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Madeline Baker Books in Order

Find every Madeline Baker book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 108 books / 17 series

American author Madeline Baker is best known for her sweeping Native American romance novels, particularly the *Children of the Dawn* series. Her books have sold millions of copies worldwide, cementing her legacy as a pioneer of the genre. This page provides the Madeline Baker books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All Madeline Baker Books in Chronological Order

1961 Collected Poems POoSSC / 1 Buy
1985 Reckless Heart POoRB / 1 Buy
1986 Love in the Wind POoSN / 1 Buy
1987 Reckless Love POoRB / 2 Buy
1988 Love Forevermore POoSN / 2 Buy
1988 Reckless Desire POoRB / 3 Buy
1989 Renegade Heart POoSN / 3 Buy
1989 First Love, Wild Love POoSN / 4 Buy
1990 Forbidden Fires POoSN / 5 Buy
1990 Lacey's Way POoSN / 6 Buy
1991 A Whisper in the Wind POoTTB / 1 Buy
1991 Prairie Heat POoSN / 7 Buy
1992 Midnight Fire POoSN / 8 Buy
1992 Comanche Flame POoSN / 9 Buy
1993 A Wilderness Christmas POoSSC / 2 Buy
1993 The Spirit Path POoTTB / 2 Buy
1993 Warrior's Lady POoSN / 10 Buy
1994 Beneath a Midnight Moon POoAASN / 1 Buy
1994 Secrets of the Heart POoSSC / 3 Buy
1994 Cheyenne Surrender POoSN / 11 Buy
1994 Heart of the Hunter POoSN / 13 Buy
1995 Apache Runaway POoARB / 1 Buy
1996 Deeper Than the Night POoAASN / 2 Buy
1996 Chase The Wind POoARB / 2 Buy
1996 The Angel and the Outlaw POoTTB / 3 Buy
1997 A Darker Dream POoAASN / 3 Buy
1997 Feather in the Wind POoTTB / 4 Buy
1998 Shades of Gray POoVTB / 1 Buy
1998 Embrace the Night POoEB / 1 Buy
1998 Under a Prairie Moon POoTTB / 5 Buy
1998 Hawk's Woman POoSN / 14 Buy
1999 Paradise POoSSC / 4 Buy
1999 Lakota Renegade POoSN / 15 Buy
1999 Spirit's Song POoSN / 16 Buy
1999 Apache Flame POoSN / 17 Buy
2000 The Captive POoAASN / 4 Buy
2000 Unforgettable POoTTB / 6 Buy
2002 Midnight Embrace POoEB / 2 Buy
2002 Reckless Embrace POoRB / 4 Buy
2002 Lakota Love Song POoSN / 18 Buy
2003 After Sundown POoVTB / 2 Buy
2003 Lakota Legacy POoSSC / 5 Buy
2003 Wolf Shadow POoSN / 19 Buy
2003 Dude Ranch Bride POoSN / 20 Buy
2003 West Texas Bride POoSN / 21 Buy
2004 A Whisper of Eternity POoAASN / 5 Buy
2004 Under Apache Skies POoSN / 22 Buy
