Adrianne Byrd Books in Order
Explore Adrianne Byrd books in order, with short summaries, series guides, family backgrounds, and easy suggestions for where to start reading.
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Adrianne Byrd books in publication order
41 books
Defenseless
by Adrianne Byrd
1997
A bright teenager drowning in family turmoil makes a desperate bid for escape. What follows is a tense coming-of-age story about survival, responsibility, and how hard it is to outrun the life waiting back home.
Forget Me Not
by Adrianne Byrd
1998
Detective Jaclyn Mason is hunting her partner's killer when someone frames her for corruption and drugs. With only FBI agent Brad Williams willing to believe her, she has to clear her name before the setup turns deadly.
I Promise
by Adrianne Byrd
1999
Hours after graduation, Christian McKinley is stunned when Malcolm Williams proposes. The problem is that the man who truly reaches her is Malcolm's twin brother, Jordan, and that choice could upend an entire family.
Say You Love Me
by Adrianne Byrd
1999
Love won once, but marriage brings its own tests. As Christian and Jordan try to build a life together, family pressure, old wounds, and public expectations threaten the future they fought so hard to claim.
Love's Deception
by Adrianne Byrd
2000
What looks like the start of lasting love becomes tangled in secrets, half-truths, and emotional risk. Byrd turns a passionate romance into a sharp reminder that desire is easy, but trust is much harder to keep.
All I've Ever Wanted
by Adrianne Byrd
2001
Single mother Kennedy St. James witnesses the murder of an assistant district attorney and becomes a target. Detective Maxwell Collier wants her safe and wants her close, but danger keeps tightening around them both.
Surrender to Love
by Adrianne Byrd
2002
Two guarded people find themselves pulled toward the one thing neither fully trusts. As past hurt and present desire collide, they have to decide whether love is a threat to survive or a risk worth taking.
Comfort of a Man
by Adrianne Byrd
2003
Brooklyn and Isaiah share an unforgettable night in New York and expect to leave it there. Fate has other plans, and when they meet again, both must face lingering desire and the baggage they thought they had buried.
My Destiny
by Adrianne Byrd
2003
Destiny cannot stand her cocky new neighbor, attorney Miles Stafford, and he seems all too pleased to get under her skin. Over the years, dislike turns into friendship, then a harder truth neither can quite leave alone.
If You Dare
by Adrianne Byrd
2004
Retired art thief Damien Black agrees to one last job and does not expect to fall for Angel LaFonte, the museum director tied to the target. Their affair burns fast, but someone is determined to turn desire into danger.
Measure of a Man
by Adrianne Byrd
2004
Peyton Garner tries to ignore her growing attraction to firefighter Lincoln Carver, who her brother wrongly claims as his new lover. One family lie turns into a romantic mess, and Peyton must decide whether love is worth the fallout.
Unforgettable
by Adrianne Byrd
2004
Ladies' man Marcel Taylor, better known as Casanova Brown, is bored with easy conquests until a masked woman named Mayte entrances him at a ball. Once the mystery starts to lift, he finds himself face-to-face with the real thing.
Deadly Double
by Adrianne Byrd
2005
Josephine Ferrell discovers she has an identical twin she never knew, and the reunion turns nightmarish when her sister steals her identity. Trapped and disbelieved, Josie must rely on an old love to reclaim her life.
The Beautiful Ones
by Adrianne Byrd
2005
Another stylish member of Byrd's connected Hinton world learns that success and polish do not protect anyone from heartbreak. Beneath the glamour, love demands honesty, risk, and a willingness to be seen clearly.
Controversy
by Adrianne Byrd
2006
Rumors, secrets, and public fallout fuel this romance with a suspenseful edge. As scandal grows around the central couple, they have to decide whether love can survive the noise, the pressure, and the truth.
She's My Baby
by Adrianne Byrd
2006
Leila Owens lives by strict rules, no husband, no boyfriend, and definitely no children, until a baby is left in her kitchen at Christmas. Her sexy neighbor Garrick Grayson may be the only person who can help.
When You Were Mine
by Adrianne Byrd
2006
Old friends get a second look at each other in this warm romantic comedy about timing, memory, and feelings that never really went away. What once seemed settled starts looking very different when the heart catches up.
