Susan Hatler

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  • Bibliography:
    71 Books (9 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2011
  • Latest Book:
    January 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Better Date than Never

1 - Love at First Date (Nov-2012)
2 - Truth or Date (Apr-2013)
3 - My Last Blind Date (Feb-2012)
4 - Save the Date (Jul-2013)
5 - A Twist of Date (Aug-2013)
6 - License to Date (Jan-2014)
7 - Driven to Date (Feb-2014)
8 - Up to Date (Aug-2014)
9 - Deja Date (Feb-2015)
10 - Date and Dash (May-2015)

Blue Moon Bay

1 - The Second Chance Inn (Sep-2015)
2 - The Sisterhood Promise (Dec-2015)
3 - The Wishing Star (Jun-2016)
4 - The Friendly Cottage (Aug-2016)
5 - The Christmas Cabin (Nov-2016)
6 - The Oopsie Island (Jan-2019)
7 - The Wedding Boutique (Apr-2019)
8 - The Holiday Shoppe (Jun-2019)

Creating Christmas

1 - A Christmas to Belong (Jan-2025)

Do-Over Date

1 - Million Dollar Date (Aug-2019)
2 - The Double Date Disaster (Nov-2019)
3 - The Date Next Door (Jan-2020)
4 - Date to the Rescue (Mar-2020)
5 - The Dashing Date (Jun-2020)
6 - Once Upon a Date (Aug-2020)
7 - The Island Date (Jul-2021)
8 - One Fine Date (Nov-2021)
9 - The Date Mistake (May-2022)
10 - The Decadent Date (Mar-2023)

Kissed by the Bay

1 - Every Little Kiss (Oct-2015)
2 - The Perfect Kiss (Jan-2016)
3 - Just One Kiss (Jun-2016)
4 - The Sweetest Kiss (Aug-2016)
5 - A Christmas Kiss (Dec-2016)
6 - All About That Kiss (Feb-2019)
7 - Forever in a Kiss (Apr-2019)
8 - A Kiss for Santa (Jul-2019)

The Mistletoe Book Club

1 - Fake Husband for Christmas (Mar-2022)
2 - The Christmas Competition (Nov-2022)
3 - A Gingerbread Christmas (Oct-2023)
4 - A Silver Bells Christmas (Nov-2024)
5 - Christmas with the Nanny Next Door (Dec-2024)
6 - The Christmas Pen Pal (Dec-2024)

Montana Dreams

1 - The Friendliest Festival (May-2012)
2 - The Delightful Dinner (Aug-2015)
3 - The Brightest Boutique (Oct-2015)
4 - The Memorable Mountain (Nov-2015)
5 - The Welcoming Wedding (Dec-2015)
6 - The Happiest Hike (Jan-2016)
7 - The Sweetest Surprise (Feb-2016)
8 - The Comforting Christmas (Jul-2023)

Treasured Dreams

1 - An Unexpected Date (May-2012)
2 - An Unexpected Kiss (Aug-2015)
3 - An Unexpected Love (Oct-2015)
4 - An Unexpected Proposal (Nov-2015)
5 - An Unexpected Wedding (Dec-2015)
6 - An Unexpected Joy (Jan-2016)
7 - An Unexpected Baby (Feb-2016)

The Wedding Whisperer

1 - The Wedding Charm (Apr-2017)
2 - The Wedding Catch (Aug-2018)
3 - My Wedding Date (May-2020)
4 - The Wedding Bet (Jan-2021)
5 - The Wedding Promise (May-2022)

Multi-Author Series List

Christmas Mountain

3 - Forever Yours in Christmas Falls // The Christmas Compromise (Oct-2017)
4 - 'Twas the Kiss Before Christmas (Sep-2019)
8 - A Sugar Plum Christmas (Oct-2020)
9 - Fake Husband for Christmas (Mar-2022)

A Magnolias and Moonshine Novella

4 - The Wedding Charm (Apr-2017)

Return to Christmas Falls

5 - Forever Yours in Christmas Falls // The Christmas Compromise (Oct-2017)

Book List in Order: 71 titles

  • The Boyfriend Bylaws

    (Totally Fit Series #1) Melanie Porter has been dumped -- again. When others accuse her of “being in love with being in love,” she agrees to let her best friend, Patti, step in and direct her dating life with The Boyfriend Bylaws. EXCERPT Rule #1...

  • My Last Blind Date

    Better Date than Never - 3

    It’s Valentine’s Day and Rachel Price has a choice: Stay home and watch TV with her loveable doggy or let her best friend, Ellen, set her up on a blind date. What to do….

    Ellen says the guy is a “10,” but the last guy she set her up ...

