Brighton Walsh Books in Order
Browse Brighton Walsh books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and where to start across Starlight Cove, Havenbrook, and more.
Last updated: July 10, 2026
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Brighton Walsh books in publication order
26 books
Plus One
by Brighton Walsh
2013
Olivia swears off dating just as wedding season begins, so her best friend's younger brother offers to be her stand-in date. What starts as a practical arrangement turns into a summer fling with real stakes.
Season of Second Chances
by Brighton Walsh
2013
A Christmas Eve storm strands Claire Hanlin with Logan Dawes, the man she almost married. One night back in the home they once shared forces them to face unfinished love and old hurt.
Caged in Winter
by Brighton Walsh
2014
Winter Jacobson is weeks from graduation and determined not to let anyone derail the future she fought for. Then Cade Maxwell barrels into her life with patience, heat, and a heart she does not know how to trust.
Captive
by Brighton Walsh
2015
Madison Frost dreams of escape, then gets it in the worst possible way when she is kidnapped by a mercenary called Ghost. Trapped with a dangerous man full of secrets, she finds herself drawn to the one person she should fear most.
Exposed
by Brighton Walsh
2015
Evie has spent five years hiding behind a perfect new identity, until her criminal past catches up with her. The man who pulls her to safety is Riley, the ex she thought she had lost for good.
Tessa Ever After
by Brighton Walsh
2015
Single mom Tessa knows Jason Montgomery is exactly the kind of charming playboy she should avoid. Then her brother asks Jason to help look after her and her daughter, and friendship starts slipping into something riskier.
Our Love Unhinged
by Brighton Walsh
2016
Winter says yes when Cade proposes, but love does not erase old fear overnight. This final Reluctant Hearts novella follows them as past wounds threaten the future they want together.
Paige in Progress
by Brighton Walsh
2016
Paige likes keeping romance simple, which is why a one-night stand with Adam Reid should have stayed in the past. When he moves in next door for the summer, desire gets messy fast.
Second Chance Charmer
by Brighton Walsh
2018
A local bad boy comes back to Havenbrook to open the town's first bar and runs straight into Willow Haven, the girl he once loved. Ten years have passed, but the chemistry and the family trouble are still there.
Hometown Troublemaker
by Brighton Walsh
2019
Rory Haven is a single mom trying to keep her life steady when a younger man who has wanted her for years gets too close for comfort. Working together turns old tension into a romance neither of them can easily hide.
Pact with a Heartbreaker
by Brighton Walsh
2019
On the edge of college and adulthood, best friends Mackenna Haven and Hudson Miller steal one last weekend together. It should be a goodbye trip, but long-buried feelings and Hudson's secret change everything.
Captain Heartbreaker
by Brighton Walsh
2020
Ten years after Hudson Miller left town for the military, he comes home to the woman he never forgot. Mackenna Haven still remembers their broken marriage pact, and this time their second chance is impossible to ignore.
Main Street Dealmaker
by Brighton Walsh
2021
Wedding planner Sadie Rollins and newly arrived divorce attorney Cole Donovan can barely stand each other. A Christmas wedding shoot forces them to play the happy couple, and the fake sparks start looking very real.
Small Town Pretender
by Brighton Walsh
2021
A musician's life flips overnight when he becomes temporary guardian of his niece and nephew and needs to look stable in court. His answer is a fake marriage with Natalie Haven, the best friend he never stopped wanting.
Defiant Heart
by Brighton Walsh
2022
The sheriff of Starlight Cove wants free-spirited Luna Lancaster out of his town and out of his head. When her protests threaten his struggling family resort, enemies turn into something much harder to control.
Protective Heart
by Brighton Walsh
2022
He has spent years pretending he is not in love with his sunny best friend, Everly Bowman. When she needs a place to stay and ends up in his bed night after night, friendship stops feeling safe.
Daughter of Serpents
by Brighton Walsh
2023
Marissa is half human, half Naga, and hiding in a world that does not forgive either difference easily. Her search for safety and belonging opens the door to allies, danger, and a much larger conflict.
Fearless Heart
by Brighton Walsh
2023
Quinn Cartwright needs a husband on paper, and the one man eager to say yes is the rival she can barely tolerate. Their fake marriage comes with a shared bed, real chemistry, and a whole lot of trouble.