Blue Skies
by Adrianne Byrd
2007
Fighter pilot Sydney Garret once shared a brief, reckless marriage with Captain James Colton. When her plane is shot down over enemy territory, James joins the rescue mission and races not just to save a pilot, but the woman he loves.
Feel the Fire
by Adrianne Byrd
2007
A powerful businessman who knows better than to court trouble meets attorney Toni Wright and breaks his own rules. Their attraction burns fast, but the real challenge is whether either of them can trust it.
To Love A Stranger
by Adrianne Byrd
2007
Maggie's philandering husband was lost at sea, and now he is back, changed, attentive, and strangely romantic. She is left wondering whether the man who returned is really her husband, or a stranger she could love.
When Valentines Collide
by Adrianne Byrd
2007
Chante Morris meets Dr. Matthew Valentine when his car trouble strands him in small-town Texas, and the chemistry is immediate. But once work, history, and real life catch up, love proves harder than that first spark.
Her Lover's Legacy
by Adrianne Byrd
2008
Community activist Malcolm Braddock and executive assistant Gloria Kingsley cannot ignore their attraction, even as rumors and secrets swirl around the late Senator Harmon Braddock. Love is only part of the inheritance fight here.
Sinful Chocolate
by Adrianne Byrd
2008
Charlie Masters has built a reputation as a heartbreaker, but a health scare forces him to rethink everything. Then he meets chocolatier Gisella Jacobs, and for once, temptation might lead him somewhere honest.
Two Grooms And A Wedding
by Adrianne Byrd
2008
Wedding plans, old feelings, and a hero who refuses to stay in the past collide in this lively romance. What should be a smooth walk to the altar turns into a sharp test of trust, timing, and who truly belongs together.
Love Takes Time
by Adrianne Byrd
2009
Alyssa Jansen has spent far too long living with feelings that never fully faded. When old longing and new possibility collide, she has to decide whether waiting has brought her closer to love or farther from it.
Queen of His Heart
by Adrianne Byrd
2009
After one more terrible date, Jalila Goodwyn jokingly becomes the perfect pitch for a new reality show. Producer Keenan Armstrong turns her search for love into TV, but it is their off-camera chemistry that really matters.
Tender to His Touch
by Adrianne Byrd
2009
Designer Beverly Turner plans to own her college reunion weekend, not lose control of it. But attorney Lucius Gray wants the same no-strings escape she does, and their sizzling bargain quickly turns into something deeper.
Body Heat
by Adrianne Byrd
2010
Playwright Nikki Jamison sneaks into a St. Lucia villa for a little peace and accidentally ends up posing as the owner's wife. Hylan Dawson is baffled, tempted, and suddenly caught in a fake marriage that feels way too real.
Heart's Secret
by Adrianne Byrd
2010
Matchmaker Melanie Harte secretly nudges wealthy Jaxon Landon toward brilliant former model Zora Campbell. The spark between them is real, but once the hidden setup comes out, trust may be harder to win than desire.
Lovers Premiere
by Adrianne Byrd
2010
Hollywood dealmaking gets personal when two agency rivals are forced to face the attraction and history they never really resolved. Career ambition keeps them sharp, but it also makes a second chance much harder to trust.
A Christmas Affair
by Adrianne Byrd
2011
New York talent agency president Chloe Banks has built a new life far from her Georgia past. Then childhood sweetheart Lyfe Alton returns at Christmas, and four weeks of holiday heat may change everything.
King's Passion
by Adrianne Byrd
2011
Las Vegas club impresario Eamon King expects to charm his way out of a lawsuit filed by jilted bride Victoria Gregory. Instead, their fight turns personal, hot, and much more dangerous to his heart than he planned.
King's Pleasure
by Adrianne Byrd
2011
Jeremy King thinks one unforgettable night with Leigh Matthews should be enough. It is not. Their chemistry keeps pulling them back together, even as friendship, pride, and messy real life threaten to wreck the connection.
King's Promise
by Adrianne Byrd
2011
Xavier King finally meets a woman he cannot casually dismiss, but bartender Cheryl Shepherd is hiding a major secret. As attraction deepens, her undercover investigation could cost them both far more than a fling.
