Tricia T. LaRochelle Books in Order (Updated March 27, 2026)

Tricia T. LaRochelle writes emotional romance with suspense elements. Her catalog is easy to sort because it splits cleanly into one connected series, the Sara Browne Series, and several standalones.

The series should be read in order. The standalones can be read whenever you like.

The quickest way to choose where to start

1. If you want the main connected reading experience, start with Flickering Heart. It is the opening Sara Browne novel and the clearest entry into LaRochelle’s suspense-heavy side.
2. If you want a self-contained book first, start with Sun in My Heart or A Collision with Love. Those are standalones, so there is no continuity risk.
3. If you want the newest currently listed standalone, go with Burning Vengeance.

Best overall reading order

For most readers, this is the cleanest route:

1. Sara Browne Series
2. Sun in My Heart
3. A Collision with Love
4. Let Me Go
5. Burning Vengeance

That order keeps the only true series together, then moves through the standalones by release era.

The Sara Browne Series

This is the part of the bibliography where order matters most. The books follow Sara Browne and Scott Williams across multiple stages of life, so starting in the middle would flatten character growth and spoil earlier developments. The official site lists the series as four books, and Goodreads supports the same numbering.

1. Flickering Heart (2022): Sara Browne arrives at college trying to outrun trauma, then falls for Scott Williams while warnings, old wounds, and fresh danger start closing in around them.
2. Revive (2022): Picking up after book one, Sara and Scott try to rebuild while Sara becomes drawn into a missing-student mystery that pushes the series deeper into grief, fear, and suspense.
3. Handfast (2023): Sara and Scott move toward their future together, but family secrets, Ireland-set discoveries, and unresolved shadows from the past keep the series from settling into safety.
4. Bleeding Heart (2024): Set years later at Christmastime, Sara is now a wife and teacher, but an escaped convict and a life-changing opportunity put her hard-won stability under pressure again.

Optional extra

Sara Browne Series Box Set: Books 1-3 (2023): A collection edition, not a separate story step, so it should be treated as a convenience format rather than another book in the order.

Standalones

These books are separate from Sara Browne and can be read in any order. The official books page groups them under standalones, which is the clearest boundary in LaRochelle’s catalog.

1. Sun in My Heart (2024): Sophie Quinn tries to escape a dangerous marriage and rebuild her life, but family pressure, buried secrets, and a connection to an old tragedy keep the romance tied tightly to suspense.
2. A Collision with Love (2025): A near-miss accident exposes the strain in Cassie Griffin’s marriage and forces her to confront whether career ambition, love, and the desire for a family can still fit in the same life.
3. Let Me Go (2025): JC Sullivan inherits a Vermont vacation home and meets the isolated Iris Flynn, turning a temporary stay into a second-chance story about healing, suspicion, and the threat still hanging over Iris’s past.
4. Burning Vengeance (2026): Natalie Dugan starts over with a cleaning business and meets a scarred former firefighter, but a wave of suspicious fires turns the romance into a suspect-filled small-town suspense story.

Recommended reading order for new readers

If you want one practical master list, use this:

1. Flickering Heart
2. Revive
3. Handfast
4. Bleeding Heart
5. Sun in My Heart
6. A Collision with Love
7. Let Me Go
8. Burning Vengeance

That gives you the only connected series first, then the self-contained novels.

Do Tricia T. LaRochelle books need to be read in order?

Only the Sara Browne Series does.

The four Sara Browne books are continuity-driven and clearly numbered, so publication order is the safest and best order. The other books are official standalones, so you can slot them in by mood without losing context.

Is there a chronological order?

Not a separate one worth using.

For Tricia T. LaRochelle, the useful distinction is series order versus standalone reading, not publication order versus timeline order. For Sara Browne, just read the numbered books straight through. For everything else, pick freely.

Latest release status

The newest clearly listed book on LaRochelle’s official site is Burning Vengeance, marked “Now available.” I did not find a clearly confirmed next announced title beyond the books already listed on her site, so the safest current status is that no further officially verified upcoming release was clearly posted in the sources checked.

FAQ

What is the best Tricia T. LaRochelle book to start with?

Flickering Heart if you want her main series. Sun in My Heart if you want a standalone first.

Are the standalones connected to Sara Browne?

Not on the official site. They are presented separately as standalones, so they should not be treated as spin-offs.

Which Tricia T. LaRochelle books are romantic suspense?

The Sara Browne books clearly lean that way, and the standalones Sun in My Heart and Burning Vengeance also carry strong suspense elements in their official descriptions.

Can I read Bleeding Heart without reading the earlier Sara Browne books?

You could, but it is not the best choice. It depends on the emotional and relationship history built across the first three books.

Final recommendation

If you want the fullest Tricia T. LaRochelle experience, begin with Flickering Heart and read all four Sara Browne books in order. After that, move to the standalones based on mood: Sun in My Heart for escape-and-survival tension, A Collision with Love for marriage-and-ambition conflict, Let Me Go for small-town healing, and Burning Vengeance for the most overt fire-and-mystery suspense.