Melissa Brayden Books in Order
Melissa Brayden has written 30 books, published between 2011 and 2026. The first book is Waiting in the Wings (2011) and the newest is Make Your Move (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 30
- Published
- 2011–2026
- Pages on record
- 5,630 in 22 of 30 books
- Reading time
- 94–141 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,630 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 30 titles with a page count on record.
Melissa Brayden writes sapphic contemporary romance. Waiting in the Wings (2011) opens a catalogue of 30 books that reaches Make Your Move (2026). Four series carry the name: Seven Shores, Soho Loft, Tangle Valley and Heart Block. Actors, the theatre, single mothers and San Diego recur as subjects.
How many Melissa Brayden books are there?
Melissa Brayden has 30 books, released between 2011 and 2026. They include 4 series and 18 titles listed outside any series.
Melissa Brayden Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 30 Melissa Brayden 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.
- 1Waiting in the Wings2011 · 249 pages · confirmed 2/420112492/4
- 220122792/4
- 3How Sweet It Is2013 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/420132642/4
- 420142642/4
- 520152642/4
- 620152402/4
- 72016–2/4
- 8First Position2016 · 249 pages · confirmed 2/420162492/4
- 920172662/4
- 10Strawberry Summer2017 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/420172642/4
- 1120182422/4
- 1220182302/4
- 1320182332/4
- 14Beautiful Dreamer2019 · 266 pages · confirmed 2/420192662/4
- 15Back to September2019 · 242 pages · confirmed 2/420192422/4
- 1620202662/4
- 1720202612/4
- 18To the Moon and Back2020 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/420202642/4
- 1920212662/4
- 20Marry Me2021 · 284 pages · confirmed 2/420212842/4
- 21Exclusive2022 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/420222402/4
- 22The Last Lavender Sister2022 · 257 pages · confirmed 2/420222572/4
- 23The Forever Factor2022 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/420222402/4
- 24Lucky in Lace2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 25Marigold2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 26You Had Me at Merlot2024 · confirmed 2/42024–2/4
- 27When You Smile2024 · confirmed 2/42024–2/4
- 28Dream a Little Dream2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
- 29Can We Skip to the Good Part?2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
- 30Make Your Move2026 · confirmed 2/42026–2/4
Melissa Brayden 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.
Seven Shores in order
4 booksSoho Loft in order
3 booksTangle Valley in order
3 booksHeart Block in order
2 books- 1. Heart Block
- 2. Firework
Standalone books
18 books18 Melissa Brayden titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Melissa Brayden books in order?
You only need to read Melissa Brayden books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Melissa Brayden
Start with Waiting in the Wings (2011), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Melissa Brayden book?
Make Your Move (2026) is the newest Melissa Brayden book released so far.
Is there a new Melissa Brayden book coming?
No next Melissa Brayden book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Melissa Brayden at a glance
- Still publishing
- Melissa Brayden published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Melissa Brayden books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,630 pages across the 22 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 262 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Melissa Brayden books, 15 of 30, were published in the 2020s.
What the Melissa Brayden books are about
13 of the 30 Melissa Brayden books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: lesbians is tagged on 9 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.