Order of Cassandra King Books
Cassandra King is an award winning author. She made her debut with Making Waves in 1995 and followed that up with The Sunday Wife, a New York Times bestseller. She is a Southern writer who writes uplifting books with strong characters facing timely issues. Her books are often based in the American South.
King is a native of lower Alabama, but now makes her home in South Carolina with her husband, Pat Conroy, a fellow novelist. In addition to her work as an author, King has also taught writing on the college level, conducted corporate writing seminars, and worked as a human-interest reporter for a Pelham, Alabama newspaper.
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Sunday Wife | (2002) |    |
| Making Waves | (2004) | |
| The Same Sweet Girls | (2005) | |
| Queen of Broken Hearts | (2007) | |
| Moonrise | (2013) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Same Sweet Girls' Guide to Life | (2014) | |
Publication Order of Stories from the Blue Moon Cafe Books
| Stories from the Blue Moon Cafe III | (2004) | |
| Stories from the Blue Moon Cafe III: Anthology of Southern Writers | (2004) | |
| Anthology series. The author will have written at least one story in this series. | ||
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Stories from the Blue Moon Cafe II | (2003) | |
If You Like Cassandra King Books, You’ll Love…
The Sunday Wife follows a woman named Dean Lynch who has been married for twenty years to Reverend Benjamin Lynch, minister of the Methodist church, but she has never really adjusted to the demands of the role of a Sunday wife. Her husband is assigned to a larger community in the Florida panhandle where she meets Augusta, a woman who entrances her. The two become friends and Augusta challenges her to break free from tradition in her role as the preacher’s wife. Dean begins to question everything she has always valued, but when a tragedy occurs she will find change in ways that she hasn’t imagined.
The Same Sweet Girls is about a tight-knit group of lifelong friends. The girls aren’t girls anymore though and they aren’t all that sweet either, they are spirited Southern women. They get together for biannual reunions to reminisce on their college days. Julia is the First Lady of Alabama who wants to know if her husband is sneaking out. Lanier Sanders lost custody of her children after her husband caught her having an affair. Astor Deveaux is a former Broadway showgirl and certified flirt. Finally, there is Corinne Cooper whose incredible story is the basis for this book.