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Steena Holmes Books in Order

Steena Holmes has written 43 books, published between 2005 and 2026. The first book is Once Upon a Dream (2005) and the newest is When You Tell (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
43
Published
2005–2026
Pages on record
2,877 in 12 of 43 books
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Family suspense is Steena Holmes's subject: missing children, kidnapping, mistaken identity and grief run through her books. Finding Emma (2012) opens her best known sequence, and Stillwater Bay, Halfway, Saving Abby and Love So Sweet follow. Forty-seven catalogued titles stretch from Once Upon a Dream (2005) to When You Tell (2026), and Holmes continues to publish.

How many Steena Holmes books are there?

Steena Holmes has 43 books, released between 2005 and 2026. They include 7 series and 15 titles listed outside any series.

Steena Holmes Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 43 Steena Holmes 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 Once Upon a Dream by Steena Holmes (2005)
  2. Cover of Chocolate Reality by Steena Holmes (2011)
  3. Cover of Finding Emma by Steena Holmes, book 1 of the Finding Emma series (2012)
  4. Cover of The Memory Child by Steena Holmes, book 1 of the Memory series (2014)
  5. Cover of Return to Sender by Steena Holmes, book 2 of the Love So Sweet series (2014)
  6. Cover of Stillwater Rising by Steena Holmes, book 2 of the Stillwater Bay series (2014)
  7. Cover of Saving Abby by Steena Holmes, book 1 of the Saving Abby series (2016)
  8. Cover of Abby's Journey by Steena Holmes, book 2 of the Saving Abby series (2017)
  9. Cover of The Forgotten Ones by Steena Holmes (2018)
  10. Cover of The Patient by Steena Holmes (2019)
  11. Cover of The Perfect Secret by Steena Holmes (2020)
  1. 1
    Once Upon a Dream2005 · 204 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005204
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  2. 2
    Chocolate Reality2011 · 194 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011194
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  3. 3
    UnknownBandit Creek #52011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  4. 4
    Finding EmmaFinding Emma #12012 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012276
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  5. 5
    Dear JackFinding Emma #22012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  6. 6
    Halfway to NowhereHalfway #12013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  7. 7
    Sweet MemoriesLove So Sweet #12013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  8. 8
    Emma's SecretFinding Emma #32013 · 243 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013243
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  9. 9
    Dottie's MemoriesFinding Emma #42013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  10. 10
    Before the StormStillwater Bay #12014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  11. 11
    The Memory ChildMemory #12014 · 210 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014210
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  12. 12
    Return to SenderLove So Sweet #22014 · 130 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014130
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  13. 13
    Stillwater RisingStillwater Bay #22014 · 253 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014253
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  14. 14
    Megan's HopeFinding Emma #52014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  15. 15
    Halfway in BetweenHalfway #22015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  16. 16
    The Memory JournalMemory #22015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  17. 17
    Halfway to ChristmasHalfway #32015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  18. 18
    The Word Game2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  19. 19
    Saving AbbySaving Abby #12016 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016264
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  20. 20
    Dreams of StillwaterStillwater Bay #32016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  21. 21
    Sweet ReturnLove So Sweet #32016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  22. 22
    Stillwater DeepStillwater Bay #42016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  23. 23
    Sweet RetreatLove So Sweet #42016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  24. 24
    Abby's JourneySaving Abby #22017 · 227 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017227
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  25. 25
    Stillwater TidesStillwater Bay #52017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  26. 26
    Sweet DreamsLove So Sweet #52017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  27. 27
    Charmed by ChocolateLove at the Chocolate Shop #62017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  28. 28
    Stillwater ShoresStillwater Bay #62017 · 226 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017226
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  29. 29
    Captured by ChocolateLove at the Chocolate Shop #112017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  30. 30
    The Forgotten Ones2018 · 348 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018348
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Steena Holmes 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.

Stillwater Bay in order

6 books
  1. 1. Before the Storm
  2. 2. Stillwater Rising
  3. 3. Dreams of Stillwater
  4. 4. Stillwater Deep
  5. 5. Stillwater Tides
  6. 6. Stillwater Shores

Finding Emma in order

5 books
  1. 1. Finding Emma
  2. 2. Dear Jack
  3. 3. Emma's Secret
  4. 4. Dottie's Memories
  5. 5. Megan's Hope

Love So Sweet in order

5 books
  1. 1. Sweet Memories
  2. 2. Return to Sender
  3. 3. Sweet Return
  4. 4. Sweet Retreat
  5. 5. Sweet Dreams

Halfway in order

3 books
  1. 1. Halfway to Nowhere
  2. 2. Halfway in Between
  3. 3. Halfway to Christmas

Memory in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Memory Child
  2. 2. The Memory Journal

Saving Abby in order

2 books
  1. 1. Saving Abby
  2. 2. Abby's Journey

Tinsel Travelers in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Library of Christmas Memories
  2. 2. A Belgium Chocolate Christmas

Love at the Chocolate Shop in order

2 books
  1. 6. Charmed by Chocolate
  2. 11. Captured by Chocolate

Bandit Creek in order

1 book
  1. 5. Unknown

Standalone books

15 books

15 Steena Holmes titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Steena Holmes books in order?

You only need to read Steena Holmes 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 Steena Holmes

Start with Once Upon a Dream (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Steena Holmes book?

When You Tell (2026) is the newest Steena Holmes book released so far.

Is there a new Steena Holmes book coming?

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

Steena Holmes at a glance

Still publishing
Steena Holmes published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Steena Holmes books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
2,877 pages across the 12 of 43 books with a recorded length, a median of 235 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Steena Holmes books, 30 of 43, were published in the 2010s.

What the Steena Holmes books are about

8 of the 43 Steena Holmes books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: family life is tagged on 4 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.