Blacktop Cowboys Books in Order
Part ofLorelei James Books in OrderExplore the Blacktop Cowboys series by Lorelei James, with books in order, quick summaries, Wyoming series background, and help choosing a starting point.
Last updated: July 3, 2026
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Publication Order
14 books
Corralled
by Lorelei James
2010
On the rodeo circuit, a hardworking woman is drawn to two dangerously tempting cowboys, Hank Lawson and Kyle Gilchrist. What starts as a no-strings arrangement turns into a messy collision of loyalty, desire, and real emotion.
Saddled and Spurred
by Lorelei James
2011
Rancher Bran Turner needs help during calving season and reluctantly hires Harper Masterson, the last woman he expects to survive the work. Harper is out to prove she is tougher than she looks, and the sparks between them make every chore harder.
Wrangled and Tangled
by Lorelei James
2011
Two romances knot together around the Split Rock Ranch and Resort. Janie and her ex-husband Abe face the wreckage of their past, while Renner Jackson and Tierney Pratt clash just as business trouble starts closing in.
One Night Rodeo
by Lorelei James
2012
After one tequila-soaked night, barrel racer Celia Lawson wakes up married to bull rider Kyle Gilchrist. She wants an annulment, he is not ready to let go, and a Wyoming ranch soon turns their mistake into something much more serious.
Turn and Burn
by Lorelei James
2013
Champion barrel racer Tanna Barker is sidelined, grieving, and unsure where home even is anymore. Veterinarian August Fletcher looks like exactly the kind of steady man she should want, which is why trusting him proves so hard.
Hillbilly Rockstar
by Lorelei James
2014
Country star Devin McClain needs protection after threats against him escalate, and ex-soldier Liberty Masterson gets the job. Pretending to be his girlfriend is supposed to be part of the cover, until the role starts feeling very real.
Roped In
by Lorelei James
2014
Injured bulldogger Sutton Grant needs horse help, and horse trainer London Gradsky needs a fake boyfriend. Their deal is practical right up until the attraction stops pretending.
Stripped Down
by Lorelei James
2015
This Blacktop Cowboys novella delivers a fast, sexy Wyoming romance with familiar series energy and a couple forced to drop their defenses. Short length, same Muddy Gap heat.
Wrapped and Strapped
by Lorelei James
2015
Free-spirited Harlow Pratt and gruff ranch foreman Hugh Pritchett have irritated each other for years. Being forced together at the Split Rock Ranch turns that friction into a bond neither of them saw coming.
Hang Tough
by Lorelei James
2016
Tobin Hale only meant to help an older friend keep her home, not move in and start a war with her protective granddaughter. Jade Evans is sure he is trouble, right up until she realizes he might be the real thing.
Strung Up
by Lorelei James
2016
Rancher Creston Grant has withdrawn from the world after a devastating loss. When former flame Breck Christianson comes back into his orbit, both men have to decide whether a second chance is brave or foolish.
Tripped Out
by Lorelei James
2017
Stirling Gradsky leaves corporate life behind and winds up in the marijuana business with a brilliant, tattooed scientist who challenges her at every turn. Their partnership is all friction, ambition, and increasingly impossible chemistry.
Racked and Stacked
by Lorelei James
2018
Tomboy mechanic Larissa Thorpe assumes sexy cowboy Ike Palmer will never look twice at her, which should make working together easy. Instead their new partnership turns into a stubborn, combustible slow burn.
Spun Out
by Lorelei James
2019
Former Army woman Bailey Masterson can handle danger, but nannying little Olivia Hale is another story. Olivia's father, rancher Streeter Hale, is just as overwhelmed, and their attraction only complicates an already fragile family.
Series background & context
Blacktop Cowboys lives in the same broad Wyoming country that fans of Lorelei James already know, but it has a different structure from Rough Riders. Instead of one giant family saga, these books revolve around a wider community of friends, ranchers, rodeo people, and workers tied to Muddy Gap and the Split Rock Ranch and Resort.
That makes the series feel a little more flexible.
You can read many of these books as standalones and still get a satisfying story. The characters cross paths, histories matter, and familiar faces keep showing up, but each romance is built to carry its own weight. Starting with Corralled, the series moves through a mix of ranch work, rodeo competition, music tours, resort trouble, family baggage, and the ongoing business of trying to build a life in a place where everyone seems to know your habits.
The tone is still unmistakably James. The books are sexy, funny, emotional, and very rooted in the realities of contemporary western life. But compared with Rough Riders, Blacktop Cowboys often feels a little more open-ended. The social circle is broader, the occupations vary more, and the community itself becomes the connective tissue.
That is a big part of the appeal. One book might center on a ranch foreman and a woman he has underestimated for years. Another might follow a country star, a bodyguard, or a barrel racer waking up married. The series can shift shape while still feeling consistent.
If Rough Riders is the all-in family epic, Blacktop Cowboys is the world next door, still hot, still dusty, just built around a different network of people.
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