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Charlotte Hughes Books in Order

Charlotte Hughes has written 36 books, published between 1986 and 2015. The first book is Too Many Husbands (1986) and the newest is Miss Goody Two-Shoes (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
36
Published
1986–2015
Pages on record
7,025 in 28 of 36 books
Reading time
117–176 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,025 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 28 of 36 titles with a page count on record.

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Charlotte Hughes, born 1954, writes romance and comedy from South Carolina. The catalogue holds 36 books from Too Many Husbands (1986) to Miss Goody Two-Shoes (2015), at a median of 215 pages, with the 1990s the heaviest decade. The Kate Holly books are the named series. Psychologists, journalists, lawyers, single mothers and peach growers turn up among the occupations.

How many Charlotte Hughes books are there?

Charlotte Hughes has 36 books, released between 1986 and 2015. 3 of them belong to the Kate Holly series.

Charlotte Hughes Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 36 Charlotte Hughes 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 Too Many Husbands by Charlotte Hughes (1986)
  2. Cover of Travelin' Man by Charlotte Hughes (1988)
  3. Cover of Restless Nights by Charlotte Hughes (1990)
  4. Cover of Louisiana Lovin' by Charlotte Hughes (1990)
  5. Cover of Tough Guy, Savvy Lady by Charlotte Hughes (1991)
  6. Cover of The Lady and the Cowboy by Charlotte Hughes (1991)
  7. Cover of Rascal by Charlotte Hughes (1992)
  8. Cover of The Incredible Hunk by Charlotte Hughes (1993)
  9. Cover of Kissed By A Rogue by Charlotte Hughes (1993)
  10. Cover of The Devil and Miss Goody-Two Shoes by Charlotte Hughes (1994)
  11. Cover of Ready-Made Family by Charlotte Hughes (1995)
  12. Cover of Belated Bride by Charlotte Hughes (1996)
  13. Cover of And After That, the Dark by Charlotte Hughes (1997)
  14. Cover of Valley of the Shadow by Charlotte Hughes (1998)
  15. Cover of The Last Southern Belle by Charlotte Hughes (1998)
  16. Cover of Night Kills by Charlotte Hughes (1998)
  17. Cover of A New Attitude by Charlotte Hughes (2001)
  18. Cover of Hot Shot by Charlotte Hughes (2002)
  19. Cover of Millionaire CopMom-To-Be by Charlotte Hughes (2002)
  20. Cover of What Looks Like Crazy by Charlotte Hughes, book 1 of the Kate Holly series (2008)
  21. Cover of Nutcase by Charlotte Hughes, book 2 of the Kate Holly series (2009)
  22. Cover of High Anxiety by Charlotte Hughes, book 3 of the Kate Holly series (2009)
  1. 1
    Too Many Husbands1986 · confirmed 1/4
    1986–
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  2. 2
    Straight Shootin' Lady1987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987–
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  3. 3
    Travelin' Man1988 · 182 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988182
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  4. 4
    Sweet Misery1988 · 179 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988179
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  5. 5
    Tigress1989 · 183 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989183
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  6. 6
    Scoundrel1989 · confirmed 1/4
    1989–
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  7. 7
    Private Eyes1990 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990192
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  8. 8
    Restless Nights1990 · 180 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990180
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  9. 9
    Louisiana Lovin'1990 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990192
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  10. 10
    Tough Guy, Savvy Lady1991 · 180 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991180
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  11. 11
    The Lady and the Cowboy1991 · 180 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991180
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  12. 12
    Island Rogue1992 · 234 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992234
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  13. 13
    Rascal1992 · confirmed 1/4
    1992–
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  14. 14
    The Incredible Hunk1993 · 180 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993180
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  15. 15
    Kissed By A Rogue1993 · 223 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993223
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  16. 16
    The Devil and Miss Goody-Two Shoes1994 · 225 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994225
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  17. 17
    The Cop and the Mother-to-Be1994 · 231 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994231
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  18. 18
    Husband Wanted1995 · 206 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995206
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  19. 19
    Ready-Made Family1995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995–
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  20. 20
    Tall, Dark and Bad1996 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996216
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  21. 21
    Belated Bride1996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996–
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  22. 22
    And After That, the Dark1997 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997368
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  23. 23
    Valley of the Shadow1998 · 338 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998338
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  24. 24
    Just Married Again1998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998–
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  25. 25
    The Last Southern Belle1998 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998224
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  26. 26
    Night Kills1998 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998288
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  27. 27
    A New Attitude2001 · 370 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001370
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  28. 28
    Hot Shot2002 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002384
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  29. 29
    Millionaire CopMom-To-Be2002 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002192
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  30. 30
    What Looks Like CrazyKate Holly #12008 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008288
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  31. 31
    NutcaseKate Holly #22009 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009288
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  32. 32
    High AnxietyKate Holly #32009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  33. 33
    Pregnant!2009 · 672 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009672
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  34. 34
    See Bride Run!2014 · 210 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014210
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  35. 35
    Welcome to Temptation2015 · 206 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015206
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  36. 36
    Miss Goody Two-Shoes2015 · 214 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015214
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Charlotte Hughes 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.

Kate Holly in order

3 books
  1. 1. What Looks Like Crazy
  2. 2. Nutcase
  3. 3. High Anxiety

Standalone books

33 books

33 Charlotte Hughes titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Charlotte Hughes books in order?

You only need to read Charlotte Hughes books in order within the Kate Holly series, which holds 3 of the 36 Charlotte Hughes books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Charlotte Hughes

Start with Too Many Husbands (1986), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Charlotte Hughes book?

Miss Goody Two-Shoes (2015) is the newest Charlotte Hughes book released so far.

Is there a new Charlotte Hughes book coming?

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

Charlotte Hughes at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Charlotte Hughes title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Charlotte Hughes books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
7,025 pages across the 28 of 36 books with a recorded length, a median of 215 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Charlotte Hughes books, 20 of 36, were published in the 1990s.

What the Charlotte Hughes books are about

17 of the 36 Charlotte Hughes books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: contemporary romance is tagged on 4 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.