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Chesapeake Diaries Books in Order

Chesapeake Diaries by Mariah Stewart contains 12 books, published between 2010 and 2018. The first book is Coming Home (2010) and the newest is Dune Drive (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2010–2018
Confirmed
12 of 12 titles
Pages on record
3,843 in 10 of 12 books
Reading time
64–96 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,843 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

See all 12 books in order Printable Chesapeake Diaries checklist

Chesapeake Diaries is contemporary romance set in St. Dennis, a small town on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Mariah Stewart wrote 12 books, from Coming Home (2010) to Dune Drive (2018), taking in Almost Home (2011), Hometown Girl (2011), The Long Way Home (2013), On Sunset Beach (2014) and Driftwood Point (2016). One of them brings Grady Shields, a former FBI agent, back to St. Dennis for his sister's wedding, where he meets Vanessa Keaton, who runs a boutique called Bling. Weddings, widowers and bereavement recur across the subjects.

How many Chesapeake Diaries books are there?

Chesapeake Diaries has 12 books, released between 2010 and 2018.

Chesapeake Diaries Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Chesapeake Diaries 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 Coming Home by Mariah Stewart, book 1 of the Chesapeake Diaries series (2010)
  2. Cover of Home Again by Mariah Stewart, book 2 of the Chesapeake Diaries series (2010)
  3. Cover of Almost Home by Mariah Stewart, book 3 of the Chesapeake Diaries series (2011)
  4. Cover of Hometown Girl by Mariah Stewart, book 4 of the Chesapeake Diaries series (2011)
  5. Cover of Home for the Summer by Mariah Stewart, book 5 of the Chesapeake Diaries series (2012)
  6. Cover of The Long Way Home by Mariah Stewart, book 6 of the Chesapeake Diaries series (2013)
  7. Cover of At the River's Edge by Mariah Stewart, book 7 of the Chesapeake Diaries series (2014)
  8. Cover of On Sunset Beach by Mariah Stewart, book 8 of the Chesapeake Diaries series (2014)
  9. Cover of That Chesapeake Summer by Mariah Stewart, book 9 of the Chesapeake Diaries series (2015)
  10. Cover of The Chesapeake Bride by Mariah Stewart, book 11 of the Chesapeake Diaries series (2017)
  11. Cover of Dune Drive by Mariah Stewart, book 12 of the Chesapeake Diaries series (2018)
  1. 1
    Coming Home2010 · 376 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010376
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  2. 2
    Home Again2010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Almost Home2011 · 391 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011391
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Hometown Girl2011 · 374 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011374
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Home for the Summer2012 · 353 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012353
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    The Long Way Home2013 · 426 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013426
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    At the River's Edge2014 · 423 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014423
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    On Sunset Beach2014 · 364 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014364
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    That Chesapeake Summer2015 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015368
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Driftwood Point2016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    The Chesapeake Bride2017 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017368
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Dune Drive2018 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Is there a chronological order for Chesapeake Diaries?

No separate chronological order is on record for Chesapeake Diaries, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Chesapeake Diaries books in order?

You should read the Chesapeake Diaries books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Chesapeake Diaries book also stands alone.

Where to start with Chesapeake Diaries

Start with Coming Home (2010), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Chesapeake Diaries book?

Dune Drive (2018) is the newest Chesapeake Diaries book released so far.

Is there a new Chesapeake Diaries book coming?

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

Chesapeake Diaries at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Chesapeake Diaries title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Chesapeake Diaries books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
3,843 pages across the 10 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 375 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Chesapeake Diaries books, 12 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Chesapeake Diaries books are about

All 12 Chesapeake Diaries 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 7 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Mariah Stewart

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