Ella Goode Books in Order
Browse Ella Goode books in order, with short summaries, series guides, and easy advice on where to start across her quick, steamy romances.
Last updated: June 8, 2026
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Publication Order
102 books
Her Secret Pleasure
by Ella Goode
2014
Pippa comes to Fortune hoping to make good choices for once, then meets Judge, the Death Lords president with no intention of letting the dirty chief of police win. Books and bad boys collide fast here.
His Wild Desire
by Ella Goode
2014
Wrecker is out of prison and done hiding what he wants. In this darker biker romance, forbidden love and club loyalty crash together from the start.
Captive Ride
by Ella Goode
2015
A ride that should be temporary becomes the start of a much more dangerous attachment. This early romance leans into captivity, close quarters, and a hero who will not easily let go.
His Bold Heart
by Ella Goode
2015
Wrecker and Chelsea have already fought hard to be together, and now outside threats make them do it again. In the Death Lords world, love has to survive club trouble, police suspicion, and old enemies.
Their Private Need
by Ella Goode
2015
Annie is a preacher's daughter who has spent too long being good, and Easy and Michigan know exactly what they want. This Death Lords romance brings heat, danger, and a three-person relationship with real emotional stakes.
Beauty in Summer
by Ella Goode
2017
A warm-season romance with a fairy-tale touch, this one pairs attraction with the sense that love may arrive when a character is least prepared for it. Short, fast, and emotionally direct.
The Last Christmas Present
by Ella Goode
2017
A holiday gift opens the door to a romance that feels both tender and urgent. This winter story keeps the focus on emotional payoff, not just seasonal sparkle.
The Wolf's Mail-Order Bride
by Ella Goode
2017
A mail-order arrangement drops a bride into a world with a wolf at its center. Ella Goode uses the paranormal setup for a compact romance full of possession, danger, and certainty.
The King's Reluctant Bride
by Ella Goode
2018
Duty and desire collide when a reluctant royal match becomes impossible to keep at arm's length. This quick romance gives the arranged-bride setup a possessive, fairy-tale edge.
Ace of Hearts
by Ella Goode
2019
Ace arrives at Franklin Universal High focused on grades and her future, not athletes. Owen spots her once and decides he will do whatever it takes to become the ace of her heart.
Belong Together
by Ella Goode
2019
Olivia, Levi, and Zeke have already chosen each other. Now they have to prove their bond can survive the people who think a love like theirs should never work.
Bring Him Home
by Ella Goode
2019
Homecoming changes everything in this short contemporary romance. The title says it plainly, someone needs to come back, and love is tangled up in the return.
Captured
by Ella Goode
2019
Luna takes a private investigator job that should be simple, then promptly falls for the man she is supposed to watch. Maddox knows he is being followed and decides to turn the chase around.
Deuces Wild
by Ella Goode
2019
Mallory ends up hiding in Carter's car on the worst possible night, and the grumpy football player decides he is not letting her go. Their chemistry turns chaos into something unexpectedly steady.
Finding Home
by Ella Goode
2019
A call, a pull toward something steadier, and a hero who knows what home should feel like all shape this romance. Ella Goode keeps the focus on warmth, protection, and belonging.
Kept
by Ella Goode
2019
MJ has built a life around work and responsibility, not romance. Cullen Castile walks in, sits down, and decides he is not leaving until she lets him keep her for good.
Loyalty Card
by Ella Goode
2019
A simple modern setup becomes the opening to one very determined romance. Loyalty, routine, and everyday proximity make this one feel playful before the emotional stakes sharpen.
Make Me Yours
by Ella Goode
2019
Daphne needs a date for her sister's wedding and ends up fake dating her best friend, Detective Jack Reese. Pretending is easy, but ignoring feelings they have both buried is much harder.
My Only One
by Ella Goode
2019
Mack and Dally keep getting pushed together by family events, friendships, and everyone around them who can see the truth. He is tired of being convenient when she is clearly the only woman he wants.
