Cara McKenna Books in Order

This anthology collects three early erotic novellas, Brazen, Shivaree, and Ruin Me. Each story follows characters stepping past the rules they meant to keep and finding out how messy desire can get.

Laurel has been drifting until underground boxer Flynn pulls her into a world of rough role-play and sharper desire. The connection is thrilling and intimidating in equal measure, and only trust can keep fantasy from becoming fear.

A freak winter storm traps survival TV host Ty and his assistant Kate in a remote cabin, where years of flirtation finally boil over. Once the cameras and clothes come off, both have to decide what happens next.

In New Zealand, rebellious Libby Prentiss catches the bumbling spy her father hired to watch her and turns him into an accomplice. But growing close to Reece Nolan and his family leads straight into a messy, risky emotional tangle.

This anthology pairs Willing Victim and Curio, two stories about women stepping toward risky desire and unexpectedly deeper attachment. It is a good snapshot of McKenna's darker, more emotionally intense early work.

Twelve strangers enter a brutal survival contest in interior Alaska, where alliances, rivalries, and attraction become as dangerous as the challenges. With money, pride, and control on the line, sex may be the sharpest weapon of all.

This collection brings together the three Shivaree stories, following Natalie, Shane, and Gabriel through a sultry Louisiana triangle and the aftermath it leaves behind. Expect music, heat, jealousy, and emotions that refuse to stay simple.

To save the land left to her by her foster mother, Fallon agrees to pose nude for a sculptor in Nova Scotia. The bargain throws her together with Max Emery, and art, money, and desire soon get tangled up.

Widowed veterinarian Russ Gray takes in a wounded stranger and finds easy companionship turning into real desire. But Sarah Novak is hiding the reason she is on the run, and the truth could cost them both more than a broken heart.

After ditching her cheating groom, actress Leigh Bailey hides out on a tropical island and falls for local pilot Will Burgess. Their secret getaway is supposed to be temporary, but real feelings make the fling much harder to contain.

Nurse Erin Coffey takes a punishing job at a psychiatric hospital and is drawn to Kelly Robak, the cocky coworker she should avoid. Their affair is intense from the start, but real intimacy proves harder than giving in.

Retired MMA fighter Steph Healy wants nothing to do with another rough-around-the-edges guy, until electrician Patrick Doherty shows up at Wilinski's. He looks all wrong on paper, but in practice he might be exactly what she needs.

Jenna Wilinski inherits a rundown boxing gym and wants to turn it into something new, if boxer Mercer Rowley will get out of her way. Their turf war turns flirty fast, with plenty of sparks outside the ring too.

Matchmaker Lindsey Tuttle and MMA fighter Rich Estrada nearly had their shot once, then missed it. When an injury brings Rich back to Boston, the attraction is still there, along with all the reasons it might not work.

Dumped at an office party, Caitlin expects only a lonely ride home. Instead, one last subway trip and a handsome almost-stranger turn into an all-night winter detour that feels like rebound therapy and the start of something better.

Grieving and newly changed, Merry heads into the Scottish Highlands for perspective and ends up injured in recluse Rob's remote home. As he cares for her, attraction builds into a relationship that asks both of them to be braver.

Annie starts a new job as a prison librarian and cannot stop thinking about inmate Eric Collier. Their secret correspondence turns into something real, forcing both of them to face the risks of desire, loyalty, and second chances.

Fresh off a breakup, American Jamie Webb lands in the Irish countryside and meets the one complication she did not plan for, her gorgeous bartender Connor. What begins as a casual escape starts looking a lot more like real change.

When a suspicious death hits Fortuity, Vince Grossier goes looking for answers and finds an unexpected ally in photographer Kim Paget. Their chemistry is instant, but so is the danger surrounding the casino development tearing the town apart.

Nearly a year sober, Adrian becomes obsessed with the street vigilante who avenges her after a hit-and-run. Their punishing affair pulls her deeper into Boston's violence, and her fixation soon threatens to spin far out of control.

Casey Grossier is trying to go straight when his sweet bartender Abilene arrives with a baby and a past she cannot outrun. As danger closes in, desire and loyalty pull them toward a future neither thought they deserved.

Mike and Samira have built a marriage that makes room for his most private fantasies, until they invite a stranger into the game. The risk is supposed to be thrilling, not emotional, but hearts have a way of ignoring rules.

These five follow-up stories pick up after Curio, tracing how Caroly and Didier's charged Paris arrangement grows more tender, messier, and more real. Best read after the original novel.

Before the main Desert Dogs novels, lifelong friends Miah Church and Raina Harper finally cross a line they have skirted for years. Their Nevada fling burns bright, but risking a friendship this old may cost more than either expects.

Bar owner Raina Harper does not trust Duncan Welch, the polished fixer working for the casino developers threatening Fortuity. But when Duncan is framed and needs help, their distrust turns into a dangerous alliance, and even hotter attraction.

Months after Willing Victim, Laurel and Flynn are still exploring the rough fantasies that brought them together. Then real life demands hard choices, and they have to decide whether their connection can survive outside the game.

This collected edition follows Caroly, a nearly thirty-year-old American in Paris, as hiring male escort Didier Pedra changes far more than her sex life. It also includes the follow-up vignettes that track their complicated, intimate relationship.

Restless photographer Clare falls hard for charismatic Mica, only to sense an equally strong pull toward his roommate Vaughn. What starts as a hot summer fling turns into a riskier search for excitement, connection, and honesty.

This anthology gathers five remastered erotic novellas, from threesome fantasies to power games and risky schemes. The stories are short, hot, and deeply interested in what happens when desire collides with vulnerability.

Suzy and Meyer make money performing for online clients, but a supposedly innocent new viewer starts changing the rules. As the line between performance and real feeling blurs, their failing relationship gets one last, complicated chance.

Miah Church goes looking for answers about his father's murder with help from the Desert Dogs, while deputy Nicki Ritchey tries to keep him from crossing the line. Their growing attraction collides with old grief and a fresh conspiracy.

A stray text message brings two wounded strangers together, and their entire relationship unfolds through words on a screen. Friendship turns intimate fast, but meeting in real life could either deepen the bond or shatter the fantasy.