I'm not one of those people who knew from birth she was destined to become a writer. I always loved to read and throughout my childhood I could usually be found with a book in my hands. To the disgust of my friends, I even enjoyed creative writing assignments that made them all groan. But I had other dreams besides writing. I wanted to be an actress or a teacher or a lawyer. Life took a different turn for me, though, when my mother made me take a journalism elective in high school (thanks, Mom!). I knew the first day that this was where I belonged. After I graduated from college in journalism, I took a job at the local daily newspaper and I reveled in the challenge and the diversity of it. One day I could be interviewing the latest country music star, the next day I was writing about local motorcycle gangs or interviewing an award-winning scientist. Through it all—through the natural progression of my career from reporter to editor—I wrote stories in my head. Not just any stories, either, but romances, the kind of books I have devoured since junior high school, with tales about real people going through the trials and tribulations of life until they find deep and lasting love. I had no idea how to put these people on paper, but knew I had to try—their stories were too compelling for me to ignore. I sold my first book in 1995 and now, more than 30 books later, I've come to love everything about writing, from the click of the computer keys under my fingers to the "that's-it!" feeling I get when a story is flowing. I write full-time now (well, as full-time as I can manage juggling my kids!) amid the raw beauty of the northern Utah mountains. Even though I might not have dreamed of being a writer when I was younger, now I simply can't imagine my life any other way. I love to hear from readers. You can reach me at my email address, raeannethayne@gmail.com
Series
Books
Autumn Chill in Utah Springs
2007
Riverbend Road
2016
A Thunder Canyon Christmas
2010
A Beach House Beginning
2024
A Cold Creek Christmas Story
2015
The Path to Sunshine Cove
2021
Sugar Pine Trail
2017
Hiding in Park City
2003
Rainforest Honeymoon
2007
Fireworks
1997
Willowleaf Lane
2013
Coming Home for Christmas
2019
A Cold Creek Reunion
2012
Snowbound in Sweetwater Ranch
2005
Snowfall on Haven Point
2016
Christmas in Snowflake Canyon
2013
The Sea Glass Cottage
2020
Tea and Destiny / Light the Stars
1990
A Cold Creek Homecoming
2009
Blackberry Summer
2011
Home in Cottonwood Canyon
2005
Nothing to Lose
2004
Dalton's Undoing
2006
Serenity Harbor
2017
The December Market
2024
The Wrangler and the Runaway Mom
1999
Summer at Lake Haven
2020
Renegade Father
2001
A Brambleberry Summer
2021
A Cold Creek Noel & A Very Crimson Christmas
2017
Christmas at the Shelter Inn
2023
Starstruck
2006
Return to Star Valley
2002
Reunited in Walnut River / A Matter of the Heart
2019
A Cold Creek Christmas Collection
A Cold Creek Christmas Surprise / The Christmas Ranch / A Cold Creek Christmas Story
2019
15 Summers Later
2024
A Haven Point Beginning
2020
Evergreen Springs
2015
Denim and Diamonds / A Cold Creek Reunion
2016
Sweet Justice
1998
A Little Bit Country / Blackberry Summer
2015
Light the Stars
2006
A Cold Creek Holiday
2009
Springtime in Salt River / Love Thine Enemy
2018
Brambleberry House
His Second-Chance Family / A Soldier's Secret
2017
Hope on Sage Flats
2008
Christmas at Holiday House
2020
The Christmas Ranch
2014
Sweet Laurel Falls
2012
The Cottages on Silver Beach
2018
His Second-Chance Family
2008
Dancing in the Moonlight
2006
A Soldier's Return / The Daddy Makeover
2019
Snowed In at the Ranch & A Kiss on Crimson Ranch
2022
Lost in Cottonwood Canyon (The Searchers #2) / How to Train a Cowboy
2004
Saving Grace
2000
Christmas in Cold Creek
2011
A Soldier's Secret
2008
Sleigh Bells Ring
2021
Springtime in Salt River
2002
Back on Bittercreek Ranch
2005
A Cold Creek Baby
2010
Endangered
1996
Light the Stars & The Farmer Next Door
2020
A Cold Creek Noel
2012
A Cold Creek Christmas Surprise
2013
Wild Streak
1996
Redemption Bay
2015
The Cowboy's Christmas Miracle
2008
The Holiday Gift / A Cold Creek Noel
2016
All Is Bright
2022
Snowfall in Cold Creek & A Deal Made in Texas
2020
Outlaw Hartes
The Valentine Two-Step / Cassidy Harte and the Comeback Kid
2015
Never Too Late / His Bundle of Love
2018
Currant Creek Valley
2013
The Lost Book of First Loves
2025
Season of Wonder
2018
Freefall
2003
Summer at the Cape
2022
Sweet Justice
2002
The Cliff House
2019
The Rancher's Christmas Song
2017
Wild Iris Ridge
2016
The Quiet Storm
2003
The Rancher's Christmas Song / The Cowboy's Christmas Miracle
2017
Reunited in Walnut River
2008
A Cold Creek Reunion
2012
The Daddy Makeover
2007
The Holiday Gift
2016
Shelter from the Storm
2007
A Soldier's Return
2019
Home to Seal Point / Still the One
2018
The Cafe at Beach End
2023
A Place to Belong
2021
Change of Fortune
2009
Woodrose Mountain
2011
In Too Deep
1997
Snow Angel Cove
2014
A Cold Creek Secret
2010
Star Valley Winter
2002
