In December 2009 Ballantine released Ford's "Jane Bites Back", the first of a three-book series about Jane Austen, who still exists as a vampire bookshop owner living in the New York suburbs, who has to deal with two suitors and a dark figure from her past. In May 2010 Ford published "The Road Home", his sixth novel for Kensington Books. "The Road Home" is the story of a photographer who, following a car accident, reluctantly moves in with his father. As he recuperates, he becomes intrigued by the story of a local man who fought in the Civil War, and his interest leads to uncovering some surprising truths.