Brittainy C Cherry Books in Order
Browse Brittainy C Cherry books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and tips on where to start with her emotional romance novels.
Last updated: July 3, 2026
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Publication Order
27 books
The Space in Between
by Brittainy C Cherry
2013
Guilt-ridden after her fiancé's death, Andrea heads to New York to chase dance and outrun grief. There she meets troubled celebrity Cooper Davidson, and their no-strings arrangement starts to look a lot like the healing they both need.
Loving Mr. Daniels
by Brittainy C Cherry
2014
Ashlyn's fresh start in Edgewood turns complicated when the musician who stirred something in her heart becomes her new teacher. Their connection is tender and immediate, but timing, grief, and judgment make it dangerous from the start.
Our Totally, Ridiculous, Made-Up Christmas Relationship
by Brittainy C Cherry
2014
Dumped just before the holidays, Jules hires struggling actor Kayden to pose as her boyfriend for Christmas with her messy family. Their fake romance is funny, chaotic, and far more convincing than either of them planned.
Art & Soul
by Brittainy C Cherry
2015
After one mistake turns Aria into a target at school, she finds unexpected refuge with quiet, kind Levi Myers. Their bond grows through shame, loneliness, and art, as both teens search for forgiveness and a future that feels possible.
The Air He Breathes
by Brittainy C Cherry
2015
Both shattered by loss, a grieving woman and feared recluse Tristan Cole recognize something familiar in each other's pain. Their connection offers a way forward, but only if they can face the secrets and grief still suffocating them.
The Fire Between High & Lo
by Brittainy C Cherry
2016
Alyssa and Logan are opposites who find each other when they are young, broken, and desperate to be seen. Their first love burns bright, but addiction, family damage, and one devastating choice leave deep scars.
The Silent Waters
by Brittainy C Cherry
2016
Maggie loses her voice after a childhood trauma, and Brooks becomes the one person who truly hears her. Their bond deepens over the years, but grief and buried pain make growing up, and loving each other, far from simple.
Behind the Bars
by Brittainy C Cherry
2017
Elliot and Jasmine first connect as lonely teens bound by music, then lose each other to time and pain. Years later, a reunion in New Orleans forces them to face the hurt they never truly left behind.
The Gravity of Us
by Brittainy C Cherry
2017
Free-spirited Lucy and guarded Graham seem wrong for each other from the start. But when family upheaval throws them together, fleeting moments of understanding turn into a complicated, deeply risky bond neither of them knows how to handle.
A Love Letter from the Girls Who Feel Everything
by Kandi Steiner
2018
Co-written with Kandi Steiner, this poetry and prose collection explores love, loss, hope, and self-worth. It is intimate, emotional, and built for readers who want raw feelings in short, memorable pieces.
Disgrace
by Brittainy C Cherry
2018
Abandoned after fifteen years with the man she thought was forever, Grace reaches for a temporary escape with closed-off Jackson Emery. What starts as a summer distraction becomes a tender, messy chance to rebuild her sense of self.
Eleanor & Grey
by Brittainy C Cherry
2019
As teenagers, Eleanor and Greyson were each other's safe place until tragedy tore them apart. Years later, Eleanor takes a nanny job and finds herself caring for Greyson's daughters, and facing the wounded man she never forgot.
Landon & Shay Part One
by Brittainy C Cherry
2019
Landon takes a reckless bet to make Shay fall for him, certain he can't lose. But as their rivalry turns into a secret, all-consuming first love, both teens are forced to confront the pain they hide.
Landon & Shay Part Two
by Brittainy C Cherry
2020
Part Two follows Landon and Shay from secret first love into the painful years that come after. Fame, distance, and old hurts pull them apart, but neither can quite leave the other behind.
Southern Storms
by Brittainy C Cherry
2020
Kennedy runs from a loveless marriage to the small town of Havenbarrow, where the town's troubled outcast, Jax, becomes her unexpected calm. As they grow closer, old wounds and returning secrets threaten the peace they have started to build.
The Wreckage of Us
by Brittainy C Cherry
2020
After Hazel is kicked out by her drug-dealing stepdad, Ian Parker gives her shelter on his grandfather's farm and a chance to breathe. But family crises and diverging dreams test whether first love can survive real life.
Eastern Lights
by Brittainy C Cherry
2021
Aaliyah lands her dream shot at a senior editor job, if she can profile New York's most eligible bachelor. The problem is Connor Roe is the man from one unforgettable Halloween night, and she is set to marry his business partner.
The Mixtape
by Brittainy C Cherry
2021
Single mother Emery helps grieving rock star Oliver Smith escape a paparazzi swarm, and one late-night meeting turns into an unexpected lifeline. As loss, fame, and family pressures close in, their fragile connection has to fight for room to grow.
Western Waves
by Brittainy C Cherry
2021
Stella Mitchell expects grief after her adopted father's death, not a will that binds her to Damian Blackstone, a brooding stranger searching for answers. Their marriage of convenience starts as a bargain and turns into something far harder to walk away from.
