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Doucet

by Tami Hoag

The Doucet series by Tami Hoag has 3 known books (3 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with The Restless Heart (1991).

Books
3 known books (3 novels)
Published
3
First published
1991
Status
completed
Shelved under
Romance, Thriller
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Start here: The Restless Heart (1991) — then read straight through in publication order.

Book one

Cover of The Restless Heart

The Restless Heart (1991)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. The Restless Heart

    Novel

    The Restless Heart is the book that opens Tami Hoag's Doucet series, first published in 1991. It's followed in the reading order by Lucky's Lady. It runs 192 pages. The series ran to completion in 1993 across 3 books.

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  2. Lucky's Lady

    Novel

    Lucky's Lady is the second book in the Doucet series, published in 1992. It sits between The Restless Heart and Cry Wolf in the reading order. It runs 368 pages.

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  3. Cry Wolf

    Novel

    Cry Wolf is the third book in the Doucet series, published in 1993. It follows Lucky's Lady, closing out a series that ran from 1991 to 1993. It runs 531 pages.

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About the Doucet series

Tami Hoag's Doucet trilogy is set in the fictional Cajun town of Bayou Breaux, Louisiana, and follows members of the Doucet family across three books that trace her own evolution as a writer: The Restless Heart (1991) and Lucky's Lady (1992) are category romances published under Bantam's Loveswept line, pairing Doucet men (Remy, then Lucky) with outsider heroines; Cry Wolf (1993) keeps the same Bayou Breaux setting but shifts decisively toward the romantic-suspense register Hoag became known for, following attorney Laurel Chandler into a serial-killer investigation and winning the RT Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Romantic Suspense.

The trilogy effectively documents Hoag's own transition from category romance to suspense fiction in real time. Bayou Breaux later became the setting for an unrelated cast of protagonists, Nick Fourcade and Annie Broussard, starting with A Thin Dark Line (1997) -- tracked separately in this catalogue as the Broussard and Fourcade series, since it follows different lead characters despite sharing the town.

Frequently asked questions

How many Doucet books are there?

Three: The Restless Heart (1991), Lucky's Lady (1992), and Cry Wolf (1993).

Is Doucet connected to the Broussard and Fourcade series?

They share the same fictional town, Bayou Breaux, Louisiana, but follow different protagonists -- Doucet-family romances here, versus investigators Nick Fourcade and Annie Broussard starting with A Thin Dark Line (1997), tracked separately.

Are these category romances or thrillers?

The first two are 1990s Loveswept category romances; the third, Cry Wolf, marks Hoag's shift into romantic suspense, the genre she became best known for.

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