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Contract Brides Books in Order

Contract Brides contains 11 books, published between 2001 and 2005. The first book is Marriage on Demand (2001) and the newest is His Hired Bride (2005). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2001–2005
Pages on record
858 in 3 of 11 books
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Contract Brides is a contemporary romance line of 11 books dated between 2001 and 2005, from Marriage on Demand (2001) to His Hired Bride (2005). The listing credits Susan Fox on 4 titles, with Margaret Way, Leigh Michaels, Jackie Braun, Barbara McMahon, Marion Lennox, Liz Fielding and Jessica Steele on 1 each. Convenience and contract recur through the titles, among them Strategy for Marriage (2002), Bride of Convenience (2003), Her Stand-In Groom (2004), A Wife on Paper (2004) and Vacancy: Wife of Convenience (2005).

How many Contract Brides books are there?

Contract Brides has 11 books, released between 2001 and 2005.

Contract Brides Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Contract Brides 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 Bride by Design by Leigh Michaels, book 3 of the Contract Brides series (2002)
  2. Cover of A Wife on Paper by Liz Fielding, book 9 of the Contract Brides series (2004)
  3. Cover of Vacancy: Wife of Convenience by Jessica Steele, book 10 of the Contract Brides series (2005)
  1. 1
    Marriage on Demand2001 · confirmed 1/4
    2001–
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  2. 2
    Strategy for Marriage2002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
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  3. 3
    Bride by Design2002 · 283 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002283
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  4. 4
    The Marriage Command2003 · confirmed 1/4
    2003–
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  5. 5
    Bride of Convenience2003 · confirmed 1/4
    2003–
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  6. 6
    Her Stand-In Groom2004 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004288
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  7. 7
    Marriage In Name Only2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  8. 8
    The Last Minute Marriage2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  9. 9
    A Wife on Paper2004 · 287 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004287
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  10. 10
    Vacancy: Wife of Convenience2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  11. 11
    His Hired Bride2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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Where to start with Contract Brides

Start with Marriage on Demand (2001), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Contract Brides book?

His Hired Bride (2005) is the newest Contract Brides book released so far.

Is there a new Contract Brides book coming?

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

Contract Brides at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Contract Brides title on record dates from 2005, 21 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Contract Brides books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
858 pages across the 3 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 287 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Contract Brides books, 11 of 11, were published in the 2000s.
Attribution
Of the 11 titles, 4 are credited to Susan Fox (Rebel Brides), 1 to Leigh Michaels, 1 to Margaret Way and 1 to Liz Fielding. A further 4 writers are credited.

What the Contract Brides books are about

5 of the 11 Contract Brides 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 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.