Daryl Banner Books in Order

An early Banner romance about messy choices, mixed signals, and the trouble of mistaking reckless impulses for something lasting. It has the emotional turbulence the title promises, with attraction and bad timing doing most of the damage.

Banner's debut is a more intimate, literary story about craving, loneliness, and a young man's struggle with the desires that shape him. Even here, you can see his interest in intense feelings and hard choices.

One of Banner's darker early books, this story drops damaged young people into a violent near-future nightmare. It leans more toward bleak speculative suspense than romance, with survival and instability at the center.

In a world where death has become the norm, a young undead heroine starts uncovering the dark truth beneath her society's fragile peace. It is part fantasy quest, part apocalypse mystery, and distinctly Banner.

The second Beautiful Dead novel carries the series deeper into its eerie frozen world. It builds on the first book's mysteries while putting its undead heroine through sharper danger and harder choices.

In a tightly controlled future, a teenage boy hiding a dangerous difference gets pulled toward violence, secrets, and resistance. This opening Outlier book sets up a dystopian saga built on fear, power, and identity.

Wes, who makes a living soothing other people's loneliness, meets a heartbroken young man in a bar and finds himself pulled off script. What begins as comfort becomes a more personal, riskier connection.

The third Beautiful Dead book keeps expanding Banner's eerie post-apocalyptic world as death, hope, and identity blur together. It deepens the series' emotional stakes while driving the larger mystery forward.

This Brazen Boys entry mixes college lust with a military edge, pairing attraction with the harder realities one man carries into the relationship. It is short, steamy, and more emotional than its title suggests.

A class project brings Michael together with Andrew, the dream guy from Intro to Psych, and their flirtation quickly becomes a game of teasing control. It is short, provocative, and very college-dorm intense.

Wealthy Liam thinks he controls every game in his house until teenage houseboy Evan refuses to play by the old script. Their power struggle turns into a lesson about desire, limits, and who really sets the rules.

The second Outlier novel builds on Link's dangerous difference and the forces gathering around it. Banner expands the world, deepens the rebellion, and makes clear that survival will not come without sacrifice.

For his birthday, Derek wants nothing more than the mystery man from a website who calls himself Edge. One accidental keystroke brings fantasy into real life, with consequences stranger and hotter than expected.

An older student gets thrown off balance when a bold freshman refuses to stay in his proper place. This Brazen Boys novella leans hard into power games, campus heat, and surprise vulnerability.

Set against the enclosed world of a cruise, this Brazen Boys novella traps attraction and tension together on open water. A supposedly easy escape turns into a slippery, unexpectedly tender romantic mess.

A sharp, sexy novella about labels, denial, and attraction that refuses to stay simple. Banner uses the Brazen Boys setup to play with desire, ego, and the gap between what a man says and what he wants.

Set in the Outlier universe, this side story follows survival and ambition at the edges of power. It adds texture to Banner's dystopian world by looking at who gets crushed by the system and who learns to push back.

Back at the same Texas college, another romance grows under the surface as attraction and insecurity push two students past first impressions. Banner keeps the focus on obsession, vulnerability, and a messy emotional pull.

This sequel revisits the world of Dog Tags and puts love under pressure from distance, danger, and lingering wounds. It keeps the military edge while giving the relationship room to deepen.

Dessie runs from her famous New York theater family to a small Texas college and falls hard for Clayton, a brooding deaf lighting genius. Their attraction is instant, but both are still trying to find their own voice.

The third Outlier novel raises the heat on everything the series has been building, from power struggles to personal loyalties. It is a darker, bigger installment where survival and sanity are both under siege.

A living student risks serious punishment to chase the truth about the Beautiful Dead. The search becomes a larger adventure, pulling friends into danger and pushing the series toward answers about the fate of humanity.

A deep male friendship starts shifting into something harder to label when longing, jealousy, and years of closeness stop feeling platonic. Banner turns the friends-to-lovers setup into an emotional story about wanting more.

Football star Tanner comes home to Spruce for the summer and finally turns his full attention to Billy, the dessert chef who has loved him for years. Small-town sweetness and real longing make this a fan favorite.

Trevor's dream internship gets a lot more complicated when his arrogant, filthy rich boss turns out to be impossible to resist. Banner plays the office-rom-com setup for laughs, tension, and plenty of steam.

This companion returns to the College Obsession world from another angle, revisiting the same circle of young adults as love, misunderstanding, and growing up look different depending on who is watching.

Another couple in Banner's college circle has to face desire, family pressure, and the fear of choosing a future that feels truly theirs. It keeps the series' mix of heat, emotion, and campus drama.

Wounded veteran Cody comes home to Spruce angry, hurting, and impossible to manage. When preacher's son Trey becomes his caregiver, forbidden attraction grows between two men each trying to outrun what the town expects.

On a casino getaway with friends, James meets Lucky, a runaway with a rebel streak and nowhere safe to land. Their attraction is instant, but taking a gamble on love means stepping into real responsibility.

Party-boy bartender Mathew becomes guardian to his sharp-tongued little sister after a sudden tragedy. Then he meets her very attractive math teacher, and grief, chaos, and unexpected tenderness start colliding fast.

This Outlier prequel steps back into the history of Banner's dystopian world. Power, rule, and the choices of a king lay emotional groundwork for the larger conflicts that follow.

In the fourth Outlier novel, the stakes widen as Link's journey moves further into upheaval, myth, and survival. Banner keeps the focus on dangerous power, fragile alliances, and the cost of fighting back.

Personal trainer Caysen has broken his own golden rule by falling for his best friend Wade. Around the clubs, clients, and chaos of city life, he has to decide whether risking the friendship is worth it.

