Lurlene McDaniel

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  • Bibliography:
    77 Books (7 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1982
  • Latest Book:
    December 2018
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Full Series List in Order

Angels in Pink

1 - Kathleen's Story (Jan-2005)
2 - Raina's Story (May-2005)
3 - Holly's Story (Nov-2005)

The Angels Trilogy

1 - Angels Watching Over Me (1996)
2 - Lifted Up by Angels (Oct-1997)
3 - Until Angels Close My Eyes (Aug-1998)

Dawn Rochelle

1 - Six Months to Live (Jan-1985)
2 - I Want to Live (1987)
3 - So Much To Live For (Sep-1991)
4 - No Time to Cry (Feb-1996)
5 - To Live Again (Apr-2001)

Erin Bennett

1 - Somewhere Between Life and Death (Jan-1991)
2 - Time to Let Go (Jan-1991)

Mercy

1 - Angel of Mercy (Oct-1999)
2 - Angel of Hope (May-2000)

One Last Wish

1 - Mourning Song (Apr-1992)
2 - A Time to Die (Apr-1992)
3 - Mother, Help Me Live (Jun-1992)
4 - Someone Dies, Someone Lives (Sep-1992)
5 - Sixteen and Dying (Oct-1992)
6 - Let Him Live (Feb-1993)
7 - The Legacy (Mar-1993)
8 - Please Don't Die (Oct-1993)
9 - She Died Too Young (Feb-1994)
10 - All the Days of Her Life (May-1994)
11 - Season for Goodbye (Sep-1994)
12 - Reach for Tomorrow (Jul-1999)

Year of Luminous Love

1 - The Year of Luminous Love (May-2013)
1.5 - Wishes and Dreams (May-2014)

Book List in Order: 77 titles

  • The Pony That Nobody Wanted

  • Sometimes Love Isn't Enough

    "Junior high will be a blast," promises Andrea Manetti's best friend. But while exciting things are happening at school -- new friends, boys, and a chance to star in the musical -- Andrea's home life is falling apart. Her parents are always fighting;...

  • Six Months to Live

    Dawn Rochelle - 1

    Dawn Rochelle sat in the doctor's office clutching her mother's hand. They couldn't believe the doctor's diagnosis. Dawn was only thirteen years old, and she had leukemia. She had to begin immediate treatment. Chemotherapy makes Dawn nauseous, and...

  • The Secret Life of Steffie Martin

    • / General Fiction
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  • Eternal Flame

    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Serenade Sonata - 13

    LAURA GARLAND was a woman of her time -- bright, beautiful, and with brass enough to hold down the top sales position in her father's real estate empire. She had it all. With the world at her feet, why did she find her life suddenly empty, devoid of ...

  • Hold Fast the Dream

    • / Contemporary Romance
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    Serenade Sonata - 20

    For ambitious TV journalist Catlin Rurke, the political platform of independent senatorial candidate Matthew Carr sparks both suspicion and curiosity. If what he says is true, he just might influence the large undecided vote and swing the election. T...

  • Peanut Butter for Dinner Again

  • If I Should Die Before I Wake

    Deanne doesn't want to spend her summer on silly debutante activities, like hanging out at the country club and flirting with the rich boys. She’d rather spend time with the kids in the cancer wing at the local hospital. Will Deanne's compassion le...

  • Why Did She Have To Die?

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    For thirteen years, Elly has been in Kathy''s shadow, always second best. Even so, the two of them understand each other as only sisters can. Jealousy, anger, and resentment give way to guilt when Kathy dies suddenly and Elly is left to ask, ""Wh...



  • Love's Full Circle

    Serenade Sonata - 33

    Julie Kreel has almost everything -- a plum of a job, caring friends, a supportive church family, a handsome colleague who wants to be more than a friend. But her bitter past with Paul Shannon rises often to mar her prospects for future happiness. An...

  • I Want to Live

    • / General Fiction
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    Dawn Rochelle - 2

    Dawn Rochelle has just turned fourteen, and her cancer has been in remission for almost a year. This summer, as she helps prepare for her brother's wedding and goes to camp, her life seems almost normal again. But when Dawn returns home from camp,...

