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Doucet
The Doucet series by Tami Hoag has 3 books and is best read in publication order, starting with The Restless Heart (1991).
- Books
- 3 books
- First published
- 1991
- Status
- completed
- Last checked
Start here: The Restless Heart (1991) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
The Restless Heart
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Restless Heart - Book 2:
Lucky's Lady
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Lucky's Lady - Book 3:
Cry Wolf
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Cry Wolf
About the Doucet series
Tami Hoag's Doucet trilogy is set in the fictional Cajun town of Bayou Breaux, Louisiana, and follows members of the Doucet family across three books that trace her own evolution as a writer: The Restless Heart (1991) and Lucky's Lady (1992) are category romances published under Bantam's Loveswept line, pairing Doucet men (Remy, then Lucky) with outsider heroines; Cry Wolf (1993) keeps the same Bayou Breaux setting but shifts decisively toward the romantic-suspense register Hoag became known for, following attorney Laurel Chandler into a serial-killer investigation and winning the RT Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Romantic Suspense.
The trilogy effectively documents Hoag's own transition from category romance to suspense fiction in real time. Bayou Breaux later became the setting for an unrelated cast of protagonists, Nick Fourcade and Annie Broussard, starting with A Thin Dark Line (1997) -- tracked separately in this catalogue as the Broussard and Fourcade series, since it follows different lead characters despite sharing the town.
Frequently asked questions
How many Doucet books are there?
Three: The Restless Heart (1991), Lucky's Lady (1992), and Cry Wolf (1993).
Is Doucet connected to the Broussard and Fourcade series?
They share the same fictional town, Bayou Breaux, Louisiana, but follow different protagonists -- Doucet-family romances here, versus investigators Nick Fourcade and Annie Broussard starting with A Thin Dark Line (1997), tracked separately.
Are these category romances or thrillers?
The first two are 1990s Loveswept category romances; the third, Cry Wolf, marks Hoag's shift into romantic suspense, the genre she became best known for.
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