Brynne Asher Books in Order
See all Brynne Asher books in order, with reading guides, short summaries, series background, and simple suggestions on the best places to start.
Last updated: December 23, 2025
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Publication Order
26 books
Crimson Love
by Brynne Asher
2026
Set again at lavish resort The Manor, Crimson Love follows a new couple pulled into ruthless billionaire rivalries and buried scandals, blending slow burn attraction with the kind of dramatic romantic suspense that made Beautiful Revenge so addictive.
The Playbook of Emma
by Brynne Asher
2025
Sideline reporter Emma Hollingsworth finally lands a dream interview after the big game, then runs into her brother's best friend and first crush, sports agent Jack Hale. One perfect Vegas night collides with a career shattering scandal, forcing them to face cutthroat media, hidden enemies, and the feelings they never outgrew.
Beautiful Revenge
by Brynne Asher
2025
On the eve of a billion dollar society wedding, Harlow Madison decides she is done being a pawn in her family's games. Teaming up with gruff former British spy Devon Donnelly, now owner of luxury resort The Manor, she turns her non wedding into a twisty, high stakes plan for revenge.
Illicit
by Brynne Asher
2024
Teagan grew up worshipping Rocco Monroe, the foster brother who filled every teenage daydream, until her bold move ended in humiliating rejection. Years later the now hardened DEA agent barrels back into her life for a new case, and together they must face both family fallout and a love that never really faded.
Exposed
by Brynne Asher
2024
Wedding planner Goldie Carter thinks inheriting a legendary Miami estate will finally make life feel like one of her romantic movies. Instead it drags her into her half brother's cartel mess and a fake engagement to scowling DEA agent Kingston Jennings, where pretending to be in love quickly feels too real.
The Tequila
by Brynne Asher
2023
In this Killers novella, wild hearted stylist Mary finally gives in to bartender Evan Hargrove's relentless pursuit over a night of tequila fueled honesty. When her buried demons resurface, Evan proves he is far more than comic relief, becoming the lethal shield she never expected.
Tapped
by Brynne Asher
2023
When threats close in on her young son and her patients, a single mom with a demanding medical career is desperate enough to beg broody DEA agent Micah Emmett for help. Forced into close quarters, they uncover a dangerous conspiracy and a simmering attraction he has been hiding for far too long.
Possession
by Brynne Asher
2023
Sold into an arranged marriage with a ruthless cartel leader to pay her father's debts, a young woman expects a living nightmare. Instead she discovers her new husband has a hidden agenda, and their fake union becomes a deadly undercover mission where falling in love may be the riskiest move of all.
Souls
by Brynne Asher
2022
A runaway princess and socialite on the brink of scandal collides with a reclusive contract killer who would rather stay a ghost. Thrown together on a dangerous mission, they outrun enemies and their own pasts while a devastatingly deep connection takes root.
Levi
by Brynne Asher
2022
Sent to live with a hostile grandmother in rural Virginia, a guarded teen just wants to survive senior year. Her chemistry tutor, stoic golden boy Levi Hollingsworth, hides dangerous connections, and together they uncover dirty politics and cold cases that make first love feel like life or death.
Force of Nature
by Brynne Asher
2022
Senior VP Logan Carpino is humiliated when an online date explodes in front of his entire company. Determined to turn the tables, he pursues Demetria Benjamin, but forced proximity quickly turns payback into an intense, enemies to lovers attraction.
Betrayed Love
by Brynne Asher
2022
Craving a fresh start away from controlling parents, a woman with a brutal beginning in life crosses paths with her aloof neighbor, billionaire heir Henry Ward the Third. As their chemistry ignites, family secrets and old betrayals turn their love story into a deadly choice.
Deathly
by Brynne Asher
2021
Psychologist Aria Dillon spends her days helping people make better choices, then throws caution aside for brooding firefighter Brand Vitale at a charity auction. Their chemistry drags her into a world of secrets, obsession, and mafia grudges where loving him might be the most reckless decision of her life.
Scars
by Brynne Asher
2020
CIA operative Cole Carson once babysat privileged MI6 trainee Isabella Donnelly and lost her in a storm of bullets and lies. Years later she returns, branded a traitor, and the two must work in the shadows to clear her name and survive their unfinished past.
Veils
by Brynne Asher
2019
Healer Gracie Cain wants one unforgettable night with lethal operative Noah Jarvis, then plans to disappear behind her emotional armor. Instead Noah tracks her across the globe, and when his work explodes into her life, they are forced to face old grief and new desire together.
Until the Tequila
by Brynne Asher
2019
One wild night of tequila turns Mary's guarded secrets loose and finally gives bartender Evan Hargrove the opening he has been chasing. When her past claws back, Evan will paint the world red before he lets her face it alone.
Broken Halo
by Brynne Asher
2019
Once inseparable, a Montgomery heiress and Trig Barrett were torn apart by one fateful date and a family feud that left them full of resentment. When danger crashes back into their world, they must trust each other again to protect their families and finally confront what was lost.
Until Avery
by Brynne Asher
2018
Stoic Link Forester never believed in dreams until quiet, determined Avery Carpino tilted his world with scribbled notes and unexpected warmth. When his violent past resurfaces, he will fight like hell to keep the woman whose hopes finally gave his life meaning.
Blackburn
by Brynne Asher
2018
Billionaire security boss Blackburn knows better than to touch his smart, capable employee Lillian Burkette, but a disastrous work trip strands them together in real danger. Office lines blur as corporate intrigue turns deadly and he proves just how far he will go to keep her safe.