  • Shaken

    High school junior, Kylie Bates, can suddenly read minds. When she touches people’s hands, she’s able to see their deepest thoughts. As if that’s not freaky enough, her dad sends her to help hottie detective, Sam Williams, track down a missing ...

  • The Friendliest Festival

    Montana Dreams - 1

  • An Unexpected Date

    Treasured Dreams - 1

    ** Amazon Bestseller in 30-Minute Romance Short Reads **Holly loves living in her cozy mountain town and all the surrounding beauty soothes her soul. She treasures beading jewelry for her own small business while watching nature and its amazing creat...

  • Love at First Date

    Better Date than Never - 1

    ** A USA TODAY bestselling series **

    Ellen’s figured out that finding the right guy is all about compatibility. That’s why she signs up for Detailed Dating -- the local online dating scene in Sacramento. They ask men the hard questions, co...

  • Truth or Date

    Better Date than Never - 2

    Gina Hall is done with men who won’t commit. Ten years waiting for her ex to propose wasted her time. Never again. When her friend Kristen starts a game of Truth or Dare, she dares Gina to go on a date with Ethan, who’s amazing and total marriage...

  • Save the Date

    Better Date than Never - 4

    Kristen knows men hide things. Case in point, her last boyfriend turned out to be married. Just like anyone else would be, Kristen is devastated. However, since Kristen evaluates people for a living, her ex’s duplicity has her searching for a new c...

  • A Twist of Date

    Better Date than Never - 5

    ** New York Times & USA TODAY Bestselling Author **

    Melanie Porter has been dumped -- again. When others accuse her of “being in love with being in love,” she agrees to let her best friend, Patti, step in and direct her dating life.



  • License to Date

    Better Date than Never - 6

    After discovering her fiancé cheated on her, Kaitlin is focused on two things: remodeling her new home and avoiding men at all costs. But her friends insist she get back in the driver’s seat and date again. They strike a hard bargain and agree to ...

  • Driven to Date

    Better Date than Never - 7

    Career-driven attorney, Jill Parnell, has worked long and hard to become a partner at Corbett, Gray, & Shaw. When the coveted position is given to the boss’s nephew, she does what any intelligent employee would do -- attends a colleague’s wedding...

  • Up to Date

    Better Date than Never - 8

    Ginger knows that practical choices guarantee a stable life, which is why she chose a career as an office manager. Her job provides a steady paycheck, but it also has her snoozing at her desk. She wishes she'd pursued her passion for interior decorat...

  • See Me

    Amy Love is invisible, or at least she may as well be. Everything about her is utterly average, and even her parents don't really see her. Her parents barely notice she exists, her friends occasionally forget she's there, and even her crush litera...

  • Deja Date

    Better Date than Never - 9

    (Better Date than Never series, Book 9) Melinda Morgan commits to running her favorite neighborhood bakery when the owner, who's like a second dad to her, falls ill. Then she finds out his adventurous son, Nate Carter, is back in town. Nate was Melin...

  • Date and Dash

    Better Date than Never - 10

    Mary Ann Nielsen lives by her one-strike-and-you’re-out dating policy, but she’s always open to meeting the right guy. When she accidentally rear-ends handsome Trevor Brooks on her way to a charity auction to buy back her beloved grandmother’s ...

  • The Delightful Dinner

    Montana Dreams - 2

  • An Unexpected Kiss

    Treasured Dreams - 2

    AN UNEXPECTED KISS is a super short and sweet contemporary romance short story (25 pages, 5200 words).Holly is beyond excited about her first date with Dave. They share a love for her beloved small mountain resort town, plus she’s never felt such s...

  • The Second Chance Inn

    Blue Moon Bay - 1

  • The Brightest Boutique

    Montana Dreams - 3



  • Every Little Kiss

    Kissed by the Bay - 1

    When Wendy Watts left Blue Moon Bay, she vowed never to return to the small coastal town where her parents had abandoned her and her brother. Now she’s a successful Realtor, and a workaholic who stays away from complicated emotions -- until her gra...

  • An Unexpected Love

    Treasured Dreams - 3

    AN UNEXPECTED LOVE is a super short and sweet contemporary romance short story (20 pages, 4500 words). “It is so sweet! My heart melted just a wee tad.” -- Getting Your Read On “Susan has a knack for light hearted dialogue and describing the ...

  • The Memorable Mountain

    Montana Dreams - 4

  • An Unexpected Proposal

    Treasured Dreams - 4

    ** Amazon Bestseller in 30-Minute Romance Short Reads **AN UNEXPECTED PROPOSAL is a super short and sweet contemporary romance short story (25 pages, 5200 words). When Holly’s boyfriend is offered the job of his dreams in Africa, Holly must choose ...