A reckless dare meant to spice up Dean's marriage sends shock waves through his life and his friend group. This third city novella turns playful chaos into a sharper look at commitment and temptation.

The final Boys & Toys book ties the four friends' stories together as Garret's own romantic mess comes to a head. It delivers closure, heat, and a satisfying sense of chosen family.

Best friends Bobby and Jimmy head home to Spruce expecting an easy summer, not a life-changing shift in what they want from each other. One impulsive turn pushes friendship straight into dangerous new territory.

Daniel tries to survive another miserable Christmas with his family until a cocky stranger named Cass crashes the holiday. Part fake-boyfriend setup, part Christmas magic, it is sweet, spicy, and surprisingly heartfelt.

After vandalism hits Evan's gated community, he has to work with the last man he wants around, his bad ex-boyfriend, Dane. Old resentment, old chemistry, and unfinished business make the job much more personal.

Wade thinks asking his cocky best friend Caysen to train him is just practical. It turns into a sweaty, flirt-charged setup that makes both men confront what has been building between them.

Brett's carefree routine gets shaken when Skylar, the frat-bro crush he never really got over, comes back into his life. Their reunion forces old friendship, old tension, and old feelings into the open.

Connor leaves small-town Kansas for a big-city internship and lands in the middle of the downtown gayborhood. There he meets confident Alan, and his new life starts tugging his careful country-boy heart in unexpected directions.

Photographer and landlord Dante lives by strict rules, especially about mixing business with pleasure. Then a younger client tests every boundary he has, turning a controlled life into a very messy attraction.

When rising water and rising feelings trap two men in the same storm, old hurts matter less than survival. Banner turns a disaster setup into a tense, intimate romance.

The fifth Beautiful Dead novel deepens the series' frozen, haunted world as old truths and new threats close in. The fight for answers becomes a fight to endure what the world is turning into.

Back in Spruce for a high school reunion, Lance expects only awkward memories and unfinished business. Instead he runs straight into Chad, his former tormentor, now grown into the rancher he never expected to want.

Zak hides behind his stage persona until a wealthy longtime online fan asks to meet in person. The final Season 2 book pushes him out of hiding and makes him choose between safety and real connection.

A trip to Banner's beach-town world throws an uptight visitor and an easygoing local into close quarters. What begins as a summer distraction turns into a deeper look at vulnerability, trust, and letting go.

A man discovers his roommate is dead, chatty, and weirdly invested in helping him get the guy he likes. The result is a Halloween romance full of hauntings, laughs, and a mystery with real heart.

Shy new kid Toby is trying to keep his head down at Spruce High until he collides with bad-boy Vann. What starts as trouble becomes a tender, high-stakes first love in a town that notices everything.

The fifth Outlier book pushes Link and his allies into another dangerous fight against the forces shaping their world. As power shifts and secrets surface, survival depends on what they are willing to wield and sacrifice.

An emotional queer romance about two lives bound together across years, rumors, and painful turns of fate. Banner leans into longing, memory, and the question of whether love can survive the time lost between people.

This beach-town romance throws together two opposites who would be easier apart than together. Sun, salt air, and forced proximity make their differences impossible to ignore, and even harder to resist.

A contemporary M/M romance that leans into heat, identity, and the trouble of being drawn to the wrong person at the wrong moment. Banner balances humor and vulnerability beneath the fiery setup.

At a winter wedding in Spruce, grudge-carrying Malcolm comes face to face with past heartbreak and a new problem named Samuel. Banner turns holiday irritation into a funny, warm opposites-attract romance.

Rome falls hard for gentle Danny, then makes the terrible mistake of remaking himself into the kind of guy he thinks Danny wants. It is a sharp, self-aware romance about insecurity, image, and becoming someone better.

Halloween brings Griffin face to face with the love of his life, but romance is harder when the ghostly baggage from the first book still lingers. Sweet, spooky, and playful, it keeps the series' charm intact.

Freshly graduated and out of luck, Hoyt takes a ranch job in Spruce and clashes hard with Harrison, the older cowboy training him. Their summer of sweat, stubbornness, and sparks turns into something neither expected.

Seany arrives in a Texas beach town running from a bad family situation and not trusting anyone much. What he finds is shelter, healing, and the possibility that comfort might turn into something deeper.

Kyle Amos thought falling for a monster had already cost him everything. Hiding his true nature in a cursed town gets harder when mysterious Elias arrives and drags old dangers back into his life.

The second Kissing with Teeth book pushes Kyle and Elias into even darker territory. Old enemies, buried secrets, and violent supernatural danger make every fragile piece of peace feel temporary.

A secret relationship simmers between shy Noah and popular Cole as Spruce gathers for another town spectacle. The setup mixes pageant fun, hidden feelings, and the fear of wanting something too openly.

This rom-com thrives on friction, throwing two stubborn men into an enemies-to-lovers setup full of banter, frustration, and chemistry. It also plays nicely with Banner's larger small-town Texas world.

After a viral mistake wrecks his career, actor River heads down the coast looking for quiet and a reset. Instead he finds new attention, new feelings, and a chance to be seen more honestly.

Army veteran Bridger comes to Spruce looking for peace and collides instead with Anthony, a loud, reckless local who seems built to annoy him. Their feud turns into a funny, fiery enemies-to-lovers summer.

The third My Ghost Roommate book leans into family chaos, haunted fun, and Halloween atmosphere. It keeps the queer romance and supernatural comedy while widening the strange little world around these characters.

Years into their happy ending, Billy and Tanner Tucker-Strong look like they have everything, family, love, stability. This novella asks what happens when one of them quietly stops feeling okay and has to finally say it.

College guy TJ plans one last taste of freedom before adulthood closes in, then meets rock star Chase Holt at exactly the wrong time. Small-town roots and public pressure make this slow-burn romance feel risky.