  • A Gift of Love

    Serenade Sonata - 44

    God is faithful, Callie. Of that one thing, I'm sure... Four years after the tragic death of her young husband, music professor Callie O'Ryan had nearly lost all confidence in God's faithfulness. A strange quirk of events thrusts her into the life of...

  • More Than Just a Smart Girl

  • Three's a Crowd

  • My Secret Boyfriend

    Jordan Starling is in big trouble. All of her friends have come back to school with tales of a romantic summer, so Jordan joins the fun by inventing a gorgeous new boyfriend. What is she going to do when the imaginary boyfriend actually shows u...

  • When Dreams Shatter // Last Dance

    Rachel Deering has her eyes on her toes: she wants to become a world-class ballerina. As a 14-year-old, she is already one of the best dancers in the country. Just as she prepares for an audition for an opening with a prestigious dance troupe, Rac...

  • Goodbye Doesn't Mean Forever

    Jory Delaney has always had lots of money. But there's one thing she knows she cannot buy--and that's her best friend Melissa's life. Although Melissa's leukemia is in remission, it's hard for both girls to hold on to the possibility of a very bright...

  • Too Young to Die

    At sixteen, Melissa Austin has always worked hard to make things go her way. As the school year begins, her grades are up and she's even landed a coveted spot on the high school Brain Bowl team. She and her best friend, Jory Delaney, are determined t...

  • Somewhere Between Life and Death

    Erin Bennett - 1

    The party was supposed to be a celebration for the cast of the school play. For sisters Amy and Erin the night turns into a nightmarish tragedy. Erin and her family must find the courage to accept that Amy's life is hanging in the balance. Will Amy s...



  • Time to Let Go

    Erin Bennett - 2

    The doctors assure Erin Bennett and her parents that they can't find a physical cause for her headaches. But the throbbing, violent pain is so intense that Erin knows she needs help. Even landing the lead in the senior musical opposite David Devlin, ...

  • Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

    Sometimes Carrie Blake feels she just can't stand  life's problems or pain. At fifteen, she's had  leukemia for three years, and although the disease is  in remission, she's never sure when things might  change...

  • So Much To Live For

    Dawn Rochelle - 3

    Fifteen-year-old Dawn Rochelle has survived cancer not once, but twice. No one knows the battle better than she does. That's why Dawn agrees to be a camp counselor for young kids with cancerthe same camp she and her best friend Sandy had attended. No...

  • When Happily Ever After Ends

    Shannon Campbell knew her father had been troubled since he served in the Vietnam War, but his violent suicide still shocks her. Shannon's always shared so much with her father -- why wasn't her love enough to make him want to live? As Shannon and he...

  • Mourning Song

    One Last Wish - 1

    You don't know me, but I know about you.... I can't make you live longer, I can't stop you from hurting. But I can give you one wish, as someone did for me. It's been months since Dani Vanoy's older sister Cassie has been diagnosed as having ...

  • A Time to Die

    One Last Wish - 2

    A story of finding hope in the unlikeliest of places, perfect for fans of Five Feet Apart -- both the book and movie -- looking for their next read! Sixteen-year-old Kara Fischer has cystic fibrosis  and only months to live. But the close-k...

  • Mother, Help Me Live

    One Last Wish - 3

    Sarah McGreggor has leukemia and needs a bone  marrow transplant. It is at this critical moment that  Sarah learns she was adopted. When the "One  Last Wish" check arrives, Sarah decides to  search for her birt...

  • Someone Dies, Someone Lives

    One Last Wish - 4

    You don't know me, but I know about you. . . . I can't make you live longer, I can't stop you from hurting. But I can give you one wish, as someone did for me. Katie O'Roark feels miserable, even though she knows she's incredibly lucky to have rec...

  • Sixteen and Dying

    One Last Wish - 5

    You don't know me, but I know about you.... I can't make you live longer. I can't stop you from hurting. But I can give you one wish, as someone did for me. It's hard for Anne Wingate and her father to accept the doctors' diagnosis: Anne ...

  • Let Him Live

    One Last Wish - 6

    You don't know me but I know about you.... I can't make you live longer I can't stop you from hurting. But I can give you one wish, as someone did for me. Being a candy striper isn't Megan Charnell's idea of an exciting summer, but she's voluntee...



