Alyssa Cole Books in Order
See Alyssa Cole books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and easy where-to-start tips for her romance, thriller, and sci-fi stories.
Last updated: July 9, 2026
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Publication Order
28 books
Agnes Moor's Wild Knight
by Alyssa Cole
2014
At the court of King James IV, Agnes Moor knows she is treated as a spectacle more than an equal. When a mysterious knight enters a tournament to win a kiss from her, she is pulled into a sharp, romantic piece of court intrigue.
Eagle's Heart
by Alyssa Cole
2014
After Brooklyn teacher Salomeh Jones is framed and her life starts to unravel, special agent Julian Tamali sees a link to the Albanian mafia boss he has been hunting for years. Their alliance becomes a dangerous chase through revenge, betrayal, and attraction.
Sweet to the Taste
by Alyssa Cole
2014
Still bruised by old heartbreak, Callie attends her best friend's wedding and meets the magnetic singer hired for the celebration. The attraction is instant, but this dreamy stranger may be far more than he first seems.
Mixed Signals
by Alyssa Cole
2015
Four years after the Flare, Maggie Seong leaves home for college and tries to imagine a future instead of just survival. Old feelings, a long-lost online love, and violent threats on campus force her to choose what, and whom, she trusts.
Radio Silence
by Alyssa Cole
2015
When a mysterious blackout wipes out power, phones, and running water, Arden Highmore flees Rochester with her friend John. On the road to his family cabin, survival gets messier when Gabriel, John's infuriating older brother, enters the picture.
Signal Boost
by Alyssa Cole
2015
Safe at a cabin but restless and lonely, John Seong jumps at the chance to travel with brilliant, secretive Mykhail, who may know what caused the collapse. Their search for answers becomes a risky road trip with real stakes.
Be Not Afraid
by Alyssa Cole
2016
During the Revolutionary War, Elijah Sutton hopes military service will buy the freedom he has been promised. Kate is determined to flee to the British for a different kind of freedom, and their clashing plans become even harder to untangle once love gets involved.
Let It Shine
by Alyssa Cole
2016
In 1961, Sofie Wallis is drawn into the Civil Rights movement just as boxer Ivan Friedman commits himself to the same cause. Their shared past and the danger around them turn this historical romance into something tender and urgent.
A Hope Divided
by Alyssa Cole
2017
Marlie Lynch's North Carolina home becomes dangerous ground when Confederate forces move in and escaped prisoner Ewan McCall ends up hiding under her roof. Their flight along the Underground Railroad turns into a fight for freedom and a future.
An Extraordinary Union
by Alyssa Cole
2017
During the Civil War, former slave Elle Burns goes undercover for the Union and crosses paths with Malcolm McCall, a white detective posing as a Confederate soldier. Their mission, and growing attraction, could change the war and destroy them both.
Let Us Dream
by Alyssa Cole
2017
In 1917 Harlem, cabaret owner Bertha Hines uses charm and strategy to push for women's suffrage. When stubborn chef Amir Chowdhury enters her orbit, politics, ambition, and attraction all catch fire at once.
A Duke by Default
by Alyssa Cole
2018
Portia Hobbs heads to Scotland for a swordmaking apprenticeship and a chance to get her life together. Instead, she clashes and sparks with her gruff boss, Tavish McKenzie, then discovers he may be the duke nobody saw coming.
A Princess in Theory
by Alyssa Cole
2018
Naledi Smith thinks the emails claiming she is betrothed to an African prince are obvious spam. Then Prince Thabiso shows up in person, hides who he is, and discovers that winning her trust will be harder than winning her heart.
Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 4
by Alyssa Cole
2018
This anthology gathers erotic stories centered on women's desire, agency, and risk, across a wide range of moods and scenarios. Alyssa Cole appears among the contributors, adding her voice to a bold, varied collection.
Bingo Love Volume 1: Jackpot Edition
by Alyssa Cole
2018
Hazel Johnson and Mari McCray fall in love at church bingo in 1963, then are torn apart for decades by family and convention. This expanded edition reunites them at last and adds bonus material, including a story by Alyssa Cole.
That Could Be Enough
by Alyssa Cole
2018
Mercy Alston has learned to keep hope and love at a safe distance while serving Eliza Hamilton. Then a dressmaker named Andromeda Stiel arrives at Hamilton Grange and unsettles Mercy's careful, guarded life.
A Prince on Paper
by Alyssa Cole
2019
Nya Jerami returns home for a royal wedding and ends up entangled with Johan von Braustein, the notorious prince she loves to hate. Their fake engagement is meant to manage the cameras, but it quickly becomes much more personal.
An Unconditional Freedom
by Alyssa Cole
2019
Daniel Cumberland, a lawyer turned Loyal League operative after surviving slavery, is paired with Janeta Sanchez, who has her own hidden agenda. Their mission through Union occupied Florida and Civil War intrigue becomes a test of loyalty, vengeance, and trust.
Can't Escape Love
by Alyssa Cole
2019
Reggie Hobbs is battling insomnia and building her geek culture brand when she reaches out to Gus Nguyen, the soothing-voiced puzzle designer she listens to at night. Their online collaboration on a romance-anime escape room turns into a sweet, nerdy connection.
