Hannah Cowan Books in Order (Updated March 27, 2026)

Hannah Cowan is a Canadian romance author whose books are built less like isolated series and more like one expanding reading ecosystem. Cameos, family links, and generational handoffs matter here, so the best reading order depends on whether you want the full universe experience or just the cleanest modern entry point.

The safest rule is simple: read within each series in publication order, and remember that Lucky Hit starts the world while Her Greatest Mistake starts the extended second-generation run. Strung Along is also a valid entry if you want the small-town branch first.

The continuity map

There are three useful ways to think about Hannah Cowan’s catalog.

• The foundation layer is Swift Hat-Trick and Amateurs in Love. These books set up characters and family lines that matter later.
• The second-generation core begins with Her Greatest Mistake and expands through Greatest Love, Cherry Peak, Oak Point, and Vancouver Havoc. This is where the inter-series connections become most important.
• Then there are the parallel newer branches, especially Snowbell Ridge and Harbour of Hope. These are easier to read on their own, even if you already know Cowan likes to seed her wider world with references and overlap.

Recommended reading order

For the fullest version of the Hannah Cowan universe, this is the best route:

1. Swift Hat-Trick
2. Amateurs in Love
3. Greatest Love
4. Cherry Peak
5. Oak Point
6. Vancouver Havoc
7. Snowbell Ridge
8. Harbour of Hope

That order preserves the family progression, the second-generation payoff, and the growing network of callbacks.

For a shorter on-ramp, start with Her Greatest Mistake if you want the most popular second-generation entry, or Strung Along if you want small-town romance first. For the true beginning, start with Lucky Hit.

Publication order by series

Swift Hat-Trick – first-generation foundation

1. Lucky Hit (2021): The first published Hannah Cowan novel and the clearest true starting point, introducing the hockey world and relationship network that later books build on.
2. Between Periods (2022): A bridging novella set after Lucky Hit, showing the friend group in motion and setting up emotional and romantic movement for later Swift Hat-Trick books.
3. Blissful Hook (2021): A best friend’s little sister romance that expands the core group and makes the series feel like a connected cast rather than a one-couple story.
4. Vital Blindside (2022): A single-dad hockey romance that pushes the series outward while still rewarding readers who know the earlier friend-circle history.
5. Overtime (2024, optional): A follow-up novella focused on Matt and Morgan; the author site places it after the main trilogy, making it best treated as an extra rather than a required stop.

Amateurs in Love – first-generation companion branch

1. Craving the Player (2021): Starts the amateur-hockey side of the universe and works as a companion branch to the early hockey books.
2. Taming the Player (2022): Continues the series directly and is best read after Craving the Player, especially for relationship payoff and shared-history context.

Greatest Love – second-generation core

1. Her Greatest Mistake (2023): The official start of the extended second-generation timeline and the strongest modern starting point if you do not want to begin all the way back at Lucky Hit.
2. Her Greatest Adventure (2023): Builds directly on the second-generation setup and keeps the family-and-friends continuity moving forward rather than sideways.
3. His Greatest Muse (2023): Deepens the second-generation web, making the ongoing cast relationships feel more interlocked and less episodic.
4. His Greatest Treasure (2024): Pulls another major family thread into focus and works best after the first three Greatest Love books.
5. Their Greatest Strength (2025): The fifth and final Greatest Love novel, serving as the payoff volume for readers who have stayed with this branch in order.

Cherry Peak – second-generation small-town branch

1. Strung Along (2024): Opens Cherry Peak as a major setting and introduces Brody Steele’s hometown, making it the cleanest entry to Cowan’s small-town side.
2. Catching Sparks (2024): Expands Cherry Peak’s social map and works best after Strung Along because the town itself is already part of the appeal by then.
3. Chasing Home (2024): Adds a stronger family-discovery angle, making Cherry Peak feel more layered and generationally rooted.
4. Stealing Sunshine (2025): A fake-dating, sapphic Cherry Peak romance that broadens the tone of the series while still relying on the town’s established connections.
5. Choosing Forever (2025): The fifth and currently final Cherry Peak novel, written as the series capstone and best saved for last.