2004 Callie's Cowboy POoSN / 23 Buy
2005 Night's Kiss POoCOTNB / 1 Buy
2005 Every Inch a Cowboy POoSN / 24 Buy
2006 Chase the Lightning POoTLB / 1 Buy
2006 Desire After Dark POoVTB / 3 Buy
2006 Dakota Dreams POoSN / 25 Buy
2007 Night's Touch POoCOTNB / 2 Buy
2007 Dead Sexy POoAASN / 6 Buy
2007 Loving Jake POoSN / 26 Buy
2008 Night's Master POoCOTNB / 3 Buy
2008 Dead Perfect POoAASN / 7 Buy
2009 Night's Pleasure POoCOTNB / 4 Buy
2009 Shadows Through Time POoTTB / 7 Buy
2009 Immortal Sins POoAASN / 8 Buy
2010 The Music of the Night POoAASS / 1 Buy
2010 Everlasting Kiss POoEB / 1 Buy
2010 Everlasting Desire POoEB / 2 Buy
2010 Love's Serenade POoSN / 27 Buy
2011 Bound by Night POoBB / 1 Buy
2011 Jessie's Girl POoAASS / 2 Buy
2011 Bound by Blood POoBB / 2 Buy
2011 Sandy's Angel POoAASS / 3 Buy
2011 In the Shadow of the Hills POoSN / 28 Buy
2011 Tales of Western Romance POoSN / 29 Buy
2012 His Dark Embrace POoEB / 3 Buy
2012 Desire the Night POoAASN / 9 Buy
2013 As Twilight Falls POoMCB / 1 Buy
2013 Masquerade POoAASS / 4 Buy
2013 Night's Mistress POoCOTNB / 5 Buy
2013 Midnight and Moonlight POoAASN / 10 Buy
2013 Maiden's Song POoAASN / 11 Buy
2014 When Lightning Strikes POoTLB / 2 Buy
2014 Night's Promise POoCOTNB / 6 Buy
2014 Moonlight POoAASN / 12 Buy
2014 Beauty's Beast POoAASN / 13 Buy
2014 Love's Sweet Embrace POoSN / 30 Buy
2015 Twilight Dreams POoMCB / 2 Buy
2015 Follow The Lightning POoTLB / 3 Buy
2015 Night's Surrender POoCOTNB / 7 Buy
2016 Donovan's Woman POoBTB / 1 Buy
2016 Quinn's Lady POoBTB / 2 Buy
2016 Quinn's Revenge POoBTB / 3 Buy
2016 Sunlight Moonlight POoAASN / 14 Buy
2017 A Fire in the Blood POoAASN / 15 Buy
2017 Wolf Dreamer POoSN / 31 Buy
2018 Seasons of the Night POoAASSC / 1 Buy
2018 Twilight Desires POoMCB / 3 Buy
2018 Seasons of Change POoAASS / 5 Buy
2019 Find the Lightning POoTLB / 4 Buy
2019 Hold Back the Dawn POoAASN / 16 Buy
2020 Everlasting Embrace POoEB / 3 Buy
2020 Enchant the Night POoAASN / 17 Buy
2020 Dark of the Moon POoAASN / 18 Buy
2021 Night's Illusion POoCOTNB / 8 Buy
2021 Surrender the Dawn POoAASN / 19 Buy
2021 Kade POoSN / 32 Buy
2022 Enchant the Dawn POoEB / 1 Buy
2022 The Reckless Series (Contains Reckless Destiny & All Above) POoRB / 5 Buy
2022 Secrets in the Night POoAASN / 20 Buy
2023 Zane POoSN / 33 Buy
2023 Bohannon POoSN / 34 Buy

