Laura Scott Books in Order (Updated June 12, 2026)

Laura Scott is an American author of Christian romantic suspense, inspirational romance, medical romance, cozy mystery, and small-town contemporary romance. She is closely associated with Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense, but she also publishes indie series and cozy mysteries.

Her bibliography is not one continuous timeline. The practical reading method is to choose a lane first: romantic suspense, small-town romance, medical romance, cozy mystery, or her Noelle Fox Christmas material.

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The safest overall starting point is Wrongly Accused for Love Inspired Suspense readers, Healing Her Heart for small-town inspirational romance, and Dogged by Death for cozy mystery readers.

Reading Map

For Christian romantic suspense: Start with Wrongly Accused, then read the rest of SWAT: Top Cops.
For family-centered suspense: Start with Shielding His Christmas Witness in Callahan Confidential.
For K-9 suspense: Start with Sealed with Courage or Scent of Danger, depending on whether you want Navy SEALs or search-and-rescue dogs.
For small-town romance: Start with Healing Her Heart in Crystal Lake.
For cozy mystery: Start with Dogged by Death.
For current releases: Start with Deadly Abduction, the first Grayson’s Guardians book.

Continuity Rules

Laura Scott’s series are mostly self-contained. You do not need to read every series before starting another one.

Order matters most inside each named series because couples, families, siblings, teams, and past trauma often carry forward. It matters less between separate series.

The K-9 Unit books listed under “series contributed to” are shared-world books. They are separate from Scott’s own K-9 series, Sullivan K9 Search and Rescue.

Laura Scott Books in Order by Series

Twins

These two early suspense books are often grouped near SWAT: Top Cops, but they work cleanly as their own short connected pair.

Identity Crisis (2012): An amnesia-and-missing-twin suspense story where a woman’s lost memories become the key to finding her endangered sister.
Twin Peril (2012): A witness-on-the-run thriller that continues the twin danger thread with murder, pursuit, and hidden identity at the center.

SWAT: Top Cops

This is one of the best entry points for Laura Scott’s Love Inspired Suspense work. Read the two unnumbered related titles first only if you want the fuller lead-in.

Undercover Cowboy (2013): An FBI agent blows his cover to protect a woman from organized crime, turning a mob investigation into a survival partnership.
Her Mistletoe Protector (2013): A mother’s son is abducted before Christmas, forcing her to trust a detective with both the ransom race and her child’s life.
Wrongly Accused (2014): A framed former SWAT cop risks everything to protect his daughter and the foster mother who may be his only ally.
Down to the Wire (2014): A bomb under a teacher’s desk pulls SWAT explosives expert Declan Shaw into a protection case with personal history attached.
Under the Lawman’s Protection (2015): A lawman protection story that keeps the series focused on targeted women, pursuit, and police trust under pressure.
Forgotten Memories (2015): A memory-driven suspense entry where missing pieces from the past complicate the present danger.
Holiday on the Run (2015): A Christmas-season fugitive story where staying alive matters as much as clearing the truth.
Mirror Image (2016): A mistaken-identity or look-alike suspense case that closes the SWAT-era run with doubled danger and shifting trust.

Crystal Lake

Crystal Lake is a small-town inspirational romance series with suspense elements. This is a strong starting place for readers who want community, faith, and second chances more than high-action thriller structure.

Healing Her Heart (2013): Dr. Gabe Allen resists falling for ER nurse Larissa Brockman until danger and forgiveness force both of them to reconsider old wounds.
A Soldier’s Promise (2013): ER nurse Julie Crain helps a wounded single father and his daughter, only to discover the former soldier is carrying a secret that could change everything.
Coming Home (2013): A grieving police officer protects ER nurse Merry Haines from a stalker while struggling to open himself to love again.
Worth the Wait (2014): A city doctor starting over in Crystal Lake is drawn into danger after treating a game warden and becoming part of his world.
Christmas Reunion (2014): A mother fleeing her ex-husband returns to Crystal Lake in a blizzard and finds protection from a deputy tied to her past.
Second Chance (2015): A nurse caring for her nephew after her sister’s death must rely on a deputy when the child is kidnapped.
Christmas Redemption (2020): A reclusive man returns toward Crystal Lake at Christmas and finds a wounded woman whose danger forces him to confront his past.