Bad Situation
by Brynne Asher
2018
A seasoned federal agent walks into a bar to surveil Jensen Montgomery and ends up falling for the very woman he is meant to use. As his case exposes just how deep her trouble runs, he has to decide what lines he is willing to cross to pull her out.
Vines
by Brynne Asher
2017
After devastating loss, Addy Wentworth pours everything into a struggling Virginia vineyard and the staff she treats like family. Her enigmatic neighbor, former operative Crew Vega, planned to retire quietly, until a treason investigation puts Addy in the crosshairs and forces him to become her protector.
Paths
by Brynne Asher
2017
On the run from a violent ex and his powerful family, Maya Augustine hides in rural Virginia, determined to trust no one. Grady Cain, a guilt ridden former killer, is recovering nearby, and the refuge they give each other becomes a lifeline when danger finally finds her.
Gifts
by Brynne Asher
2017
Keelie Lockhart juggles two kids, a crumbling farmhouse, and a barnyard of misfit animals, leaving no room for romance. Contractor and single dad Asa Hollingsworth crashes into her life just as trouble at the local high school turns deadly, forcing them to fight for both family and a fragile new love.
Beautiful Life
by Brynne Asher
2015
After surviving an abusive marriage and the loss of her unborn child, Leigh is convinced she will never be whole again. Patient, relentless Tony Carpino has loved her for years and refuses to let her settle for half a life when they could build something beautiful together.
Athica Lane
by Brynne Asher
2015
Single dad and former football star Cam Montgomery keeps his life tightly ordered between kids, coaching, and a messy ex. Paige Carpino, a pint sized hurricane with a new business, blows through his defenses, pulling both families into a chaotic, heartwarming romance neither of them saw coming.
Overflow
by Brynne Asher
2014
Gabrielle Carpino is just trying to rebuild after family tragedy when an FBI raid leaves her cuffed and face to face with gruff agent Jude Ortiz. As he moves in to protect her from a vengeful enemy, everyday chaos turns into a fiercely tender, high stakes love story.
Where should I start?
If you want her signature romantic suspense: Vines → Paths → Gifts.
If you enjoy big, funny families: Overflow → Beautiful Life → Athica Lane → Force of Nature.
If you prefer darker cartel and DEA stories: Possession → Tapped → Exposed → Illicit.
If you like family sagas with FBI twists: Bad Situation → Broken Halo → Betrayed Love.
If you want the next generation stories: Levi → The Playbook of Emma.
Author bio
Brynne Asher writes the kind of romance that mixes small everyday moments with shootouts, spy games, and a lot of laundry. She is a USA Today bestselling author who lives in the Midwest with her husband, three children, and a dog she cheerfully calls perfect.
Her writing life grew out of regular life, not the other way around. Between school runs and never ending housework she started building stories about women who have been through something hard and the men who would cross any line to stand beside them. In 2014 she published Overflow, the first Carpino novel, and quietly stepped into the world of romantic suspense.
The Carpino books established many of the things readers now expect from her. There is a loud Italian American family that feeds people as often as they meddle, FBI agents moving in on couches and guest rooms, and heroines who are smart, funny, and still working through real grief or trauma. Titles like Overflow, Beautiful Life, Athica Lane, Until Avery, and Force of Nature feel like family sagas threaded with danger.
From there she widened the map. The Killers novels carry readers into the Virginia horse and wine country, where former covert operatives and assassins try to run vineyards, remodel old houses, and raise kids while their past refuses to stay buried. In Vines, Paths, Gifts, Veils, Scars, Souls, and The Tequila, neighbors turn out to be hitmen, princesses stow away on planes, and spies come home only to discover that home is the most vulnerable place of all.
The Montgomerys and The Agents series lean further into law enforcement and cartel plots. Books like Bad Situation, Broken Halo, Betrayed Love, Possession, Tapped, Exposed, and Illicit send FBI and DEA agents under cover, into fake engagements, and straight through moral gray areas. What grounds all the action is how ordinary details, from fantasy football drafts to broken appliances, keep seeping in around the edges.
Asher also likes to play on the edges of her own universe. The Dillon Sisters duet takes a darker, more obsessive turn with Deathly, while The Killers Next Generation books, Levi and The Playbook of Emma, hand the microphone to the next wave of heroes and heroines who grew up in the shadow of assassins and secret operatives. The Manor series, beginning with Beautiful Revenge and moving into Crimson Love, adds billionaire feuds and luxury resorts to the mix.
Across all of these stories she returns to a few themes. Family is rarely simple, but it matters, whether it is blood, found, or forged under fire. Her heroines are allowed to be anxious, angry, or unsure, and her heroes are allowed to be soft where it counts, even when their day jobs involve guns and classified files. Humor shows up in banter, in nosy relatives, and in the way characters cope with the strange lives they are building.
Off the page she leans into the same mix of ordinary and extra. She has a well documented love of caffeine and cocktails, nerds out over skincare, and treats online shopping as both sport and self care. Much of her connection with readers happens in comfy clothes, often in the ratty pajamas she jokes about, while she chats about books, Birkenstocks, and even the cows that keep popping up in her stories.
Readers who pick up a Brynne Asher novel can expect high stakes, protective partners, and a lot of heart. Whether you start with the first Carpino book, slide into the vineyard with Vines, or jump straight to the high heat of Possession, you will find interconnected worlds where love is fierce, messy, and always worth fighting for.
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