R.C. Ryan Books in Order

R.C. Ryan has written 19 books, published between 2010 and 2021. The first book is Montana Legacy (2010) and the newest is Meant to Be My Cowboy (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Ruth Langan books in order are published under that pen name.

Books
19
Published
2010–2021
Pages on record
5,834 in 14 of 19 books
Reading time
97–146 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,834 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 19 titles with a page count on record.

R.C. Ryan writes western and contemporary romance, with ranch life and Montana named among the subjects. Nineteen books are catalogued between 2010 and 2021, starting with Montana Legacy (2010) and ending with Meant to Be My Cowboy (2021). Six series carry the R.C. Ryan name: Malloys of Montana, McCords, Wyoming Sky, Copper Creek Cowboys, Montana Strong and Wranglers of Wyoming. Recorded subjects also include ranchers, veterinarians, widows, teachers and emergency medical personnel. The Maverick of Copper Creek (2014), The Legacy of Copper Creek (2015) and The Rebel of Copper Creek (2015) are among the titles.

How many R.C. Ryan books are there?

R.C. Ryan has 19 books, released between 2010 and 2021. They include 6 separate series.

R.C. Ryan Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 R.C. Ryan 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. 1
    Montana LegacyMcCords #12010 · 296 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010296
  2. 2
    Montana DestinyMcCords #22010 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010336
  3. 3
    Montana GloryMcCords #32010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010
  4. 4
    QuinnWyoming Sky #12012 · 319 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012319
  5. 5
    JoshWyoming Sky #22012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012
  6. 6
    JakeWyoming Sky #32013 · 438 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013438
  7. 7
    The Maverick of Copper CreekCopper Creek Cowboys #12014 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014400
  8. 8
    The Rebel of Copper CreekCopper Creek Cowboys #22015 · 365 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015365
  9. 9
    The Legacy of Copper CreekCopper Creek Cowboys #32015 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015368
  10. 10
    MattMalloys of Montana #12016 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016368
  11. 11
    LukeMalloys of Montana #22016 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016368
  12. 12
    ReedMalloys of Montana #32017 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017400
  13. 13
    A Cowboy's Christmas EveMalloys of Montana #42017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017
  14. 14
    Cowboy on My MindMontana Strong #12018 · 496 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018496
  15. 15
    The Cowboy Next DoorMontana Strong #22019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019
  16. 16
    Born to Be a CowboyMontana Strong #32019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019
  17. 17
    My Kind of CowboyWranglers of Wyoming #12020 · 656 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020656
  18. 18
    This Cowboy of MineWranglers of Wyoming #22020 · 672 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020672
  19. 19
    Meant to Be My CowboyWranglers of Wyoming #32021 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021352

R.C. Ryan 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.

Malloys of Montana in order

4 books
  1. 1. Matt
  2. 2. Luke
  3. 3. Reed
  4. 4. A Cowboy's Christmas Eve

McCords in order

3 books
  1. 1. Montana Legacy
  2. 2. Montana Destiny
  3. 3. Montana Glory

Wyoming Sky in order

3 books
  1. 1. Quinn
  2. 2. Josh
  3. 3. Jake

Copper Creek Cowboys in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Maverick of Copper Creek
  2. 2. The Rebel of Copper Creek
  3. 3. The Legacy of Copper Creek

Montana Strong in order

3 books
  1. 1. Cowboy on My Mind
  2. 2. The Cowboy Next Door
  3. 3. Born to Be a Cowboy

Wranglers of Wyoming in order

3 books
  1. 1. My Kind of Cowboy
  2. 2. This Cowboy of Mine
  3. 3. Meant to Be My Cowboy

Do you have to read R.C. Ryan books in order?

You only need to read R.C. Ryan 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 R.C. Ryan

Start with Montana Legacy (2010), the earliest published title.

What is the newest R.C. Ryan book?

Meant to Be My Cowboy (2021) is the newest R.C. Ryan book released so far.

Is there a new R.C. Ryan book coming?

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

R.C. Ryan at a glance

Paused
No new R.C. Ryan title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
R.C. Ryan books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
5,834 pages across the 14 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 368 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most R.C. Ryan books, 16 of 19, were published in the 2010s.

What the R.C. Ryan books are about

12 of the 19 R.C. Ryan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: western romance is tagged on 7 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.