Reckless Heart
by Brighton Walsh
2023
A one-night stand gets complicated when a gruff Starlight Cove local discovers the gorgeous stranger is his sister's best friend and his new employee. Keeping it casual stops being an option once their secret starts to matter.
Possessive Heart
by Brighton Walsh
2024
A season-ending injury sends a pro hockey player back to Starlight Cove and straight into close quarters with Addison McKenzie, the woman he has loved in secret for years. Snowed in together, they can no longer pretend their past was nothing.
Rebel Heart
by Brighton Walsh
2024
Levi comes home to Starlight Cove only to learn Harper Davidson, the ex who still owns too much of his heart, is now his roommate. Their sharp-edged truce turns into a second chance romance with real emotional weight.
Faker
by Brighton Walsh
2025
When tragedy makes a rising musician temporary guardian of his niece and nephew, he needs a wife fast. Natalie Haven agrees to help as his fake spouse, but playing house digs up feelings neither left behind.
The Grump Next Door
by Brighton Walsh
2025
Sutton Sinclair and her teen daughter move into a backyard cottage owned by a gruff former football player who likes control and quiet. Fake dating and forced proximity make their bad idea impossible to resist.
The Live-In Temptation
by Brighton Walsh
2025
A fire chief and sudden single dad hires the chaotic young woman he rescued from a shed fire to nanny his daughter. Living under one roof turns their off-limits attraction into a slow-burn problem.
The Mr and Mrs Mistake
by Brighton Walsh
2026
A heartbroken woman trying to save her family's farm ends up married to the man who has always gotten under her skin. What starts as a convenient arrangement quickly becomes far more dangerous to their hearts.
The Roommate Rules
by Brighton Walsh
2026
A feud lands rule-following librarian Penelope Shea in a forced cohabitation setup with the tattooed neighbor she cannot stand. When she asks him for lessons to research her secret romance-writing career, sparks fly.
Where to start with Brighton Walsh
If you want coastal small-town romance: Defiant Heart → Protective Heart → Fearless Heart
If you like connected family drama: Second Chance Charmer → Hometown Troublemaker → Pact with a Heartbreaker → Captain Heartbreaker → Small Town Pretender
If you prefer college-age, emotionally messy romance: Caged in Winter → Tessa Ever After → Paige in Progress → Our Love Unhinged
If you want darker romantic suspense: Captive → Exposed
If you want the newer Starlight Cove spin-off: The Grump Next Door → The Live-In Temptation → The Mr and Mrs Mistake → The Roommate Rules
Brighton Walsh sub-series and character series
Captive books in order
Explore this seriesHavenbrook books in order
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Second Chance Charmer
by Brighton Walsh
2018Havenbrook, Book 1
Hometown Troublemaker
by Brighton Walsh
2019Havenbrook, Book 2
Pact with a Heartbreaker
by Brighton Walsh
2019Havenbrook, Book 3
Captain Heartbreaker
by Brighton Walsh
2020Havenbrook, Book 4
Small Town Pretender
by Brighton Walsh
2021Havenbrook, Book 5
Faker
by Brighton Walsh
2025Havenbrook, Book 6
Havenbrook books in chronological order

Second Chance Charmer
by Brighton Walsh
2018Havenbrook, Book 1
Hometown Troublemaker
by Brighton Walsh
2019Havenbrook, Book 2
Pact with a Heartbreaker
by Brighton Walsh
2019Havenbrook, Book 3
Captain Heartbreaker
by Brighton Walsh
2020Havenbrook, Book 4
Small Town Pretender
by Brighton Walsh
2021Havenbrook, Book 5
Faker
by Brighton Walsh
2025Havenbrook, Book 6
Holidays in Havenbrook books in order
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Explore this seriesStarlight Cove books in order
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Defiant Heart
by Brighton Walsh
2022Starlight Cove, Book 1
Protective Heart
by Brighton Walsh
2022Starlight Cove, Book 2
Fearless Heart
by Brighton Walsh
2023Starlight Cove, Book 3
Reckless Heart
by Brighton Walsh
2023Starlight Cove, Book 4
Possessive Heart
by Brighton Walsh
2024Starlight Cove, Book 5
Rebel Heart
by Brighton Walsh
2024Starlight Cove, Book 6
Starlight Cove books in chronological order

Defiant Heart
by Brighton Walsh
2022Starlight Cove, Book 1
Protective Heart
by Brighton Walsh
2022Starlight Cove, Book 2
Fearless Heart
by Brighton Walsh
2023Starlight Cove, Book 3
Reckless Heart
by Brighton Walsh
2023Starlight Cove, Book 4
Possessive Heart
by Brighton Walsh
2024Starlight Cove, Book 5