Oak Point – second-generation neighboring branch

1. Show Me How (2025): Starts Oak Point in a nearby town and opens a new branch without cutting it off from the wider second-generation landscape.
2. Show Me You Remember (2026): Continues Oak Point directly and is not the place to start, since it assumes you already know the emotional groundwork from book one.

Vancouver Havoc – second-generation expansion

Crossed Signals (2026): Launches Cowan’s first baseball series and extends the second-generation universe into a new sport rather than restarting the continuity.

Snowbell Ridge – side branch with direct internal order

1. Snow Harm, No Foul (2024): Starts the Snowbell Ridge line with a strong small-town setup and a very direct central premise.
2. Till Cupid Do Us Part (2025): Not a standalone novella and explicitly meant to be read after Snow Harm, No Foul, since it continues that story rather than resetting it.
3. Fake a Chance on Me (2026): The third Snowbell Ridge book, shifting to a fake-dating setup while staying inside the same town continuity.

Harbour of Hope – newer separate-feeling lane

Power Shift (2025): Opens the Harbour of Hope series and reads like a distinct lane within Cowan’s catalog, best approached as its own starting point if you specifically want the omegaverse angle.

Do you need to read Hannah Cowan in order?

Not every single book requires complete universe knowledge, but the catalog absolutely rewards ordered reading.

1. If you want the full continuity experience, begin with Lucky Hit. That is the author’s first published book and still the clearest foundation for later references.
2. If you want the best compromise between accessibility and payoff, begin with Her Greatest Mistake. It starts the second-generation run cleanly while still connecting back to earlier books.
3. If you want the best small-town entry, begin with Strung Along.

Publication order or chronological order?

For Hannah Cowan, publication order is the recommended order.

That is partly because the books were clearly written to reveal connections over time, and partly because the second-generation material lands better when you already know where some of those family lines came from. A strict “chronological” reshuffle would remove that gradual recognition effect and make the universe feel flatter than it is.

Novellas and extras

The two shorter books that matter most for placement are easy to handle.

1. Between Periods belongs after Lucky Hit. The author site explicitly warns that it should only be read after that novel.
2. Till Cupid Do Us Part belongs after Snow Harm, No Foul. The author site also explicitly says it is not standalone.

Overtime is best treated as optional. One publisher sample labels it Swift Hat-Trick #2.5, while the official author page presents it as #3.5, so the most stable reading advice is simply to place it after the main trilogy as an extra rather than force it into the core sequence.

Where to start

1. Start with Lucky Hit if you want the real beginning.
2. Start with Her Greatest Mistake if you want the most popular and most efficient entry into the connected universe.
3. Start with Strung Along if you want to meet Hannah Cowan through her small-town branch first.

Latest release status

As of March 27, 2026, the most recent confirmed release I found is Crossed Signals, which released on March 19, 2026 as Vancouver Havoc #1. Before that, Show Me You Remember released on January 8, 2026. I found active confirmation that Oak Point and Vancouver Havoc are ongoing focus areas, but I did not find clearly titled later books on the official site that were more firmly confirmed than those already listed above.

FAQs

What is the first Hannah Cowan book?

Lucky Hit is the first published Hannah Cowan novel and the author’s own “full experience” starting point.

What is the best Hannah Cowan series to start with?

For the full universe, start with Swift Hat-Trick. For the strongest newer entry, start with Greatest Love. For small-town romance first, start with Cherry Peak.

Is Hannah Cowan’s catalog one connected world?

Yes. The author’s site says all of her books exist in the same world and include cameos and references across series.

Which Hannah Cowan series are complete?

Greatest Love appears complete at five books, and Cherry Peak is presented as complete at five books. Amateurs in Love is not expected to continue for the foreseeable future. Oak Point and Vancouver Havoc are still active areas of the universe.

Final recommendation

If the goal is accuracy over guesswork, the best single answer is this: read Hannah Cowan in publication order, beginning with Lucky Hit.

If you want the sharper modern shortcut, Her Greatest Mistake is the right alternative. It gives you the second-generation core without losing the sense that these books belong to a much larger, carefully connected reading world.