Oh Snowy Night
by Ella Goode
2019
A snowy night throws a quiet, surly hero and the woman who changes his season into each other's path. This winter romance is short, warm, and built for a soft happy ending.
Pretty Prize
by Ella Goode
2019
A prize is only fun until real feelings get mixed in. This short contemporary romance turns an apparently simple setup into a push and pull between desire, pride, and possession.
Priceless
by Ella Goode
2019
What looks valuable on the outside is not always what matters most. This short romance leans into Ella Goode's favorite move, letting fierce attraction expose what is actually priceless.
Saved Kisses
by Ella Goode
2019
After a brutal family betrayal, Amie takes a new job hoping for distance and peace. Greyson expects one more responsibility on his desk and gets the woman he suddenly cannot stop wanting to protect.
Secret Baby
by Ella Goode
2019
Maddie and Oliver share one unforgettable night and part without enough information to find each other again. Months later, pregnancy and unfinished obsession turn that brief encounter into a real future.
She's All Mine
by Ella Goode
2019
Erika hides inside dance and distance until local boxer Tank decides he is not letting her drift away. This is a shy-girl romance with a hero who wants her to finally see herself the way he does.
She's the One
by Ella Goode
2019
Maisie has never really understood why boys leave her cold, until Star walks into focus. This college romance follows the sweet, awkward moment when attraction finally makes sense.
Smooth Kisses
by Ella Goode
2019
Serena Smooth can fix any problem at a luxury resort, until the new owner arrives and decides she is the one thing he wants most. Work and attraction crash together in this glossy resort romance.
Spark
by Ella Goode
2019
One brief connection turns into the kind of spark neither character can talk themselves out of. This is a quick Ella Goode romance, built on instant heat and a fast slide into forever.
Stolen
by Ella Goode
2019
Savannah is determined not to fall just because love worked out for her brothers. Aaron has other ideas, and this fast family romance becomes a battle between freedom and forever.
Sweet Kisses
by Ella Goode
2019
Violet is willing to give Victor her body, but not her heart. The problem is that the relentless security specialist wants both, and he is ready to fight for them.
Three of Us
by Ella Goode
2019
Olivia heads to college ready for the two men she has been waiting on for years. Levi and Zeke have loved her just as long, and once the waiting ends, everything changes fast.
Two of a Kind
by Ella Goode
2019
Brad balances hacking, secret fights, and family pressure until a privileged girl needing tutoring upends everything. He and Melody should come from different worlds, but they fit too well to ignore.
Against the Rules
by Ella Goode
2020
The attraction here comes with one clear problem, nobody involved should want it this much. That only makes the rule-breaking chemistry hotter in this quick, school-flavored romance.
Alpha's Castle
by Ella Goode
2020
After betrayal and a surprise inheritance, Khloe heads to Smithsville for a fresh start. The last thing she wants is the town's arrogant chief of police deciding he is the man for her.
Always Loved You
by Ella Goode
2020
Orchard has spent years in a marriage built for business, not love, and now she wants out. Heath intends to keep her, but first he has to prove their convenient arrangement can become something real.
Beast's Castle
by Ella Goode
2020
Scarred artist Kale prefers life alone, letting the town think whatever it wants about him. Then Summer enters his world and turns this modern fairy-tale romance into something much warmer.
Built for Love
by Ella Goode
2020
Work and attraction come together in a romance about building something solid from the ground up. The title tells the truth, this story is interested in permanence as much as chemistry.
Captured for Love
by Ella Goode
2020
Dove wants distance from rich men and old family damage, then meets Jay, a world-traveling photographer who quietly rearranges his life to get closer to her. The result is a deceptive, tender neighbors romance.
Christmas Chemistry
by Ella Goode
2020
A new assistant job at Christmas sounds manageable until the heroine meets brilliant, temperamental researcher Dr. Nathan Amherst. Work becomes the last thing on either of their minds once the chemistry starts.
