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Madeline Baker Books in Order

Madeline Baker has written 57 books, published between 1961 and 2023. The first book is Collected Poems (1961) and the newest is Bohannon (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Madeline Baker is the pen name of Amanda Ashley. Amanda Ashley books in order are published under that pen name.

Books
57
Published
1961–2023
Pages on record
11,076 in 31 of 57 books
Reading time
185–277 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 11,076 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 31 of 57 titles with a page count on record.

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Madeline Baker writes historical romance, much of it set among Native American peoples. Fifty-seven books are catalogued, with Reckless Heart (1985) and Love in the Wind (1986) early in the run and Bohannon dated 2023. Apache and Cheyenne subjects recur, along with westerns, mixed descent and time travel. Reckless Love (1987), Reckless Desire (1988), Renegade Heart (1989) and Lacey's Way (1990) sit in the stretch around the 1990s, the decade the list peaks. Lightning and Apache Runaway are the series named here.

How many Madeline Baker books are there?

Madeline Baker has 57 books, released between 1961 and 2023. They include 3 series and 38 titles listed outside any series.

Madeline Baker Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 57 Madeline Baker 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 Reckless Desire by Madeline Baker, book 3 of the Reckless series (1988)
  2. Cover of Renegade Heart by Madeline Baker (1989)
  3. Cover of First Love, Wild Love by Madeline Baker (1989)
  4. Cover of Forbidden Fires by Madeline Baker (1990)
  5. Cover of Lacey's Way by Madeline Baker (1990)
  6. Cover of Prairie Heat by Madeline Baker (1991)
  7. Cover of Midnight Fire by Madeline Baker (1992)
  8. Cover of Comanche Flame by Madeline Baker (1992)
  9. Cover of A Wilderness Christmas by Madeline Baker (1993)
  10. Cover of The Spirit Path by Madeline Baker, book 2 of the Time Travel series (1993)
  11. Cover of Secrets of the Heart by Madeline Baker (1994)
  12. Cover of Cheyenne Surrender by Madeline Baker (1994)
  13. Cover of Chase The Wind by Madeline Baker, book 2 of the Apache Runaway series (1996)
  14. Cover of The Angel and the Outlaw by Madeline Baker, book 3 of the Time Travel series (1996)
  15. Cover of Feather in the Wind by Madeline Baker, book 4 of the Time Travel series (1997)
  16. Cover of Paradise by Madeline Baker (1999)
  17. Cover of Lakota Renegade by Madeline Baker (1999)
  18. Cover of Spirit's Song by Madeline Baker (1999)
  19. Cover of Unforgettable by Madeline Baker, book 6 of the Time Travel series (2000)
  20. Cover of Lakota Legacy by Madeline Baker (2003)
  21. Cover of Dude Ranch Bride by Madeline Baker (2003)
  22. Cover of West Texas Bride by Madeline Baker (2003)
  23. Cover of Callie's Cowboy by Madeline Baker (2004)
  24. Cover of Every Inch a Cowboy by Madeline Baker (2005)
  1. 1
    Collected Poems1961 · confirmed 2/4
    1961–
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  2. 2
    Reckless HeartReckless #11985 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985480
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Love in the Wind1986 · confirmed 2/4
    1986–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Reckless LoveReckless #21987 · confirmed 2/4
    1987–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Love Forevermore1988 · confirmed 2/4
    1988–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Reckless DesireReckless #31988 · 443 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988443
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  7. 7
    Renegade Heart1989 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989480
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    First Love, Wild Love1989 · 291 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989291
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Forbidden Fires1990 · 445 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990445
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Lacey's Way1990 · confirmed 2/4
    1990–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    A Whisper in the WindTime Travel #11991 · confirmed 2/4
    1991–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Prairie Heat1991 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991448
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    Midnight Fire1992 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992448
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    Comanche Flame1992 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992448
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    A Wilderness Christmas1993 · confirmed 2/4
    1993–
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  16. 16
    The Spirit PathTime Travel #21993 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993448
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  17. 17
    Warrior's Lady1993 · 334 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993334
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  18. 18
    Beneath a Midnight MoonAmanda Ashley Standalone Novels #11994 · 438 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994438
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  19. 19
    Secrets of the Heart1994 · 381 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994381
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  20. 20
    Cheyenne Surrender1994 · 439 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994439
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  21. 21
    Heart of the Hunter1994 · confirmed 2/4
    1994–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  22. 22
    Apache RunawayApache Runaway #11995 · confirmed 2/4
    1995–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  23. 23
    Chase The WindApache Runaway #21996 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996400
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  24. 24
    The Angel and the OutlawTime Travel #31996 · 438 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996438
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  25. 25
    Feather in the WindTime Travel #41997 · 395 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997395
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  26. 26
    Under a Prairie MoonTime Travel #51998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  27. 27
    Hawk's Woman1998 · 346 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998346
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  28. 28
    Paradise1999 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999368
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  29. 29
    Lakota Renegade1999 · 442 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999442
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  30. 30
    Spirit's Song1999 · 393 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999393
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Madeline Baker 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.

Time Travel in order

7 books
  1. 1. A Whisper in the Wind
  2. 2. The Spirit Path
  3. 3. The Angel and the Outlaw
  4. 4. Feather in the Wind
  5. 5. Under a Prairie Moon
  6. 6. Unforgettable
  7. 7. Shadows Through Time

Reckless in order

5 books
  1. 1. Reckless Heart
  2. 2. Reckless Love
  3. 3. Reckless Desire
  4. 4. Reckless Embrace
  5. 5. The Reckless Series (Contains Reckless Destiny & All Above)

Lightning in order

4 books
  1. 1. Chase the Lightning
  2. 2. When Lightning Strikes
  3. 3. Follow The Lightning
  4. 4. Find the Lightning

Apache Runaway in order

2 books
  1. 1. Apache Runaway
  2. 2. Chase The Wind

Amanda Ashley Standalone Novels

1 book

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

Standalone books

38 books

38 Madeline Baker titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Madeline Baker books in order?

You only need to read Madeline Baker 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 Madeline Baker

Start with Collected Poems (1961), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Madeline Baker book?

Bohannon (2023) is the newest Madeline Baker book released so far.

Is there a new Madeline Baker book coming?

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

Madeline Baker at a glance

Paused
No new Madeline Baker title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Madeline Baker books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
11,076 pages across the 31 of 57 books with a recorded length, a median of 390 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Madeline Baker books, 23 of 57, were published in the 1990s.

What the Madeline Baker books are about

31 of the 57 Madeline Baker 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 17 of 31. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.