Sylvia McDaniel is a USA Today bestselling author, who has written over forty novels in various genres, including western historical romance, contemporary romance, and science fiction. She is known for her sweet, humorous, and family-oriented stories, and has published a number of series such as The Burnett Brides, a historical western series, The Cuvier Widows, a Louisiana historical series, Lipstick and Lead, a western historical series, and several short contemporary romances. McDaniel has received several accolades for her work, including being a finalist in the 1996 Golden Heart Contest and placing or winning in various other romance writing contests.
Sylvia McDaniel is a long-time member of the Romance Writers of America®, former President of the Dallas Area Romance Authors, and a member of Novelists Inc. She has been married to her best friend for over twenty years, and they share their home with two dachshunds. McDaniel enjoys a variety of hobbies, including gardening, hiking, shopping, knitting, and watching football, particularly the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos. She is an active participant in social media and has a large online following. Fans can sign up for her newsletter, follow her on Twitter, and join her on Facebook, BookBub, and Goodreads to stay up-to-date on her latest releases and to connect with her.
Bad Girls of the West Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Scandalous Sadie
2021
2
Ravenous Rose
2021
3
Tempting Tessa
2021
4
Nellie's Redemption
2021
Burnett Brides Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Rancher Takes a Bride
2000
2
The Outlaw Takes a Bride
2000
3
The Marshall Takes a Bride
2001
4
The Christmas Bride
2013
5
Travis
2022
6
Tanner
2022
7
Tucker
2022
8
Joshua
2022
9
Jacob
2023
10
Justin
2023
11
Caleb
2025
Coming Home For Christmas Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
I'll Be Home For Christmas
2023
2
White Christmas
2023
3
Santa's Baby
2023
4
All I Want For Christmas
2023
Cuvier Women Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Wronged / Sunlight On Josephine Street
2002
2
Betrayed / The Price of Moonlight
2002
3
Beguiled / Starlight Surrender
2004
Debutantes of Durango Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Debutante's Escape
2020
2
The Debutante's Escape (By: Peggy McKenzie)
2020
3
The Debutante's Secret (By: Peggy McKenzie)
2020
4
The Debutante's Secret
2020
5
The Debutante's Holiday
2020
6
The Debutante's Holiday (By: Peggy McKenzie)
2020
7
The Debutante's Scandal
2020
8
The Debutante's Gamble
2020
9
The Debutante's Revenge
2020
10
The Debutante's Gift (By: Peggy McKenzie)
2021
11
The Debutante's Gift
2021
12
The Debutante's Santa
2021
Kissing Oaks Billionaire Brothers Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Cowboy Billionaire's Lucky Break
2024
2
The Cowboy Billionaire's Fate
2024
3
The Cowboy Billionaire's Playbook
2024
4
The Cowboy Billionaire's Secret
2024
5
The Cowboy Billionaire's Deception
2024
6
The Cowboy Billionaire's Match
2024
Lipstick and Lead Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Desperate
2014
2
Deadly
2014
3
Dangerous
2015
4
Daring
2015
5
Determined
2015
6
Deceived
2018
7
Defiant
2021
8
Devious
2021
Lipstick and Lead 2.0 Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Nailing the Hit Man
2019
2
Nailing the Billionaire
2019
3
Nailing the Single Dad
2019
Racy Reunions Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Paying for the Past
2015
2
Her Christmas Lie
2015
3
Cupid's Revenge
2016
Return to Cupid, Texas Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Cupid Stupid
2017
2
Cupid Scores
2017
3
Cupid's Dance
2017
4
Cupid Help Me!
