Seduction book series in reading order

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.

Regency romance makes up most of Vanessa Kelly's work, organised into the Renegade Royals, Improper Princesses and Clan Kendrick series, while the Emma Knightley Mystery books turn to historical crime. Illegitimate royal children, Scottish families and the aristocracy recur as material. Kelly's 26 catalogued books open with Mastering the Marquess (2009) and reach Murder at Donwell Abbey in 2025.

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.

Alexandra Hawkins writes historical romance set among the English nobility, and calls herself an unrepentant Anglophile who found romance novels as a teenager and decided then to write her own. The Lords of Vice series draws on English history and mythology for sensual, character-led stories; Masters of Seduction is her second. Twelve titles run from All Night with a Rogue (2010) to Waiting For an Earl Like You (2017).

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.

Historical romance set in the Regency and the wider Georgian period is Mary Balogh's territory. Born Mary Jenkins in Swansea on 24 March 1944, Balogh moved to Canada in 1967, taught in Kipling, Saskatchewan, and became a school principal there before the first novel appeared in 1985. The catalogue runs to 106 books, from A Chance Encounter (1985) to A Waltz to Remember (2026). Series headings include Westcott, Bedwyn Family, Survivor's Club, Huxtable Quintet, Simply Quartet, Dark Angel and Ravenswood. Mary Balogh is still publishing.

Tessa Dare

26 books• 6 series

Tessa Dare is an American novelist of historical romance and a New York Times and USA Today bestseller. Tessa Dare has received two RITA awards from the Romance Writers of America. The catalogue holds 26 books from 2009 to 2021, opening with How to Catch a Wild Viscount / The Legend of the Werestag and closing with The Bride Bet (2021). Series by Tessa Dare include Spindle Cove, Castles Ever After, Girl Meets Duke, the Stud Club and the Wanton Dairymaid Trilogy. Regency settings, nobility and heiresses appear among the listed subjects.

Carly Phillips is the pen name of Karen Drogin, an American romance author and former attorney born July 7, 1965. The catalogue lists 123 books, starting with Brazen and Perfect Partners in 1999 and reaching Falling for Christmas (2026). Phillips's series include Dare to Love, Dare Nation, the Kingston Family, the Sterling Family, Rosewood Bay, Hot Zone, Serendipity's Finest, Dirty Sexy, Book Boyfriend and the Simply books. Subjects include contemporary romance, police, brothers and sisters, orphans, women lawyers and New York City.

Gena Showalter is an American novelist, born in Oklahoma in 1975, who writes contemporary romance, paranormal romance and young adult fiction. Showalter sold a first book at age 27 and has reached the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists. The catalogue lists 116 books from The Stone Prince (2004) to The Kraken Bride (2026). Lords of the Underworld, Alien Huntress, Angels of the Dark and the White Rabbit Chronicles are among the linked series, and vampires and demonology recur in the subject headings.

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.

Kasey Michaels is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author credited with more than 110 books, and the catalogue lists 123 from The Belligerent Miss Boynton (1982) to Her Royal Pain-In-The-Highness (2023). Early titles include The Tenacious Miss Tamerlane (1982), The Rambunctious Lady Royston (1983), The Savage Miss Saxon (1985) and Compliments of the Groom (1987). Michaels has received a RITA, four Publishers Weekly starred reviews and a Romantic Times Career Achievement award for Regency historical romance, and is on the Romance Writers of America Honor Roll. Series include Maggie Kelly, Romney Marsh, Redgraves, Daughtry Family, Crown Family and Sunshine Girls.

Connie Mason, who also publishes as Cara Miles, writes historical romance: more than fifty novels and novellas, set in American and overseas locales. Romantic Times named Mason Story Teller of the Year in 1990 and gave a Career Achievement award in the western category in 1994. The catalogue holds 64 books from Tender Fury (1984), the first published work, to Between a Rake and a Hard Place (2014), with series including Delaney, Royal Rakes, Beyond the Horizon and Flame. Mason lives in Tarpon Springs, Florida, and the list is marked likely complete.

Nicola Cornick, born in Bradford, Yorkshire, in 1964, is a British writer of historical romance novels and time slip mysteries that merge several genres: historical fiction, romance, suspense, adventure, crime, science fiction, fantasy and the supernatural. Cornick's books have been translated into more than 40 languages. The catalogue lists 47 titles from True Colours (1998) to The Fourth Queen (2026), among them Lady Polly (1999), The Virtuous Cyprian (1999), Lady Allerton's Wager (2000) and The Earl's Prize (2002). Series recorded include Scandalous Women Of The Ton, Brides Of Fortune, Suffolk, Tallants, Scottish Brides, Mostyn/Trevithick Feud and New Timeslip. Cornick chaired the Romantic Novelists' Association from 2017 to 2019 and serves as its archivist.

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.

Susan Johnson, born 4 December 1939, is an American writer of sexually explicit romance novels that reached the New York Times bestseller list. Johnson stands out among romance writers for adding footnotes to some of the novels. Subjects include historical romance, Regency romance and the nobility. The romance catalogue opens with Seized By Love (1978) and continues through Love Storm, Blaze, Silver Flame, Golden Paradise, Forbidden and Sinful. Johnson's series include Braddock-Black, St. John-Duras, Russian/Kuzan Family, Darley, Carre and Hidden Fantasies.

Historical romance, most of it Regency, is Nicole Jordan's field. Jordan, born Anne Bushyhead in 1954, has reached the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists, been a finalist for the RITA Award, and won the Dorothy Parker Award of Excellence for best historical. Three series divide the work: Courtship Wars, Notorious and Rocky Mountain Brides. Thirty-two books run from Velvet Embrace (1987) to My Fair Lover in 2017, at a median of 400 pages.

Charlene Sands writes western romance in both historical and contemporary settings, according to the catalogue subjects, which also include ranchers, cowboys and widows. The catalogue lists 59 books, from Fortune's Vengeful Groom (1999) to One Night in Texas (2021). Titles in between include Lily Gets Her Man (2001), The Heart Of A Cowboy (2003) and The Courting of Widow Shaw (2004). Series include Suite Secrets, Worths of Red Ridge, Napa Valley Vows, Forever Texan, Boone Brothers of Texas, Slades of Sunset Ranch, Moonlight Beach Bachelors and Texas Tremaines. The catalogue marks Sands as dormant.