Lara Temple Books in Order
Lara Temple has written 14 books, published between 2016 and 2022. The first book is Lord Crayle's Secret World (2016) and the newest is The Wrong Way to Catch a Rake (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 2016–2022
- Pages on record
- 3,431 in 12 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 57–86 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,431 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Lara Temple writes historical romance set among the aristocracy, and catalogue subjects record Regency romance, historical fiction, and family life, marriage and divorce. All 14 catalogued books carry Temple's credit and appeared between 2016 and 2022, from Lord Crayle's Secret World (2016) to The Wrong Way to Catch a Rake (2022). Titles name lords, dukes and viscounts: Lord Hunter's Cinderella Heiress (2017), The Duke's Unexpected Bride (2017), The Reluctant Viscount (2017), The Earl's Irresistible Challenge (2018) and Unlaced by the Highland Duke (2019). Wild Lords and Innocent Ladies, Sinful Sinclairs and Return of the Rogues are the series recorded under this name.
How many Lara Temple books are there?
Lara Temple has 14 books, released between 2016 and 2022. They include 3 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.
Lara Temple Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Lara Temple books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Lord Crayle's Secret World2016 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420162881/4
- 220172881/4
- 3The Reluctant Viscount2017 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/420171921/4
- 4The Duke's Unexpected Bride2017 · 279 pages · confirmed 1/420172791/4
- 520183681/4
- 6Lord Ravenscar's Inconvenient BetrothalWild Lords and Innocent Ladies #22018 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420182881/4
- 720182881/4
- 820192881/4
- 92019–1/4
- 1020192881/4
- 1120202881/4
- 1220212881/4
- 13The Earl She Should Never Desire2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 14The Wrong Way to Catch a Rake2022 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420222881/4
Lara Temple books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Wild Lords and Innocent Ladies in order
3 booksSinful Sinclairs in order
3 booksReturn of the Rogues in order
2 booksLochmore Legacy in order
1 bookStandalone books
5 books5 Lara Temple titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Lara Temple books in order?
You only need to read Lara Temple books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Lara Temple
Start with Lord Crayle's Secret World (2016), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Lara Temple book?
The Wrong Way to Catch a Rake (2022) is the newest Lara Temple book released so far.
Is there a new Lara Temple book coming?
No next Lara Temple book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Lara Temple at a glance
- Paused
- No new Lara Temple title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Lara Temple books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,431 pages across the 12 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Lara Temple books, 10 of 14, were published in the 2010s.
What the Lara Temple books are about
9 of the 14 Lara Temple books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical romance is tagged on 6 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Historical romance 6 of 9 books
- Regency romance 3 of 9 books
- Romance 2 of 9 books







