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Jean Hager Books in Order

Jean Hager has written 55 books, published between 1970 and 2000. The first book is The Secret of Riverside Farm (1970) and the newest is Bride and Doom (2000). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
55
Published
1970–2000
Pages on record
8,318 in 35 of 55 books
Reading time
139–208 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,318 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 35 of 55 titles with a page count on record.

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Jean Hager is an American writer of mystery fiction, children's fiction and romance, born in 1932, who published romance under the names Jeanne Stephens, Leah Crane, Marlaine Kyle, Amanda McAllister and Sara North. Two of her three mystery series draw on modern Cherokee life in Oklahoma, one following police chief Mitch Bushyhead and the other civil rights investigator Molly Bearpaw. The third is set at Iris House, a Missouri bed and breakfast run by the amateur sleuth Tess Darcy. The catalogue records 55 Hager titles between 1970 and 2000.

How many Jean Hager books are there?

Jean Hager has 55 books, released between 1970 and 2000. They include 3 series and 39 titles listed outside any series.

Jean Hager Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 55 Jean Hager 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 The Secret of Riverside Farm by Jean Hager (1970)
  2. Cover of Evil Side of Eden (As:Sara North) by Jean Hager (1978)
  3. Cover of Yellow-Flower Moon by Jean Hager (1981)
  4. Cover of Portrait of Love by Jean Hager (1981)
  5. Cover of Wonder and Wild Desire (As:Jeanne Stephens) by Jean Hager (1981)
  6. Cover of Bride In Barbados (As:Jeanne Stephens) by Jean Hager (1982)
  7. Cover of Sweet Jasmine (As:Jeanne Stephens) by Jean Hager (1982)
  8. Cover of Reckless Surrender (As:Jeanne Stephens) by Jean Hager (1983)
  9. Cover of Promise of Spring by Jean Hager (1984)
  10. Cover of Terror in the Sunlight by Jean Hager (1984)
  11. Cover of Mandy's Song (As:Jeanne Stephens) by Jean Hager (1985)
  12. Cover of Coming Home (As:Jeanne Stephens) by Jean Hager (1985)
  13. Cover of Whispers On The Wind (As:Jeanne Stephens) by Jean Hager (1986)
  14. Cover of A Few Shining Hours (As:Jeanne Stephens) by Jean Hager (1986)
  15. Cover of Return to Eden (As:Jeanne Stephens) by Jean Hager (1987)
  16. Cover of Mistress Of Cliff House (As:Jeanne Stephens) by Jean Hager (1987)
  17. Cover of Broken Dreams (As:Jeanne Stephens) by Jean Hager (1987)
  18. Cover of Neptune Summer (As:Jeanne Stephens) by Jean Hager (1987)
  19. Cover of The Splendored Sky (As:Jeanne Stephens) by Jean Hager (1988)
  20. Cover of Dangerous Choices (As:Jeanne Stephens) by Jean Hager (1988)
  21. Cover of Wild Horizons (As:Jeanne Stephens) by Jean Hager (1989)
  22. Cover of At Risk (As:Jeanne Stephens) by Jean Hager (1989)
  23. Cover of Night Walker by Jean Hager, book 1 of the Mitch Bushyhead series (1990)
  24. Cover of The Grandfather Medicine by Jean Hager, book 2 of the Mitch Bushyhead series (1990)
  1. 1
    The Secret of Riverside Farm1970 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1970156
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  2. 2
    Evil Side of Eden (As:Sara North)1978 · 236 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978236
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  3. 3
    Shadow of the Tamaracks (As:Sara North)1979 · 300 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979300
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  4. 4
    Yellow-Flower Moon1981 · 179 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981179
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  5. 5
    Captured by Love1981 · confirmed 1/4
    1981–
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  6. 6
    A Suitable Marriage (As:Marlaine Kyle)1981 · confirmed 1/4
    1981–
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  7. 7
    Portrait of Love1981 · confirmed 1/4
    1981–
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  8. 8
    Wonder and Wild Desire (As:Jeanne Stephens)1981 · 189 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981189
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  9. 9
    Web of Desire1981 · confirmed 1/4
    1981–
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  10. 10
    Bride In Barbados (As:Jeanne Stephens)1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982–
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  11. 11
    A Game of Hearts (As:Marlaine Kyle)1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982–
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  12. 12
    Sweet Jasmine (As:Jeanne Stephens)1982 · 186 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982186
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  13. 13
    Dark Ecstasy (As:Leah Crane)1983 · 381 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983381
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  14. 14
    Reckless Surrender (As:Jeanne Stephens)1983 · confirmed 1/4
    1983–
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  15. 15
    Promise of Spring1984 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984192
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  16. 16
    Memories (As:Jeanne Stephens)1984 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984250
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  17. 17
    Terror in the Sunlight1984 · 188 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984188
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  18. 18
    Mexican Nights (As:Jeanne Stephens)1984 · 189 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984189
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  19. 19
    Mandy's Song (As:Jeanne Stephens)1985 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985256
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  20. 20
    Coming Home (As:Jeanne Stephens)1985 · confirmed 1/4
    1985–
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  21. 21
    Secret Intentions1985 · confirmed 1/4
    1985–
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  22. 22
    This Long Winter Past (As:Jeanne Stephens)1986 · 251 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986251
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  23. 23
    Whispers On The Wind (As:Jeanne Stephens)1986 · 252 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986252
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  24. 24
    A Few Shining Hours (As:Jeanne Stephens)1986 · 251 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986251
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  25. 25
    The Haunted Season (As:Jeanne Stephens)1986 · confirmed 1/4
    1986–
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  26. 26
    The Passionate Solution1986 · confirmed 1/4
    1986–
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  27. 27
    Return to Eden (As:Jeanne Stephens)1987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987–
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  28. 28
    Mistress Of Cliff House (As:Jeanne Stephens)1987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987–
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  29. 29
    Broken Dreams (As:Jeanne Stephens)1987 · 188 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987188
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  30. 30
    Neptune Summer (As:Jeanne Stephens)1987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987–
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Jean Hager 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.

