AL Jackson Books in Order
Explore AL Jackson's books in order with reading lists, series overviews, brief summaries, and guidance on the best places to start her emotional contemporary romances.
Last updated: December 26, 2025
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Publication Order
32 books
Say It's Forever
by AL Jackson
2022
Single mom Salem Aguilar breaks down on a rainy night and is rescued by Jud Lawson, a dangerous, inked mechanic who has sworn off love. When she takes a job in his shop, their forbidden pull collides with the violent past she is still running from.
Never Look Back
by AL Jackson
2022
Aster Costa once shattered Logan Lawson’s life, and now a rigged card game puts her future in his hands. Forced into a risky alliance to escape the chains of her past, they’re dragged into vengeance, temptation, and a second chance neither of them trusts.
Give Me a Reason
by AL Jackson
2021
Kindergarten teacher Eden Murphy takes a job at a notorious club to make ends meet and lands in the sights of owner Trent Lawson, a jaded single dad with criminal ties. As enemies become lovers, Trent’s world threatens to destroy the one woman he can’t afford to lose.
Beneath the Stars
by AL Jackson
2021
Maggie Fitzgerald spends the summer sharing a house with Rhys Manning, her brother’s best friend and country-rock’s newest star. Their friends-to-lovers chemistry burns hotter with every stolen night, but his secrets and her inexperience could turn their dream into fallout.
Kiss the Stars
by AL Jackson
2020
After a violent crime upends her life, single mom Mia West hides at her rock-star brother’s Savannah mansion and finds brooding drummer Leif Godwin living in the guest house. Their slow-burn attraction collides with revenge, danger, and the possibility of a new family.
Falling into You
by AL Jackson
2020
Guitarist Richard Ramsey returns home as his band explodes in fame, only to face Violet Marin, the woman he abandoned years before. Their chemistry is as volatile as ever, but his dark bargains and her hard-won stability make a second chance feel impossibly costly.
Catch Me When I Fall
by AL Jackson
2020
Emily Ramsey, front woman for rising band Carolina George, spends one explosive night with a tattooed stranger who vanishes by morning. On tour she discovers he is Royce Reilly, the record exec determined to sign them, and his hidden agenda could cost them both everything.
Pieces of Us
by AL Jackson
2019
Thirteen years after Maxon Chambers broke her heart, Izzy returns to Broadshire Rim and collides with the boy who became a Charleston detective. Old love and new danger twist together as they decide if they can mend the pieces of what was shattered.
Hold on to Hope
by AL Jackson
2019
Frankie Leigh gave her heart to Evan Bryant as a girl, then watched him disappear when she needed him most. Years later he returns to Gingham Lakes, no longer the fragile boy she remembers, and their best-friends-to-lovers bond is tested by secrets and second chances.
Fight for Me
by AL Jackson
2019
This collection brings together three full-length Gingham Lakes romances, *Show Me the Way*, *Follow Me Back*, and *Lead Me Home*. A gruff single dad, a guarded doctor, and a tortured bartender each fall for the woman who forces him to confront grief, guilt, and desire.
One Wild Ride
by AL Jackson
2018
Elle Ward, daughter of a famous director, swore off actors after seeing too much of their worst behavior. When rising star Kas Cowen crashes into her life, he has to prove he is more than a pretty face as chemistry, gossip, and genuine emotion take over.
One Wild Night
by AL Jackson
2018
Kindergarten teacher Kaylee Rose Burton has zero interest in Hollywood fantasy until she literally falls into superstar Paxton Myles on the red carpet. Their impulsive night together spirals into tabloids and real feelings, leaving them to decide if they can turn scandal into forever.
More of You
by AL Jackson
2018
Faith once loved rebel Jace Jacobs, who left town and broke her heart. A decade later he comes home changed and determined to protect Faith and her daughter from a threat tied to his past, forcing them to confront buried feelings and dangerous enemies.
