Businessmen book series in reading order

by Abby Green

Carole Mortimer, born in England in 1960, is a British romance novelist who has written more than 150 novels since 1978 and was one of the youngest authors at Mills & Boon. The catalogue lists 291 books, starting in 1979 with The Passionate Winter, Only Lover, Savage Interlude and Tempted By Desire, and reaching Linus (2026), with Amanda and the Lord scheduled for 2027. Series include Regency Unlaced, Regency Sinners, Regency Scandal, Regency Lovers, Dangerous Dukes, Ruthless Regency Dukes, Scandalous St. Claires, Knight Security, Steele Protectors, Dragon Hearts and Wynter Hearts. Subjects cover contemporary and Regency romance, nobility, marriage and businessmen.

Lynne Graham, born 30 July 1956 in Northern Ireland, has written more than 100 romance novels for Mills & Boon since 1987. The catalogue lists 151 books from Bittersweet Passion (1987) to King's Promised Princess (2026), with Italian's Heir Before Vows scheduled for 2027. Series include International Playboys; Virgin Brides, Arrogant Husbands; Secretly Pregnant, Conveniently Wed; and Stefanos Legacy. Billionaires, Greeks, marriage and pregnancy recur among the subjects.

Nicola Marsh is a romance author with 109 books catalogued between 2004 and 2025. The Wedding Contract (2004) is listed as the first title, alongside The Tycoon's Dating Deal from the same year. Subjects include contemporary romance, erotic romance, businessmen, marriage and Australia. Series include Hot Sydney Nights, Bollywood Billionaires, Outer Banks Secrets, Love on Ceto Island, Bombshells and Redeeming a Bad Boy. Our Perfect Family (2025) is the newest title.

Kate Hewitt has 154 catalogued books, from The Man Who Could Never Love (2002) to The Amanti Heir Arrangement (2026), with A Second Chance at Lighthouse Cove due in 2027. Some titles, including Another Country and Far Horizons (both 2007), carry the name Katharine Swartz. The Italian's Chosen Wife (2007), Ruthless Boss, Hired Wife (2008) and The Greek Tycoon's Reluctant Bride (2008) are among the early books. Series include Willoughby Close, Wildflower Valley, Amherst Island, Holley Sisters of Thornthwaite and Emerald Sisters, and contemporary romance, marriage, pregnancy and billionaires appear in the subjects.

Penny Jordan is one of the pen names of Penelope Halsall, born Penelope Jones, an English novelist who lived from 24 November 1946 to 31 December 2011. Halsall produced more than 200 romance novels: contemporary romance as Penny Jordan, Regency romance as Caroline Courtney and historical romance as Annie Groves, the maiden name of Halsall's mother. Melinda Wright and Lydia Hitchcock were two further pen names. Sales passed 70 million copies, with translations into many languages. The catalogue lists 210 books from 1979 to 2019, and the earliest entries, such as A Wager For Love (1979), carry the Caroline Courtney name. Series include Perfect Crightons, Jet Set Wives, Leopardi Brothers, Parenti Dynasty and Russian Rivals.

Abby Green writes contemporary romance, with catalogue subjects including billionaires, businessmen, mistresses, marriage and pregnancy. Green has read romance novels since childhood summers in the west of Ireland, where the first one came from a grandmother's library book. The catalogue lists 63 books, from Chosen as the Frenchman's Bride (2006) to Unmasking His Pregnant Queen (2026). Series include Harlequin Presents, Desert Nights, Rulers of the Desert, Royal House of Sadat, Marchetti Dynasty, Quinn Siblings, DePiero Siblings and Rival Spanish Brothers.

Nora Roberts

279 books• 37 series

Nora Roberts, born Eleanor Marie Robertson on October 10, 1950, is an American writer of romance under that name. As J. D. Robb, Roberts writes police procedurals with science-fiction elements, and has also published as Jill March and, in the UK, as Sarah Hardesty. This listing carries 280 Roberts books, opening with Irish Thoroughbred (1981); The Missing is scheduled for 2027. Series on the page include the In Death Universe, the MacGregors, Night Tales, the Calhoun Women, the Chesapeake Bay Saga, Irish Hearts and the O'Hurleys.

Susan Mallery is an American romance novelist born in 1970, whose books are set in small, tight-knit communities and give pets a prominent role. The catalogue counts 201 books from Tender Loving Care (1991) onward, including early titles published as Susan Macias. Series include Fool's Gold, Desert Rogues, Hometown Heartbreakers, Happily Inc., Marcelli, Buchanans, Blackberry Island and Mischief Bay. The Bookstore Diaries (2026) is the newest release, and Friend Request is due in 2027.

