Conard County Books in Order

Rachel Lee has written 76 Conard County books, published between 1992 and 2026: 75 in the 2 main-line series and 1 related title. The first book is Exile's End (1992) and the newest main-line book is Lethal Homecoming (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
76
Published
1992–2026
Confirmed
1 of 76 titles
Pages on record
11,057 in 43 of 76 books
Reading time
184–276 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 11,057 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 43 of 76 titles with a page count on record.

Conard County is the Wyoming setting Rachel Lee returns to across 76 books published between 1992 and 2026. Exile's End and Cherokee Thunder both appeared in 1992, and Lethal Homecoming arrived in 2026. Ranchers, police officers and veterans populate the stories, which pair contemporary romance with suspense and police procedural plots. Conard County: The Next Generation carries the line forward. Books run to a median 256 pages.

How many Conard County books are there?

Conard County has 76 books, released between 1992 and 2026. 75 of them belong to the 2 main-line series (Conard County: The Next Generation, Conard County), and 1 related title sit outside it: other titles.

Conard County Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 76 Conard County 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
    Exile's EndConard County #11992 · confirmed 2/4
    1992
  2. 2
    Cherokee ThunderConard County #21992 · confirmed 2/4
    1992
  3. 3
    Miss Emmaline and the ArchangelConard County #31993 · confirmed 2/4
    1993
  4. 4
    IronheartConard County #41993 · 253 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993253
  5. 5
    Lost WarriorsConard County #51993 · 250 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993250
  6. 6
    Point of No ReturnConard County #61994 · 249 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994249
  7. 7
    Thunder MountainConard County #71994 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994256
  8. 8
    A Question of JusticeConard County #81994 · 251 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994251
  9. 9
    A Conard County ReckoningConard County #91996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996
  10. 10
    NighthawkConard County #101997 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997248
  11. 11
    Cowboy Comes HomeConard County #111998 · 251 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998251
  12. 12
    The Catch of Conard CountyConard County #121998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998
  13. 13
    Boots and BadgesConard County #131999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999
  14. 14
    Involuntary DaddyConard County #141999 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999256
  15. 15
    Holiday HeroesConard County #152007 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007248
  16. 16
    A Soldier's HomecomingConard County #162008 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008216
  17. 17
    Protector of OneConard County: The Next Generation #12009 · 217 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009217
  18. 182009
  19. 19
    The Man from NowhereConard County: The Next Generation #32010 · 213 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010213
  20. 20
    Her Hero in HidingConard County: The Next Generation #42010 · 219 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010219
  21. 212010
  22. 222011
  23. 232011
  24. 242011
  25. 252011
  26. 262011432
  27. 27
    Guardian in DisguiseConard County: The Next Generation #112012 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012224
  28. 282012
  29. 292012
  30. 30
    What She SawConard County: The Next Generation #142013 · 281 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013281

Do you have to read Conard County books in order?

You should read the 2 main-line series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 1 related title (other titles) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Conard County book also stands alone.

Where to start with Conard County

Start with Exile's End (1992), the earliest published book in the 2 main-line series.

What is the newest Conard County book?

Lethal Homecoming (2026) is the newest book in the 2 main-line series.

Is there a new Conard County book coming?

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

Conard County at a glance

Still running
Conard County is still running, with a main-line title published as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Conard County books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
11,057 pages across the 43 of 76 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Conard County books, 42 of 76, were published in the 2010s.

What the Conard County books are about

48 of the 76 Conard County books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: man-woman relationships is tagged on 21 of 48. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Rachel Lee

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Series that include Conard County books

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.