The Manning Sisters · Book 2

The Sheriff Takes a Wife

Published
1 January 1990
Pages
254
ISBN-13
9780373096374
Type
novel
Cover of The Sheriff Takes a Wife

About this book

The Sheriff Takes a Wife followed the same year, 1990, at 254 pages, turning to the second Manning sister as she's pursued by the local sheriff in another self-contained small-town romance.

Key facts about The Sheriff Takes a Wife

Debbie Macomber wrote The Sheriff Takes a Wife, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1990. The book has 254 pages.

We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780373096374 to find the main one.

The Sheriff Takes a Wife is book 2 of 2 in The Manning Sisters series. The series has 2 published books. However, the series starts with The Cowboy's Lady (1990).

Additionally, Debbie Macomber writes Legendary Lovers, Navy and Orchard Valley Trilogy, plus 11 more series. Those series sit on our contemporary romance and romantic suspense shelves. Meanwhile, A Date with Santa is the latest published Debbie Macomber book on file, from 13 October 2026.

About Debbie Macomber

Debbie Macomber is one of the most commercially successful authors in contemporary romance, with more than 200 million copies of her books in print. See every Debbie Macomber book in order.

Its place in The Manning Sisters

The Sheriff Takes a Wife is book 2 in the The Manning Sisters series. It follows The Cowboy's Lady. See the full The Manning Sisters reading order.

A short, early Debbie Macomber duology following two sisters -- one a rancher's reluctant bride, the other pursued by the local sheriff -- as they each find unexpected love in small-town Western settings. Published back to back in 1990, The Cowboy's Lady and The Sheriff Takes a Wife are classic Silhouette-era category romances: efficient, trope-forward stories built around a single central couple, written before Macomber moved into the longer, ensemble small-town sagas that would define her later career. The two…

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