Callahan Confidential

Callahan Confidential is a family-protection romantic suspense series. Read it in order because the Callahan family business and recurring law-enforcement roles give the series its structure.

Shielding His Christmas Witness (2016): Pregnant witness Kari Danville must rely on FBI agent Marc Callahan after her safe house is breached before a murder trial.
The Only Witness (2017): Homicide detective Miles Callahan protects a mother and her silent daughter, who may have seen the clue that breaks a murder case.
Christmas Amnesia (2017): Assistant district attorney Madison Callahan survives an attack before a trafficking trial but loses the memory that could identify her attacker.
Shattered Lullaby (2018): Lacy Germaine flees with her baby nephew after overhearing a murder, while K-9 cop Matt Callahan tries to keep them alive.
Primary Suspect (2018): Fire investigator Mitch Callahan is framed when a dead ex-girlfriend is discovered, making him both investigator and suspect.
Protecting His Secret Son (2019): Private investigator Mike Callahan protects Shayla O’Hare and her child while uncovering family secrets that connect to his own past.

The McNally Family

The McNally Family books are small-town inspirational romances set around McNally Bay and its family secrets.

To Love (2018): Jazz McNally renovates her grandparents’ mansion into a bed-and-breakfast while a drifter’s help turns into protection when vandalism escalates.
To Cherish (2018): Jemma McNally flees an abusive ex with her young son and must trust deputy Garth Lewis when the threat follows her.
To Laugh (2018): Surgical nurse Izabella Collins arrives at the McNally B&B for a break, only to find danger and a guarded wounded warrior in Jonas McNally.
To Honor (2019): Jesse McNally returns to find a former love and a daughter he never knew existed, with danger pushing the family truth into the open.
To Believe (2019): Deputy Trina Waldorf’s fight against drugs in McNally Bay intersects with Jeremy McNally’s attempt to rebuild life after losing his surgical career.
To Promise (2019): Jake McNally and Brianna Murphy face old secrets, second chances, and the darker history Jake has tried to avoid.

Lifeline Air Rescue

This is a medical romance and rescue-centered series. Read it in order for the best sense of team and relationship continuity.

A Doctor’s Promise (2019): The opening Lifeline Air Rescue story introduces the medical-rescue setting through a doctor’s promise, trust, and urgent care under pressure.
A Doctor’s Secret (2019): A medical romance built around concealed truth, professional duty, and the risk of letting another person close.
A Doctor’s Dilemma (2019): A doctor faces a personal and professional crossroads, keeping the Lifeline Air Rescue stakes emotional as well as medical.
A Doctor’s Trust (2019): Trust becomes the central test as romance and rescue work collide inside the Lifeline Air Rescue world.
A Doctor’s Rescue (2019): A rescue-focused companion entry that belongs in the middle of the Lifeline Air Rescue run.
A Doctor’s Reunion (2019): A reunion romance that uses shared history to deepen the medical-team continuity.
A Doctor’s Christmas (2020): A holiday medical romance that gives the Lifeline Air Rescue sequence its seasonal close.

Justice Seekers

Justice Seekers is a Christian romantic suspense series with military, special-ops, witness-protection, and mountain-escape hooks.

Soldier’s Christmas Secrets (2019): A presumed-dead special-ops soldier must reveal himself to protect his family at Christmas.
Guarded by the Soldier (2020): A soldier protects a pregnant mother and a young boy, turning a family threat into a life-or-death mission.
Wyoming Mountain Escape (2021): A bride on the run after a wedding shooting must survive the mountain wilderness with a former special-ops protector.
Hiding His Holiday Witness (2021): A holiday witness-protection story where staying hidden becomes the only way to survive.
Rocky Mountain Standoff (2021): A mountain suspense entry built around armed danger, isolation, and a forced test of trust.
Fugitive Hunt (2022): A pursuit-driven finale where fugitive danger and justice collide.

