Debra Krizmanich asked Lauraine Snelling:

I am one of your 'new' readers... and am confused. I've been trying to find a list of your books and the order they should be read. I obviously didn't start where I should have... and would like to recommend them to my Aunt, but I don't know where I should tell her to start. I'd also like to start from the beginning and catch up to where I am now. (All I could find is a publication order, but that is not helping.) ?

Lauraine Snelling Are you reading the Blessing/Red River books? There are 5 different series in what are now known as the Blessing books. Those series, in order, go Red River of the North, Return to Red River, Daughters of Blessing, Home to Blessing and Song of Blessing. There is also a prequel that was published after most of the series called An Untamed Heart. I recommend reading that one first, though by publishing dates it is almost last.

There are also several unrelated series: Wild West Wind, Dakota Treasures and A secret Refuge.

My contemporary books are all stand alone novels and are not in any series.

Here is a list of all my books. I hope it helps.

Bjorklund Family Novels & Series

An Untamed Heart (prequel to the Red River of the North series.)

Red River of the North (First Bjorklund family series)
An Untamed Land
A New Day Rising
A Land To Call Home
The Reaper’s Song
Tender Mercies
Blessing In Disguise

Return to Red River (Second Bjorklund family series)
A Dream To Follow
Believing The Dream
More Than A Dream

Daughters of Blessing (Third Bjorklund family series)
A Promise For Ellie
Sophie’s Dilemma
A Touch of Grace
Rebecca’s Reward

Home To Blessing (Fourth Bjorklund family series)
A Measure of Mercy
No Distance Too Far
A Heart For Home

Song of Blessing (Fifth Bjorklund family series)
To Everything a Season
A Harvest of Hope
Streams of Mercy
From This Day Forward

Other Historical Series by Lauraine

Under Northern Skies Series
The Promise of Dawn
Breath of Hope
Season of Grace
Song of Joy (not yet released)

Wild West Wind series (Meet Cassie Lockwood and the Engstrom family)
Valley of Dreams
Whispers in the Wind
A Place to Belong

Dakotah Treasures (Four women travel to Medora, ND in the 1800s)
Ruby (e-book only)
Pearl
Opal
Amethyst

Secret Refuge series (Trilogy about the Highwood sisters during the Civil War)
Daughter of Twin Oaks
Sisters of the Confederacy
The Long Way Home
A Secret Refuge (3-in-1 volume. Out-of-Print)

Contemporary Standalone Novels by Lauraine

Half Finished
Second Half
Someday Home
Heaven Sent Rain
Wake The Dawn
Reunion
On Hummingbird Wings
One Perfect Day
Breaking Free (out of print, e book only)
The Healing Quilt
Saturday Morning
The Brushstroke Legacy
Hawaiian Sunrise (Repackaged and re-issued)
The Way of Women

Short Novels, Novellas & Compilations

Second Chance Dogs
The Horse of My Heart (Includes Lauraine’s short story: When “Hi-Ho Silver Came To Our House)
A Pioneer Christmas
Dakota Dawn (repackaged)
Dakota Dream (repackaged)
Dakota Dusk (repackaged)
Dakota Destiny and Dakota December (repackaged)
The Gift (repackaged)
Song of Laughter (Repackaged and re-issued)
Race For the Roses (Repackaged and re-issued)
The Gift (Repackaged and re-issued)
Yuletide Treasures (Out-of Print. Limited availability)
Once Upon A Christmas (Out-of-Print. Limited availability)
Washington (Out-of-Print. Limited availability)
Dakota Stories I (Out-of-Print. Limited availability)
Dakota Stories II (Out-of-Print. Limited availability)

Youth Fiction

What About Cimmaron? (A re-issue of Tragedy on the Toutle)

S.A.V.E. Squad - with Kathleen Damp Wright
Dog Daze
The Great Cat Caper
Secondhand Horses
No Ordinary Owl

Golden Filly Collection 1 (5-in-1 volume)
Golden Filly Collection 2 (5-in-1 volume)

High Hurdles Collection 1 (5-in-1 volume)
High Hurdles Collection 2 (5-in-1 volume)

Nonfiction
A Hand to Hold (Repackaged)

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