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Love Inspired Books in Order

Love Inspired contains 73 books, published between 1986 and 2025. The first book is Rachel's Hope (1986) and the newest is The Texan's Unexpected Home (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
73
Published
1986–2025
Pages on record
2,140 in 8 of 73 books
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Love Inspired is a listing of 73 Christian romance titles published between 1986 and 2025, tagged contemporary and western romance. Subjects include single mothers, widows, widowers, unlikely couples, blindness and air pilots. Rachel's Hope (1986) is the earliest entry, followed by In Search of Her Own (1997), A Matter of Trust (1997) and A Father's Love (1998). The Texan's Unexpected Home (2025) is the newest. The listing has no single author: Jolene Navarro is credited on 11 titles and Jean C. Gordon on 6, among many other writers.

How many Love Inspired books are there?

Love Inspired has 73 books, released between 1986 and 2025.

Love Inspired Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 73 Love Inspired 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 A Matter of Trust by Cheryl Wolverton, book 3 of the Love Inspired series (1997)
  2. Cover of This Side of Paradise by Cheryl Wolverton, book 6 of the Love Inspired series (1998)
  3. Cover of The Perfect Gift by Lenora Worth, book 11 of the Love Inspired series (2009)
  4. Cover of The Cowboy's Sweetheart by Brenda Minton, book 13 of the Love Inspired series (2010)
  5. Cover of The Daddy Surprise by Ginny Aiken, book 15 of the Love Inspired series (2011)
  6. Cover of Alaskan Hearts by Teri Wilson, book 22 of the Love Inspired series (2012)
  7. Cover of Small-Town Dad by Jean C. Gordon, book 25 of the Love Inspired series (2012)
  8. Cover of Sleigh Bell Sweethearts by Teri Wilson, book 26 of the Love Inspired series (2013)
  9. Cover of Small-Town Mom by Jean C. Gordon, book 35 of the Love Inspired series (2013)
  10. Cover of Small-Town Midwife by Jean C. Gordon, book 41 of the Love Inspired series (2014)
  11. Cover of Alaskan Sanctuary by Teri Wilson, book 51 of the Love Inspired series (2015)
  12. Cover of The Lawman's Surprise Family by Patricia Johns, book 52 of the Love Inspired series (2016)
  13. Cover of Reuniting His Family by Jean C. Gordon, book 56 of the Love Inspired series (2017)
  14. Cover of A Mom for His Daughter by Jean C. Gordon, book 58 of the Love Inspired series (2017)
  1. 1
    Rachel's Hope1986 · confirmed 2/4
    1986–
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  2. 2
    In Search of Her Own1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  3. 3
    A Matter of Trust1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  4. 4
    A Father's Love1998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  5. 5
    Decidedly Married1998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  6. 6
    This Side of Paradise1998 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998240
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  7. 7
    A Mother's Love1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  8. 8
    A Family to Cherish2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
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  9. 9
    Home to You2006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–
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  10. 10
    Guarded Secrets2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  11. 11
    The Perfect Gift2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  12. 12
    Hometown Courtship2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  13. 13
    The Cowboy's Sweetheart2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  14. 14
    A Season for Family2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  15. 15
    The Daddy Surprise2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  16. 16
    At Home in His Heart2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  17. 17
    Big Sky Family2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  18. 18
    Small-Town Sweethearts2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  19. 19
    The Forest Ranger's Child2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  20. 20
    High Country Hearts2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  21. 21
    Redemption Ranch2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  22. 22
    Alaskan Hearts2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  23. 23
    A Gift of Family2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  24. 24
    Fresh-Start Ranch2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  25. 25
    Small-Town Dad2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  26. 26
    Sleigh Bell Sweethearts2013 · 215 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013215
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  27. 27
    The Rancher Next Door2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  28. 28
    Her Valentine Hero2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  29. 29
    A Canyon Springs Courtship2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  30. 30
    Lone Star Holiday2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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Where to start with Love Inspired

Start with Rachel's Hope (1986), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Love Inspired book?

The Texan's Unexpected Home (2025) is the newest Love Inspired book released so far.

Is there a new Love Inspired book coming?

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

Love Inspired at a glance

Still running
Love Inspired is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Love Inspired books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
2,140 pages across the 8 of 73 books with a recorded length, a median of 232 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Love Inspired books, 50 of 73, were published in the 2010s.
Attribution
Of the 73 titles, 11 are credited to Jolene Navarro, 6 to Jean C. Gordon, 5 to Cheryl Wolverton and 5 to Teri Wilson. A further 28 writers are credited.

What the Love Inspired books are about

14 of the 73 Love Inspired 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.