Lead Me Home
by AL Jackson
2018
Oliver Preston has spent years punishing himself for the night his sister vanished and for losing Nikki Walters, the girl he loved. When threats force Nikki to move into his apartment, buried desire, guilt, and a chilling mystery collide in their small town.
Follow Me Back
by AL Jackson
2018
ER doctor Kale Bryant only has time for work and casual flings, while single mom Harley Hope Masterson is barely keeping her coffee shop and son afloat. Their irresistible chemistry and a shared medical bond pull them together, even as danger and hard choices close in.
All of Me
by AL Jackson
2018
Charleston attorney Ian Jacobs prides himself on being ruthless and controlled until a chance night with warm, resilient Grace upends his rules. When she walks into his office as a client, their forbidden connection threatens his career and the armor around his heart.
Stay
by AL Jackson
2017
Rock guitarist Ash Evans lives for parties and noise until his lifestyle leaves him broken and bleeding in a small-town street. Willow Langston saves him and reluctantly lets him into her quiet life, where debt, temptation, and an unexpected love force Ash to finally stand still.
Stand
by AL Jackson
2017
Quiet drummer Zee Kennedy has spent years trying to atone for his brother’s death and keep his distance from trouble. When he steps in to protect Alexis Kensington from a violent world closing around her, she becomes both his greatest risk and his chance at redemption.
Show Me the Way
by AL Jackson
2017
Single dad Rex Gunner has walled off his heart to everyone but his little girl. When Rynna Dayne returns to town to revive her grandmother’s diner and moves in next door, their prickly, neighbors-to-lovers relationship forces him to face old wounds and new hope.
Hunt Me Down
by AL Jackson
2017
Developer Broderick Wolfe is used to getting everything he wants, and now he wants to level Gingham Lakes’ historic district for a luxury project. Attorney Lillith Redd stands in his way, turning their courtroom clash into a sizzling, modern Little Red Riding Hood battle of wills.
Where Lightning Strikes
by AL Jackson
2016
Tamar King escaped a dangerous life and now hides in the quiet routine of tending bar. When Lyrik West, Sunder’s charismatic lead guitarist, crashes into her world, their volatile attraction sparks a storm that threatens the fragile safety she has built.
Wait
by AL Jackson
2016
Years ago, Austin Stone and Edie Evans were each other’s refuge until one terrible night drove them apart. When the now-famous musician steps back into Edie’s life, their second-chance romance must survive addiction, guilt, and the fear they will burn each other down again.
Drowning to Breathe
by AL Jackson
2015
Sebastian and Shea’s fragile happiness shatters when the secrets behind their new life collide with the past he tried to outrun. As legal battles and dangerous enemies close in, they fight to protect their family and learn whether love can survive the truth.
Come to Me Recklessly
by AL Jackson
2015
Christopher Moore has numbed himself with parties and casual hookups, convinced love is not for him. When his first love, Samantha Schultz, suddenly becomes his neighbor, old passion and unresolved hurt explode, forcing them to decide if they can risk their hearts a second time.
A Stone in the Sea
by AL Jackson
2015
After a violent outburst threatens his career, rock star Sebastian Stone retreats to Savannah to lie low and stay out of trouble. Instead he finds Shea Bentley, a guarded single mom whose quiet life hides big secrets, and their magnetic connection could destroy them or save them.
Come to Me Softly
by AL Jackson
2014
After choosing each other, Jared Holt and Aly Moore try to build a life beyond the tragedy that shaped him. Facing jealousies, old enemies, and Jared’s lingering self-loathing, they must decide how far they will go to protect their love and their future.
Come to Me Quietly
by AL Jackson
2014
Aleena Moore has never stopped loving Jared Holt, her brother’s best friend who vanished after a tragedy six years ago. When the tattooed, guilt-ridden drifter returns and crashes on her couch, their forbidden attraction collides with the darkness he is terrified to share.
Lost to You
by AL Jackson
2013
Ambitious pre-law students Elizabeth Ayers and Christian Davison start as study partners in New York and quickly become inseparable. As friendship turns to more, ambition, fear, and temptation test whether their first love can withstand the choices that will shape their lives.
