This page lists Fiona McArthur books in publication order, series order, alternate-title order, and recommended reading paths.
Quick Index
- Scope: Fiona McArthur medical romance, rural fiction, midwife fiction, shared publisher series, and nonfiction
- Default Order: Publication order by original release
- Best Starting Point: Delivering Love for publication order, or The Homestead Girls for rural fiction
- Order Matters: Light for standalones, moderate in Lyrebird Lake and connected medical series
- Includes: Delivering, Marriage and Maternity, Lyrebird Lake, Midwives of Lighthouse Bay, Healing Hands, Time Travel Midwife, and rural fiction
- Not to be confused with: Fiona Brand, Fiona Lowe, Fiona McIntosh, or Fiona McFarlane
Reading Paths
1. Publication Order
Use this for the broad author-catalog sequence.
- Delivering Love
- Midwife Under Fire!
- Father in Secret
- The Midwife’s Secret
- Emergency in Maternity
- Delivering Secrets
- Midwife in Need
- Continue through the early medical romances
- Add rural fiction from The Homestead Girls onward
- Add later series such as Healing Hands, Time Travel Midwife, and Delivering continuation
2. Medical Romance Series Path
A focused route for linked midwife and doctor romances.
- Delivering Love
- Delivering Secrets
- Delivering Promises
- Delivering Danger
- The Midwife’s Secret
- Emergency in Maternity
- Midwife in Need
- A Very Single Midwife
- The Pregnant Midwife
- Continue with Lyrebird Lake and Midwives of Lighthouse Bay
3. Rural Fiction Path
Best for readers following the longer Australian rural novels.
- The Homestead Girls
- Red Sand Sunrise
- The Farmer’s Friend
- Heart of the Sky
- The Baby Doctor
- Mothers’ Day
- The Desert Midwife
- The Bush Telegraph
- The Opal Miner’s Daughter
- Back To Birdsville
- The Lightning Ridge Ladies
- The Featherwood Beekeeper
4. Beginner Path
A compact starter route across the main catalog areas.
- The Homestead Girls
- The Desert Midwife
- Montana
- A Month to Marry the Midwife
- The Doctor’s Gift
- Time Travel Midwife
- Delivering Love
Publication Order Master List
FictionDB lists Fiona McArthur with 76 books and 9 series, with Delivering Love as the first book and Delivering Danger as the latest listed release. Fantastic Fiction lists series groupings including Delivering, Lyrebird Lake, Aussie Outback Medical Romance, Midwives of Lighthouse Bay, Healing Hands, and Time Travel Midwife.
2000 to 2004
- Delivering Love (2000) – Novel – Delivering
- Midwife Under Fire! (2001) – Novel – Standalone medical romance
- Father in Secret (2001) – Novel – Standalone medical romance
- The Midwife’s Secret (2002) – Novel – Marriage and Maternity
- Emergency in Maternity (2003) – Novel – Marriage and Maternity
- Delivering Secrets (2003) – Novel – Delivering and Marriage and Maternity
- Midwife in Need (2004) – Novel – Marriage and Maternity
- A Very Single Midwife (2004) – Novel – Marriage and Maternity
- The Pregnant Midwife (2004) – Novel – Marriage and Maternity, later connected to Lyrebird Lake listings
2005 to 2010
- Dangerous Assignment (2005) – Novel – 24/7 multi-author series
- The Doctor’s Surprise Bride (2006) – Novel – Standalone medical romance
- The Surgeon’s Special Gift (2006) – Novel – Bachelor Dads multi-author series
- Their Special-Care Baby (2008) – Novel – Top-Notch Docs multi-author series
- Midwife’s Baby (2008) – Novel – Standalone medical romance
- The Midwife’s Little Miracle (2009) – Novel – Lyrebird Lake Maternity, later published as Montana
- The Midwife’s New-Found Family (2009) – Novel – Lyrebird Lake Maternity, later published as Misty
- Pregnant Midwife: Father Needed (2009) – Novel – Lyrebird Lake Maternity, later published as Mia
- Midwife in a Million (2010) – Novel – Jabiru
- The Midwife and the Millionaire (2010) – Novel – Jabiru
- Midwife in the Family Way (2010) – Novel – Lyrebird Lake Maternity, later published as Emma
2011 to 2014
- Midwife, Mother…Italian’s Wife (2011) – Novel – Lyrebird Lake Maternity, later published as Tara
- Harry St. Clair: Rogue or Doctor? (2011) – Novel – Standalone medical romance
- Survival Guide to Dating Your Boss (2011) – Novel – Single, Free & Fabulous in Sydney multi-author series
