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Dating in the City Books in Order

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Find the Dating in the City books by Jillian Dodd in order, with quick summaries, series setup, and where to start the New York rom-coms.

Last updated: July 1, 2026

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Dating in the City books in publication order

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Catching Feelings

by Jillian Dodd

2026

The plan was dating for inspiration, not attachment. But somewhere between deadlines and city nights, the feelings stop being optional.

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Check, Please!

by Jillian Dodd

2026

Dating for research keeps serving up exactly the kind of scenes a romance writer would use, awkward, funny, and unexpectedly hot. The problem is Kitty has to live through them first.

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Crazy For You

by Jillian Dodd

2026

Another chapter in the New York dating saga brings more chemistry, more comic disaster, and less emotional distance. Research is getting awfully close to the real thing.

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Happily Ever Afters

by Jillian Dodd

2026

The series keeps asking whether a woman who writes happy endings can find one in real life. By now, the answer depends on which risks Kitty is finally willing to take.

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Heart Stopper

by Jillian Dodd

2026

The city, the job, and the dating experiment are all supposed to help point this writer back toward success. But one date hits harder than expected and puts her heart in real danger.

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Party of One

by Jillian Dodd

2026

A former rom-com queen tries to revive her career with a hot-guy dating wheel and a lot of questionable optimism. One more spin means one more chance to save the book, or ruin her life beautifully.

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Save The Date

by Jillian Dodd

2026

Kitty keeps chasing the next date and the next story, but the emotional stakes are only getting higher. What began as a clever fix for her career is becoming impossible to keep casual.

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Urban Cowboy

by Jillian Dodd

2026

City life and cowboy energy collide in another Dating in the City installment. Kitty is still looking for material, but the man in front of her may be better than fiction.

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Writing Mr. Right

by Jillian Dodd

2026

A romance writer in career trouble starts turning real dates into research and hoping it saves her next book. Instead, it opens the door to a much messier love story of her own.

Dating in the City books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Writing Mr. Right"

    Writing Mr. Right

    by Jillian Dodd

    2026Dating in the City, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Heart Stopper"

    Heart Stopper

    by Jillian Dodd

    2026Dating in the City, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Crazy For You"

    Crazy For You

    by Jillian Dodd

    2026Dating in the City, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Catching Feelings"

    Catching Feelings

    by Jillian Dodd

    2026Dating in the City, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Party of One"

    Party of One

    by Jillian Dodd

    2026Dating in the City, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Save The Date"

    Save The Date

    by Jillian Dodd

    2026Dating in the City, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Urban Cowboy"

    Urban Cowboy

    by Jillian Dodd

    2026Dating in the City, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Check, Please!"

    Check, Please!

    by Jillian Dodd

    2026Dating in the City, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "Happily Ever Afters"

    Happily Ever Afters

    by Jillian Dodd

    2026Dating in the City, Book 9

Series background & context

Dating in the City is Jillian Dodd's grown-up romantic comedy lane, full of New York energy, publishing-world stress, modern dating messes, and heroines who are trying to get their careers and hearts pointed in the same direction. These books carry a bright, fast pace, but they are not just meet-cute fluff. They are also about reinvention.

Sometimes loudly.

The setup running through this part of Dodd's world centers on a romance writer whose personal life becomes tangled with her professional one. A stalled career leads to a dating experiment, and what begins as material for books turns into a larger story about risk, attraction, image, and whether you can still believe in love when you spend all day writing it for other people.

That is what gives the series its charm. The books know romance tropes well enough to play with them. They can be sweet, embarrassing, sharp, or a little chaotic, often all in the same chapter. The city helps with that. Dates can go wrong in public. A chance encounter can become a story problem. A supposedly casual connection can feel much more serious by the next morning.

While the tone is lighter than Dodd's Hollywood and spy stories, the emotional pull is familiar. The characters want to be chosen, understood, and seen clearly, even when they are hiding behind jokes, work, or a carefully managed persona. If you want New York dating stories with writer energy, strong friend dynamics, and a lot of romantic momentum, Dating in the City fits nicely.

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