  • The Legacy

    One Last Wish - 7

    Who is JWC and how was the One Last Wish Foundation created? Discover the tragic story behind a struggle for survival against impossible odds. Follow the interwining story of true love and friendships that compelled JWC to dedicate a life and legacy ...

  • Baby Alicia Is Dying

    Desi thinks it's totally unfair that innocent baby Alicia was born HIV positive. Now the eight-month-old Alicia lives at Childcare because she was given away by her sick teenage mother. Desi can relate to feeling unloved. Her parents give her all the...

  • Please Don't Die

    One Last Wish - 8

    When Katie O'Roark receives an invitation from the One Last Wish Foundation to spend the summer at Jenny House, she eagerly says yes. Katie is ever grateful to the anonymous "JWC," the person who gave her the gift that allowed her to receive a heart ...

  • She Died Too Young

    One Last Wish - 9

    Chelsea James and Katie O'Roark met at Jenny House and spent a wonderful summer together. Now Chelsea and her mother are staying with Katie as Chelsea awaits news concerning a heart transplant. While waiting for a compatible donor, Chelsea meets J...

  • All the Days of Her Life

    One Last Wish - 10

    Out of control - that's how Lacey Duval feels in almost every aspect of her life. There's nothing she can do about her parents divorce, there's nothing she can do about the death of her young friend, there's nothing she can do about having diabetes -...

  • Season for Goodbye

    One Last Wish - 11

    Together again. It's been a year since Katie O'Roark, Chelsea James, and Lacey Duval shared a special summer at Jenny House. The girls have each spent the year struggling to fit into the world of the healthy. Now they're back, this time as "big siste...

  • Don't Die, My Love

    Julie Ellis and Luke Muldenhower have always been the perfect high school sweethearts.  Luke is a talented  football player set to receive an athletic scholarship to a top college, and Julie is prepared to follow wherever he goes. When Luke...

  • Saving Jessica

    Jessica McMillan and Jeremy Travino are a perfect couple. When they met in high school, Jessica's upbeat spirit helped Jeremy to see that there must be a reason he was spared in the car accident that killed his brother. But now Jessica has been diagn...

  • Angels Watching Over Me

    • / General Fiction
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    The Angels Trilogy - 1

    It's Christmas time, and Leah Lewis-Hall finds herself spending the holiday season alone and stuck in the hospital. Luckily, she quickly befriends her hospital roommate, a young Amish girl, and her close-knit Amish family.  She becomes especiall...

  • No Time to Cry

    Dawn Rochelle - 4

    Dawn Rochelle has been through chemotherapy, a bone marrow transplant, and the death of her best friend. Now a sophomore in high school, she wants nothing more than finally to live a normal life and be an ordinary high school student. The freedom o...



  • I'll Be Seeing You

    Carley Mattea never expected to meet a boy as handsome as Kyle Westin -- certainly not in the hospital. Seventeen-year-old Kyle was blinded when a chemistry experiment exploded. His doctors don't know if he'll get his vision back, and he's deeply dep...

  • Till Death Do Us Part

    Nothing in April Lancaster's future seems certain as she battles a brain tumor that doctors say is inoperable.  The hospital is the last place she would expect to find love -  until she meets Mark Gianni.  Mark is handsome and charming...

  • For Better, for Worse, Forever

    Forever. When April Lancaster and Mark Gianni fell in love, that's how long they thought they would be together. But since Mark's death, April has never felt more alone. Then Brandon Benedict comes into her life. Brandon is lonely and angry--he an...

  • Lifted Up by Angels

    The Angels Trilogy - 2

    In this sequel to the bestselling Until Angels Close My Eyes, Ethan is now at the age at which a young Amish man is allowed to experience the non-Amish lifestyle before committing to the adults' rules.  In this inspirational story that intertwin...

  • Until Angels Close My Eyes

    The Angels Trilogy - 3

    Leah thinks her battle with cancer is over, but the disease that haunts her past has struck someone she loves. Leah's kind and gentle stepfather, Neil, reveals that he has been in remission but is now ill again. Leah is furious; what other secrets ha...

  • The Girl Death Left Behind

    In one afternoon, Beth's entire world is torn away from her. When a car accident claims the life of every other member of her family, Beth wishes she were dead too. She feels sure her situation could not get worse -- but then she must leave the home ...