Madeline Baker Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 The Music of the Night 2010 Buy
02 Jessie's Girl 2011 Buy
03 Sandy's Angel 2011 Buy
04 Masquerade 2013 Buy
05 Seasons of Change 2018 Buy
Embrace Books in Reading Order 3 books / 1998-2012
01 Embrace the Night 1998 Buy
02 Midnight Embrace 2002 Buy
03 His Dark Embrace 2012 Buy
01 Night's Kiss 2005 Buy
02 Night's Touch 2007 Buy
03 Night's Master 2008 Buy
04 Night's Pleasure 2009 Buy
05 Night's Mistress 2013 Buy
06 Night's Promise 2014 Buy
07 Night's Surrender 2015 Buy
08 Night's Illusion 2021 Buy
01 As Twilight Falls 2013 Buy
02 Twilight Dreams 2015 Buy
03 Twilight Desires 2018 Buy
01 Shades of Gray 1998 Buy
02 After Sundown 2003 Buy
03 Desire After Dark 2006 Buy
01 Seasons of the Night 2018 Buy
01 Chase the Lightning 2006 Buy
02 When Lightning Strikes 2014 Buy
03 Follow The Lightning 2015 Buy
04 Find the Lightning 2019 Buy
Brynn Tor Books in Reading Order 3 books / 2016-2016
01 Donovan's Woman 2016 Buy
02 Quinn's Lady 2016 Buy
03 Quinn's Revenge 2016 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 33 books / 1986-2023
01 Love in the Wind 1986 Buy
02 Love Forevermore 1988 Buy
03 Renegade Heart 1989 Buy
04 First Love, Wild Love 1989 Buy
05 Forbidden Fires 1990 Buy
06 Lacey's Way 1990 Buy
07 Prairie Heat 1991 Buy
08 Midnight Fire 1992 Buy
09 Comanche Flame 1992 Buy
10 Warrior's Lady 1993 Buy
11 Cheyenne Surrender 1994 Buy
13 Heart of the Hunter 1994 Buy
14 Hawk's Woman 1998 Buy
15 Lakota Renegade 1999 Buy
16 Spirit's Song 1999 Buy
17 Apache Flame 1999 Buy
18 Lakota Love Song 2002 Buy
19 Wolf Shadow 2003 Buy
20 Dude Ranch Bride 2003 Buy
21 West Texas Bride 2003 Buy
22 Under Apache Skies 2004 Buy
23 Callie's Cowboy 2004 Buy
24 Every Inch a Cowboy 2005 Buy
25 Dakota Dreams 2006 Buy
26 Loving Jake 2007 Buy
27 Love's Serenade 2010 Buy
28 In the Shadow of the Hills 2011 Buy
29 Tales of Western Romance 2011 Buy
30 Love's Sweet Embrace 2014 Buy
31 Wolf Dreamer 2017 Buy
32 Kade 2021 Buy
33 Zane 2023 Buy
34 Bohannon 2023 Buy
01 Beneath a Midnight Moon 1994 Buy
02 Deeper Than the Night 1996 Buy
03 A Darker Dream 1997 Buy
04 The Captive 2000 Buy
05 A Whisper of Eternity 2004 Buy
06 Dead Sexy 2007 Buy
07 Dead Perfect 2008 Buy
08 Immortal Sins 2009 Buy
09 Desire the Night 2012 Buy
10 Midnight and Moonlight 2013 Buy
11 Maiden's Song 2013 Buy
12 Moonlight 2014 Buy
13 Beauty's Beast 2014 Buy
14 Sunlight Moonlight 2016 Buy
15 A Fire in the Blood 2017 Buy
16 Hold Back the Dawn 2019 Buy
17 Enchant the Night 2020 Buy
18 Dark of the Moon 2020 Buy
19 Surrender the Dawn 2021 Buy
20 Secrets in the Night 2022 Buy
Reckless Books in Reading Order 5 books / 1985-2022
01 Reckless Heart 1985 Buy
02 Reckless Love 1987 Buy
03 Reckless Desire 1988 Buy
04 Reckless Embrace 2002 Buy
05 The Reckless Series (Contains Reckless Destiny & All Above) 2022 Buy
Bound Books in Reading Order 2 books / 2011-2011
01 Bound by Night 2011 Buy
02 Bound by Blood 2011 Buy
01 Enchant the Dawn 2022 Buy
01 Collected Poems 1961 Buy
02 A Wilderness Christmas 1993 Buy
03 Secrets of the Heart 1994 Buy
04 Paradise 1999 Buy
05 Lakota Legacy 2003 Buy
01 Everlasting Kiss 2010 Buy
02 Everlasting Desire 2010 Buy
03 Everlasting Embrace 2020 Buy
01 A Whisper in the Wind 1991 Buy
02 The Spirit Path 1993 Buy
03 The Angel and the Outlaw 1996 Buy
04 Feather in the Wind 1997 Buy
05 Under a Prairie Moon 1998 Buy
06 Unforgettable 2000 Buy
07 Shadows Through Time 2009 Buy
01 Apache Runaway 1995 Buy
02 Chase The Wind 1996 Buy

Where to start with Madeline Baker

What is the best order to read Madeline Baker books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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