Kathryn Shay Books In Order
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Just One Night | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Time to Give | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Be My Babies | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of America's Bravest Books
Feel the Heat | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Man Who Loved Christmas / Risking It All | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Code of Honor | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fire Within / Never Far Away | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
All I Need | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Bayview Heights Books
Cop of the Year | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Because It's Christmas | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Count on Me | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Between Two Worlds | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
If You Were Mine | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Brothers Of Fire Books
All Fired Up | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Rescue | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Friendly Fire | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Scorched | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rekindled | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Coming In Hot | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Casella Cousins Books
Hayley | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Seth | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Finn | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alessia | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Gideon | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ronan | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Code Red Books
Publication Order of Educators Books
Still the One | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Someone Like You | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Maybe This Time | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Family Man Books
A Suitable Bodyguard / The Bodyguard | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Birth Mother | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Father's Place | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Gentileschi Sisters Books
I Will Always Love You | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
This Guy's in Love | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Can't Help Falling in Love | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How Deep is Your Love? | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Love Will Keep Us Together | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I Think I Love You! | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Hidden Cove Firefighters Books
After the Fire | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
On the Line | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nothing More to Lose | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
America's Bravest | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In Too Deep | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
It Had to Be You | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chasing the Fire | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fire Inside | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Burning Passion | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Take Me Back | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Lean On Me Books
The Father Factor | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Michael's Family | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Promises to Keep | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trust in Me | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Price Worth Paying | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chronological Order of Lean On Me Books
Promises to Keep | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Michael's Family | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trust in Me | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Father Factor | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Price Worth Paying | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Lipstick Chronicles Books
Publication Order of Logan Brothers Books
Tell Me No Lies | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wrong Man For Her | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Lucky Lady Casino Books
The Big Gamble | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bet On It | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lucky Me | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
All In | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jackpot | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Winning Ticket | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bon Appétit | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Ludzecky Sisters Books
Begin Again | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Primary Colors | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Risky Business | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Way We Were | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Handle with Care | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Love Story | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of O'Neil Family Books
Someone to Believe In | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Close to You | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Taking the Heat | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
High Stakes | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Always and Forever | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Reckoning | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Portals Of Time Books
Just in Time | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Perfect Timing | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Another Time | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of President's Daughters Books
Never My Love | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lie With Me | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Be Mine Again | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Not For You | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lost To Us | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of RightMatch.com Books
Better than Before | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Meant To Be | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Waiting for You | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Serenity House Books
Practice Makes Perfect | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Place to Belong | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Against the Odds | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Sexy Men... Sassy Women Books
A Suitable Bodyguard / The Bodyguard | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Finally a Family | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Our Two Sons / Playing for Keeps | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ties That Bind | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Betrayal | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Playing for Keeps | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dancing in the Dark | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Sisters of Fire Books
More Than Enough | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
At Last | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
No Easy Choice | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Equal Partners | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Different Way | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
To Trust Again | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of To Serve and Protect Books
Above and Beyond | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Say You'll Stay | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Only With You | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
No Other Love | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Come Back To Me | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Teacher's Pet | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Twins Books
Baby, Baby | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Unknown Sister | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Straight from the Heart | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wrong Woman | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
For The Children | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Right Woman | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Be My Babies | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Twice the Chance | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
A Man She Couldn't Forget | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Back to Luke | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Perfect Family | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Home for Christmas | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Publication Order of Welcome To Riverbend Books
Birthright | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
That Summer Thing | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Homecoming | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Last-Minute Marriage | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Christmas Legacy | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Bundles of Joy Books
Lullaby And Goodnight | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Daddy Project | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cowboy, the Baby and the Runaway Bride | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Adam's Vow | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Babies Inc. | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hazardous Husband | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Make Room for Baby | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Baby Talk | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Temporarily Hers | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Rancher and the Baby | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Instant Mommy | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An Unexpected Delivery | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
For Better, for Baby | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Man Who Would Be Daddy | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Having Gabriel's Baby | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Baby Business | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Your Baby or Mine? | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Daddy Woke Up Married | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Boot Scootin' Secret Baby | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Man, Wife And Little Wonder | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Baby Wishes And Bachelor Kisses | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Burke's Christmas Surprise | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Baby, You're Mine | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Baby Arrangement | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Vow, A Ring, A Baby Swing | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Billionaire and the Bassinet | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Baby Bond | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Babies, Rattles & Cribs... Oh, My! | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Be My Babies | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Having Justin's Baby | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Baby, I'm Yours | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Diaper Diaries | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Natural Father | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mother to Be | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Another Man's Baby | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Child's Play | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sophie's Secret | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Her Best Friend's Brother | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Baby in Her Arms | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Baby Factor | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An Unexpected Bonus | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Going Back Books
The House on Creek Road | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Past, Present and a Future | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Return to Little Hills | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mr. Imperfect | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Everything To Prove | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Man With a Past | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
His Best Friend's Baby | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Truth About Family | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Count on Love | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wedding Heiress | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Return to West Texas | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wrong Man For Her | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Time to Come Home | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
More Than a Memory | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Man to Rely on | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Forever Family | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cowboy Comes Back | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Man She Once Knew / The Price He Paid | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Letter for Annie | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Boyfriend's Back | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Always a Temp | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Lot Like Christmas | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deserving of Luke | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Baby Connection | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Southern Reunion | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Last Goodbye | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
One Good Reason | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Prodigal Son | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Christmas Gift | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In His Eyes | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Long Shot | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
John Riley's Girl | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
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 |
Hired Hand | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dead Heat | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Night Prince | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tempting Faith | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Haven in His Arms | (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 |
A Suitable Bodyguard / The Bodyguard | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Marrying Kind | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Only Child | (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 |
Memories of Megan | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Touch Me In The Dark | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Secrets and Lies | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
I Never Thought I'd See You Again | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cupid to the Rescue | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In the world of romantic novels, Kathryn Shay is a well-known name. With a long list of successful contemporary romantic novels behind her, she thrives on stories that feature strong women in unusual circumstances: as a fire fighter, a female secret service agent, an anti-gang specialist in New York City.
