Below is the complete list of Nora Roberts’ Inn BoonsBoro Trilogy books in order. For this series, the chronological reading order is the same as the order of publication.
Publication Order of Inn BoonsBoro Trilogy Books
About Inn BoonsBoro Trilogy
Nora Roberts’ Inn BoonsBoro Trilogy is a contemporary romance series centered on the restoration of a historic inn in Boonsboro, Maryland, and the three Montgomery brothers whose work on the building becomes tied to love, family, memory, and second chances. The trilogy begins with The Next Always, continues with The Last Boyfriend, and concludes with The Perfect Hope. Like many of Roberts’ connected trilogies, each book focuses on one central couple while also building a larger story around family, friendship, community, and a shared place that becomes almost a character in its own right.
The series revolves around the Montgomery family: Beckett, Owen, and Ryder, three brothers who run a construction business with their strong-willed mother, Justine. Their major project is the renovation of the old inn, a building with history, charm, and secrets. Roberts uses the restoration as both a practical and emotional framework. Walls are repaired, rooms are designed, and old details are brought back to life, but the characters are also rebuilding parts of themselves.
The Next Always focuses on Beckett Montgomery, the architect of the family, and Clare Brewster, a widowed mother of three who runs the local bookstore. Beckett has loved Clare from a distance since they were young, but her marriage, grief, and responsibilities have kept any possibility between them suspended for years. Their romance is gentle, patient, and rooted in familiarity. Clare is not looking for a fantasy rescue; she is raising her sons, running her business, and learning how to live after loss. Beckett’s love for her has to make room for the life she already has.
The Last Boyfriend shifts to Owen Montgomery, the organized and detail-driven brother, and Avery MacTavish, the owner of the local pizzeria. Owen and Avery have known each other since childhood, and their story carries the warmth of long friendship, teasing, and unfinished possibility. Avery once had a girlhood crush on Owen, but adulthood gives their connection more depth. Owen’s steadiness and Avery’s energy make their romance feel comfortable and lively, but Roberts also gives Avery emotional complications tied to family disappointment and the fear of wanting too much.
The final book, The Perfect Hope, belongs to Ryder Montgomery and Hope Beaumont. Ryder is the roughest-edged of the brothers, blunt, practical, and not easily softened. Hope, a former hotel manager from Washington, D.C., becomes the innkeeper at Inn BoonsBoro after her own life takes an unexpected turn. Their romance begins with friction, which gives the last book a sharper opposites-attract energy. Hope is polished and professional, while Ryder is direct and often impatient, but their differences gradually reveal a strong match beneath the surface irritation.
A light paranormal thread runs through the trilogy through Lizzy, the ghost connected to the inn. Her presence adds mystery and emotional atmosphere without overwhelming the contemporary romance. The haunting is less about fear than memory, longing, and a love story left unresolved. As the inn is restored, Lizzy’s story becomes part of the building’s deeper history, tying past and present together in a way that suits Roberts’ interest in home as a place where old wounds and new beginnings can meet.
The Inn BoonsBoro Trilogy works because it combines romance with community and craftsmanship. The Montgomery brothers are builders, and that idea shapes the entire series. They build rooms, businesses, relationships, and family futures. Around them, Roberts creates a warm small-town world of bookstores, restaurants, construction dust, family dinners, friendships, and second chances. At its heart, the trilogy is about restoring what has been neglected, trusting what has endured, and discovering that love, like a well-built home, depends on patience, care, and strong foundations.