My Only Desire
by Adrianne Byrd
2011
Taariq Bryson expects a forgettable blind date, not Anna Jacobs. After a rough start leaves them stranded together, irritation turns into explosive attraction, and both have to decide whether this stormy match can become something lasting.
One in a Million
by Adrianne Byrd
2011
Whitney Jackson tracks down Gregory Woods, the father of her fourteen-year-old son, hoping he can save the boy with a bone marrow transplant. Their reunion opens old love, old pain, and a second chance neither expected.
Wishing On A Starr
by Adrianne Byrd
2011
Years after giving up her infant daughter, Gia Hunter meets Daniel Davis, the girl's adoptive father, by chance at Christmas. Attraction comes quickly, but so does the harder question of whether this broken family can be made whole.
Return to Love
by Adrianne Byrd
2012
Nigel Johns wants a second chance with Regina Gibson, the woman he lost six years earlier. Their chemistry is still there, but so is the secret pain that drove them apart in the first place.
My UnBroken Heart
by Adrianne Byrd
2016
In this later Hinton-world romance, old hurt and hard-earned resilience shape a love story about healing. Byrd gives two wounded people a chance to stop protecting themselves long enough to want something more.
Torn
by Adrianne Byrd
2017
Choices from the past refuse to stay buried in this emotional connected romance. Loyalty, desire, and unfinished business pull the central couple in different directions until someone finally has to choose what matters most.
Milk and Honey
by Adrianne Byrd
2019
Stanley Patterson has sworn off love until journalist Honey Laura Clark drops into his carefully guarded world. Their connection is instant, but Laura's mission and her hidden agenda could destroy the trust they are only starting to build.
Where to start with Adrianne Byrd
If you want sexy family sagas: King's Passion → King's Promise → King's Pleasure
If you like connected family romances: Unforgettable → The Beautiful Ones → Feel the Fire → Love Takes Time
If you want witty romantic comedy: Measure of a Man → When You Were Mine
If you prefer romantic suspense: If You Dare → Deadly Double → Forget Me Not
If you want warm contemporary romance: She's My Baby → Queen of His Heart → A Christmas Affair
Adrianne Byrd sub-series and character series
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- The Williams Family books in order
- Unforgettable Hinton books in order
Braddocks: Secret Son (Adrianne Byrd) books in order
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Sinful Chocolate
by Adrianne Byrd
2008The Kappa Psi Kappa Men, Book 2
Two Grooms And A Wedding
by Adrianne Byrd
2008The Kappa Psi Kappa Men, Book 1
Body Heat
by Adrianne Byrd
2010The Kappa Psi Kappa Men, Book 3
My Only Desire
by Adrianne Byrd
2011The Kappa Psi Kappa Men, Book 4
Return to Love
by Adrianne Byrd
2012The Kappa Psi Kappa Men, Book 5
Milk and Honey
by Adrianne Byrd
2019The Kappa Psi Kappa Men, Book 6
The Kappa Psi Kappa Men books in chronological order

Two Grooms And A Wedding
by Adrianne Byrd
2008The Kappa Psi Kappa Men, Book 1
Sinful Chocolate
by Adrianne Byrd
2008The Kappa Psi Kappa Men, Book 2
Body Heat
by Adrianne Byrd
2010The Kappa Psi Kappa Men, Book 3
My Only Desire
by Adrianne Byrd
2011The Kappa Psi Kappa Men, Book 4
Return to Love
by Adrianne Byrd
2012The Kappa Psi Kappa Men, Book 5
Milk and Honey
by Adrianne Byrd
2019The Kappa Psi Kappa Men, Book 6
The Williams Family books in order
Explore this seriesUnforgettable Hinton books in order
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Unforgettable
by Adrianne Byrd
2004Unforgettable Hinton, Book 1
The Beautiful Ones
by Adrianne Byrd
2005Unforgettable Hinton, Book 2
Feel the Fire
by Adrianne Byrd
2007Unforgettable Hinton, Book 3
Love Takes Time
by Adrianne Byrd
2009Unforgettable Hinton, Book 4
My UnBroken Heart
by Adrianne Byrd
2016Unforgettable Hinton, Book 5
Torn
by Adrianne Byrd
2017Unforgettable Hinton, Book 6
Unforgettable Hinton books in chronological order

Unforgettable
by Adrianne Byrd
2004Unforgettable Hinton, Book 1
The Beautiful Ones
by Adrianne Byrd
2005Unforgettable Hinton, Book 2
Feel the Fire
by Adrianne Byrd
2007Unforgettable Hinton, Book 3
Love Takes Time
by Adrianne Byrd
2009Unforgettable Hinton, Book 4
My UnBroken Heart
by Adrianne Byrd