- Falling for the Sheikh She Shouldn’t (2012) – Novel – Standalone medical romance
- Marco’s Temptation (2012) – Novel – Sydney Harbor Hospital multi-author series
- Waking Up With His Runaway Bride (2012) – Novel – Sydney Harbor Hospital related edition
- A Doctor, A Fling & A Wedding Ring (2012) – Novel – Standalone medical romance
- The Prince Who Charmed Her (2013) – Novel – Standalone medical romance
- Two Tiny Heartbeats (2013) – Novel – Gold Coast Angels multi-author series
- Christmas with Her Ex (2013) – Novel – Christmas Express multi-author series
- Midwife’s Christmas Proposal (2014) – Novel – Christmas in Lyrebird Lake
- Midwife’s Mistletoe Baby (2014) – Novel – Christmas in Lyrebird Lake
2015 to 2018
- The Homestead Girls (2015) – Novel – Rural fiction
- Breech Baby (2015) – Nonfiction
- The Little Book of Birth (2015) – Nonfiction
- Red Sand Sunrise (2016) – Novel – Aussie Outback Medical Romance
- Aussie Midwives (2016) – Nonfiction
- The Farmer’s Friend (2017) – Novel – Aussie Outback Medical Romance
- Heart of the Sky (2017) – Novel – Aussie Outback Medical Romance
- A Month to Marry the Midwife (2017) – Novel – Midwives of Lighthouse Bay
- The Baby Doctor (2018) – Novel – Aussie Outback Medical Romance
- Healed by the Midwife’s Kiss (2018) – Novel – Midwives of Lighthouse Bay
- Mothers’ Day (2018) – Novel – Aussie Outback Medical Romance
- Holly’s Heart (2018) – Novel – Outback Brides multi-author series
2019 to 2020
- Lacey (2019) – Novel – Outback Brides of Wirralong multi-author series
- The Desert Midwife (2019) – Novel – Aussie Outback Medical Romance
- Midwife On The Orient Express (2019) – Novel – Aussie Outback Medical Romance
- The Midwife’s Secret Child (2020) – Novel – Midwives of Lighthouse Bay
- Midwife In The Jungle (2020) – Novel – Aussie Outback Medical Romance
- Maeve’s Baby (2020) – Novel – Outback Brides Return to Wirralong multi-author series
- Montana (2020) – Novel – Lyrebird Lake reissue
- Misty (2020) – Novel – Lyrebird Lake reissue
2021 to 2022
- Mia (2021) – Novel – Lyrebird Lake reissue
- Second Chance in Barcelona (2021) – Novel – Standalone medical romance
- Emma (2021) – Novel – Lyrebird Lake reissue
- The Doctor’s Gift (2021) – Novel – Healing Hands
- Dr. Bennett’s Babies (2021) – Novel – Healing Hands
- Her Doctor Prince (2021) – Novel – Healing Hands
- The Doctor’s Vision (2022) – Novel – Healing Hands
- Taking a Chance on the Best Man (2022) – Novel – Standalone medical romance
- The Baby Whisperer (2022) – Novel – Outback Babies multi-author series
- His Doctor at Sea (2022) – Novel – Healing Hands
2023 to 2024
- Father for the Midwife’s Twins (2023) – Novel – Standalone medical romance
- Time Travel Midwife (2023) – Novel – Time Travel Midwife
- Finding Liam (2023) – Novel – Time Travel Midwife
- The Bush Telegraph (2023) – Novel – Aussie Outback Medical Romance
- The Opal Miner’s Daughter (2023) – Novel – Aussie Outback Medical Romance
- As the River Rises (2023) – Novel – Aussie Outback Medical Romance
- Finding Auralia (2024) – Novel – Time Travel Midwife
- Medivac Midwife (2024) – Novel – Standalone medical romance
- Healing the Baby Doc’s Heart (2024) – Novel – Standalone medical romance
- Back To Birdsville (2024) – Novel – Aussie Outback Medical Romance
- Christmas in Lyrebird Lake (2024) – Novel – Lyrebird Lake
2025 to 2026
- Falling for the Single Mom Next Door (2025) – Novel – Standalone medical romance
- Falling For The Single Mum Next Door (2025) – Novel – Alternate regional title
- The Lightning Ridge Ladies (2025) – Novel – Aussie Outback Medical Romance
- The Midwife’s Christmas Miracle (2025) – Novel – Outback Christmas multi-author series
- Off-Limits Temptation for Dr. Day (2026) – Novel – Standalone medical romance
- Delivering Promises (2026) – Novel – Delivering
- Delivering Danger (2026) – Novel – Delivering
- The Featherwood Beekeeper (2026) – Novel – Rural fiction
Related Works and Where They Fit
- Delivering: Core medical romance series. Read Delivering Love, Delivering Secrets, Delivering Promises, then Delivering Danger. FictionDB lists Delivering Promises and Delivering Danger as 2026 entries.