Security Specialists, Inc.

This series has broader national-security stakes than many of Scott’s Harlequin lines. It is best read in order.

Target for Terror (2020): Critical care nurse Natalia Sokolova and former FBI agent Sloan Dryer uncover a terrorist plot after a political patient dies under her care.
Target for Ransom (2020): Former FBI agent Jordan Rashid’s anti-terror mission turns personal when the daughter he never knew is kidnapped.
Target for Revenge (2020): Sun Lin and Mack Remington race against a North Korean-linked revenge plot involving a possible nuclear threat.
Target for Treason (2021): Former Secret Service agent Boyd Sinclair protects microbiologist Lina Parker while investigating a threat against the president.

Smoky Mountain Secrets

This series follows foster siblings with shared trauma and unresolved secrets. Read it in order because the past is the spine of the continuity.

Hailey’s Haven (2021): The opening Smoky Mountain Secrets book begins the foster-sibling thread and sets up the long shadow of the group’s past.
Sawyer’s Secret (2021): Sawyer Murphy’s buried truth resurfaces when he rescues Naomi Palmer and the danger points back toward old trauma.
Darby’s Decision (2021): Darby’s story continues the foster-family arc through a choice that ties personal healing to suspense.
Cooper’s Choice (2021): Cooper’s book keeps the series focused on secrets, danger, and the cost of protecting others.
Trent’s Trust (2021): Trent’s entry turns trust into the main obstacle as the shared past keeps pushing into the present.
Jayme’s Journey (2021): Jayme’s story advances the emotional recovery thread while adding another danger-driven romance.
Caitlyn’s Christmas (2021): A Christmas entry that gives the Smoky Mountain Secrets group a holiday-focused continuation.

Called to Protect

This Navy SEAL K-9 romantic suspense series is one of Scott’s clearest K-9 entry points. The team continuity makes publication order useful.

Sealed with Courage (2021): Sign language teacher Aubrey Clark and Navy SEAL Mason Gray search for a kidnapped deaf boy with help from Mason’s K-9, Bravo.
Sealed with Honor (2022): Former Navy SEAL Kaleb Tyson protects a women’s shelter after gunfire erupts during his search for a missing teammate’s sister.
Sealed with Justice (2022): Retired SEAL Hudson Foster and nurse Kendra Pickett revisit a twenty-year-old murder where Hudson was once the prime suspect.
Sealed with Strength (2022): Ranch owner Sylvie McLane is targeted by someone who wants her land, forcing her to accept Dawson Steele’s protection.
Sealed with Trust (2022): Detective Maggie Chandler is framed for her ex-husband’s murder and must trust former SEAL Dallas Hoffman, the father of her daughter.
Sealed with Valor (2022): Nico Ramirez finds the missing Ava Rampart pregnant and hunted, pulling the SEAL team into a race to save mother and baby.
Sealed with a Christmas Promise (2022): Former SEAL turned cop Bryce Flynn protects Callie Burgess at Christmas while investigating her link to a murdered biker.

Furry Friends Mystery

This is a cozy mystery series, separate from Scott’s romantic suspense books. Read it in order because Ally Winter’s life in Willow Bluff develops across the books.

Dogged by Death (2021): Veterinarian Ally Winter returns to Willow Bluff and investigates a lawyer’s murder with a boxer as the key witness.
Tailing Trouble (2022): Ally follows a poodle’s clue to a young woman’s body and must solve a murder while keeping her amateur-sleuth grandfather safe.

Green Lake

Green Lake is a Love Inspired Suspense line with Amish-country and Wisconsin-set danger. Some catalogs list these as standalones, but Scott’s site groups them together as Green Lake.