Rebel Heart
by Brighton Walsh
2024Starlight Cove, Book 6
Steele Brothers of Starlight Cove books in order
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The Grump Next Door
by Brighton Walsh
2025Steele Brothers of Starlight Cove, Book 1
The Live-In Temptation
by Brighton Walsh
2025Steele Brothers of Starlight Cove, Book 2
The Mr and Mrs Mistake
by Brighton Walsh
2026Steele Brothers of Starlight Cove, Book 3
The Roommate Rules
by Brighton Walsh
2026Steele Brothers of Starlight Cove, Book 4
Steele Brothers of Starlight Cove books in chronological order

The Grump Next Door
by Brighton Walsh
2025Steele Brothers of Starlight Cove, Book 1
The Live-In Temptation
by Brighton Walsh
2025Steele Brothers of Starlight Cove, Book 2
The Mr and Mrs Mistake
by Brighton Walsh
2026Steele Brothers of Starlight Cove, Book 3
The Roommate Rules
by Brighton Walsh
2026Steele Brothers of Starlight Cove, Book 4
The Valley of Scales Saga books in order
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Author bio
Brighton Walsh did not come to publishing through a neat, straight line. Before she was known for writing romance, she spent about a decade working as a professional photographer. That background makes a lot of sense once you read her fiction. She pays close attention to expressions, body language, awkward pauses, and the tiny shifts that tell you a scene has changed.
Storytelling was there first.
At some point, photography stopped being the only way she wanted to tell a story, and she turned back toward writing, the first love she has said she reconnected with. Her early releases, including Plus One and Season of Second Chances, gave her an opening into publishing. Not long after, Caged in Winter helped introduce her to a much wider group of romance readers and kicked off the interconnected Reluctant Hearts books.
She has also been open about how fast and strange that early stretch felt. In 2013 she wrote about the long waiting game around publication, then about how quickly Caged in Winter moved from manuscript to deal. That mix of persistence, luck, and plain old stubbornness seems to matter to her, and it shows in the way she talks about writing as work, not magic.
Since then, Walsh has built a catalog that moves easily between a few different corners of romance. In books like Tessa Ever After and Paige in Progress, she writes younger characters who are still figuring out adulthood, money, work, and family expectations. In Captive and Exposed, she shifts into darker romantic suspense, where secrecy and danger sit right beside the love story.
Her more recent books lean hard into interconnected small-town worlds, and that is probably where many readers know her best. Havenbrook and Starlight Cove are full of siblings, exes, best friends, single parents, and people who absolutely cannot stop running into each other. Titles like Defiant Heart, Protective Heart, and The Grump Next Door show what she does especially well, strong-willed heroines, protective heroes, warm humor, and a lot of emotional and physical tension.
She likes love stories with sharp elbows and a soft center.
There is a clear through line in her work, even when the settings change. Her characters are often building a life after something hard, grief, abandonment, fear, family pressure, or the simple fact that growing up did not go the way they planned. They want stability, but they do not always trust it. Walsh returns to that push and pull again and again, which is part of why her romances can feel both comforting and a little raw.
Off the page, she shares just enough personal detail to feel very human. She has said she lived in eight states, five of them before she was ten, and now lives along the shores of Lake Michigan with her husband, their two kids, and a dog who apparently believes she is royalty. She has also joked about office supply obsessions, dance parties, plants, and a house full of dirty socks and laughter.
She and her husband have been together since they were fourteen.
That long view on love probably helps explain why even her messier books still believe in commitment. Readers may come for the banter, the steam, or the small-town chaos, but they tend to stay because Walsh likes people, even when she lets them be stubborn, scared, or a little ridiculous. Her books keep making room for the same hope, that somebody can know your worst parts and still choose you anyway.
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