Devney Perry writes several Montana-set romance lines, some built for binge-reading in sequence, others designed as pick-any-book standalones inside a shared setting. The safest way to avoid spoilers is simple: finish a named series before starting the next one.
This page separates each series clearly, flags pen names, and gives the cleanest order to read everything.
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Start with the lane that matches your mood
- Family saga + small-town mystery: start with Indigo Ridge (The Edens)
- Classic early-series small-town romance: start with The Coppersmith Farmhouse (Jamison Valley)
- Romantic suspense with a motorcycle edge: start with Steel King (Clifton Forge)
- Short, fast emotional reads that form one arc: start with Runaway Road (Runaway)
- Romantasy: start with Shield of Sparrows
- One-and-done test drive: try A Little Too Wild or Rifts and Refrains
Reading order by series
Lost Legends
- Bluebird Gold: A teacher returns to settle her father’s estate and gets pulled into a small-town mystery, and the sheriff guarding it.
Shield of Sparrows
- Shield of Sparrows: A princess on a forced path to power is pushed into danger beside someone she can’t stand.
- Rites of the Starling: The next leg of the journey raises the stakes as alliances sharpen and survival demands sacrifice.
Haven River Ranch
- Crossroads: A return to a Montana guest ranch reopens an old love and the grief that separated them.
- Sunlight: Life on the ranch brings a new romance into focus when two people stop running from what they want.
The Edens
- Christmas in Quincy (prequel novella): A holiday snapshot that introduces the town and the Eden family tone.
- Indigo Ridge: A new police chief clashes with Quincy’s founding family while a murder investigation closes in.
- Juniper Hill: A single mother on the edge meets the man next door, and the walls come down one day at a time.
- Garnet Flats: A second chance ignites when the past returns with unfinished business and real consequences.
- Jasper Vale: A guarded hero and a determined heroine collide as long-held feelings finally demand air.
4.5. The Edens: A Legacy (short story): A quick return to Quincy that works best after you’ve met the core cast. - Crimson River: A missing-person thread pulls a couple together while the town’s secrets get louder.
- Sable Peak: A mountain-set romance with Eden-family ties where trust is the real risk.
Clifton Forge
- Steel King (also published as Gypsy King): A runaway bride meets a man with a dangerous reputation, and finds safety isn’t simple.
- Riven Knight: A woman in trouble turns to the one person she shouldn’t trust, and the cost of truth rises fast.
- Stone Princess: A fresh betrayal pushes a heroine into the orbit of a man who doesn’t do gentle, until her.
- Noble Prince: A relationship grows under pressure as old loyalties and new love compete for the lead.
- Fallen Jester: A high-heat romance where the hero’s mask slips and the real stakes finally show.
- Tin Queen: The final piece of the Clifton Forge arc, where family, danger, and devotion collide.
Treasure State Wildcats
- Coach: A former football star and single dad is forced to confront the love he never really outgrew.
- Blitz: A fast-moving romance where desire shows up early and the hard part is staying.
- Rally: A heroine starting from nothing finds stability in the last place she expected.
- Merit: A relationship built on respect gets tested when ambition and vulnerability arrive together.
Calamity Montana (written as Willa Nash)
- The Bribe: A deal meant to solve a problem becomes a love story that refuses to stay transactional.
1.5. The Booty (short story): A brief return that’s best after you’ve started the series. - The Bluff: A romance built on secrets where the truth changes what “home” means.
- The Brazen: Two stubborn people clash until the real question becomes who’s brave enough to stay.
- The Bully: A sharp-edged relationship where power games end when feelings get real.
- The Brawl: A volatile connection turns into commitment when neither person can keep pretending they don’t care.
- The Brood: The series closer, where the town’s web of relationships comes full circle.
Runaway
- Runaway Road: One car, one decision, and a love story that begins when everything else falls apart.
- Wild Highway: A woman who built an empire hits the road, and runs into the one complication she can’t buy away.
- Quarter Miles: A long-held love finally gets its chance when timing stops being the excuse.
- Forsaken Trail: A getaway turns dangerous, and the only safe place is with the person she didn’t plan to need.
- Runaway Love: The final driver takes the wheel, delivering the emotional finish the full set is aiming for.
Maysen Jar
- The Birthday List: A bucket-list promise becomes a path back to living, and loving, after loss.
- Letters to Molly: A marriage in trouble tries again through honesty, history, and hard conversations.
2.5. The Dandelion Diary (novella): A child’s perspective reframes love and loneliness in the aftermath of the main books.
Lark Cove
- Tattered: A tough heroine and a steady hero find love in a lakeside town that keeps watching.
- Timid: A shy woman steps into her own strength with a hero who makes space instead of demands.
- Tragic: A solitary man is pulled back into life by the one person he can’t ignore.
- Tinsel: A heroine chasing security learns what matters when the “perfect” life cracks.
- Timeless: A later return to Lark Cove that lands best after the first four.
Jamison Valley
- The Coppersmith Farmhouse: A small-town romance where family history and longing share the same address.
- The Clover Chapel: A second-chance love story that has to survive the shadows of an old bargain.
- The Lucky Heart: A guarded hero meets the person who makes hope feel possible again.
- The Outpost: A love story rooted in protection, secrets, and what a town will forgive.
- The Bitterroot Inn: A romance shaped by reputation and the risk of wanting more than you should.
- The Candle Palace: A later couple’s story that works best once you know Prescott’s core cast.
Holiday Brothers
- The Naughty, The Nice and The Nanny: A holiday mess turns into a romance built on unexpected caretaking.
- Three Bells, Two Bows and One Brother’s Best Friend: Friendship lines blur when Christmas forces proximity.
- A Partridge and a Pregnancy: A surprise pregnancy meets holiday chaos, and feelings refuse to wait.
Standalones and separate worlds (read anytime)
- A Little Too Wild: A small-town romance where attraction shows up like trouble, and sticks around.
- Rifts and Refrains: A famous drummer returns home and faces the love she left behind.
- Clarence Manor (previously titled Ivy): Three roommates, one house full of secrets, and a social game with consequences.
Recommended order for most readers
If you want a plan that stays coherent without turning into a project:
- The Edens (start with Indigo Ridge)
- Clifton Forge
- Jamison Valley → then Lark Cove (both share a wider Montana feel)
- Maysen Jar (emotional palate cleanser)
- Runaway (read the full set for the intended payoff)
- Add Shield of Sparrows whenever you want a genre switch
Latest status
- Bluebird Gold launches the Lost Legends line.
- Merit is listed as the fourth Treasure State Wildcats entry.
- Rites of the Starling follows Shield of Sparrows in the romantasy line.
Frank is the editor of BookSeries.blog, focusing on publication order, chronological timelines, and spoiler-free reading guides for book series and fictional universes.