Order of Patricia McLinn Books

Patricia McLinn is an American author best known for writing the Caught Dead in Wyoming series. She is also the author of the Season in a Small Town series and the Innocence Trilogy.

McLinn received a BA in English Composition from Northwestern University and then went on to Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism where she earned her master’s degree. She started as a sports writer and eventually found her way to the Washington Post as a journalist, but she always had fiction on her mind. She would eventually make that leap and has published over fifty novels in her career.

Publication Order of Bardville, Wyoming Books

A Stranger In The Family	(1995)
A Stranger To Love	(1997)
The Rancher Meets His Match	(1998)

Publication Order of Caught Dead in Wyoming Books

Sign Off	(2012)
Left Hanging	(2013)
Shoot First	(2014)
Last Ditch	(2016)
Look Live	(2016)
Back Story	(2017)
Cold Open	(2018)
Hot Roll	(2019)
Reaction Shot	(2020)
Body Brace	(2021)
Cross Talk	(2022)

Publication Order of Innocence Books

Proof of Innocence	(2018)
Price of Innocence	(2021)
Premise of Innocence	(2022)

Publication Order of Marry Me Books

Wedding of the Century	(2003)
The Unexpected Wedding Guest	(2003)
Least Likely Wedding? / A Most Unlikely Wedding	(2005)
Baby Blues and Wedding Bells	(2005)

Publication Order of A Place Called Home Books

Lost - And - Found Groom	(2000)
At the Heart's Command	(2000)
Hidden In A Heartbeat	(2000)

Publication Order of Rodeo Knights Books

Her Knight, Her Protector (By: Lisa Mondello)	(2015)
The Knight and the Damsel (By: Margaret Daley)	(2015)
Her Rebel Cowboy (By: Stephanie Rowe)	(2017)
Wilde and Reckless (By: Cathy McDavid)	(2017)
Knight Moves (By: Lenora Worth)	(2017)
Ride the River	(2017)
The Bull Rider's Pledge (By: Marin Thomas)	(2017)

Publication Order of Seasons in a Small Town Books

What Are Friends For?	(2006)
The Right Brother	(2006)
Principal of Love / Falling for Her	(2010)
Warm Front	(2017)

Publication Order of Secret Sleuth Books

Death on the Diversion	(2018)
Death on Torrid Ave	(2019)
Abandon All	(2019)
Death on Beguiling Way	(2019)
Death on Covert Circle	(2020)
Death on Shady Bridge	(2020)
Death on Carrion Lane	(2021)
Death on ZigZag Trail	(2022)

Publication Order of The Wedding Books

Hoops	(1990)
Prelude to a Wedding	(1991)
Wedding Party	(1992)
Grady's Wedding	(1993)
Not A Family Man	(1993)
The Runaway Bride	(2002)
The Christmas Princess	(2014)
The Surprise Princess	(2015)
The Forgotten Prince	(2016)

Publication Order of Wyoming Wildflowers Books

Almost A Bride	(2001)
Match Made In Wyoming	(2001)
My Heart Remembers	(2001)
The Beginning	(2013)
Jack's Heart	(2015)
Where Love Lives	(2016)
A Cowboy Wedding	(2017)
Making Christmas	(2020)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

A New World	(1991)
Rodeo Nights	(1994)
Widow Woman	(1998)
The Games	(2006)
Courting a Cowboy	(2012)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Word Watch

(2011)

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Sign Off is the first book in the Caught Dead in Wyoming series. The story follows a TV journalist named Elizabeth Danniher who has seen better days in her career. She used to break national news, but after making an enemy of a powerful executive and getting older – she now finds herself as a reporter in Sherman, Wyoming. Even in this isolated outpost, she finds a way to stay busy. She’s currently investigating a missing deputy who may have been murdered while also dealing with ex-football player turned journalist Mike Paycik who is either using her to advance his career, trying to get romantic, or both. Through it all, Elizabeth won’t go down without a fight.

The Seasons in a Small Town series begins with What Are Friends For?. Zeke was a big geek in high school. He had a big crush on the prom queen Jennifer and often overlooked his best friend Darcie. One night Darcie and Zeke became lovers, but then he left town and never returned. It’s now seventeen years later and the town is struggling. Darcie hatches up a plan to lure Zeke back to town to set him up with Jennifer and save the town, but plans have a way of not working out exactly as you planned.