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Mount Desert Island

by Katie Winters

The Mount Desert Island series by Katie Winters has 7 known books (7 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with Secrets in Bar Harbor (2021).

Books
7 known books (7 novels)
Published
7
First published
2021
Status
ongoing
Shelved under
Literary Fiction
Start here: Secrets in Bar Harbor (2021) — then read straight through in publication order.
Book one
Cover of Secrets in Bar Harbor
Secrets in Bar Harbor (2021)

Reading order

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

  1. Secrets in Bar Harbor

    Novel
    Secrets in Bar Harbor opens the Mount Desert Island series in 2021, introducing the extended Bar Harbor family whose overlapping secrets and reconciliations carry Katie Winters' coastal-family-drama through the rest of the series. At 218 pages, it is the longest entry, setting up the fast-releasing installments that follow.
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  2. Deception in Bar Harbor

    Novel
    The second installment of Mount Desert Island, Deception in Bar Harbor picks up right after Secrets in Bar Harbor as more of the family's hidden histories come to light. Also published in 2021, it runs 205 pages and continues Katie Winters' pattern of overlapping secrets and reconciliations set against Bar Harbor, Maine.
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  3. Christmas in Bar Harbor

    Novel
    Christmas in Bar Harbor brings a holiday backdrop to the third entry in Katie Winters' Mount Desert Island series, published in 2021 at 203 pages. It follows Deception in Bar Harbor and precedes New Horizon in Bar Harbor, keeping the Bar Harbor family's secrets and reconciliations moving forward through the season.
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  4. New Horizon in Bar Harbor

    Novel
    New Horizon in Bar Harbor moves the Mount Desert Island series into 2022, continuing the extended Bar Harbor family's overlapping secrets and second chances. At 173 pages, it sits between Christmas in Bar Harbor and Glistening Sunsets in the series' publication order.
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  5. Glistening Sunsets

    Novel
    Glistening Sunsets is the fifth Mount Desert Island novel, published in 2022 as Katie Winters continues the Bar Harbor family's story of secrets and second chances against the Maine coastal setting. It runs 173 pages, matching its immediate predecessor, New Horizon in Bar Harbor.
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  6. Bar Harbor Nights

    Novel
    Bar Harbor Nights, the sixth book in Mount Desert Island, continues Katie Winters' Bar Harbor family saga in 2022, following Glistening Sunsets and leading into the series' final entry, A New Light. Like the rest of the series, it weaves reconciliation and revelation into its Maine island setting.
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  7. A New Light

    Novel
    A New Light closes out the Mount Desert Island series as its seventh and, so far, final entry, published in 2023 at 178 pages. It carries Katie Winters' Bar Harbor family through one more round of secrets and reconciliation, and no further title had been confirmed after it as of this curation.
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Key facts about the Mount Desert Island series

The Mount Desert Island series has 7 books on our list. Since all 7 are out now, you can read the whole list today.

Start with Secrets in Bar Harbor, since it opens the publication order in 2021. Deception in Bar Harbor is book 2, from 2021. Christmas in Bar Harbor is book 3, from 2021.

New Horizon in Bar Harbor is book 4, from 2022. Glistening Sunsets is book 5, from 2022. Bar Harbor Nights is book 6, from 2022. A New Light is book 7, from 2023.

Each title links to its own page, while the list keeps them in date order. Each book page shows its dates and editions. The catalogue marks it as ongoing, yet no next book has a date so far.

The books came out between 2021 and 2023, while their length runs from 173 to 218 pages. That is a run of 2 years.

Katie Winters has 112 books on our list. Additionally, they write Secrets of Mackinac Island, Sisters of Edgartown and The Vineyard Sunset, plus 8 more series. We shelve the books under women's fiction.

About the Mount Desert Island series

Mount Desert Island is one of Katie Winters' family-drama/clean-romance series, set in and around Bar Harbor, Maine, following a family through secrets and reconciliations in Winters' recurring coastal-family-drama style. Like the rest of Winters' fast-releasing catalogue, the books follow members of an extended family or island community through overlapping installments -- secrets uncovered, second chances, and reconciliations -- released at a pace of several books a year since Mount Desert Island began in 2021.

Frequently asked questions

What order should I read Mount Desert Island in?

In publication order, starting with Secrets in Bar Harbor (2021).

Is Mount Desert Island still ongoing?

No further title had been confirmed after A New Light (2023) as of this curation, though the author has not stated the series is finished.

How many books are in the Mount Desert Island series?

7, from Secrets in Bar Harbor (2021) through A New Light (2023).

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