2017
5
Cupid Cures
2017
6
Cupid's Heart
2017
7
Cupid Santa
2017
8
Cupid's Second Chance
2018
9
Cupid Charmer
2019
10
Cupid Crazy
2020
11
Cupid's Bachelorette
2022
Scandalous Suffragettes Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Abigail
2015
2
Bella
2016
Secrets of Mustang Island Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Secrets of a Summer Place
2022
2
Secrets of a Runaway Bride
2023
The Trouble With Twins Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
My Sister's Boyfriend
2012
Standalone Novels
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
A Scarlet Bride
2000
2
The Wanted Bride
2013
3
The Reluctant Santa
2013
4
A Hero\'s Heart
2013
5
The Relationship Coach
2014
6
Second Chance Cowboy
2016
7
Secrets, Lies, and Online Dating
2016
8
Mistletoe Scandal
2017
9
A Brother's Betrayal
2018
10
Pearl
2018
11
Inheriting an Irish Groom
2025
Short Stories/Novellas
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Ace's Bride: Mail Order Bride Tales
2016
2
Love Across Time
2019
The Alphabet Mail-Order Brides Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Abigail's Adventure
2019
2
Abigail's Adventure (By: Caroline Lee)
2019
3
Beulah's Brains: A McClain Story
2019
4
Beulah's Brains (By: Kirsten Osbourne)
2019
5
Catalina's Cause
2019
6
Catalina's Cause (By: Sara Jolene)
2019
7
Dorthy's Disasters
2019
8
Dorthy's Disasters (By: George H. McVey)
2019
9
Emmeline's Exile (By: Josephine Blake)
2019
10
Emmeline's Exile
2019
11
Fae's Fantasy (By: Kay P. Dawson)
2019
12
Fae's Fantasy
2019
13
Glory's Groom
2019
14
Glory's Groom (By: Kathleen Ball)
2019
15
Harriet's Hope (By: Morgan Dawson)
2019
16
Imogene's Ingenuity
2019
17
Jessamine's Journal
2019
18
Imogene's Ingenuity (By: Reina Torres)
2019
19
Jessamine's Journal (By: Kirsten Osbourne)
2019
20
Leanna's Light
2019
21
Mia's Misfits
2019
22
Leanna's Light (By: Maxine Douglas)
2019
23
Mia's Misfits (By: Heidi Vanlandingham)
2019
24
Nellie's Notions
2019
25
Olivia's Obligation
2019
26
Nellie's Notions (By: Hildie McQueen)
2019
27
Olivia's Obligation (By: Peggy McKenzie)
2019
28
Phebe's Promise
2019
29
Quinlan's Quest: A Lipstick and Lead Story
2019
30
Phebe's Promise (By: Cathryn Chandler)
2019
31
Rebecca's Renegade
2019
32
Quinlan's Quest
2019
33
Sally's Sailor
2019
34
Rebecca's Renegade (By: Carra Copelin)
2019
35
Tillie's Theatre
2019
36
Sally's Sailor (By: Laura Stapleton)
2019
37
Uma's Umbrage
2019
38
Tillie's Theatre (By: Keira K. Barton)
2019
39
Vera's Virtues
2019
40
Uma's Umbrage (By: Dallis Adams)
2019
41
Wendi's Wish
2019
42
Vera's Virtues (By: Cissie Patterson)
2019
43
Yetta's Yearning
2019
44
Wendi's Wish (By: Danni Roan)
2019
45
Zara's Zephyr
2019
46
Yetta's Yearning (By: Michele Lindsey)
2019
47
Zara's Zephyr (By: Janelle Daniels)
2019
American Mail-Order Brides Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Prequel
2015
2
Prequel (By: Kirsten Osbourne)
2015
3
Lottie: Bride of Delaware
2015
4
Lottie: Bride of Delaware ( By: Kit Morgan)
2015
5
Willow: Bride of Pennsylvania (By: Merry Farmer)
2015
6
Willow: Bride of Pennsylvania
2015
7
Hope: Bride of New Jersey (By: Amelia C. Adams)
2015
8
Hope: Bride of New Jersey
2015
9
Mollie: Bride of Georgia (By: Lorrie Farrelly)
2015
10
Mollie: Bride of Georgia
2015
11
Santa's Mail-Order Bride (By: E.E. Burke)
2015
12
Edwina: Bride of Connecticut
2015
13
Edwina: Bride of Connecticut (By: Margaret Tanner)
2015
14
Adelaide: Bride of Maryland
2015
15
Rachel: Bride of New Hampshire
2015
16
Beth: Bride of Massachusetts (By: Ashley Merrick)
2015
17
Adelaide: Bride of Maryland ( By: Ciara Knight)
2015