If Forever Comes
by AL Jackson
2013
Christian and Elizabeth finally have the family and future they once only dreamed about, until an unexpected heartbreak shatters their fragile peace. To find their way back, they must confront grief, doubt, and the question of how many times love can survive being broken.
When We Collide
by AL Jackson
2012
William has spent six years running from the small town and the girl he left behind, drowning himself in work and empty relationships. When tragedy pulls him home, he is forced to face Maggie, the woman he once saved from darkness, and the cost of walking away.
Take This Regret
by AL Jackson
2011
On the verge of a prestigious legal career, Christian Davison cruelly chooses his ambitions over Elizabeth and their unborn child. Years later, a chance meeting with the daughter he abandoned ignites his determination to win back the family he threw away, if Elizabeth can ever forgive him.
Pulled
by AL Jackson
2011
Melanie Winters and Daniel Montgomery once shared a love they thought would last a lifetime, until the death of their daughter tore them apart. Nine years later, trapped in unhappy lives, their unexpected reunion forces them to face their grief, their guilt, and the possibility of a second chance.
Where should I start?
If you want small-town romantic suspense: Give Me a Reason → Say It's Forever → Never Look Back
If you love angsty rock-star romance: A Stone in the Sea → Drowning to Breathe → Where Lightning Strikes → Wait
If you prefer intense new adult stories: Come to Me Quietly → Come to Me Softly → Come to Me Recklessly
If second-chance heartbreak is your thing: Lost to You → Take This Regret → If Forever Comes
If you want something fun and flirty: One Wild Night → One Wild Ride
Author bio
AL Jackson writes contemporary romances that lean into big feelings, broken pasts, and the kind of happily ever after that has to be fought for. She is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author whose stories range from small town sagas to rock star dramas and, more recently, romantasy.
She found her way to writing as a young mom and college student, carrying notebooks filled with poems and short scenes she wrote to work through everyday joys and struggles. Those private pages became her first practice ground for the intense, emotional style readers now recognize on the page.
Years later, she shared one of those stories with two close friends. Their encouragement nudged her to turn it into a full-length novel, and that leap eventually led to early books like Pulled, Take This Regret, and When We Collide, all centered on couples who have to navigate loss, guilt, and second chances to find their way back to each other.
Her books often start with a boy who thinks he is beyond saving and a woman who refuses to believe that.
As her readership grew, Jackson moved into new adult romance with the Closer to You novels, beginning with Come to Me Quietly. Those stories follow friends who grew up together and are now wrestling with first love, trauma, and the question of whether the future they imagined is still possible. The emotions are raw, but the settings stay grounded in everyday life, with cramped apartments, night shifts, and found family on the page.
Music and small towns became an even bigger part of her work with the Bleeding Stars and Falling Stars series. In books like A Stone in the Sea, Drowning to Breathe, and Falling into You, she pairs tattooed musicians and the people orbiting their bands with single parents, bartenders, and hometown friends, letting the noise of touring life crash up against the quiet of front porches and family kitchens.
At the same time, she keeps returning to tight knit communities where everyone knows your secrets, even if they pretend not to. The Fight for Me, Confessions of the Heart, Redemption Hills, and Time River books lean into that small town feeling, mixing bar owners, mechanics, doctors, teachers, and protective brothers with a steady thread of romantic suspense. Single moms, kids, and found families show up again and again as the thing her characters are willing to risk everything to protect.
Underneath the heat and drama, the question she keeps asking is simple: can people who have been hurt this badly still learn to trust and be loved.
Jackson lives in Southern Arizona with her husband and three children, and when she is not drafting or revising, she loves ordinary moments with them, from afternoons at the pool to unhurried dinners and movie nights. She also carves out time for friends and for reading, keeping her own to-be-read stack close at hand.
For readers, that mix of intensity and warmth is what defines her work. Pick up one of her books and you can expect strong chemistry, slow-burn tension, families that feel lived in, and a love story that stumbles, fights, and finally earns its way to the finish.
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