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Renee Carlino Books in Order

Renee Carlino has written 12 books, published between 2013 and 2024. The first book is Sweet Thing (2013) and the newest is This Used to Be Us (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2013–2024
Confirmed
1 of 12 titles
Pages on record
2,885 in 10 of 12 books
Reading time
48–72 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,885 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

See all 12 books in order Printable Renee Carlino checklist

Renee Carlino writes contemporary romance. The catalogue records 12 books from Sweet Thing (2013), which gives its name to a series, to This Used to Be Us (2024). After the Rain (2014), Before We Were Strangers (2015), Swear on This Life (2016) and Wish You Were Here (2017) are among the titles. Widows, heart surgeons, women journalists, New York and California appear in the subject tags.

How many Renee Carlino books are there?

Renee Carlino has 12 books, released between 2013 and 2024. 2 of them belong to the Sweet Thing series.

Renee Carlino Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Renee Carlino 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.

  1. Cover of Sweet Thing by Renee Carlino, book 1 of the Sweet Thing series (2013)
  2. Cover of After the Rain by Renee Carlino (2014)
  3. Cover of Sweet Little Thing by Renee Carlino, book 2 of the Sweet Thing series (2014)
  4. Cover of Before We Were Strangers by Renee Carlino (2015)
  5. Cover of Swear on This Life by Renee Carlino (2016)
  6. Cover of The Last Post by Renee Carlino (2019)
  1. 1
    Sweet ThingSweet Thing #12013 · 299 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013299
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  2. 2
    Nowhere but Here2014 · 302 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014302
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    After the Rain2014 · 294 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014294
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Sweet Little ThingSweet Thing #22014 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014156
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Before We Were Strangers2015 · 310 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015310
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Swear on This Life2016 · 306 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016306
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Lucian Divine2017 · 286 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017286
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Wish You Were Here2017 · 306 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017306
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Blind Kiss2018 · 322 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018322
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Shopping for LoveBookShots: Flames #212018 · confirmed 3/4
    2018–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    The Last Post2019 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019304
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    This Used to Be Us2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Renee Carlino 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.

Sweet Thing in order

2 books
  1. 1. Sweet Thing
  2. 2. Sweet Little Thing

BookShots: Flames in order

1 book
  1. 21. Shopping for Love

Standalone books

9 books

9 Renee Carlino titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Renee Carlino books in order?

You only need to read Renee Carlino books in order within the Sweet Thing series, which holds 2 of the 12 Renee Carlino books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Renee Carlino

Start with Sweet Thing (2013), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Renee Carlino book?

This Used to Be Us (2024) is the newest Renee Carlino book released so far.

Is there a new Renee Carlino book coming?

No next Renee Carlino book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Renee Carlino at a glance

Still publishing
Renee Carlino published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Renee Carlino books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,885 pages across the 10 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 303 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Renee Carlino books, 11 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Renee Carlino books are about

8 of the 12 Renee Carlino books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romance is tagged on 5 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.