Northern Stars
by Brittainy C Cherry
2022
Hailee once believed she and future movie star Aiden Walters would always find their way back to each other. Five years after she broke his heart, he returns home, and their small-town reunion reopens every wound they tried to bury.
The Holly Dates
by Brittainy C Cherry
2022
Holly keeps bringing awful first dates to Kai Kane's restaurant, until the grumpy owner decides to help her find someone better. His matchmaking plan backfires when jealousy makes it clear he wants the next date for himself.
Behind Closed Doors
by Kandi Steiner
2023
In this second poetry and prose collection with Kandi Steiner, Brittainy Cherry writes about heartache, healing, hope, and all the feelings people usually hide. It is personal, reflective, and meant to be felt one piece at a time.
The Coldest Winter
by Brittainy C Cherry
2023
One impulsive night leaves a student teacher unable to forget Milo Corti, the magnetic stranger who seemed like a mistake. Then she finds him in her classroom, and their forbidden pull turns into a dangerous emotional tangle.
The Problem with Dating
by Brittainy C Cherry
2023
Yara cannot stand Alex Ramírez, the polished restaurant owner across from her dog business, which makes fake dating him a terrible idea. Their bargain starts as a favor and quickly tangles into something much more real.
The Problem with Players
by Brittainy C Cherry
2024
Avery's carefully ordered life as a coach unravels when her ex, baseball star Nathan Pierce, becomes her assistant coach. Working side by side, and then sharing space, forces them to face the love and hurt they never settled.
If You Stayed
by Brittainy C Cherry
2025
Kierra thought she had buried her first love after an accident erased Gabriel Sinclair's memory of her. When he returns as the architect of her new home, old feelings resurface, and her fragile, tightly controlled life begins to crack.
The Problem with Falling
by Brittainy C Cherry
2025
A quiet man's carefully guarded life is thrown off balance when free-spirited Willow Kingsley spends the summer under his roof. Their close quarters spark attraction, but both carry fears about staying, leaving, and what it costs to trust.
Where should I start?
If you want her signature emotional romances: The Air He Breathes → The Silent Waters → The Gravity of Us
If you want small-town stories with heart: Southern Storms → Eastern Lights → Western Waves → Northern Stars
If you want one sweeping couple arc: Landon & Shay Part One → Landon & Shay Part Two
If you want lighter, funnier romance: The Holly Dates → The Problem with Dating → The Problem with Players
Author bio
Brittainy C Cherry grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in a big family with seven siblings. She has said she was shy once she stepped outside the house, but at home she was surrounded by love, noise, and creativity. That contrast feels important when you look at her books. They are full of quiet people with loud inner lives, and characters who want connection even when they do not quite know how to ask for it.
Romance was her first way of speaking up.
Cherry wrote her first romance novel when she was fourteen. She has said that being too shy to talk to a crush pushed her toward the page instead, and that early mix of longing, imagination, and people-watching still runs through her fiction. Even now, one of the most recognizable things about her work is how closely she pays attention to what people hide, the glance they avoid, the joke that covers pain, the silence that says more than a speech.
She went on to study Theater Arts at Carroll University, with a minor in Creative Writing. That combination makes a lot of sense in hindsight. Her stories are emotional, but they are also scene-driven. They rely on timing, chemistry, and sharp shifts in tension. After writing as a teenager, she stepped away from novels for a while, then came back to them in her twenties and decided she wanted writing to be more than a side interest.
Her debut novel, The Space in Between, arrived in 2013. From there, she steadily built a readership book by book, leaning into contemporary romance that is messy, hopeful, and rarely afraid of heavier subjects. Readers often discover her through Loving Mr. Daniels or The Air He Breathes, then keep going because the emotional intensity stays consistent. Eleanor & Grey shows her gift for second-chance romance and family-centered healing. The Mixtape folds music, grief, and fame into a tender love story. Series like Compass and Problems show that she can move between tearjerkers and lighter small-town setups without losing her voice.
Her books tend to hurt a little before they heal.
Again and again, Cherry writes about people carrying more than they say out loud. Grief, shame, family baggage, loneliness, addiction, and mental strain appear across her work, along with first loves, second chances, musicians, guarded men, and women trying to start over. She likes romance tropes, but she usually treats them as doorways into emotional fallout rather than just a fun premise. A fake relationship, an old flame, or a forbidden connection matters because of what it stirs up inside the people involved.
She has also written poetry, and she has spoken about loving screenplays, acting, and dancing. That wider creative life helps explain the shape of her fiction. There is often something theatrical in the best sense about her books. The feelings are big, the scenes are vivid, and the dialogue usually does a lot of heavy lifting.
Her stories have reached readers in more than twenty countries.
She still lives in Wisconsin, with her pets nearby and her family not far away. That grounded, local detail suits her. Even with a large international audience, Cherry still comes across as a writer who remembers exactly where she started, a shy kid from Milwaukee making up love stories because it was easier than saying the words out loud first. Luckily for her readers, she kept going.
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