Reading order · 3 books · 2016 to 2018 · Set in Virginia City, Nevada
Destiny Books in Order
The Destiny books follow the Carmichael sisters, who run a hotel and a family business in the American West of the 1880s, and the men who come into their lives.
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Series facts
The reading order
Every Destiny book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
3 books · Set in Virginia City, Nevada
- 1Forbidden2016In 1870 Eddy Carmichael, a young Black woman who dreams of opening a restaurant, is stranded in the desert on her way west and rescued by Rhine Fontaine, a successful businessman in Virginia City, Nevada, who is living as a white man.Buy on Amazon
- 2Breathless2017With Kent RandolphIn Arizona Territory, Portia Carmichael runs the family hotel and has no time for love, until her childhood friend Kent Randolph comes back into her life.Buy on Amazon
- 3Tempest2018With Regan Carmichael and Colton LeeRegan Carmichael travels to the Wyoming Territory as a mail-order bride for Colton Lee, a widowed doctor, and makes an entrance he will not forget.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Each book has its own couple, but the family links them, so read in order: Forbidden, Breathless, then Tempest.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Kent Randolph | Regan Carmichael | Colton Lee | Eddy Carmichael | Rhine Fontaine | Portia Carmichael |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Forbidden | ·Minor | ·Minor | ·Minor | |||
| 2 Breathless | LLead | ·Minor | ·Minor | ·Minor | ||
| 3 Tempest | LLead | LLead | ·Minor | ·Minor | ·Minor |
Characters in the Destiny books
6 characters from Beverly Jenkins’s chart, with the number of Destiny books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Kent RandolphHotel owner | 1 | Breathless 2017 |
| Regan CarmichaelMail-order bride | 1 | Tempest 2018 |
| Colton LeeDoctor and widower | 1 | Tempest 2018 |
| Eddy CarmichaelYoung cook heading west | 3 | Forbidden 2016 |
| Rhine FontaineMan living as white | 3 | Forbidden 2016 |
| Portia CarmichaelHotel manager | 3 | Forbidden 2016 |