  • Reach for Tomorrow

    One Last Wish - 12

    Katie O'Roark is thrilled to learn that Jenny House is being rebuilt. After the fire last year, Katie thought she could never return to the camp, where she spent the summers with teens like her who faced medical odds stacked against them. But thanks ...

  • Angel of Mercy

    Mercy - 1

    Heather Barlow has always been idealistic, and now she's finally ready to make a difference by setting sail to Uganda for a medical mission trip.  Upon arrival, however, Heather  realizes that she is unprepared to face the disease, famine, ...

  • Angel of Hope

    Mercy - 2

    In this compelling sequel to Angel of Mercy, Amber Barlow finds herself following  in her sister footsteps to Uganda for missionary work.  She quickly realizes upon arrival that transitioning from her wealthy lifestyle in Miami to the shock...

  • Dawn Rochelle

    Lurlene McDaniel's moving interconnected novels about Dawn Rochelle, who is diagnosed with cancer, are now available in one volume.

    Dawn Rochelle is 13 years old when she is diagnosed with cancer. Her journey through her first chemotherapy, he...



  • To Live Again

    Dawn Rochelle - 5

    Dawn Rochelle looks like any other 17year-old girt, but looks can be deceiving. At the age of 13, Dawn was diagnosed with leukemia. Now almost five years into remission, Dawn's a senior in high school and looking forward to going to college. But her ...

  • How Do I Love Thee

    Though written more than a century ago, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s beautiful sonnet rings true today for three young couples who believe in the power of love.In “Night Vision,” Brett finds a way to brighten a special girl’s lonely existence...

  • Telling Christina Goodbye

    Trisha Thompson and her best friend, Christina, are having a great senior year. Trisha and her boyfriend are making plans to attend Indiana University, and Christina received a scholarship to the University of Vermont. Everything would be perfect if ...

  • A Rose for Melinda

    Told in letters, journal entries, e-mails, doctors’ reports, and instant messages, the heartbreaking story of an aspiring ballet dancer battling leukemia. From: Melinda Skye To: Readers Subject: Jesse Hi! I can’t believe it. What a surpri...

  • The Time Capsule

    When they were six, twins Alexis and Adam wrote down what they wanted to be when they grew up, and put it in their teacher's time capsule. Now entering their senior year in high school and invited to a first-grade reunion, they are surprised to read ...

  • A Horse for Mandy

    It’s Mandy’s thirteenth birthday and her dream is coming true: She's getting a beautiful horse of her very own! But Mandy’s best friend, Laura, doesn’t seem very happy for her. Then tragedy strikes. Can Mandy and her new horse save Laura?...

  • Garden of Angels

    It is 1974 and the country is still struggling to come to terms with the Vietnam War. In the small town of Conners, Georgia, Darcy has just started high school, her older sister Adel goes to weekend dances at the local Army base, and their mother ten...

  • Kathleen's Story

    Angels in Pink - 1

    It's the summer after sophomore year and Raina has convinced her best friends since the sixth grade, Kathleen and Holly, to spend their summer as "pink angels" in Parker-Sloan General Hospital's summer volunteer program. Kathleen is reluctant to do i...

  • Raina's Story

    Angels in Pink - 2

    Raina is happy that her friends Kathleen and Holly have found volunteering at Parker-Sloan General Hospital rewarding. They loved their summer at the hospital so much, they will go on working there for credit during their junior year. Raina is also ...

  • Holly's Story

    Angels in Pink - 3

    Pink Angels and best friends Holly, Raina, and Kathleen have been through a lot over the past year. The summer before their senior year promises to be busy but fun, as Holly and Raina return to their full-time volunteer jobs at the hospital and Kathl...

  • Letting Go of Lisa

    Nathan Malone has been home schooled his whole life. He hasn't spent much time with kids his own age, let alone dated. Now that his mother is busy with his new twin sisters, he must enroll at the local high school for his senior year. On the first da...

  • Briana's Gift

    Thirteen-year-old Casey's mother always said that Casey's sixteen-year-old sister marched to the beat of a different drummer. But it isn't until Briana runs away with an older boy that Casey begins to understand what her mother meant. When Briana ret...

