Aussies Books in Order
Part ofDonna Alam Books in OrderFollow the Aussies series by Donna Alam in order, with book list, story snapshots, and background on the Phillips brothers and their sun-soaked Australian love stories.
Last updated: January 14, 2026
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Publication Order
3 books
Rafferty's Rules
by Donna Alam
2019
After fleeing a cheating fiancé, Lissa stumbles into an off-limits club and straight into Aussie charmer Rafferty Phillips. To save face at his brother's wedding, he begs her to pose as his girlfriend, and their fake relationship quickly feels dangerously close to real.
Down Under
by Donna Alam
2019
A birthday trip to Australia gives her exactly what she wished for, a tattooed blond with a wicked grin. When she starts a new nanny job and finds her holiday fling is now her grumpy single-dad employer, forced proximity turns their sun-soaked fantasy into something riskier.
In Like Flynn
by Donna Alam
2018
Months after a disastrous one-night stand at a wedding, she still cannot stop thinking about cheeky Aussie charmer Flynn Phillips. Determined to prove he is not the reason her love life stalled, she goes back for one more night and gets far more than a simple do-over.
Series background & context
The Aussies books, also known as the Phillips Brothers series, are all about three Australian brothers whose lives are rooted in wine country and coastal towns but complicated by love. Each novel stands alone as a romance, yet the brothers’ relationships with one another run underneath everything. (goodreads.com)
Flynn’s story in In Like Flynn kicks things off with a wedding one night stand that refuses to stay neatly in the past. Cocky, charming, and very sure of his own appeal, Flynn should be the last man the heroine trusts after her romantic missteps. Instead, their reunion forces both of them to admit how deeply that single night shook them, and whether a serial flirt can be anyone’s long term plan. (donnaalam.com)
Down Under shifts the focus to a growly single dad whose idea of a good time definitely does not involve a new live in nanny. After a fling in a hotel, the heroine is horrified to discover her new employer is the same inked blond Australian she just hooked up with. Living under his roof while caring for his twins, she butts heads with him over everything from house rules to unresolved attraction, all against a backdrop of dusty paddocks and big skies. (donnaalam.com)
In Rafferty’s Rules, playboy brother Rafferty rescues a heartbroken heroine from a terrible decision and ends up inviting her home to pose as his fake girlfriend at a high profile family wedding. The book bounces between Sydney and the Hunter Valley wine region, blending vineyard glamour with awkward family dinners, nosy relatives, and two people who keep telling themselves it is only pretend. (meetnewbooks.com)
Across the Aussies books, Alam leans into what makes an Australian setting fun for escapist romance, sun, surf, long drives between cities, and families that are never quite as laid back as they seem. The brothers have wildly different personalities, from golden boy to trouble magnet, but each of them ends up confronting what responsibility and commitment look like when love stops being hypothetical. (donnaalam.com)
Because the stories are loosely linked standalones, you can drop into whichever Phillips brother appeals most, or read in order to watch their family dynamic evolve as each one unexpectedly falls first.
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