Hiding in Plain Sight (2022): Shauna McKay hides in Amish country after her mother’s murder, only to realize the killer has followed her.
Amish Holiday Vendetta (2022): Amish widow Elizabeth Walton and furniture maker David McKay face gunfire before Christmas while trying to identify the real target.
Deadly Amish Abduction (2023): Rachel Miller witnesses a murder and turns to Amish farmer Jacob Strauss as kidnapping attempts expose danger tied to her past.
Tracked Through the Woods (2023): Abby Miller searches for her missing FBI-informant father while Agent Wyatt Kane helps her uncover a possible FBI mole.
Kidnapping Cold Case (2024): Forensic artist Jacy Urban must recover memories from her own abduction when new missing-girl cases point to the same predator.
Guarding His Secret Son (2024): Chief Deputy Garrett Nichols learns he has a son after the baby’s mother is murdered and must protect the infant from a killer.

Finnegan First Responders

This series focuses on first responders, emergencies, rescues, and family-linked danger.

Explosive Truth (2022): The opening Finnegan First Responders book sets the tone with danger, emergency response, and hidden truth.
Seeking Justice (2023): A justice-driven entry where protection and off-grid danger push the Finnegan continuity forward.
Protection Detail (2022): A protection assignment turns personal, keeping the series centered on professional duty under threat.
Midnight Abduction (2023): A nighttime kidnapping raises the urgency and sends the first-responder stakes into rescue mode.
Risky Rescue (2023): A rescue-focused story where danger, timing, and emotional trust carry the plot.
Scorched Secrets (2023): A fire-tinged suspense entry that keeps secrets and emergency response closely linked.
Critical Response (2023): A high-pressure responder story where the crisis structure becomes the center of the romance and suspense.
Strategic Threat (2023): A threat-assessment style entry that moves the series into broader danger.
Christmas Crisis (2023): A holiday emergency story that closes the main Finnegan First Responders sequence with seasonal stakes.

Monroe Family

The Monroe Family books are medical drama and inspirational romance rather than straight suspense.

Broken Dreams (2023): Nurse Amber Monroe tries to rebuild after loss, but Dr. Nick Tanner complicates her attempt to move forward.
Crushed Promises (2023): A Monroe Family romance built around broken expectations, emotional repair, and medical-world pressure.
Holiday Haven (2023): Dr. Adam Monroe and pediatric nurse Krista Vaughn care for a safe-haven baby during a dangerous RSV crisis.
Shattered Trust (2024): A trust-focused medical romance that keeps the Monroe Family line centered on healing after emotional damage.
Fractured Reunion (2024): A reunion story where old wounds and family ties shape the romance.
White Christmas (2025): A holiday Monroe Family entry that continues the medical-romance line with Christmas timing.

Oath of Honor

Oath of Honor is a connected romantic suspense series organized around individual character names. Read it in the listed order.

Steele (2024): A pregnant woman targeted outside a law office accepts protection from police officer Steele as the attacks escalate.
Brock (2024): Brock’s story continues the oath-bound protection structure with another character-led suspense case.
Raelyn (2024): Raelyn’s book moves the series forward through a female-centered danger and protection plot.
Grayson (2024): Grayson’s entry adds another named-guardian suspense arc to the Oath of Honor lineup.
Roscoe (2024): Roscoe’s story keeps the series in mission-driven romantic suspense territory.
Jina (2024): Jina’s book gives the series another character-specific case with trust and survival at the center.
Zeke (2024): Zeke’s entry continues the team-style rhythm of danger, protection, and romance.
Flynn (2024): Flynn’s book belongs late in the sequence and should be read after the earlier Oath of Honor titles.
Cassidy (2024): Cassidy’s story closes the main listed Oath of Honor run with another named-character romantic suspense arc.

Texas Justice

Texas Justice is a Love Inspired Suspense series centered on Texas Rangers. Read it in order for the cleanest continuity.

Texas Kidnapping Target (2024): Rancher Mari Lynch’s young son is nearly kidnapped, bringing Texas Ranger Sam Hayward into a case linked to her ex-husband’s crimes.
Texas Ranger Defender (2025): Texas Ranger Tucker Powell finds an endangered, bloodstained woman on his ranch and must solve the mystery before they are both killed.
Dangerous Texas Secrets (2026): Pregnant widow Stacy Copeland is hunted for a stolen code, forcing Texas Ranger Marshall Branson to uncover her late husband’s hidden life.
Texas Cold Case Murder (2026): Texas Ranger tech specialist Nina Dobson investigates her identity and her birth mother’s unsolved murder while a killer tries to bury the past.