Four Novellas
by Alyssa Cole
2019
This omnibus collects four Alyssa Cole novellas, Be Not Afraid, That Could Be Enough, Let Us Dream, and Let It Shine. Together they show how much history, longing, and hope she can fit into a shorter form.
Once Ghosted, Twice Shy
by Alyssa Cole
2019
Months after being abruptly dumped, Likotsi runs into Fabiola on a stalled New York subway. One cup of tea becomes a second-chance day across the city, and a chance to learn whether heartbreak can be rewritten.
The A.I. Who Loved Me
by Alyssa Cole
2019
Trinity Jordan's quiet life gets scrambled when her charming new neighbor Li Wei turns out not to be human at all. As she helps an advanced A.I. learn about humanity, attraction and danger rise together.
How to Catch a Queen
by Alyssa Cole
2020
Shanti Mohapi finally becomes a queen when she marries King Sanyu of Njaza, but palace life is far rougher than the dream. As politics and passion collide, both ruler and bride must decide what kind of marriage, and kingdom, they want.
When No One Is Watching
by Alyssa Cole
2020
Sydney Green sees her Brooklyn neighborhood changing fast, and not for the better. When she teams up with new neighbor Theo to dig into local history, their search turns into a paranoid, dangerous hunt for what is really happening on their block.
How to Find a Princess
by Alyssa Cole
2021
Makeda Hicks wants nothing to do with royal family drama, until investigator Beznaria Chetchevaliere barrels into her life with proof she may be a missing princess. A forced journey, fake marriage, and real chemistry complicate everything.
Marple: Twelve New Mysteries
by Alyssa Cole
2022
This anthology gives Jane Marple twelve new cases, from quiet village trouble to crimes far from St. Mary Mead. Alyssa Cole joins the lineup with a story that sends the famous sleuth into Manhattan.
Just a Girl
by Alyssa Cole
2023
College freshman Tiana Carter loves making videos about dorm cooking and style, until a dating app rejection unleashes a vicious online campaign against her. The story turns familiar internet cruelty into something intimate and frightening.
One of Us Knows
by Alyssa Cole
2024
Kenetria Nash takes a caretaker job on an isolated island estate, hoping for a second chance after her career collapsed. When a storm traps her with strangers and a murder, she and her alters must untangle the truth before she is blamed.
Where should I start?
For modern royal romance: A Princess in Theory → A Duke by Default → A Prince on Paper
For Civil War romance and spy suspense: An Extraordinary Union → A Hope Divided → An Unconditional Freedom
For thrillers with social bite: When No One Is Watching → One of Us Knows
For post-apocalyptic sci-fi romance: Radio Silence → Signal Boost → Mixed Signals
For shorter historical reads: Let It Shine → Let Us Dream → That Could Be Enough
Author bio
Alyssa Cole was born in the Bronx and grew up in Jersey City, in a family where books were part of everyday life. Her parents and other relatives read with her, and she has said she was trying to make up stories before she could properly write them down.
She was a romance reader before she knew romance was a genre.
As a kid, she read widely and fast, moving from school books to whatever she could find on family shelves. One early favorite was Ann of the Wild Rose Inn, a Revolutionary War love story she has described as life changing. Black illustrated fairy tales mattered, too, because they showed her that adventure, desire, and happy endings did not have to belong to somebody else.
Before publishing fiction, Cole worked as a science editor in New York. She also helped run a romance book club at Jefferson Market Library in Manhattan, which fits the way she talks about books now, as both craft and conversation. That editorial background may help explain one of the pleasures of her work, the way even her most playful stories feel carefully built.
She does not stay in one lane for long.
That range is a big reason readers keep following her. An Extraordinary Union turns Civil War history into a tense espionage romance centered on Black agents working against the Confederacy. A Princess in Theory starts with emails that sound like obvious spam and grows into a funny, sharp royal romance. When No One Is Watching moves into thriller territory, using gentrification in Brooklyn to build a story that is creepy, angry, and painfully recognizable. Those books also marked big moments in her career, with An Extraordinary Union, A Princess in Theory, and When No One Is Watching each becoming standout titles for different reasons.
Books like Radio Silence and One of Us Knows show the other side of her range. One drops a group of survivors into life after a catastrophic blackout and lets romance grow inside the panic. The other traps a caretaker on a Hudson River island with a murder, a storm, and a past she can barely trust herself to face. Across genres, Cole tends to return to the same pressure points, power, community, history, and the way public systems shape private lives.
She also writes very well about competence, stubbornness, geeky obsessions, and people trying to protect something, a neighborhood, a mission, a family, or just the fragile hope of being loved well. Shorter work has been important to her, too. Novellas like Let It Shine and Can't Escape Love show how much feeling, humor, and historical texture she can pack into a tight space without losing the emotional payoff.
Cole has also described a life shaped by both New York and the Caribbean, and that mix of fast city energy and wide open genre curiosity feels true to her books. When she is not working, she has said she is usually watching anime or wrangling her pets.
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