Linda Broday Books in Order: Texas Western Romance
Linda Broday grew up spinning stories on the Texas Panhandle, and it shows. Her emotional Western historical romances are full of outlaws with hearts of gold, Texas Rangers, ranchers, and mail-order brides carrying secrets bigger than the frontier. If you are ready to saddle up, here is how her main series line up and where a new reader should start.
Every Broday novel is a complete standalone romance, so you can pick up any book and get a whole love story. But her titles are grouped into connected series — a Texas Ranger dynasty in Men of Legend, a hidden outlaw town in the Outlaw Mail Order Brides — and reading a series in order lets the recurring families and settings pay off. Below are her flagship series in sequence, then where to begin.
The Men of Legend series in order
This series follows the powerful Legend family of Texas — a rancher patriarch and the sons who carry his name across a lawless 19th-century frontier. Read it in order to follow the family saga.
- To Love a Texas Ranger (2016) — a Texas Ranger discovers a connection to the Legend dynasty, and the woman he is sworn to protect becomes something far more.
- Heart of a Texas Cowboy (2017) — a Legend son, a marriage of convenience, and a cattle drive that tests every promise.
- To Marry a Texas Outlaw (2017) — the family's most dangerous thread, as a man with an outlaw's reputation fights for a future and the woman who believes in him.
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The Outlaw Mail Order Brides series in order
Broday's most popular series is set in Devil's Crossing, a hidden Texas canyon town where wanted men build second lives — and send away for the brides who will help them do it. Read in order to follow the whole community.
- The Outlaw's Mail Order Bride (2019) — the first bride arrives in the hidden town, and an outlaw learns that a paper marriage can become the real thing.
- Saving the Mail Order Bride (2019) — a wounded woman on the run and the scarred man who takes her in.
- The Mail Order Bride's Secret (2020) — a bride with a dangerous past and the outlaw determined to keep her safe.
- Once Upon a Mail Order Bride (2020) — a shy woman with too many secrets seeks an outlaw's protection, closing out the series.
Her earlier Texas series
Before these, Broday wrote the well-loved Texas Heroes and Bachelors of Battle Creek books, including titles like Texas Mail Order Bride, Twice a Texas Bride and Forever His Texas Bride. They share the same DNA — tender, emotional frontier romance — and are a natural next step once you have worked through the newer series.
Where to start
If you want Broday at her most popular, begin with The Outlaw's Mail Order Bride and read the Outlaw Mail Order Brides series in order — the hidden canyon town is irresistible. If you would rather follow a sprawling Texas Ranger family, start with To Love a Texas Ranger. Both deliver exactly what her fans keep coming back for: rugged heroes, brave heroines, and love strong enough to outrun the past.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to read Linda Broday books in order?
Each novel is a standalone Western romance with its own couple and happy ending, so you can begin anywhere. But her books come in linked series, and reading a series in order lets you follow the connected families and the outlaw hideout across the whole run.
Where should I start with Linda Broday?
A great entry point is The Outlaw's Mail Order Bride, the first Outlaw Mail Order Brides book set in a hidden Texas canyon town. If you prefer a Texas Ranger dynasty, start with To Love a Texas Ranger.
What kind of romance does Linda Broday write?
Emotional Western historical romance set in 19th-century Texas — outlaws, ranchers, Texas Rangers and mail-order brides — leaning tender and character-driven.