Harold Robbins

36 books• 6 series

Harold Robbins wrote commercial fiction about businessmen, Hollywood and the appetites of the very rich. Never Love a Stranger (1948) opens the catalogue, followed by The Dream Merchants, A Stone for Danny Fisher, 79 Park Avenue, Stiletto and The Carpetbaggers (1961). Thirty-six titles make up the list, including the Betsy and Predators sequences and the later Madison Dupre art-theft novels, ending at The Curse in 2011.

Cathy Williams, born in Trinidad and Tobago in 1957, is a British romance novelist who has written for Mills & Boon since 1990. The catalogue lists 117 books from 1991 to 2023, with Shadow Heart, A Powerful Attraction and Caribbean Desire among the 1991 titles. Tags cover contemporary romance, billionaires, seduction and pregnancy. Secrets of the Stowe Family, After Hours with the Greek and Italian Titans are the named series, and Unveiled as the Italian's Bride (2023) is the latest entry.

James Patterson

510 books• 73 series

James Patterson, born on March 22, 1947, is an American writer whose catalogue here holds 514 books published from 1976 to 2027. The run opens with The Thomas Berryman Number (1976), and Along Came a Spider (1992) and Kiss the Girls (1995) follow later. Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, Maximum Ride, Daniel X, Witch & Wizard, NYPD Red, Private, Middle School and the Women's Murder Club are among the Patterson series, alongside standalone thrillers, non-fiction and romance. Marshall Karp shares the credit on 5 of the books. Patterson's sales exceed 425 million copies, and Patterson was the first person to sell one million e-books. Forbes ranked Patterson the highest-paid author in 2016, for a third year running, and the National Book Foundation gave Patterson the Literarian Award in November 2015. 27 Stars is scheduled for 2027.

Joseph Finder

19 books• 4 series

Thrillers are the core of Joseph Finder's catalogue. Finder is American, born October 6, 1958. Paranoia, Company Man, Killer Instinct and Power Play sit in the list next to the Nick Heller thriller series. Two novels reached the screen: High Crimes, with Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman in the cast, and Paranoia, filmed in 2013 with Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman and Harrison Ford. The site lists 19 books, from Red Carpet (1983) and The Moscow Club (1991) to The Oligarch's Daughter (2025). Boston, corporate culture and missing persons appear among the subjects.

Jayne Ann Krentz, born Jayne Castle on 28 March 1948 in Cobb, California, is an American romance novelist with New York Times bestsellers under seven pseudonyms. Three names remain in use: Krentz for contemporary romantic suspense, Amanda Quick for historical romantic suspense and Jayne Ann Castle for futuristic and paranormal romantic suspense. More than 35 million copies are in print. The catalogue lists 205 books, from Vintage of Surrender (1979, as Jayne Castle) to Enter the Nightmare (2026), with The Book Hunter due in 2027. Early titles also appeared as Jayne Bentley, Jayne Taylor and Stephanie James. Series include Burning Cove, Eclipse Bay and the Dreamlight Trilogy.

Sherryl Woods is an American writer of romance and mystery, born July 23, 1944, in Arlington, Virginia, who has also used the pen names Alexandra Kirk and Suzanne Sherrill. The Chesapeake Shores novels became a six-season Hallmark Channel series, and Netflix's Sweet Magnolias is based on Woods' books, with Woods as an executive producer. The catalogue lists 157 titles from Restoring Love (1982) to Starlit Secrets (2024). Other named series include Calamity Janes, Devaney Brothers and the Amanda Roberts and Molly DeWitt mysteries.

Lori Foster

146 books• 33 series

Lori Foster is an American romance novelist who also publishes urban fantasy as L.L. Foster, and has appeared on the USA Today, Publishers Weekly and New York Times bestseller lists. Foster is currently published by Harlequin. The catalogue holds 146 books from Impetuous (1995) to The Lake House (2026), with the 2000s the busiest decade; one book also credits Christie Ridgway. Series include Buckhorn Brothers, SBC Fighters, Body Armor, Ultimate and Love Undercover, and mixed martial arts shows up among the subjects.