  • The Sisterhood Promise

    Blue Moon Bay - 2

  • An Unexpected Wedding

    Treasured Dreams - 5

    AN UNEXPECTED WEDDING is a super short and sweet contemporary romance short story (24 pages, 5300 words)."Susan has a knack for light hearted dialogue and describing the zing in the connection between Holly and Dave. Be on the look out f...

  • The Welcoming Wedding

    Montana Dreams - 5

  • The Happiest Hike

    Montana Dreams - 6

  • The Perfect Kiss

    Kissed by the Bay - 2

    Olivia Lane wants to become the premiere event planner for Blue Moon Bay’s rich and famous. But first she has to impress Greta von Strand -- millionaire and bestselling author of Men: Who Needs Them? -- by pulling off a two-week luxury getaway for ...

  • An Unexpected Joy

    Treasured Dreams - 6

    AN UNEXPECTED JOY is a super short and sweet contemporary romance short story (22 pages, 4900 words).“Susan has a knack for light hearted dialogue and describing the zing in the connection between Holly and Dave....Be on the look out for this delig...



  • The Sweetest Surprise

    Montana Dreams - 7

  • An Unexpected Baby

    Treasured Dreams - 7

    AN UNEXPECTED BABY is a super short and sweet contemporary romance short story (22 pages, 5600 words). Holly’s already in over her head when she and her husband, Dave, receive an offer to adopt a baby. They make a decision on the spot, but Holly’...

  • Just One Kiss

    Kissed by the Bay - 3

    Charlie Rockwell’s divorce from her rock star ex left her with a broken heart, a mansion on the bluffs in her hometown of Blue Moon Bay, and an empty bank account. Now, Charlie has to generate enough income to keep the house she loves.

    When ...

  • The Wishing Star

    Blue Moon Bay - 3

  • The Crush Dilemma

    Teen geek, Poppy Pinkleton, is adding some spice to her junior year of high school: A year of psychological experiments that will 1) Earn her three units of college credit; 2) Give her an outlet to say what she wants, when she wants; and 3) Will NOT ...

  • The Friendly Cottage

    Blue Moon Bay - 4

  • The Sweetest Kiss

    Kissed by the Bay - 4

    Megan Wallace wants three things: to make a living as an artist, to fulfill a promise she made her grandmother to visit the Boboli Gardens in Italy, and -- oh yeah -- for her best friend Brian Watts to fall in love with her. When the local library h...

  • The Christmas Cabin

    Blue Moon Bay - 5

  • A Christmas Kiss

    Kissed by the Bay - 5

    Harper Avery is a jaded divorce attorney who loves helping her clients move on to better things. After all, they’ve struggled enough being in an unhappy marriage. When one client’s soon-to-be ex-husband suddenly says he wants a second chance with...

  • The Wedding Charm

    The Wedding Whisperer - 1
    A Magnolias and Moonshine Novella - 4

    ** A new spin-off from the USA Today Bestselling Better Date than Never series!! ** Maid of honor Sarah Carlton hasn't failed at anything since her high school science project was sabotaged by a relentless competitor. So, she'll do whatever it takes ...



  • Forever Yours in Christmas Falls // The Christmas Compromise

    Christmas Mountain - 3
    Return to Christmas Falls - 5

    Morgan Reed is excited to return to her hometown of Christmas Falls and open her beauty salon, but when she arrives to her rented business space she's shocked to find it already occupied by Dallas Parker-her brother's best friend, the guy she had a c...

  • The Wedding Catch

    The Wedding Whisperer - 2

    When Avery Summers finds out the homeless outreach program where she volunteers is about to lose their building to a big developer, she’s determined to help. Unfortunately, she also has to juggle her job at a bakery, help her friend plan her upcomi...

  • The Oopsie Island

    Blue Moon Bay - 6

    An upbeat and fun adventure that will make you smile and swoon.When city girl Janine boats to a deserted island with Texas cowboy Jackson to check out a business opportunity for the coastal inn where they work, she fights her feelings for him because...

  • All About That Kiss

    Kissed by the Bay - 6

  • Forever in a Kiss

    Kissed by the Bay - 7

  • The Wedding Boutique

    Blue Moon Bay - 7

  • The Holiday Shoppe

    Blue Moon Bay - 8

    A sweet holiday tale to tug at your heartstrings and inspire you to believe that true love will last forever.Anna is heartbroken that her family's downtown shoppe is going under after her father suddenly passes away. When billionaire buyer Peter-who ...

  • A Kiss for Santa

    Kissed by the Bay - 8

  • Million Dollar Date

    Do-Over Date - 1

    A lighthearted tale that will make you believe dreams really do come true. Abigail Apple is running late to meet her blind date when she's pulled over for speeding. Unfortunately, the follow-the-rules cop doesn't care that she's late, let alone that ...

