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Carla Kelly Books in Order

Carla Kelly has written 58 books, published between 1985 and 2026. The first book is Daughter of Fortune (1985) and the newest is Navy Captain's Convenient Wife (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
58
Published
1985–2026
Pages on record
10,483 in 40 of 58 books
Reading time
175–262 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,483 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 40 of 58 titles with a page count on record.

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Carla Kelly (Carla Sue Kelly, born 1947) is an American Regency romance writer and a two-time winner of the Romance Writers of America RITA Award. Kelly calls the books "dukeless" regencies, stories of ordinary people solving their own problems. An interest in the American West shapes the earliest work and the nonfiction. Since 2011 Kelly, who has a Mormon background, has written five novels about young Mormon women, among them Borrowed Light and Safe Passage. The site lists 58 books from Daughter of Fortune (1985) to Navy Captain's Convenient Wife (2026).

How many Carla Kelly books are there?

Carla Kelly has 58 books, released between 1985 and 2026. They include 6 series and 37 titles listed outside any series.

Carla Kelly Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 58 Carla Kelly 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 Summer Campaign by Carla Kelly (1989)
  2. Cover of Mrs. McVinnie's London Season by Carla Kelly (1990)
  3. Cover of Libby's London Merchant by Carla Kelly, book 1 of the Benedict Nesbitt series (1991)
  4. Cover of Miss Grimsley's Oxford Career by Carla Kelly (1992)
  5. Cover of Miss Billings Treads the Boards by Carla Kelly (1993)
  6. Cover of Miss Whittier Makes a List by Carla Kelly (1994)
  7. Cover of Mrs. Drew Plays Her Hand by Carla Kelly (1994)
  8. Cover of Reforming Lord Ragsdale by Carla Kelly (1995)
  9. Cover of The Lady's Companion by Carla Kelly (1996)
  10. Cover of With This Ring by Carla Kelly (1997)
  11. Cover of Miss Milton Speaks Her Mind by Carla Kelly (1998)
  12. Cover of One Good Turn by Carla Kelly, book 2 of the Benedict Nesbitt series (2001)
  13. Cover of Kathleen Flaherty’s Long Winter by Carla Kelly, book 1 of the Publication Order of's Short Stories/Novellas series
  14. Cover of The Wedding Journey by Carla Kelly (2002)
  15. Cover of Beau Crusoe by Carla Kelly (2007)
  16. Cover of The Surgeon's Lady by Carla Kelly, book 2 of the Channel Fleet series (2009)
  17. Cover of Marrying The Royal Marine by Carla Kelly, book 3 of the Channel Fleet series (2010)
  18. Cover of The Admiral's Penniless Bride by Carla Kelly (2010)
  19. Cover of Borrowed Light by Carla Kelly, book 1 of the Borrowed Light series (2011)
  20. Cover of In Love and War: A Collection of Love Stories by Carla Kelly (2012)
  21. Cover of Marriage of Mercy by Carla Kelly (2012)
  22. Cover of The Double Cross by Carla Kelly, book 1 of the Spanish Brand series (2013)
  23. Cover of Her Hesitant Heart by Carla Kelly (2013)
  24. Cover of Safe Passage by Carla Kelly (2013)
  1. 1
    Daughter of Fortune1985 · confirmed 2/4
    1985–
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  2. 2
    Miss Chartley's Guided Tour1989 · 223 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989223
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  3. 3
    Summer Campaign1989 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989240
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  4. 4
    Marian's Christmas Wish1989 · confirmed 2/4
    1989–
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  5. 5
    Mrs. McVinnie's London Season1990 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990224
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  6. 6
    Libby's London MerchantBenedict Nesbitt #11991 · 1 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19911
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  7. 7
    Miss Grimsley's Oxford Career1992 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992224
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  8. 8
    Miss Billings Treads the Boards1993 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993224
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  9. 9
    Miss Whittier Makes a List1994 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994224
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  10. 10
    Mrs. Drew Plays Her Hand1994 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994224
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  11. 11
    Reforming Lord Ragsdale1995 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995224
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  12. 12
    The Lady's Companion1996 · 223 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996223
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  13. 13
    With This Ring1997 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997224
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  14. 14
    Miss Milton Speaks Her Mind1998 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998224
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  15. 15
    One Good TurnBenedict Nesbitt #22001 · 215 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001215
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  16. 16
    Kathleen Flaherty’s Long WinterPublication Order of's Short Stories/Novellas #12002 · 259 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002259
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  17. 17
    The Wedding Journey2002 · 231 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002231
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  18. 18
    Beau Crusoe2007 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007304
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  19. 19
    Marrying The CaptainChannel Fleet #12008 · 281 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008281
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  20. 20
    The Surgeon's LadyChannel Fleet #22009 · 277 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009277
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  21. 21
    Marrying The Royal MarineChannel Fleet #32010 · 280 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010280
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  22. 22
    The Admiral's Penniless Bride2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  23. 23
    Borrowed LightBorrowed Light #12011 · 410 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011410
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  24. 24
    Carla Kelly's Christmas Collection2011 · 278 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011278
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  25. 25
    My Loving Vigil KeepingLoving Vigil #12012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  26. 26
    Enduring LightBorrowed Light #22012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  27. 27
    In Love and War: A Collection of Love Stories2012 · 276 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012276
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  28. 28
    Marriage of Mercy2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  29. 29
    Stop Me If You've Read This One2013 · 195 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013195
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  30. 30
    The Double CrossSpanish Brand #12013 · 222 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013222
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Carla Kelly 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.

Spanish Brand in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Double Cross
  2. 2. Marco and the Devil's Bargain
  3. 3. Paloma and the Horse Traders
  4. 4. The Star in the Meadow

St. Brendan in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Unlikely Master Genius
  2. 2. Unlikely Spy Catchers
  3. 3. Unlikely Heroes
  4. 4. The Unlikely Gun Wharf Rats

Channel Fleet in order

3 books
  1. 1. Marrying The Captain
  2. 2. The Surgeon's Lady
  3. 3. Marrying The Royal Marine

Benedict Nesbitt in order

2 books
  1. 1. Libby's London Merchant
  2. 2. One Good Turn

Borrowed Light in order

2 books
  1. 1. Borrowed Light
  2. 2. Enduring Light

Loving Vigil in order

2 books
  1. 1. My Loving Vigil Keeping
  2. 2. One Step Enough

Publication Order of's Short Stories/Novellas

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Timeless Regency Collection

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Sommersby Brides in order

1 book
  1. 2. Convenient Christmas Brides

Timeless Western Collection

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Standalone books

37 books

37 Carla Kelly titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Carla Kelly books in order?

You only need to read Carla Kelly books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Carla Kelly

Start with Daughter of Fortune (1985), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Carla Kelly book?

Navy Captain's Convenient Wife (2026) is the newest Carla Kelly book released so far.

Is there a new Carla Kelly book coming?

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

Carla Kelly at a glance

Still publishing
Carla Kelly published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Carla Kelly books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
10,483 pages across the 40 of 58 books with a recorded length, a median of 251 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Carla Kelly books, 28 of 58, were published in the 2010s.

What the Carla Kelly books are about

47 of the 58 Carla Kelly books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: regency romance is tagged on 23 of 47. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.