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Deliverance Company
The Deliverance Company series by Debbie Macomber has 3 books and is best read in publication order, starting with Someday Soon (1995).
- Books
- 3 books
- First published
- 1995
- Status
- completed
- Last checked
Start here: Someday Soon (1995) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
Someday Soon
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Someday Soon - Book 2:
Sooner or Later
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Sooner or Later - Book 3:
Moon Over Water
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Moon Over Water
About the Deliverance Company series
Deliverance Company is Debbie Macomber's foray into romantic suspense: three hardened mercenaries -- Cain McClellan, Murphy, and Jack Keller -- who live on adrenaline outside "polite" society, until each is drawn into the orbit of a woman who upends his carefully guarded world. Someday Soon (1995) opens the trilogy with widowed shop owner Linette Collins and professional soldier Cain McClellan. Sooner or Later (1996) turns to postmistress Letty Madden, whose missing brother only Murphy can help find. Moon Over Water (1999) closes the trilogy as Lorraine Dancy, framed for theft while searching for the father she believed dead, is helped to safety by ex-mercenary Jack Keller; MIRA later reissued this final book under the title The Sooner the Better.
Compared to Macomber's small-town ensemble sagas, Deliverance Company is leaner and more plot-driven, built around danger and rescue as much as romance -- a rare excursion into action-adventure territory for an author best known for gentler contemporary fare.
Frequently asked questions
How many books are in the Deliverance Company series?
Three: Someday Soon (1995), Sooner or Later (1996), and Moon Over Water (1999, also reissued as The Sooner the Better).
What order should I read Deliverance Company in?
Publication order: Someday Soon, Sooner or Later, Moon Over Water.
Are Moon Over Water and The Sooner the Better different books?
No -- The Sooner the Better is a later MIRA retitling of the same 1999 novel originally published as Moon Over Water, confirmed by matching plot, characters, and original publication date.
Is Can't Wait for Love a new Deliverance Company book?
No -- it's a 2020 2-in-1 bind-up combining the standalone novel Just Married with the Deliverance Company reissue The Sooner the Better (Moon Over Water); it doesn't contain any new material and isn't tracked here as a separate entry.
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