Iris House B&B in order

7 books
  1. 1. Blooming Murder
  2. 2. Dead and Buried
  3. 3. Death on the Drunkard's Path
  4. 4. The Last Noel
  5. 5. Sew Deadly
  6. 6. Weigh Dead
  7. 7. Bride and Doom

Mitch Bushyhead in order

5 books
  1. 1. Night Walker
  2. 2. The Grandfather Medicine
  3. 3. Ghostland
  4. 4. The Fire Carrier
  5. 5. Masked Dancers

Molly Bearpaw in order

4 books
  1. 1. Ravenmocker
  2. 2. The Redbird's Cry
  3. 3. Seven Black Stones
  4. 4. The Spirit Caller

Standalone books

39 books

39 Jean Hager titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jean Hager books in order?

You only need to read Jean Hager books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Jean Hager

Start with The Secret of Riverside Farm (1970), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jean Hager book?

Bride and Doom (2000) is the newest Jean Hager book released so far.

Is there a new Jean Hager book coming?

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

Jean Hager at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Jean Hager title on record dates from 2000, 26 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Jean Hager books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
8,318 pages across the 35 of 55 books with a recorded length, a median of 236 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jean Hager books, 31 of 55, were published in the 1980s.

What the Jean Hager books are about

29 of the 55 Jean Hager books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective, women sleuths is tagged on 8 of 29. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Mystery & detective, women sleuths 8 of 29 books
  • Oklahoma 7 of 29 books
  • Cherokee Indians 6 of 29 books
  • Tess Darcy (Fictitious character) 6 of 29 books
  • Bed and breakfast accommodations 5 of 29 books
  • Buckskin (Okla. : Imaginary place) 5 of 29 books
  • Bushyhead, mitchell (fictitious character) 5 of 29 books
  • Bearpaw, molly (fictitious character) 4 of 29 books
  • Darcy, tess (fictitious character) 4 of 29 books
  • Mitchell Bushyhead (Fictitious character) 4 of 29 books
  • Police chiefs 4 of 29 books