Chesapeake Shores Books in Order
Chesapeake Shores by Sherryl Woods contains 14 books, published between 2009 and 2017. The first book is The Inn at Eagle Point (2009) and the newest is Lilac Lane (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 2009–2017
- Confirmed
- 14 of 14 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,883 in 11 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 65–97 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,883 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Chesapeake Shores is Sherryl Woods's contemporary romance series about the O'Brien family, Irish Americans on the Maryland coast, with inns and bed and breakfasts, family life and Christmas stories running through it. The Inn at Eagle Point, Flowers on Main and Harbor Lights (2009) open the run, which continues through Moonlight Cove and Driftwood Cottage (2011) to Lilac Lane. Fourteen books stand in the sequence, the last dated 2017.
How many Chesapeake Shores books are there?
Chesapeake Shores has 14 books, released between 2009 and 2017.
Chesapeake Shores Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Chesapeake Shores 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.
- 1The Inn at Eagle Point2009 · 394 pages · confirmed 3/420093943/4
- 2Flowers on Main2009 · confirmed 3/42009–3/4
- 3Harbor Lights2009 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/420094003/4
- 4A Chesapeake Shores Christmas2010 · confirmed 3/42010–3/4
- 5Moonlight Cove2011 · 384 pages · confirmed 4/420113844/4
- 6Beach Lane2011 · 360 pages · confirmed 4/420113604/4
- 7An O'Brien Family Christmas2011 · 282 pages · confirmed 3/420112823/4
- 8Driftwood Cottage2011 · confirmed 4/42011–4/4
- 9The Summer Garden2012 · 376 pages · confirmed 4/420123764/4
- 10A Seaside Christmas2013 · 345 pages · confirmed 4/420133454/4
- 11The Christmas Bouquet / Bayside Retreat2014 · 283 pages · confirmed 3/420142833/4
- 12Dogwood Hill2014 · 330 pages · confirmed 4/420143304/4
- 13Willow Brook Road2015 · 384 pages · confirmed 4/420153844/4
- 14Lilac Lane2017 · 345 pages · confirmed 3/420173453/4
Chesapeake Shores Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Chesapeake Shores books run from The Inn at Eagle Point (2009) to Lilac Lane (2017), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Chesapeake Shores in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Chesapeake Shores books in order?
You should read the Chesapeake Shores books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Chesapeake Shores book also stands alone.
What order should you read Chesapeake Shores books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with The Inn at Eagle Point (2009), the earliest published title. After it come Flowers on Main (2009), Harbor Lights (2009), A Chesapeake Shores Christmas (2010) and Moonlight Cove (2011); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest Chesapeake Shores book?
Lilac Lane (2017) is the newest Chesapeake Shores book released so far.
Is there a new Chesapeake Shores book coming?
No next Chesapeake Shores 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 Shores at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Chesapeake Shores title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Chesapeake Shores books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,883 pages across the 11 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 360 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Chesapeake Shores books, 11 of 14, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 7 of the 14 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Chesapeake Shores books are about
All 14 Chesapeake Shores 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 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Man-woman relationships 7 of 14 books
- Romance 6 of 14 books
- Contemporary romance 6 of 14 books
- Bed and breakfast accommodations 5 of 14 books
- Maryland 4 of 14 books
- Family life 3 of 14 books
- Christmas 2 of 14 books
- Single women 2 of 14 books
More books by Sherryl Woods
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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Other series by Sherryl Woods
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
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