E.L. James

9 books• 4 series

E.L. James writes erotic contemporary romance. Fifty Shades of Grey and Fifty Shades Darker (2011) and Fifty Shades Freed (2012) open the catalogue, and Grey (2015), Darker (2017) and Freed (2021) retell that story as told by Christian. The Mister (2019), The Missus (2023) and Land of Ghosts (2026) follow, making 9 books in all. Dominance and submission run through the subjects.

Sinclair Lewis

45 books

Sinclair Lewis, born in 1885 and dead by 1951, wrote novels, short stories and plays, and in 1930 became the first writer from the United States to take the Nobel Prize in Literature, cited for vigorous, graphic description and for creating new types of characters with wit and humour. Satire of American capitalism, materialism and small-town life runs through Main Street (1920), Babbitt (1922) and Arrowsmith (1925). The catalogue holds 45 titles and opens with Hike and the Aeroplane (1912).

Cindy Gerard is an American writer of romantic suspense and romance, a two-time RITA Award winner who lives in Marengo, Iowa. The catalogue holds 59 books from Maverick (1991) to His Secret to Surrender (2021), including Temptation from the Past (1991), Slow Burn (1992), Dream Lover (1993) and Into the Night (1994). Black Ops Inc., Bodyguards, One-Eyed Jacks, Legend Lake Trilogy and Sons and Lovers are among the series. Bodyguards, ranchers, kidnapping and women journalists appear in the subjects.

Lynn Raye Harris has 69 books in the catalogue, from Kept for the Sheikh's Pleasure (2007) to Alex (2026). Contemporary romance is a recorded subject, along with erotica, princes, princesses, kings, businessmen and pregnant women. Series include Hostile Operations Team, HOT SEAL Team, Hostile Operations Team: Strike Team 2, Ghost Ops, Black's Bandits, Al Dhakir Brothers, D'Angeli Family and Heirs to the Throne of Kyr. Early titles include Cavelli's Lost Heir (2009), Behind the Palace Walls (2010) and Strangers in the Desert (2011).

Mark Kurlansky

44 books• 2 series

Mark Kurlansky, born December 7, 1948, is an American journalist who writes fiction and non-fiction. Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World (1997) became an international bestseller in more than fifteen languages. Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons From the History of a Dangerous Idea (2006) won the 2007 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for non-fiction. The catalogue lists 44 books from A Continent of Islands (1992) to To Catch a Fish (2026), including The Basque History of the World (1999), Salt (2002) and 1968 (2003).

Who HQ is the credit on 429 children's nonfiction biographies in the catalogue, published from 2002 to 2026. The run opens with Who Was Albert Einstein?, Who Was Amelia Earhart? and Who Was Ben Franklin? (all 2002) and reaches Who Is Vera Wang (2026). Subjects include biography, history and juvenile nonfiction for readers aged 8 to 12. Other names credited on some of the books include Megan Stine (7), John Hinderliter (7) and Nico Medina (4).

Marie Ferrarella is an American romance writer, born Marie Rydzynski in Germany on 28 March 1948. Ferrarella has also written as Marie Nicole, Marie Michael and Marie Charles, and the novels have been translated into at least seven languages. The catalogue lists 328 books from 1983 to 2024, beginning with Scenes from the Heart, issued as Marie Charles. Series include Cavanaugh Justice, Matchmaking Mamas, Forever Texas, Baby of the Month Club and ChildFinders, Inc. Subjects include contemporary, western and suspense romance, police, physicians, single fathers and single mothers. Cavanaugh Justice: Cold Case Squad (2024) is the newest title.

Lucy Monroe writes contemporary and historical romance, with Harlequin among the recorded subjects alongside billionaires, marriage, seduction, Greeks and werewolves. Ninety books are catalogued from The Billionaire's Pregnant Mistress (2003) to Honorable Sins (2026). Series include Royal Brides, Princesses by Royal Decree, Children of the Moon, the Goddard Project, Syndicate Rules, the Mercenary Trilogy, the Petronides Brothers and Northern Fire.

Miranda Lee (née Maureen Mary) was an Australian romance writer, born in 1945 in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, who died on 13 November 2021. Mills & Boon published her novels from 1990, and she wrote more than 75 of them. The catalogue lists 95 books from After the Affair (1990) to The Billionaire's Cinderella Housekeeper (2021). Series include Hearts of Fire, Affairs to Remember, Australian Playboys, Three Rich Men, Three Rich Husbands, Wives Wanted!, Marrying a Tycoon and Housekeeper Brides for Billionaires. Subjects include billionaires, Australia, passion, revenge and inheritance.