Order of Book Series
0

Sarah MacLean Books in Order

Sarah MacLean has written 21 books, published between 2009 and 2026. The first book is The Season (2009) and the newest is Mastermind (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
21
Published
2009–2026
Confirmed
21 of 21 titles
Pages on record
5,297 in 14 of 21 books
Reading time
88–132 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,297 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 21 titles with a page count on record.

See all 21 books in order Printable Sarah MacLean checklist

Historical romance set among the London aristocracy is Sarah MacLean's genre, with arranged marriages, scandal and titled families driving the plots. The Season (2009) opens a catalogue of 21 books that reaches Mastermind in 2026. Love by Numbers, Rules of Scoundrels, Scandal & Scoundrel, the Bareknuckle Bastards and Hell's Belles are the series, and MacLean's titles read as instructions, among them Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake.

How many Sarah MacLean books are there?

Sarah MacLean has 21 books, released between 2009 and 2026. They include 5 separate series.

Sarah MacLean Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 21 Sarah MacLean 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 The Season by Sarah MacLean, book 1 of the Sarah MacLean Standalone Novels series (2009)
  2. Cover of Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean, book 1 of the Love By Numbers series (2010)
  3. Cover of Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord by Sarah MacLean, book 2 of the Love By Numbers series (2010)
  4. Cover of Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean, book 3 of the Love By Numbers series (2011)
  5. Cover of A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean, book 1 of the Rules of Scoundrels series (2012)
  6. Cover of No Good Duke Goes Unpunished by Sarah MacLean, book 3 of the Rules of Scoundrels series (2013)
  7. Cover of Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover by Sarah MacLean, book 4 of the Rules of Scoundrels series (2014)
  8. Cover of The Rogue Not Taken by Sarah MacLean, book 1 of the Scandal & Scoundrel series (2015)
  9. Cover of A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean, book 2 of the Scandal & Scoundrel series (2016)
  10. Cover of Wicked and the Wallflower by Sarah MacLean, book 1 of the Bareknuckle Bastards series (2018)
  11. Cover of Daring and the Duke by Sarah MacLean, book 3 of the Bareknuckle Bastards series (2020)
  12. Cover of Bombshell by Sarah MacLean, book 1 of the Hell's Belles series (2021)
  13. Cover of Heartbreaker by Sarah MacLean, book 2 of the Hell's Belles series (2022)
  14. Cover of Knockout by Sarah MacLean, book 3 of the Hell's Belles series (2023)
  1. 1
    The SeasonSarah MacLean Standalone Novels #12009 · 345 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2009345
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a RakeLove By Numbers #12010 · confirmed 4/4
    2010–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a LordLove By Numbers #22010 · 373 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2010373
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's HeartLove By Numbers #32011 · 370 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2011370
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    A Rogue by Any Other NameRules of Scoundrels #12012 · 386 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2012386
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    One Good Earl Deserves a LoverRules of Scoundrels #22013 · 376 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2013376
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    No Good Duke Goes UnpunishedRules of Scoundrels #32013 · 382 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2013382
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Never Judge a Lady by Her CoverRules of Scoundrels #42014 · 376 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2014376
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Rogue Not TakenScandal & Scoundrel #12015 · 417 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2015417
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    A Scot in the DarkScandal & Scoundrel #22016 · 352 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2016352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    The Day of the DuchessScandal & Scoundrel #32017 · confirmed 4/4
    2017–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Wicked and the WallflowerBareknuckle Bastards #12018 · 416 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2018416
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    Brazen and the BeastBareknuckle Bastards #22019 · 400 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2019400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    Daring and the DukeBareknuckle Bastards #32020 · 320 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2020320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    A Duke Worth Falling ForSarah MacLean Short Stories/Novellas #12021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    BombshellHell's Belles #12021 · 400 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2021400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 17
    HeartbreakerHell's Belles #22022 · confirmed 4/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  18. 18
    KnockoutHell's Belles #32023 · 384 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2023384
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  19. 19
    The Bladesmith QueenSarah MacLean Short Stories/Novellas #22024 · confirmed 4/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  20. 20
    These Summer StormsSarah MacLean Standalone Novels #22025 · confirmed 4/4
    2025–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  21. 21
    MastermindHell's Belles #42026 · confirmed 4/4
    2026–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Sarah MacLean 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.

Rules of Scoundrels in order

4 books
  1. 1. A Rogue by Any Other Name
  2. 2. One Good Earl Deserves a Lover
  3. 3. No Good Duke Goes Unpunished
  4. 4. Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover

Hell's Belles in order

4 books
  1. 1. Bombshell
  2. 2. Heartbreaker
  3. 3. Knockout
  4. 4. Mastermind

Love By Numbers in order

3 books
  1. 1. Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake
  2. 2. Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord
  3. 3. Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart

Scandal & Scoundrel in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Rogue Not Taken
  2. 2. A Scot in the Dark
  3. 3. The Day of the Duchess

Bareknuckle Bastards in order

3 books
  1. 1. Wicked and the Wallflower
  2. 2. Brazen and the Beast
  3. 3. Daring and the Duke

Sarah MacLean Standalone Novels

2 books

2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Sarah MacLean Short Stories/Novellas

2 books

2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Sarah MacLean Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Sarah MacLean books run from The Season (2009) to Mastermind (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Sarah MacLean in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Sarah MacLean books in order?

You only need to read Sarah MacLean books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Sarah MacLean

Start with The Season (2009), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Sarah MacLean book?

Mastermind (2026) is the newest Sarah MacLean book released so far.

Is there a new Sarah MacLean book coming?

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

Sarah MacLean at a glance

Still publishing
Sarah MacLean published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Sarah MacLean books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,297 pages across the 14 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 379 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sarah MacLean books, 12 of 21, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
20 of the 21 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Sarah MacLean books are about

15 of the 21 Sarah MacLean 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 11 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.