- Marriage and Maternity: Early linked medical romance group. Read The Midwife’s Secret through The Pregnant Midwife.
- Lyrebird Lake Maternity: Earlier publication identity for several books later reissued with character-title names.
- Lyrebird Lake: Reissue and continuation sequence. Fantastic Fiction lists Montana, Misty, Mia, Emma, Midwife, Mother…Italian’s Wife, and Christmas in Lyrebird Lake in this series.
- Christmas in Lyrebird Lake: Short two-book holiday path. Public sources differ on the order of Midwife’s Mistletoe Baby and Midwife’s Christmas Proposal, so keep the series note visible.
- Aussie Outback Medical Romance: Broad rural medical romance grouping used by Fantastic Fiction for books including The Desert Midwife, The Opal Miner’s Daughter, Red Sand Sunrise, The Baby Doctor, The Bush Telegraph, The Homestead Girls, Heart of the Sky, Mothers’ Day, and later rural titles.
- Midwives of Lighthouse Bay: Three-book medical romance series. Read A Month to Marry the Midwife, Healed by the Midwife’s Kiss, then The Midwife’s Secret Child.
- Healing Hands: Five-book doctors-by-specialty series. Read from The Doctor’s Gift through His Doctor at Sea.
- Time Travel Midwife: Later time-travel medical fiction line. Fantastic Fiction lists Time Travel Midwife, Finding Liam, and Finding Auralia.
- Nonfiction: Breech Baby, The Little Book of Birth, and Aussie Midwives should be listed separately from fiction reading order.
Dependencies & Notes
- Publication order is the safest default because Fiona McArthur’s catalog includes reissues, regional titles, and publisher-series placements.
- Read Lyrebird Lake or Lyrebird Lake Maternity in internal order for character and setting continuity.
- Read Midwives of Lighthouse Bay in order because the books share the Lighthouse Bay setting.
- Healing Hands can be read as a numbered series, but each book centers on a separate romance.
- Rural fiction titles are best treated as a thematic path rather than one strict shared universe.
- Multi-author publisher series entries do not require reading the full outside series.
- Some entries have Australian, UK, US, Harlequin, Mills & Boon, or reissue title differences.
- Check the author’s official bibliography before final publication if edition-level title handling is required.
FAQs
What Fiona McArthur book should I read first?
Delivering Love is the first listed book. The Homestead Girls is a practical starting point for readers who want her rural fiction.
What is Fiona McArthur’s latest known book?
Delivering Danger is listed as the latest 2026 release by FictionDB. Fantastic Fiction also lists The Featherwood Beekeeper for September 2026.
Do Fiona McArthur books need to be read in order?
Only within named series. Standalone medical romances and most rural fiction entries can be read separately.
What is the Lyrebird Lake order?
Use Montana, Misty, Mia, Emma, Midwife, Mother…Italian’s Wife, then Christmas in Lyrebird Lake.
Why are some Lyrebird Lake titles different?
Several early Lyrebird Lake books were published under longer medical romance titles and later reissued under character names.
Where should I start with the rural books?
Start with The Homestead Girls, then continue through Red Sand Sunrise and the later rural fiction titles.
Are the nonfiction books part of the reading order?
No. List them separately as nonfiction reference or memoir-style companion works.
Change Log
- Last checked: June 15, 2026
- What changed: Rebuilt as a full single-article draft with Delivering, Marriage and Maternity, Lyrebird Lake, Aussie Outback Medical Romance, Midwives of Lighthouse Bay, Healing Hands, Time Travel Midwife, nonfiction, shared-series entries, and alternate-title notes
- Most recent known release included: Delivering Danger
- Upcoming or future-dated listing noted: The Featherwood Beekeeper
- Needs verification before final publication: Exact edition treatment for Lyrebird Lake reissues and regional title variants