Sullivan K9 Search and Rescue

This is Scott’s own K-9 search-and-rescue series and a strong modern starting point for K-9 suspense readers.

Scent of Danger (2024): Agent Doug Bridges turns to Maya Sullivan and her husky Zion after his stepsister is kidnapped in winter Wyoming.
Scent of Panic (2024): Wynona Blackhorse calls Chase Sullivan and his K-9 Rocky when the son Chase never knew about is kidnapped.
Scent of Peril (2025): Jessica Sullivan and her K-9 Teddy uncover danger around a plane, drugs, and an old death tied to Logan Fletcher.
Scent of Fear (2025): Libby Tolliver asks Shane Sullivan and his K-9 Bryce to find her missing grandfather, but the search reveals darker secrets.
Scent of Death (2025): Alexis Sullivan and cadaver K-9 Denali discover bodies in the mountains and attract the attention of a serial killer.
Scent of Fury (2025): Trina’s missing nephew brings Joel Sullivan and his K-9 Royal into a stalker case driven by an old grudge.
Scent of Evil (2025): US Marshal Raine Whitman turns to Justin Sullivan and K-9 Stone after an escaped predator kidnaps her young niece.
Scent of Terror (2025): Pregnant widow Bailey Adams survives a crash with amnesia, forcing Trevor Sullivan and K-9 Archie to protect her before the killer strikes again.
Scent of Murder (2025): Kendra Sullivan and Dominic Lakeland revisit the crash that killed their parents, only to find the past is still deadly.

Grayson’s Guardians

This is Laura Scott’s current 2026 romantic suspense series. It is a good place to start for new readers who want her newest release path.

Deadly Abduction (2026): Lauren Chandler hires bodyguard Grady McFarland to protect her daughter, but a fake-fiancé cover turns real when the child is taken.
Deadly Reunion (2026): Bryn Sinclair is framed for embezzlement and murder, forcing her to trust her late brother’s best friend, Micah Newton.
Deadly Secrets (2026): Former Army soldier Di Milbrath is targeted by gunfire and must partner with cop Jarek Brooks despite the secrets she wants buried.
Deadly Justice (2026): A listed Grayson’s Guardians sequel that continues the bodyguard-and-danger structure with another justice-focused case.
Deadly Memories (2026): A listed Grayson’s Guardians entry built around memory, danger, and the late-series continuation of the guardian premise.

Standalone Laura Scott Novels

These books are not part of the major series above, though some share common Laura Scott themes such as faith, danger, family, and law enforcement.

The Thanksgiving Target (2009): Army lieutenant Max Forrester comes home for Thanksgiving and must protect both his hospitalized sister and the social worker being stalked.
Secret Agent Father (2010): Undercover DEA agent Alex McCade discovers he has a son who can identify a killer, turning fatherhood into a protection mission.
The Christmas Rescue (2010): Kayla Wilson finds a body near Lake Michigan, and Coast Guard officer Rafe deSilva must protect her and her daughter from a crime-ring threat.
Lawman-in-Charge (2011): A lawman-centered suspense story that fits Scott’s early Love Inspired pattern of danger, investigation, and guarded romance.
Proof of Life (2011): CSI investigator Shanna Dawson receives a shocking clue about her long-missing sister when fingerprints connect the missing woman to murder.

Series Contributions and Shared Worlds

These are not Laura Scott’s core standalone continuities. Read them if you are following the shared world or collecting everything by the author.

