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Runaway
The Runaway series by Devney Perry has 5 known books (5 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Runaway Road (2020). The latest book with a fully recorded publication date is Forsaken Trail.
- Books
- 5 known books (5 novellas)
- Published
- 5
- First published
- 2020
- Status
- completed
- Shelved under
- Romance
- Last checked
Start here: Runaway Road (2020) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
Runaway Road
Devney Perry opened the Runaway series in 2020 with Runaway Road, a 256-page novella introducing the restored 1964 Cadillac that passes from woman to woman across the series -- a literal inheritance for six friends who grew up together as runaway teenagers in a California junkyard.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Runaway Road - Book 2:
Wild Highway
Wild Highway, the second novella, also published in 2020, runs 266 pages and hands the Cadillac -- and the plot -- to a different member of the junkyard friend group as the car's journey brings characters home to small-town Montana.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Wild Highway - Book 3:
Quarter Miles
Quarter Miles, the third entry, jumps to 682 pages while still published in 2020, continuing the found-family throughline as the restored Cadillac passes to another friend from the group's junkyard childhood.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Quarter Miles - Book 4:
Forsaken Trail
Forsaken Trail, dated 28 December 2020, matches Quarter Miles at 682 pages and closes out the series' busy 2020, continuing the road-trip romance built around the Cadillac's cross-country journey and the friend group's hard-won trust.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Forsaken Trail - Book 5:
Dotted Lines
Dotted Lines, the fifth and final novella, moved into 2021 while holding the same 682-page length as the two books before it, closing the loop on the restored Cadillac's journey between the six junkyard friends.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Dotted Lines
About the Runaway series
The Runaway series is built around an unusual connective device: a restored 1964 Cadillac that passes from woman to woman as it crosses the country, tying together five standalone romances about six friends who grew up together as runaway teenagers living in a California junkyard. Runaway Road opens the series as the group scatters into adulthood and the car becomes both a literal inheritance and a symbol of the family they made for themselves when their own families failed them.
Each subsequent book, Wild Highway, Quarter Miles, and Forsaken Trail, hands the wheel (and the plot) to a different member of the group, mixing road-trip romance with small-town Montana settings once the car's journey brings characters home. Dotted Lines closes the series a year after the first four, which released in rapid succession across 2020. The backstory, kids who built a family out of a junkyard and a car, gives the series more emotional weight than a typical linked-romance set, with found family and hard-won trust as the throughline connecting five otherwise separate love stories.
A five-book bindup titled The Runaways, collecting all five novels in one volume, was published in 2023; it isn't a new sixth entry, just a repackaging of the same five stories.
Frequently asked questions
How many books are in the Runaway series?
Five: Runaway Road, Wild Highway, Quarter Miles, Forsaken Trail, and Dotted Lines.
What order should I read the Runaway books in?
Publication order: Runaway Road, Wild Highway, Quarter Miles, Forsaken Trail (all 2020), then Dotted Lines (2021).
What is The Runaways? Is it a sixth book?
No. The Runaways (2023) is an omnibus bindup collecting the same five novels in one volume, not new content.
Is the Runaway series complete?
Yes, complete at five books, with Dotted Lines closing it out in 2021.
What connects the Runaway books to each other?
All six main characters grew up together as teenage runaways living in a California junkyard, and a restored 1964 Cadillac from that period passes between them across the five books, tying the otherwise standalone romances together.
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