2016Unforgettable Hinton, Book 5
Torn
by Adrianne Byrd
2017Unforgettable Hinton, Book 6
Adrianne Byrd collections, short stories, and related book types
Standalone Adrianne Byrd books

Defenseless
by Adrianne Byrd
1997
Forget Me Not
by Adrianne Byrd
1998
Love's Deception
by Adrianne Byrd
2000
All I've Ever Wanted
by Adrianne Byrd
2001
Surrender to Love
by Adrianne Byrd
2002
Comfort of a Man
by Adrianne Byrd
2003
My Destiny
by Adrianne Byrd
2003
If You Dare
by Adrianne Byrd
2004
Deadly Double
by Adrianne Byrd
2005
Controversy
by Adrianne Byrd
2006
She's My Baby
by Adrianne Byrd
2006
Blue Skies
by Adrianne Byrd
2007
To Love A Stranger
by Adrianne Byrd
2007
When Valentines Collide
by Adrianne Byrd
2007
Queen of His Heart
by Adrianne Byrd
2009
A Christmas Affair
by Adrianne Byrd
2011
Author bio
Adrianne Byrd was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on November 23, 1970, and she grew up in a military family that moved often. She later described herself as an Army brat, and those years took her across Europe and exposed her to a lot of different places, people, and ways of living. That constant change could be hard, but it also gave her a big imaginative life, which shows up all through her fiction.
Her path to romance started early.
When she was thirteen, her older brother handed her romance novels, and that small family nudge turned into something lasting. Reading gave her a way out of awkward teen years and into a world she could shape for herself. Before long, she was writing stories of her own, and she finished a first novel while she was still young, even if she had no plans to show it to anyone.
For a while, writing stayed a private hobby. Then, in 1994, a coworker showed her an article about Romance Writers of America, and Byrd realized there were other women building serious writing lives around the kind of stories she loved. That mattered. By 1996, she had sold her first novel, Defenseless, and her publishing career was underway.
She went on to write more than fifty books, and readers kept coming back because she could blend heat, humor, family drama, and real emotional mess in a way that felt easy to sink into. Her books often center on smart, strong women, complicated men, tight family networks, and the kind of misunderstandings that can either ruin everything or force people to finally tell the truth. Atlanta, glamorous professional worlds, close-knit families, and friend groups with long memories all show up again and again.
A few titles give a good sense of her range. Comfort of a Man helped establish her as a major voice in African American romance, while Unforgettable and the later Hinton books leaned into stylish, sexy family drama. Measure of a Man shows her lighter, more comedic side, built around a wild misunderstanding that keeps growing. Then there is If You Dare, which shifts into romantic suspense with an art thief, a museum director, and plenty of trouble. Much later, King's Passion opened the glossy, high-heat House of Kings trilogy.
She also wrote under other names.
As De'nesha Diamond, she moved into urban fiction and reached another audience with grittier, street-centered stories. She also published as A.J. Byrd and Layla Jordan. That range says a lot about her as a working writer. She was comfortable moving between sweeter contemporary romance, romantic suspense, family sagas, and sharper-edged commercial fiction without losing the emotional pull that tied her books together.
Awards followed, especially for Comfort of a Man, and her work was recognized by romance readers' groups and industry awards over the years. She was also featured in national magazines and won local honors for screenwriting. None of that feels surprising when you read her books. She knew how to build a scene, keep characters talking like real people, and make even a familiar romance setup feel lively.
Later in life, Byrd called Georgia home. She kept writing across different lanes of commercial fiction and built a bibliography that still gives new readers plenty of places to jump in.
She died in October 2020 at the age of forty-nine. But her books are still here, full of spark, chemistry, family chaos, and people trying, sometimes badly, to find their way back to love.
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