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Jane Toombs Books in Order

Jane Toombs has written 82 books, published between 1975 and 2018. The first book is A Topaz for My Lady Fair (1975) and the newest is Bride of the Baja (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
82
Published
1975–2018
Confirmed
3 of 82 titles
Pages on record
10,551 in 38 of 82 books
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Jane Toombs was born Jane Ellen Jamison on 27 December 1926 in Los Angeles and grew up largely in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Toombs trained and worked as a registered nurse, attended Michigan State University and Northern Michigan University, and later moved to Carson City, Nevada. The catalogue lists 82 books from A Topaz for My Lady Fair (1975) to Bride of the Baja (2018), with subjects spanning historical romance, paranormal romance, westerns and science fiction. Series include Moonrunner, Californios, Dagon House Ghosts and A Darkness of Dragons.

How many Jane Toombs books are there?

Jane Toombs has 82 books, released between 1975 and 2018. They include 7 series and 64 titles listed outside any series.

Jane Toombs Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 82 Jane Toombs 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 A Topaz for My Lady Fair by Jane Toombs (1975)
  2. Cover of The House at Canterbury by Jane Toombs (1975)
  3. Cover of Arapaho Spirit by Jane Toombs, book 4 of the American Indians series (1983)
  4. Cover of Restless Obsession by Jane Toombs, book 7 of the Harlequin Gothic Romance series (1984)
  5. Cover of Heart of Winter by Jane Toombs (1985)
  6. Cover of Sunset Temptation by Jane Toombs (1989)
  7. Cover of Doctors and Lovers by Jane Toombs (1989)
  8. Cover of Midnight Whispers by Jane Toombs (1989)
  9. Cover of Riverboat Rogue by Jane Toombs (1990)
  10. Cover of Under the Shadow by Jane Toombs, book 1 of the Moonrunner series (1992)
  11. Cover of Traitor's Kiss by Jane Toombs (1992)
  12. Cover of An Improper Alliance by Jane Toombs (1992)
  13. Cover of Jewels of the Heart by Jane Toombs (1993)
  14. Cover of Return to Bloodstone House by Jane Toombs (1993)
  15. Cover of Dark Enchantment by Jane Toombs (1993)
  16. Cover of Passion's Melody by Jane Toombs (1994)
  17. Cover of The Abandoned Bride by Jane Toombs, book 1 of the Always a Bridesmaid series (1995)
  18. Cover of Harte's Gold by Jane Toombs (1997)
  19. Cover of Birds Of War by Jane Toombs (1997)
  20. Cover of Deception's Bride by Jane Toombs (1998)
  21. Cover of Mountain Moonlight by Jane Toombs (1999)
  22. Cover of A Most Unsuitable Bride by Jane Toombs (2006)
  23. Cover of A Beguiling Intrigue by Jane Toombs (2006)
  24. Cover of Temple of Serpents by Jane Toombs (2006)
  1. 1
    A Topaz for My Lady Fair1975 · 153 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975153
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  2. 2
    The House at Canterbury1975 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975160
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  3. 3
    The Fog Maiden1976 · 186 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976186
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  4. 4
    Arapaho SpiritAmerican Indians #41983 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983320
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  5. 5
    The Scots1984 · 608 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984608
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  6. 6
    Shadowed Hearts1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  7. 7
    Prime Specimen1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  8. 8
    Restless ObsessionHarlequin Gothic Romance #71984 · 227 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1984227
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  9. 9
    Heart of Winter1985 · 172 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985172
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  10. 10
    Creole Betrayal1988 · confirmed 1/4
    1988–
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  11. 11
    Sunset Temptation1989 · 382 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989382
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  12. 12
    Doctors and Lovers1989 · confirmed 1/4
    1989–
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  13. 13
    Midnight Whispers1989 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989384
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  14. 14
    Riverboat Rogue1990 · confirmed 1/4
    1990–
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  15. 15
    The Emerald Shadows of Sea Cliff House1991 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991320
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  16. 16
    Rebel's Tender Caress1991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991–
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  17. 17
    Under the ShadowMoonrunner #11992 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992304
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  18. 18
    Traitor's Kiss1992 · 399 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992399
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  19. 19
    An Improper Alliance1992 · 170 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992170
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  20. 20
    Gathering DarknessMoonrunner #21993 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993304
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  21. 21
    Jewels of the Heart1993 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4
    19931
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  22. 22
    Return to Bloodstone House1993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993–
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  23. 23
    Dark Enchantment1993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993–
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  24. 24
    What Waits Below1993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993–
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  25. 25
    Passion's Melody1994 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994448
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  26. 26
    The Volan Curse1994 · confirmed 1/4
    1994–
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  27. 27
    The Abandoned BrideAlways a Bridesmaid #11995 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995256
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  28. 28
    The Woman in White1995 · 251 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995251
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  29. 29
    Love's Desire1995 · 440 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995440
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  30. 30
    Dark SunriseMoonrunner #31997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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Jane Toombs 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.

Moonrunner in order

3 books
  1. 1. Under the Shadow
  2. 2. Gathering Darkness
  3. 3. Dark Sunrise

A Darkness of Dragons in order

3 books
  1. 1. Dragon's Pearl
  2. 2. Dragon's Diamond
  3. 3. Dragon's Stone

Underworld in order

2 books
  1. 1. Unwise
  2. 2. Unwanted

Californios in order

2 books
  1. 1. Cameron Maguire
  2. 2. Golden Chances

Nobody's Baby in order

2 books
  1. 2. Baby of Mine
  2. 3. Accidental Parents

Always a Bridesmaid in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Abandoned Bride

Shadowed Hearts in order

1 book
  1. 1. Null and Void

Dagon House Ghosts in order

1 book
  1. 1. Taken In

American Indians in order

1 book
  1. 4. Arapaho Spirit

Harlequin Gothic Romance in order

1 book
  1. 7. Restless Obsession

That's My Baby! in order

1 book
  1. 7. Nobody's Baby

Standalone books

64 books

64 Jane Toombs titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jane Toombs books in order?

You only need to read Jane Toombs books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Jane Toombs

Start with A Topaz for My Lady Fair (1975), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jane Toombs book?

Bride of the Baja (2018) is the newest Jane Toombs book released so far.

Is there a new Jane Toombs book coming?

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

Jane Toombs at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Jane Toombs title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Jane Toombs books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
10,551 pages across the 38 of 82 books with a recorded length, a median of 290 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jane Toombs books, 27 of 82, were published in the 1990s.

What the Jane Toombs books are about

30 of the 82 Jane Toombs books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romance is tagged on 11 of 30. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.