She finished her first story at the age of 15 and it was a sign of things to come, telling the story of a young female journalist butting heads with the male journalists and one hard-headed editor in particular.
After school, as a failsafe “fall-back’ strategy, she studied teaching and obtained a degree that she never intended to use. While attending a small private college for women in upstate New York, she took every writing workshop and class available in her quest to become a writer.
But her road to becoming a successful author was not a straight one. During teaching practice, a requirement for her degree, she fell in love with teaching. “When I first stood in front of the class, I just knew it was for me”, she said.
And so she launched into a successful career teaching adolescents at a New York state school, got married and became a mother.
But once a writer, always a writer.
In the early 90s, despite the fact that she was teaching fulltime, busy with being a wife and mother, and had several commitments with her beloved church, she still made time in her life to complete and submit a book.
It took two years of rejections before she was successful. At last, in December 1994 she got the message that her book was accepted by Harlequin Superromance. Today there are over five million copies of her books in print, along with hundreds of thousands downloaded online. She is known for her emotional, heart-wrenching style of storytelling, and to her the biggest compliment any reader can pay her is to say that they cried while reading one of her books, or stayed up late to finish the story.
Like all successful writers, she has a very specific writing routine. She writes all of her stories on a laptop. “I usually write in my office, a space we built over the garage when I got published. It’s beautiful with skylights and windows to let in a lot of light, a custom made desk, a leather chair in a bay and a pull-out couch. In the summer months, though, I write out on our glassed-in porch overlooking the woods. I need quiet, no music, sometimes drink coffee but never eat while writing. What sets my mood is reading previous scenes in the book.
I used to plan everything meticulously. I didn’t always stick to the outline, but I had a plan. Now I have more general ideas, more conceptual thoughts about the book and the characters. I find that the people in my books often have minds of their own and do things I didn’t know they were going to or didn’t want them to. Using this method, halfway through the story or at the end of it I have to go back and revise the first part because things happened that need to be prepared for.”
She’s written several books about teachers and adolescent kids – simply because it’s a field she knows so well. She loves telling stories about teenagers and the teachers who help them. She also loves writing about female cops, but is probably best known for her series on fire fighters. She says she’s inspired by their heroism, selflessness and courage and she’s literally spent years at her town’s fire department, riding trucks, going to the training academy, eating with the guys and gals at the firehouse.
Her book, CODE OF HONOUR, is one of a series about fire fighting.
Chelsea Whitmore, after a disastrous relationship with a male colleague, transfers to another station where Lieutenant Jake Scarlatta is running a tight ship. She comes with a reputation, mostly caused by her ex-lover Billy’s effort to bring her into disrepute, and Jake is not keen. He strongly believes in teamwork and loyalty, and when one of the other male fire fighters in his team, who believes that a fire station is no place for a woman, starts playing dirty tricks on Chelsea, he has to make some difficult choices. As Chelsea battles to find her place in the team, she and Jake fall in love. His obsession with going by the book cause some serious rifts, creating tension between the two would-be lovers. This is Kathryn Shay’s third novel in her “American’s Bravest’ series centering on an upstate New York fire department. It’s a tale filled with the problems fire fighters have to face and it leaves readers with a good appreciation of the efforts of the brave men and women who put their lives on the line on a daily basis.
In the book COP OF THE YEAR, Kathryn Shay writes of a subject close to her heart: troubled teenagers. Captain Mitch Lansing gets assigned to work with at-risk teenagers to improve relationships between the kids and the police department. It is an environment that’s difficult for the cop, with long-buried feelings that come to the surface. On top of that, he finds himself attracted to unorthodox teacher Cassie Smith, who is against everything he stands for. As the go further into the year, Mitch finds himself getting emotionally entangled with the kids as well as this fiery teacher. In a series of emotional scenes and moving situations, he has to find a way accept Cassie and the kids into his hardened heart by understanding that he needs them as much as they need him.
Although she is best known for her contemporary romantic novels, she has made forays into more mainstream novel writing. Her book THE PERFECT FAMILY in which she draws heavily on her own experience of her son coming out as being gay, has been very successfully received and she plans to do more mainstream writing in future.
When Kathryn’s not writing, she loves spending time with her husband, kids and her best friend who lives just around the corner from her. She also takes yoga classes and goes for walks. Because of her involvement with her church, she does a lot of volunteering work, from which she gains great satisfaction.
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