Collided Books in Order
Part ofPortia Moore Books in OrderBrowse the Collided series by Portia Moore in order, with concise book summaries, series background, and help choosing where to start reading.
Last updated: July 15, 2026
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Collided books in publication order
3 books
Collided
by Portia Moore
2019
After discovering the man she loved had a wife, Madison swears off romance. Then Alex, a bartender with patience and charm, becomes her closest friend and makes her question whether she can risk loving again.
Committed
by Portia Moore
2020
A chain of painful choices leaves Madison and Alex reeling just when their future seemed certain. With more than her own heart at stake, Madison must decide how hard she is willing to fight for them.
Crushed
by Portia Moore
2020
Madison and Alex are trying to turn friendship into something real, but Madison's past is not finished with her. A buried connection to Alex's family threatens to crush the trust they have worked to build.
Collided books in chronological order
Series background & context
The Collided series is a contemporary romance about Madison and Alex, two people who meet after painful experiences have left them wary of love. It begins with Collided, where Madison is trying to move on from a relationship that turned out to be nothing like she believed. Alex is fresh from his own failed marriage and has stepped away from the life others expected him to live.
Their first connection is friendship. Alex works as a bartender in Miami, and he sees that Madison is hurt without treating her as a project to fix. Madison likes the ease of being around him, but she has good reasons to doubt that another relationship could be safe. Alex wants more than friendship, while Madison is determined not to repeat old mistakes.
The series gets its tension from the past refusing to stay in the past. Madison's former relationship has ties to Alex's family, and the truth behind it complicates every step they take toward each other. What begins as a hopeful friends-to-lovers story becomes a test of honesty, boundaries, forgiveness, and whether either of them can keep choosing the relationship once the fallout arrives.
Love is the easy part. Trust is harder.
Collided introduces Madison and Alex and lets their attraction grow alongside their friendship. Crushed pushes their relationship into tougher territory as buried history and family connections become impossible to ignore. Committed deals with the consequences of the choices already made, asking both characters to decide whether they can create a future that is more honest than their past.
The books tell one continuous story, so start with Collided rather than jumping in later. Expect plenty of relationship drama, emotional confrontations, and alternating perspectives from Madison and Alex. The setting moves between the bright, casual atmosphere of Miami and the more complicated family life that follows them, which gives the series both a beach-town romance feel and a heavier emotional edge.
At its heart, this is a story about people trying to choose each other after trust has been damaged. Madison and Alex are not starting from a blank slate, and the series does not pretend that love wipes away consequences. It asks what rebuilding looks like when both people have been hurt, and when the people closest to them are part of the problem.
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