Cathy Yardley Books in Order

When talented but unpolished Charlotte is told she is not the kind of woman men notice, she decides to prove otherwise. A makeover and a bet spark trouble, confidence, and unexpected feelings with her longtime friend Gabe.

After a frightening health scare, shy librarian Angela Snowe decides she is done playing it safe. What begins as one bold choice with Josh Montgomery turns into a wider attempt to grab life before fear can close in again.

Yardley delivers a quick, sexy contemporary romance about desire, risk, and the trouble with pretending attraction is no big deal. It is light on pretense and big on sparks once its characters stop playing safe.

Sarah Walker uproots her life for a future in Los Angeles, only to learn that starting over is messier than the fantasy. Yardley uses the city as a backdrop for heartbreak, ambition, and overdue self-discovery.

Career ambition and attraction make a volatile mix in this workplace romance. Yardley pairs sharp banter with professional pressure as two driven people discover that keeping things practical may be the hardest part of all.

P.J. has built a whole life around couches, DJ gigs, and staying unpinned in San Francisco. When a reporter, a model, and a shot at bigger success collide with her world, freedom suddenly comes with a price.

Driven ad executive Allison Robbins takes up surfing after panic attacks force her to slow down. Lessons with laid-back Sean Gilroy push her onto a board and far outside the tightly controlled life she has built.

A practical guide to writing and selling chick lit, from genre history to voice and market expectations. Yardley keeps the advice upbeat and concrete, with an eye on what makes these novels funny, relatable, and commercially sharp.

When bad-boy hometown legend Colin Reeves comes home for the holidays, Emily Stanfield sees a chance to break out of her good-girl image. Their steamy bargain would be simple if a small town and real feelings were not watching.

A painful romantic setback pushes one woman toward a clean slate, but attraction has other plans. Cathy Yardley turns the fallout into a quick, sexy contemporary romance full of sparks, bad timing, and fresh-start energy.

A supposedly simple night together proves anything but simple once work, ambition, and very real chemistry get involved. Yardley mixes business pressure with heat, giving this short contemporary romance more emotional bite than its title suggests.

This Snow White inspired paranormal romance follows Beth, who hides inside a religious cult to escape her stepmother's reach. A man investigating the group offers a way out, but trusting him means risking both safety and desire.

Aurora Jacquard falls into a mysterious coma just as temptation starts breaking through her sheltered life. Neurologist Jacob White tries to wake her, only to be pulled into dangerous dreams where desire and the supernatural blur together.

In this grittier Beauty and the Beast riff, Nadia is trapped by dangerous family obligations and drawn into a bargain charged with fear and desire. Yardley keeps the fairy-tale bones while giving the setup a more contemporary edge.

An American woman in Japan finds herself juggling culture shock, family expectations, work, and questions of identity. The novel mixes humor and heart as everyday missteps turn into a deeper search for where she belongs.

Scott Farrell is tired of being the boring guy, and the secretive Player's Club looks like his chance to change that. When neighbor Amanda Wheeler finds out, the two dive into risky challenges and even riskier chemistry.

Lawyer Diana Song joins the Player's Club to report back to Finn Macalister's father and help shut it down. Finn plans to charm her off mission, but sparks fly as Diana starts seeing what the club really means.

Cash-strapped celebutante Juliana Mayfield sees the secretive Player's Club as perfect reality-show material. Founder Lincoln Stone wants the club protected at all costs, which becomes difficult once Jules starts threatening his self-control too.

A brisk craft guide for novelists who need structure without draining the fun out of writing. Yardley offers a simple plotting system for building conflict, momentum, and scenes that actually earn their place.

A straightforward guide to the documents writers dread most. Yardley shows how to shape query letters and synopses that present a story clearly, sound professional, and make an agent want to keep reading.

Revision can feel endless, and this guide is built to make it more workable. Yardley breaks the process into clear passes so writers can tackle big story issues, scene problems, and polish without getting lost.

Kate O'Hara thinks she has landed another miserable temp job, then discovers she has literally signed away her soul. To get it back, she and her dangerous boss Thomas Kestrel must stop thirteen very bad men.

A practical marketing guide for writers who do not want promotion to swallow their lives. Yardley focuses on manageable habits, smart visibility, and ways to talk about your work without burning out or sounding fake.

Part productivity guide, part reality check, this book looks at what helps writers produce more pages. Yardley focuses on habits, bottlenecks, and ways to write faster without turning the process into misery.

Stacy has sworn off relationships after a con artist boyfriend emptied her bank account. Charming Englishman Rodney seems different, until she realizes he is hiding something that could make trusting him a very bad idea.

Tessa is trying to break through in the boys' club world of game design and needs one big project to prove herself. Working closely with housemate Adam brings surprise kisses, career choices, and feelings neither of them planned for.

TV actor Jake needs a fake girlfriend, fast. Hailey needs money to help save her family's bookstore, and pretending to date a celebrity seems like a fair trade until fandom fantasy starts turning into something very real.

Cosplayer Kyla gets a shot at turning her business into something real, if she can find the right mechanic. The only person who can help is Jericho, her brother's best friend, who has come back home with plenty to prove.

Simon returns home after twelve years away and runs straight into Mallory, the best friend he left behind. She plans to prank and pester him until things feel normal again, but their second chance may be about much more than friendship.

Ani wants one anonymous night at a convention masquerade, not a complicated attachment. Then the masks come off, and the guy she cannot stop thinking about refuses to believe their hookup should stay in the past.

Agoraphobic Cressida has one wild plan left to save her family, win a massive treasure hunt from the safety of an old RV. Teaming up with online friend Noah brings danger, secrets, and feelings neither of them expected in real life.

Librarian Thuy Nguyen heads to small-town Tennessee to help her best friend through a family crisis and ends up far outside her comfort zone. Saving a farm is hard enough without falling for her friend's biker brother.

Rachel never planned to ask billionaire ex Ren for help again, but life has other ideas. One favor turns into a date, then a second chance, and both of them have to face the family pressures that broke them the first time.

Beauty influencer Lily Wang and gaming star Tobin Bui were high school frenemies long before they became online personalities. A smart collab is supposed to help both their brands, but going viral starts changing the chemistry off camera too.

As her sister's wedding brings their estranged father back into view, Natalie is forced to confront old family damage that never really healed. The story blends romance and family drama as past betrayals start reshaping the present.

When fixer Vinh Doan loses ten million dollars, the only hacker he trusts enough to call is Emily MacDonald, the ex he hurt years ago. Solving the problem means working close enough for old anger and old attraction to wake back up.

After a breakup and a career wipeout, Tam Doan heads home and turns to her high school best friend for help. Josh O'Malley is ready to fix everything except the one thing that could change their friendship for good.

Maggie joins an online gaming guild to escape real life and ends up connecting with sweet, steady Otter. Meeting offline is much harder, but Yardley gives their middle-aged love story real tenderness, wit, and emotional stakes.

A widowed cookbook writer heads to the Pacific Northwest for a reset and keeps running into the capable handyman next door. Their exchange of small favors turns into something warmer, riskier, and much harder to walk away from.