  • 'Twas the Kiss Before Christmas

    Christmas Mountain - 4

    To keep her job, outdoorsy Faith Sterling must convince city-boy Adam Kline not to sell the luxury excursion business he inherited, but what she doesn't count on is falling in love. Faith Sterling relishes experiencing the great outdoors in style, so...



  • The Double Date Disaster

    Do-Over Date - 2

  • The Date Next Door

    Do-Over Date - 3

  • Date to the Rescue

    Do-Over Date - 4

  • My Wedding Date

    The Wedding Whisperer - 3

    Erica Conner is a carefree yoga instructor who's fine going solo to her friend Kaitlin's wedding, but when her ex's mother tells her he'll be attending with his new fiancée, Erica reaches for the nearest date-an uptight corporate guy who soon ha...

  • The Dashing Date

    Do-Over Date - 5

    When fashionable supermodel Missy Peters teams up with gym owner Nick Zambini for a business venture, they get more than they bargain for when feelings start to fly.Hoping for a fresh start after her ex-fiancé cheats on her before the wedding, s...

  • Once Upon a Date

    Do-Over Date - 6

    Aspiring author Michelle Moss meets her Prince Charming at a Masquerade Ball only to discover the man behind the mask is Brooks Keller, the editor who just rejected her manuscript and the ex-boyfriend who broke her heart.It wasn't a glass slipper tha...

  • A Sugar Plum Christmas

    Christmas Mountain - 8

    City girl Lacey Lane scopes out Christmas Mountain for a potential reality dating show location and gets more than she bargains for when feelings spark with small town guy Jacob Curtis who doesn't want his hometown exploited for ratings.City girl and...

  • The Wedding Bet

    The Wedding Whisperer - 4

    A fun and uplifting story that will make you swoon and smile as two best friends fall in love.Kennedy needs to slow down, which is why her last boyfriend broke up with her. No matter, finding a date to her friend's wedding should be easy enough. But ...

  • The Island Date

    Do-Over Date - 7

  • One Fine Date

    Do-Over Date - 8

  • Fake Husband for Christmas

    The Mistletoe Book Club - 1
    Christmas Mountain - 9

    When Macy Wilcox agrees to play Mrs. Claus this holiday season, she has a firm idea of what her Mr. Claus should be like: ambitious (how could he not be with a whole world to cover in one night?), logistically-minded, and organized. But when Cal ...

  • The Date Mistake

    Do-Over Date - 9

  • The Wedding Promise

    The Wedding Whisperer - 5

  • The Wedding Connection

    Avery Summers is more interested in helping local charities than dating, but then super sexy Jason Morgan offers his help, including teaching Avery how to multitask: at life and at love.When Avery Summers finds out the homeless outreach program w...

  • The Christmas Competition

    The Mistletoe Book Club - 2

    An uplifting story of friendship blossoming into love that will warm your heart.Ruby knows her small-town doggie spa has grown too big for their location. When a holiday competition is announced to win a renovating building off Main Street, she knows...

  • The Decadent Date

    Do-Over Date - 10

    A sweet story to warm your heart and leave you with all the happy feels.Quirky Tabitha inherits a restaurant and discovers the other half is owned by serious-minded Spencer, her first love who broke her heart. Despite hard feelings, the two must work...

  • The Comforting Christmas

    Montana Dreams - 8

    A sweet boss romance that will make you believe all dreams can come true.Michele enjoys waiting tables at the lake restaurant in her small mountain town, but longs to become an event planner. When the restaurant owner, Dylan, asks her to plan a holid...

  • A Gingerbread Christmas

    The Mistletoe Book Club - 3

    A sweet opposites-attract holiday tale that will inspire you to believe in true love.Nina works two jobs to support herself and her grieving grandpa in their small mountain town in Montana. When the failing country club where she works is bought by r...

  • A Silver Bells Christmas

    The Mistletoe Book Club - 4

    A sweet holiday romance to give you hope in healing and happily ever after.Harmony's dream is to become partner. After being let down by her cheating ex, she's finding it hard to take a risk and ask her boss for the promotion she deserves. Meanwhile,...

  • Christmas with the Nanny Next Door

    The Mistletoe Book Club - 5

    A charming single dad meets nanny next door holiday story about finding love again. Amanda needs a second job and falls into a nanny position working for single dad Harry who just moved to this small mountain town. Her problems seem solved until a ma...

  • The Christmas Pen Pal

    The Mistletoe Book Club - 6

  • A Christmas to Belong

    Creating Christmas - 1

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Susan Hatler has published 71 books.

The next book by Susan Hatler, A Christmas to Belong, will be published in January 2025.

The first book by Susan Hatler, The Boyfriend Bylaws, was published in April 2011.

Yes. Susan Hatler has 9 series.
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