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Return to the Canadian West

by Janette Oke

The Return to the Canadian West series by Janette Oke has 3 known books (3 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with Where Courage Calls (2014). Janette Oke wrote the series; books 1-3 were co-written with Laurel Oke Logan.

Books
3 known books (3 novels)
Published
3
First published
2014
Status
completed
Shelved under
Literary Fiction
Start here: Where Courage Calls (2014) — then read straight through in publication order.
Book one
Cover of Where Courage Calls
Where Courage Calls (2014)

Reading order

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

  1. Where Courage Calls

    Novel
    Where Courage Calls opens Return to the Canadian West, an inspirational fiction series co-written by Janette Oke and her daughter Laurel Oke Logan. Published in 2014 at 392 pages, it's the first of three books, followed by Where Trust Lies.
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  2. Where Trust Lies

    Novel
    Where Trust Lies is the second book in Return to the Canadian West, co-written by Janette Oke and Laurel Oke Logan. Published in 2015 at 478 pages, it follows Where Courage Calls and precedes the trilogy's closing volume, Where Hope Prevails.
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  3. Where Hope Prevails

    Novel
    Where Hope Prevails closes the three-book Return to the Canadian West series, co-written by Janette Oke and Laurel Oke Logan. Published in 2016 at 439 pages, it follows Where Trust Lies as the trilogy's final entry.
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Key facts about the Return to the Canadian West series

The Return to the Canadian West series has 3 books on our list. Since all 3 are out now, you can read the whole list today.

Start with Where Courage Calls, since it opens the publication order in 2014. Where Trust Lies is book 2, from 2015. Where Hope Prevails is book 3, from 2016.

Each title links to its own page, while the list keeps them in date order. Each book page shows its dates and editions. Since the catalogue marks the series as complete, we list no next book.

The books came out between 2014 and 2016, while their length runs from 392 to 478 pages. That is a run of 2 years.

Janette Oke has 48 books on our list. Additionally, they write Love Comes Softly, Seasons of the Heart and Canadian West, plus 5 more series. We shelve the books under inspirational fiction.

About the Return to the Canadian West series

Return to the Canadian West revisits the fictional world Oke created in her earlier Canadian West series, this time co-written with her daughter, Laurel Oke Logan, and following Elizabeth Thatcher's younger sister Julie as she takes on her own teaching post in a rough Canadian frontier town. The three-book series was written as a tie-in to the Hallmark Channel's When Calls the Heart television series, sharing that show's setting and some character names while telling its own original story on the page.

Where the original Canadian West novels are Oke's solo work, this continuation is a mother-daughter collaboration, with Logan -- Oke's biographer and a novelist in her own right -- taking on a larger share of the writing as Oke's involvement in new fiction decreased in her later career.

Frequently asked questions

Who writes the Return to the Canadian West series?

Janette Oke wrote the series; books 1-3 were co-written with Laurel Oke Logan.

Do I need to read the original Canadian West series first?

No -- Return to the Canadian West follows a new protagonist (Julie Thatcher) and reads as a self-contained story, though it shares the earlier series' setting.

Who wrote Return to the Canadian West?

Janette Oke co-wrote the series with her daughter, Laurel Oke Logan.

How many books are in the Return to the Canadian West series?

3: Where Courage Calls (2014), Where Trust Lies (2015), and Where Hope Prevails (2016).

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