  • Hit and Run

    If no one meant for it to happen, should someone be guilty? Analise: She knows the roads and feels secure riding her bike. Laurie: When asked out by Quin, Laurie is happy. Then his car hits something. Later, Laurie realizes there is a way to ge...

  • Prey

    A teacher is supposed to impart a love of learning and a thirst for knowledge. It's a bit different with Ms. Lori Settles. All the kids are talking about how hot she is -- and she is especially interested in Ryan Piccoli. When she starts giving Ryan ...

  • Breathless

    What is the toughest request anyone can be asked to fulfill? Travis Morrison is a champion diver and one of the most popular kids at school. On the first day of summer vacation, while boating on the lake with his friends, Travis attempts a silly s...

  • Heart to Heart

    From Lurlene McDaniel, the bestselling author of young adult inspirational fiction, comes Heart to Heart. This emotionally charged novel explores loss, love, renewal, and the ways in which these complex bonds within families and between friends are t...

  • Reaching Through Time

    What's Happened to Me? Sarah finds herself in a strange place, and she can recall only one thing -- her name. A young man, Heath de Charon, explains to Sarah that he found her unconscious on the grounds of his family's estate and has been carin...

  • Starry, Starry Night

    The star that led the three wise men could be the same star wished upon this Christmas-time by three young women. In the opening story, "Christmas Child," 15-year-old Melanie feels cheated when her baby sister, born during the holidays, lives o...

  • Last Dance

    Rachel Deering has her eyes on her toes: she wants to become a world-class ballerina. As a 14-year-old, she is already one of the best dancers in the country. Just as she prepares for an audition for an opening with a prestigious dance troupe, Rac...

  • Mother, Please Don't Die

    Feisty, thirteen-year-old Megan McCaffery is proud to be a tomboy, and she just can't relate to the "southern belles" in her hometown of Charleston, South Carolina. Her older sister, Audrey, is driving her crazy with constant talk about her upcomi...

  • Red Heart Tattoo

    At 7:45 a.m. on the day before Thanksgiving break, a bomb goes off at Edison High. Nine people die instantly. Fifteen are critically injured. Twenty-two suffer less severe injuries. And one is blinded. Those who survive, struggle to cope with the los...

  • The Year of Luminous Love

    Year of Luminous Love - 1

    In the vein of Eat, Pray, Love, but for teens, this inspirational novel is set against the backdrop of Tennessee horse country as well as the historic cities of Italy and the Italian countryside. The story unfolds as three teenage girls, recently gra...

  • Wishes and Dreams

    Year of Luminous Love - 1.5

    This heartfelt digital original short story by Lurlene McDaniel features many of the same characters connected to her poignant contemporary novels The Year of Luminous Love and The Year of Chasing Dreams. When Ciana Beauchamp awakens from a dream...

  • The Year of Chasing Dreams

    From the author of Don't Die, My Love comes this young adult novel that intertwines a family saga with a grand love story. This novel stands alone or can be read as the companion to The Year of Luminous Love and Wishes and Dreams. For fans of Sarah D...

  • Losing Gabriel

    As three high school seniors are in the midst of planning their futures, they must face present-day circumstances that force them to grasp what it means to truly become an adult. Lani Kennedy has dreamed of becoming a nurse since her cousin Arie ...

  • Somebody's Baby

    Love, family, acceptance, and forgiveness are at the center of this heartfelt novel that explores the unpredictable paths that allow people to follow their dreams and help them find a way back home. Ever since Sloan won a reality television singi...

  • The Girl with the Broken Heart

    An inspirational story about love, tragedy, heartbreak, and renewal as a young woman deals with her serious health issues, a fractured family life, and the prospect of romantic love while trying to remain focused on her studies and a lifelong dream. ...

  • The End of Forever

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy

    Somewhere Between Life and DeathThe celebration isn't supposed to end in tragedy. But the lives of sisters Amy and Erin come crashing down when Amy takes the car and has a horrible accident.Time to Let GoLanding the lead in the senior musical opposit...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Lurlene McDaniel has published 77 books.

Lurlene McDaniel does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Girl with the Broken Heart, was published in December 2018.

The first book by Lurlene McDaniel, The Pony That Nobody Wanted, was published in June 1982.

Yes. Lurlene McDaniel has 7 series.
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