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Abby Gaines Books in Order

Abby Gaines has written 20 books, published between 2007 and 2013. The first book is Whose Lie Is It Anyway? (2007) and the newest is Jane's Gift (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
2007–2013
Confirmed
6 of 20 titles
Pages on record
3,363 in 12 of 20 books
Reading time
56–84 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,363 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 20 titles with a page count on record.

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Abby Gaines is a romance novelist from New Zealand. Gaines took a degree in French, German, Japanese and Spanish, worked for IBM, then freelanced as a business journalist before Harlequin Superromance offered a first contract. The catalogue lists 20 books dated 2007 to 2013, from Whose Lie Is It Anyway? to Jane's Gift. Recorded subjects cover contemporary romance, historical romance, romantic suspense, Christian fiction and NASCAR racing. Those Merritt Girls and Parson's Daughters are the two series filed under Gaines.

How many Abby Gaines books are there?

Abby Gaines has 20 books, released between 2007 and 2013. They include 2 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.

Abby Gaines Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Abby Gaines books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Whose Lie Is It Anyway? by Abby Gaines (2007)
  2. Cover of Married by Mistake by Abby Gaines (2007)
  3. Cover of Back on Track by Abby Gaines, book 12 of the NASCAR series (2007)
  4. Cover of Fully Engaged by Abby Gaines, book 29 of the NASCAR series (2008)
  5. Cover of Teaming Up by Abby Gaines, book 30 of the NASCAR series (2008)
  6. Cover of Her Secret Rival by Abby Gaines, book 2 of the Those Merritt Girls series (2009)
  7. Cover of Her Surprise Hero by Abby Gaines, book 3 of the Those Merritt Girls series (2009)
  8. Cover of Checkered Past by Abby Gaines, book 52 of the NASCAR series (2009)
  9. Cover of The Comeback by Abby Gaines, book 65 of the NASCAR series (2010)
  10. Cover of The Governess and Mr. Granville by Abby Gaines, book 2 of the Parson's Daughters series (2012)
  11. Cover of That New York Minute by Abby Gaines (2012)
  12. Cover of The Wedding Plan by Abby Gaines (2012)
  1. 1
    Whose Lie Is It Anyway?2007 · 299 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007299
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  2. 2
    Married by Mistake2007 · 282 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007282
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  3. 3
    Back on TrackNASCAR #122007 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007256
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  4. 4
    A NASCAR Holiday 2NASCAR #202007 · confirmed 3/4
    2007–
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  5. 5
    The Rebel Tycoon's Outrageous Proposal2008 · 371 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008371
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  6. 6
    The Groom Came BackMarriage Of Inconvenience #152008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  7. 7
    Fully EngagedNASCAR #292008 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008256
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  8. 8
    Teaming UpNASCAR #302008 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008256
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  9. 9
    The Diaper DiariesBundles of Joy #322008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  10. 10
    Her So-Called FianceThose Merritt Girls #12009 · 249 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009249
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  11. 11
    Her Secret RivalThose Merritt Girls #22009 · 251 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009251
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  12. 12
    Her Surprise HeroThose Merritt Girls #32009 · 245 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009245
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  13. 13
    Checkered PastNASCAR #522009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009–
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  14. 14
    The ComebackNASCAR #652010 · 226 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010226
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  15. 15
    The Earl's Mistaken BrideParson's Daughters #12011 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011288
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  16. 16
    Her Best Friend's WeddingMore than Friends #62011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  17. 17
    The Governess and Mr. GranvilleParson's Daughters #22012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  18. 18
    That New York Minute2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  19. 19
    The Wedding Plan2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  20. 20
    Jane's Gift2013 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013384
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Abby Gaines books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

NASCAR in order

6 books
  1. 12. Back on Track
  2. 20. A NASCAR Holiday 2
  3. 29. Fully Engaged
  4. 30. Teaming Up
  5. 52. Checkered Past
  6. 65. The Comeback

Those Merritt Girls in order

3 books
  1. 1. Her So-Called Fiance
  2. 2. Her Secret Rival
  3. 3. Her Surprise Hero

Parson's Daughters in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Earl's Mistaken Bride
  2. 2. The Governess and Mr. Granville

More than Friends in order

1 book
  1. 6. Her Best Friend's Wedding

Marriage Of Inconvenience in order

1 book
  1. 15. The Groom Came Back

Bundles of Joy in order

1 book
  1. 32. The Diaper Diaries

Standalone books

6 books

6 Abby Gaines titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Abby Gaines books in order?

You only need to read Abby Gaines books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Abby Gaines

Start with Whose Lie Is It Anyway? (2007), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Abby Gaines book?

Jane's Gift (2013) is the newest Abby Gaines book released so far.

Is there a new Abby Gaines book coming?

No next Abby Gaines book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Abby Gaines at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Abby Gaines title on record dates from 2013, 13 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Abby Gaines books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
3,363 pages across the 12 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Abby Gaines books, 13 of 20, were published in the 2000s.

What the Abby Gaines books are about

15 of the 20 Abby Gaines books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: man-woman relationships is tagged on 8 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.