18
Rachel: Bride of New Hampshire (By: Diane Darcy)
2015
19
Dacey: Bride of North Carolina
2015
20
Julia: Bride of New York
2015
21
Katie: Bride of Virginia
2015
22
Dacey: Bride of North Carolina (By: Shanna Hatfield)
2015
23
Alice: Bride of Rhode Island
2015
24
Gabrielle: Bride of Vermont
2015
25
Julia: Bride of New York (By: Callie Hutton)
2015
26
Alice: Bride of Rhode Island (By: Kristy McCaffrey)
2015
27
Emma: Bride of Kentucky
2015
28
Lucie: Bride of Tennessee
2015
29
Gabrielle: Bride of Vermont (By: Emily Claire)
2015
30
Josephine: Bride of Louisiana
2015
31
Emma: Bride of Kentucky (By: Peggy L. Henderson)
2015
32
Michelle: Bride of Mississippi
2015
33
Lucie: Bride of Tennessee (By: Heidi Vanlandingham)
2015
34
Lilly: Bride of Illinois
2015
35
Josephine: Bride of Louisiana (By: Cindy Caldwell)
2015
36
India: Bride of Indiana (By: Ashley Merrick)
2015
37
Anna: Bride of Alabama
2015
38
Gillian: Bride of Maine
2015
39
Michelle: Bride of Mississippi (By: Cindy Caldwell)
2015
40
Lilly: Bride of Illinois (By: Linda K. Hubalek)
2015
41
Tabitha: Bride of Missouri
2015
42
Anna: Bride of Alabama (By: Lily Graison)
2015
43
Laurel: Bride of Arkansas
2015
44
Johanna: Bride of Michigan
2015
45
Gillian: Bride of Maine (By: Kirsten Lynn)
2015
46
Tabitha: Bride of Missouri (By: Amelia C. Adams)
2015
47
Della: Bride of Texas
2015
48
Constance: Bride of Florida
2015
49
Laurel: Bride of Arkansas (By: Carra Copelin)
2015
50
Johanna: Bride of Michigan (By: Clara Kincaid)
2015
51
Hannah: Bride of Iowa
2015
52
Roberta: Bride of Wisconsin
2015
53
Della: Bride of Texas (By: Trinity Ford)
2015
54
Sarah: Bride of Minnesota
2015
55
Constance: Bride of Florida (By: Patricia PacJac Carroll)
2015
56
Hannah: Bride of Iowa (By: Penny Estelle)
2015
57
Darby: Bride of Oregon
2015
58
Roberta: Bride of Wisconsin (By: Kirsten Osbourne)
2015
59
Victoria: Bride of Kansas
2015
60
Hannah, Bride of Iowa (By: P.A. Estelle)
2015
61
Trinity: Bride of West Virginia
2015
62
Sarah: Bride of Minnesota (By: Katie Crabapple)
2015
63
Genevieve: Bride of Nevada
2015
64
Madeline: Bride of Nebraska
2015
65
Darby: Bride of Oregon (By: Bella Bowen)
2015
66
Victoria: Bride of Kansas (By: E.E. Burke)
2015
67
Violet: Bride of North Dakota
2015
68
Trinity: Bride of West Virginia (By: Carré White)
2015
69
Cora: Bride of South Dakota
2015
70
Grace: Bride of Montana
2015
71
Genevieve: Bride of Nevada (By: Cynthia Woolf)
2015
72
Patience: Bride Of Washington
2015
73
Madeline: Bride of Nebraska (By: Mia Blackwood)
2015
74
Violet: Bride of North Dakota (By: Heather Horrocks)
2015
75
Mercy: Bride of Idaho
2015
76
Judith: Bride of Wyoming
2016
77
Cora: Bride of South Dakota (By: Susan Horsnell)
2015
78
Lessie: Bride of Utah
2016
79
Grace: Bride of Montana (By: Debra Holland)
2015
80
Patience: Bride Of Washington (By: Caroline Clemmons)
2015
81
Chevonne: Bride of Oklahoma
2016
82
Josie: Bride of New Mexico
2016
83
Mercy: Bride of Idaho (By: Jacquie Rogers)
2015
84
Libbie: Bride of Arizona
2016
85
Judith: Bride of Wyoming (By: Hildie McQueen)
2016
86
Poppy: Bride of Alaska
2016
87
Lessie: Bride of Utah (By: Kristin Holt)
2016
88
Kitty: Bride of Hawaii
2016
89
Chevonne: Bride of Oklahoma (By: Leighann Dobbs)
2016
90
Josie: Bride of New Mexico (By: Kristin Holt)
2016
91
Isabella Bride of Ohio
2016
92
Libbie: Bride of Arizona (By: Linda Carroll-Bradd)
2016
93
Rose: Bride of Colorado
2016
94
Poppy: Bride of Alaska (By: Cassie Hayes)
2016
95
Jessie: Bride of South Carolina
2017
96
Kitty: Bride of Hawaii (By: Janelle Daniels)
2016
97
Isabella Bride of Ohio (By: Debra Parmley, Robert Arrow)