Steele Books in Order

Brenda Jackson has written 17 Steele books, published between 2006 and 2025. The first book is Never Too Late (2006) and the newest is Christmas with the Steeles (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
2006–2025
Confirmed
17 of 17 titles
Pages on record
2,713 in 11 of 17 books
Reading time
45–68 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,713 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

The Steele entry covers 17 contemporary romance books by Brenda Jackson, published from Never Too Late (2006) to Christmas with the Steeles (2025), and linked to the Forged of Steele series. Recorded subjects include African American romance, a woman business owner, a flower shop, a single mother and a single father. Night Heat and Solid Soul also date from 2006, followed by Beyond Temptation and Risky Pleasures (2007), Irresistible Forces and Quade's Babies (2008), and Hidden Pleasures (2010). Intimate Seduction (2009) appears alongside a same-year title, Intima Seduccion.

How many Steele books are there?

Steele has 17 books, released between 2006 and 2025.

Steele Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Steele 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. 1
    Never Too LateForged of Steele #12006 · confirmed 3/4
    2006
  2. 2
    Solid SoulForged of Steele #22006 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006304
  3. 3
    Night HeatForged of Steele #32006 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006304
  4. 4
    Beyond TemptationForged of Steele #42007 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007288
  5. 5
    Risky PleasuresForged of Steele #52007 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007288
  6. 6
    Irresistible ForcesForged of Steele #62008 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008256
  7. 7
    Quade's BabiesForged of Steele #72008 · 184 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008184
  8. 8
    Intimate SeductionForged of Steele #82009 · 217 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009217
  9. 9
    Intima SeduccionForged of Steele #92009 · 160 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009160
  10. 10
    Hidden PleasuresForged of Steele #102010 · 216 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010216
  11. 11
    A Steele for ChristmasForged of Steele #112011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011
  12. 12
    Private ArrangementsForged of Steele #122012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012
  13. 13
    Possessed by PassionForged of Steele #132016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016
  14. 14
    Guilty PleasureForged of Steele #142017 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017272
  15. 15
    Seduced by a SteeleForged of Steele #152020 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020224
  16. 16
    Claimed by a SteeleForged of Steele #162020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020
  17. 17
    Christmas with the SteelesForged of Steele #172025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025

Do you have to read Steele books in order?

You should read the Steele books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Steele book also stands alone.

Where to start with Steele

Start with Never Too Late (2006), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Steele book?

Christmas with the Steeles (2025) is the newest Steele book released so far.

Is there a new Steele book coming?

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

Steele at a glance

Still running
Steele is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Steele books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,713 pages across the 11 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Steele books, 9 of 17, were published in the 2000s.

What the Steele books are about

13 of the 17 Steele books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: african americans is tagged on 11 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Brenda Jackson

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.