | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Like Father, Like Son | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Double Vision | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mike's Baby | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Guilty as Sin | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mail Order Brood | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
My Baby, Your Child | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Father In The Middle | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Texas Touch | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Long Lost Husband | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Daddy was a Cowboy | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Walk Away Joe / Cowboy Takes a Lady | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Desperate | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Child of Her Heart | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Guardian's Bride | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Christmas Kisses For A Dollar | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hide in Plain Sight | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Loner and the Lady | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bedded Bliss | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Willful Marriage | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Outlaw and the City Slicker | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Water Baby | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Her Kind of Man | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Call Me | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Millie and the Fugitive | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Some Kind of Hero | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
One Ticket To Texas | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hannah's Hunks | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Family Ties | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lawman | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Familiar Heart | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unforgettable Bride | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
His-And-Hers Family | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Storming Paradise | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Two Brothers and a Bride | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Love, Honor And A Pregnant Bride | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lone Wolf's Lady | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Mother for Jeffrey | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Marry Me, Cowboy Books
The Reckoning | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Home Fires Burning Bright | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mustang Valley | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rodeo Rider | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Woman at Willagong Creek | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dangerous | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cowboy's Kin | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rancher's Choice | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Madeleine's Cowboy | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Farmer Takes A Wife | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
White Gold | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wilde Bunch | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Gideon's Bride | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cowboy's Courtship | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Marriage Incorporated | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Shotgun Wedding | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Midnight Cowboy | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Rancher and the Baby | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Daddy on Demand | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Badlands Bride | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Newlywed Game | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bulletproof Heart | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lucky Devil | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Other Laura | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
She Caught the Sheriff | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cowboy Wants a Wife! | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trouble At Lone Spur | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Texas Dawn | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Marry Me, Cowboy | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cowboys Do It Best | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Upon a Midnight Clear | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Midnight Prey | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Boss Lady And The Hired Hand | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Holding on to Alex | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
One More Rodeo | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wyoming Wife? | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Her Torrid Temporary Marriage | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Colorado Protector / Hiding Out at the Circle C | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Unlikely Bodyguard | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Rancher And The Redhead | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Seduction of the Reluctant Bride | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Remember Me, Cowboy | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Delightful Jones | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Western Lovers Books
Someone Waiting | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Yesterday's Lies | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Deadly Breed | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ambushed | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wellspring | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wild Horse Canyon | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
With No Regrets | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
The Truth About Cats & Dogs | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Kudzu Christmas | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Many Bloody Returns | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Delta Blues | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Florida Heat Wave | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Coming Home to Mississippi | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Holidays | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Midnight Mysteries | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files Volume 2 | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pieces | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files Volume 5 | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files Volume 6 | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Year-Round Trouble | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alabama Noir | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files Volume 9 | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files Volume 10 | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files Volume 12 | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cozy Case Files Volume 16 | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Carolyn Haines was born on May 12, 1953, in Lucedale Mississippi. She also uses the pen names Carolyn Burnes and Lizzie Hart in some of her works. With over 70 books written since the start of her writing career, she truly an iconic writer.
Born to Roy and Hilda Hines, Carolyn loved reading and writing. When asked about her past, she speaks of growing in a small town, uninterrupted or troubled by the strife of today’s modernity. She remembers learning to swim in the river, and riding the bicycle at 2 am in the morning. This is without worry or a care in the world. She describes a fine childhood that shaped what she later became.
In some of the articles she has written about herself, Carolyn Haines also mentions her grandmother. A lady that emigrated from Sweden to the Americas when she was just twelve. Caroline tells of her grandmother as a great story teller, and how she too learned the craft at an early stage. She mentions that her grandmother liked telling ghost stories. In no time, she too was telling the same stories to her friends during sleep overs and scared those poor souls.
Caroline went to school in Lucedale graduating in 1971. She joined college and later graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1974 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. After that, she joined the University of South Alabama where she received a master’s degree in creative writing.
She became a journalist perhaps following in the footsteps of her parents who were also journalists. She worked with such papers as the Huntsville times, the Mississippi Press, the mobile press register, Hattiesburg American and George County times. For ten years she worked as a reporter and journalists during a period she speaks of as inspiring. Carolyn known for her sense of humor mentions covering a hostage situation in a graveyard. She says that some of these events shaped the stories she wanted to tell. They gave her the skills to investigate and come up with intriguing mysteries that she later put in her books.
Carolyn Haines takes on mystery and romance. The mystery series she writes under her own name, but the other genres she writes under pseudo names; Carolyn Burnes and Lizzie Hart. It is her mystery novel series that notably makes a dear to many. The Sarah Booth mystery series has 15 books.
The first of these bones mystery novels was published in 1999. The stories are set in zinnia, a fictional town in Mississippi. The stories also introduce Sarah Booth, a 30 something-year-old with a keen eye for detail. Her ability to decipher some of the mysteries in this town make her one of the best detectives available but it also put her in grave dangers. To make the mysteries even more interesting, Sarah lives in an ancestral home with a Jitty. A ghost bent on ensuring that Sarah does not lose her family home. It is this ghosts that convinces her to investigate some of the mysterious deaths of two of the homes inhabitants.
This book was followed by numerous other Sarah Booth mysteries that left readers hungry for more. Some of the books that stood out include hallowed bones. In this book, Sarah Booth investigates the mystery of a Doreen Mallory. This is a somewhat famous school teacher and tarot card reader accused of murdering her baby. Now a fully-fledged personal investigator, Sarah Booth decides to investigate, and this forces her to rub shoulders with the authorities in the town. She also has to deal with the feelings she has for the sheriff. In 2006, Penumbra was named as one the best mystery books in 2006 which also adds to great mystery novels greats.
Sarah Booth mystery Hallowed Bones was named among the top five mystery books by library journal. Other books in the series included crossed bones, bones to pick, bones of a feather, and wish bones among others. They have all be well receiving good critical acclaim.
Carolyn Haines has also written other works. Some are fiction and some non-fictional and some short stories too. Some books that intrigued many are Touched and Summer of Redeemer that are part of a trilogy also set in Mississippi. The books are very powerful and deal with the hypocrisies of gender, religion, and ethics. They are books that make you rethink what how you view the world. The books are published in many other languages.
Carolyn Haines also had the vision to create a publishing company. This company would cater for the authors that had a tough time publishing their books. She mentions that she wanted to do this because she had many friends, good writers that did not have their material published. Facing numerous challenges such as distribution, she had to stop the project. She, however, learnt a lot and still mentors young writers who want to follow in her footsteps.
For her great work Carolyn has received recognition and numerous awards. In 2010, she received the Harper Lee Award for Alabama’s Distinguished Writer of the year. In 2009, she received the Richard write award for literary excellence. She has also received the Alabama state Council on the Arts Literary Fellowship and has also received critical acclaim for the bones series.
Carolyn now teaches creative writing at the University of Alabama. Inspiring both the undergraduate and the graduate classes. She is very passionate and strong desire to end animal cruelty. She has three horses and states in one of her interviews that growing up; she had a desire to be a cowgirl. Carolyn also has a dog that is also seen in some of her picture it goes to show her love for animals.
She is married to Steve Greene. A marriage she humors is almost consistent with what you would find in a novel. Steve is a captain in the sheriff’s department and as she was doing research for her book. With his skill in forensics they complimented each and 2003 they got married.
Carolyn continues to write and inspire many both through her books and in her life.
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