Sheriff (2017): A Classified K-9 Unit contribution that should be read with that multi-author K-9 world rather than Scott’s own series.
Battle Tested (2018): A Military K-9 Unit contribution where the military-dog framework matters more than Scott’s private continuity.
Blind Trust (2019): A True Blue K-9 Unit entry that belongs inside the shared K-9 law-enforcement universe.
Copycat Killer (2020): The first True Blue K-9 Unit: Brooklyn book, using a copycat-crime setup inside a multi-author K-9 framework.
Tracking Stolen Secrets (2021): An Alaska K-9 Unit contribution that should be read with that shared-world line.
Hiding in Montana (2022): A Rocky Mountain K-9 Unit contribution with mountain danger and K-9 protection.
Shielding the Baby (2023): A Pacific Northwest K-9 Unit opener built around baby protection and K-9 suspense.
Baby Protection Mission (2024): A Mountain Country K-9 Unit opener where the child-protection hook drives the shared-world case.
Chasing a Kidnapper (2025): A Dakota K-9 Unit opener that uses pursuit, abduction, and K-9 tracking as the main engine.
Valor (2025): A Long Hot Summer contribution listed with other authors, best treated as optional for Laura Scott readers.
Searching for the Truth (2026): A Colorado K-9 Unit book and the first entry in that shared line, separate from Sullivan K9 Search and Rescue.
Guided by the Stars (2026): A Northern Lights contribution, separate from Scott’s main romantic suspense continuities.

Noelle Fox / North Pole, Alaska

Laura Scott has also been associated with the Noelle Fox name. These Christmas books are a separate continuity from her suspense and medical romance work.

Dream by the Fire (2026 reissue listing): A North Pole, Alaska Christmas romance previously associated with the Noelle Fox name and separate from the Laura Scott suspense worlds.
We’re Happy Tonight (2026 reissue listing): A Christmas-themed North Pole, Alaska entry that belongs to the same separate holiday continuity.
All the Way Home (2026 reissue listing): A North Pole, Alaska romance that should be read with that Christmas series rather than Scott’s Love Inspired Suspense books.

Collections and Omnibus Editions

Standoff at Christmas / Christmas Escape / Yuletide Target (2019): A multi-author holiday collection that includes Laura Scott material but is not a separate Laura Scott series.

Box sets and bundles are best used for collecting, not for reading order. They usually repackage stories already listed above.

Chronological Order

A single chronological order is not recommended for Laura Scott. Her series do not form one shared fictional timeline.

Use series order instead. The major exception is when catalogs separate related early titles, such as Identity Crisis and Twin Peril, from SWAT: Top Cops. Readers who want the fuller early suspense path can read those two before moving into the main SWAT list.

Latest Laura Scott Release Status

As of June 6, 2026, Deadly Secrets is the newest listed Grayson’s Guardians release.

The next listed Laura Scott books are Deadly Justice, Texas Cold Case Murder, and Deadly Memories, all scheduled for later in 2026.

The newest active continuities are Grayson’s Guardians, Texas Justice, and the 2026 shared-world K-9 contributions.

FAQs

Do Laura Scott books need to be read in order?

Inside a named series, yes. Across all of her books, no.

Each series has its own team, family, town, or shared-world setup. Reading within series order preserves character history and recurring danger threads.

What Laura Scott book should I read first?

Start with Wrongly Accused if you want Love Inspired Suspense. Start with Healing Her Heart if you want small-town inspirational romance. Start with Dogged by Death if you want cozy mystery.

Are Laura Scott’s K-9 books all connected?

No. Called to Protect and Sullivan K9 Search and Rescue are separate Laura Scott series. The K-9 Unit books are shared-world contributions and should be read with their own multi-author lines.

Is Furry Friends Mystery romantic suspense?

No. It is cozy mystery. It has a lighter mystery structure, a veterinarian sleuth, animals, and recurring small-town characters.

Are the Noelle Fox books part of Laura Scott’s suspense series?

No. Treat the North Pole, Alaska books as a separate Christmas-romance continuity.

What is Laura Scott’s newest series?

The current 2026 Laura Scott series is Grayson’s Guardians, beginning with Deadly Abduction.

Conclusion

Laura Scott is best read by lane, not as one merged timeline.

For suspense, begin with Wrongly Accused or jump to the newer Deadly Abduction. For small-town romance, begin with Healing Her Heart. For K-9 suspense, choose Sealed with Courage or Scent of Danger. For cozy mystery, begin with Dogged by Death.

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