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Legendary Lovers

by Debbie Macomber

The Legendary Lovers series by Debbie Macomber has 3 known books (3 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Cindy and the Prince (1988).

Books
3 known books (3 novels)
Published
3
First published
1988
Status
completed
Shelved under
Romance
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Start here: Cindy and the Prince (1988) — then read straight through in publication order.

Book one

Cover of Cindy and the Prince

Cindy and the Prince (1988)

Reading order

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

  1. Cindy and the Prince

    Novel

    Cindy and the Prince, published in 1988, gives a modern Cinderella-adjacent office setting to the fairy-tale premise anchoring Debbie Macomber's Legendary Lovers trilogy, running 313 pages.

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  2. Some Kind of Wonderful

    Novel

    The longest of the three at 400 pages, Some Kind of Wonderful is a makeover-driven reinvention story published the same year, 1988, as a standalone entry unconnected to the other two books' casts.

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  3. Almost Paradise

    Novel

    Almost Paradise is the shortest of Debbie Macomber's Legendary Lovers trilogy at 207 pages, an island-paradise courtship rounding out her 1988 fairy-tale-themed miniseries. Like Cindy and the Prince and Some Kind of Wonderful, it's a compact, self-contained category romance with its own unconnected couple, tied to the other two only by the trilogy's shared fairy-tale-inspired concept.

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About the Legendary Lovers series

Legendary Lovers is a short-lived early Debbie Macomber trilogy, with each book putting a contemporary romantic spin on a classic fairy-tale or storybook premise -- a modern Cinderella-adjacent office romance, a makeover-driven reinvention story, and an island paradise courtship. Published in a single year, 1988, the three books are unconnected by cast or setting, tied together only by their shared fairy-tale-inspired concept, in keeping with a category-romance publishing trend of the era that grouped short, thematically linked romances into miniseries.

As with much of Macomber's late-1980s catalog, these are compact, self-contained category romances rather than a continuing storyline, aimed at genre readers looking for a quick, trope-driven read rather than an ongoing cast to follow across books.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in the Legendary Lovers series?

Three: Cindy and the Prince, Some Kind of Wonderful, and Almost Paradise, all published in 1988.

Are the Legendary Lovers books connected to each other?

No -- each is a standalone romance with a different cast, linked only by a shared fairy-tale-inspired premise rather than continuing characters.

What is the Legendary Lovers series about?

Each book gives a contemporary romantic twist to a classic storybook or fairy-tale concept, in the style of a late-1980s category-romance miniseries.

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