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Sharon Sala

(b.1943)

aka Dinah McCall

Sharon Sala is a long-time member of RWA, as well as a member of OKRWA. She has 100 plus books in print, published in five different genres – Romance, Young Adult, Western, Fiction, and Women’s Fiction.
First published in 1991, she’s an eight-time RITA finalist, winner of the Janet Dailey Award, five-time Career Achievement winner from RT Magazine, five time winner of the National Reader’s Choice Award, and five time winner of the Colorado Romance Writer’s Award of Excellence, winner of the Heart of Excellence Award, as well as winner of the Booksellers Best Award. In 2011 she was named RWA’s recipient of the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award. Her books are New York Times , USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly best-sellers. Writing changed her life, her world, and her fate.

Genres: Romance, Romantic Suspense, Paranormal Romance, Historical Romance, Mystery, Children's Fiction

New and upcoming books

October 2024

Snowy Mountain Christmas

November 2024

Between Life and Laundry

November 2024

Mad in Mississippi / Rain Down on Me

January 2025

Bad Seed
(Jubilee, Kentucky, book 5)

June 2025

Sunset
(Crossroads , book 1)

Series

Brownfield Family
1. Always a Lady (1993)
2. Gentle Persuasion (1993)

Gambler's Daughters
   1. Diamond (1994)
   2. Queen (1994)
   3. Lucky (1995)

Hatfield Family
1. The Miracle Man (1995)
2. When You Call My Name (1995)

Justice Way
   1. Ryder's Wife (1997)
   2. Roman's Heart (1998)
   3. Royal's Child (1999)

Letty and Eulis
   1. Whippoorwill (2003)
   2. The Amen Trail (2004)
     aka Their Way to Colorado
   3. The Hen House (2007)

Cat Dupree
   1. Nine Lives (2006)
   2. Cut Throat (2007)
   3. Bad Penny (2008)

Storm Front
   1. Blown Away (2010)
   2. Torn Apart (2010)
   3. Swept Aside (2010)

Searchers
   1. Blood Stains (2011)
   2. Blood Ties (2011)
   3. Blood Trails (2011)

Lunatic Life
   1. My Lunatic Life (2011)
   2. Lunatic Detective (2011)
   3. Lunatic Revenge (2012)
   4. Lunatic Times Two (2013)

Rebel Ridge
   1. Next of Kin (2012)
   2. Don't Cry for Me (2012)
   3. 'Til Death (2013)

Forces of Nature
   1. Going Once (2013)
   2. Going Twice (2014)
   3. Going Gone (2014)

Blessings, Georgia
   0.5. Count Your Blessings (2015)
     aka Color Me Bad
   1. You and Only You (2014)
     aka The Curl Up and Dye
   2. I'll Stand By You (2015)
   3. Saving Jake (2016)
   4. A Piece of My Heart (2017)
   5. The Color of Love (2018)
   6. Come Back to Me (2018)
   7. Forever My Hero (2019)
   8. A Rainbow Above Us (2019)
   9. The Way Back to You (2019)
   10. Once in a Blue Moon (2020)
   11. Somebody to Love (2021)
   12. The Christmas Wish (2021)
   13. The Best of Me (2022)

For Her Eyes Only Serialization
   1. For Her Eyes Only Part One (2014)
   2. For Her Eyes Only Part Two (2014)
   3. For Her Eyes Only Part Three (2014)

Secrets and Lies
   1. Wild Hearts (2015)
   2. Cold Hearts (2015)
   3. Dark Hearts (2016)

Jigsaw Files
   1. The Missing Piece (2019)
   2. Second Sight (2020)
   3. Blind Faith (2020)
   4. The Last Straw (2021)

Jubilee, Kentucky
   1. Don't Back Down (2023)
   2. Last Rites (2023)
   3. Heartbeat (2024)
   4. Left Behind (2024)
   5. Bad Seed (2025)

Crossroads
1. Sunset (2025)

Novels

   Sara's Angel (1991)
   Honor's Promise (1992)
   King's Ransom (1992)
   Chance McCall (1993)
   Annie and the Outlaw (1994)
   Deep in the Heart (1996)
   Second Chances (1996)
   Finders Keepers (1997)
   Sweet Baby (1999)
   Remember Me (1999)
   Reunion (1999)
   Butterfly (2000)
   Snowfall (2001)
   The Way to Yesterday (2002)
   Dark Water (2002)
   Night Lies (2003)
     aka Amber by Night
   Out of the Dark (2003)
   Missing (2004)
   Rider On Fire (2005)
   The Chosen (2005)
   The Healer (2008)
   Penance (2008)
   The Warrior (2009)
   A Field Of Poppies (2012)
   The Boarding House (2012)
   A Thousand Lies (2013)
   Family Sins (2016)
   Race Against Time (2017)
   Betrayed (2017)
   Life of Lies (2017)
   In Shadows (2018)
   Dark Water Rising (2019)
   I, Gracie (2020)
   Broke-Ass Women's Club (2021)
   The Next Best Day (2022)
   Save Me (2024)
   Snowy Mountain Christmas (2024)

Collections

   Dark Awakenings (2010) (with others)
   Rebel Hearts Anthology (2022) (with others)
   Mad in Mississippi / Rain Down on Me (2024)

Novellas and Short Stories

   Sudden Danger (2014)
   Capsized (2015)
   Sympathy Pains (2016)
   It Happened One Night (2016)
   The Promise (2019)
   The Fiercest Heart (2019)

Series contributed to

Im Extra
4. Shades of a Desperado (1996)

36 Hours
4. For Her Eyes Only (1997)

Men in Blue
14. A Place to Call Home (1999)

Year of Loving Dangerously
1. Mission, Irresistible (2000)
12. Familiar Stranger (2001)

More Than Words
2. More Than Words, Volume 2 (2005) (with others)

Picture Books show

Non fiction show

Omnibus editions show

Books containing stories by Sharon Sala

Reunion at Mossy Creek (2002)
(Mossy Creek, book 2)
edited by
Deborah Smith

Sharon Sala recommends

Ghost of You (2015)
(Phantoms Trilogy, book 3)
Kelly Moran
"The first book I've read in a very long time that I didn't want to put down and didn't want it to end. Kelly Moran is a gem of a writer, I can't wait to see what she writes for us next."

Heart of the Witch (2009)
Alicia Dean
"A riveting story of murder, witchcraft, and heart-stopping romance."

Temperature's Rising (2005)
Karen Kelley
"I absolutely loved it!"