MacKade Brothers · Book 1
The Return of Rafe MacKade
- Published
- 1 January 1995
- Pages
- 505
- ISBN-13
- 9780263276527
- Type
- novel

About this book
Nora Roberts opened the MacKade Brothers series in 1995 with The Return of Rafe MacKade, the longest book in the quartet at 505 pages. It brings eldest brother Rafe back to the small Civil War battlefield town of Antietam, Maryland to renovate the supposedly haunted old Barlow place, alongside schoolteacher Regan Bishop — a haunted-house subplot that recurs through the rest of the series.
Its place in MacKade Brothers
The Return of Rafe MacKade is book 1 in the MacKade Brothers series. It is followed by The Pride of Jared MacKade. See the full MacKade Brothers reading order.
The MacKade Brothers follows four hard-living, once-notorious brothers in the small town of Antietam, Maryland — long the source of local gossip for their wild younger years — as each settles down with an unexpected match. The Return of Rafe MacKade brings the eldest brother back to town after years away to renovate the old Barlow place, a supposedly haunted house, alongside schoolteacher Regan Bishop. The Pride of Jared MacKade pairs the family's buttoned-up lawyer brother with Savannah Morningstar, a…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780263276527