Cuffed For Love
by Ella Goode
2020
This one takes a law-and-order image and turns it into a quick contemporary romance with plenty of emotional urgency. Once the central pair collide, love stops looking optional.
He’s All In
by Ella Goode
2020
A boy has loved Chandler for years but believes she belongs to his best friend. When that loyalty starts cracking, friendship and hidden feelings collide in a school-set romance about finally taking the risk.
Killer Crush
by Ella Goode
2020
A crush is already trouble, and in this story it comes with an extra edge of threat. Ella Goode pairs the fast emotional pace of her romances with a more dangerous setup.
Killer Love
by Ella Goode
2020
This romance folds danger into the attraction from the start. Love arrives in a situation where someone could get hurt, and that only sharpens the intensity.
King's Castle
by Ella Goode
2020
King built a refuge for women and children who need safety, and Hayden only comes there to find her sister. Instead she finds a fierce protector who may want her to stay for good.
Love's Secret Baby
by Ella Goode
2020
A hidden pregnancy raises the stakes in a romance that is already running hot. This is one of Goode's quick, emotional surprise-baby stories, where secrecy cannot hold forever.
Protecting Her
by Ella Goode
2020
Protection becomes the excuse, and then the whole point, once the hero decides the heroine matters too much to lose. Fast, possessive, and emotional, this is classic Ella Goode.
Rock 'n' Roll Baby
by Ella Goode
2020
Music, heat, and a surprise that changes everything all hit at once in this fast contemporary romance. Ella Goode uses the rock-and-roll setup for a story that quickly turns personal and permanent.
Still Love You
by Ella Goode
2020
Abigail and Con love each other deeply, but both have been hiding things they thought were meant to protect the marriage. When those secrets collide, trust becomes the real test.
126 Secret Ln
by Ella Goode
2021
A move into Cherry Falls puts one quiet address at the center of secrets, gossip, and sudden attraction. This small-town romance plays with the idea that home can be the safest place in town, or the riskiest.
Bad Girl
by Ella Goode
2021
The title promises trouble, and the romance follows through. A heroine with edge meets a hero who is far too interested in the challenge she brings.
Claiming His Queen
by Ella Goode
2021
Cora is offered up to settle a deadly debt, but the man meant to take her as payment decides he wants far more than peace. This dark underworld romance turns a bargain into a dangerous obsession.
Forever Mine
by Ella Goode
2021
This is one of those Ella Goode romances where temporary is never really on the table. Attraction hits hard, and forever becomes the only ending that feels possible.
Guarding Her Body
by Ella Goode
2021
A bodyguard setup gives this romance close quarters, tension, and an obvious excuse for obsession. Once protection turns personal, the relationship changes fast.
Heiress and the Cowboy
by Ella Goode
2021
Tucker Justice and Cameron Hyde-Franklin have wanted each other since boarding school, even if their lives never seemed built to meet in the middle. Ranch life and high society collide in this opposites-attract cowboy romance.
Insta Holiday
by Ella Goode
2021
Tyson has loved Rory for years, but followers and charm are not enough to win her trust. She wants something solid, and this holiday romance asks whether he can finally become it.
Knocked Up by Love
by Ella Goode
2021
A pregnancy raises the stakes in a romance already moving too fast to stop. This is short, emotional, and exactly as direct as the title suggests.
Make Me a Match
by Ella Goode
2021
Somebody thinks they need help finding the right person and gets far more than expected. This matchmaking-flavored romance moves quickly from setup to certainty.
Making Her Mine
by Ella Goode
2021
Miles, a billionaire with a caffeine problem, keeps showing up at Eden's coffee shop until it is obvious he is not there for the coffee. Loan sharks and money trouble complicate a romance he has already decided is his.
Our Snowy Night
by Ella Goode
2021
Winter closes the world in and pushes two people closer than either planned. This snowy romance is short, soft, and built for readers who want comfort with their heat.
Pitched
by Ella Goode
2021
Colt wants baseball, a future, and a way out of poverty, not distractions. Then Georgia arrives with a painful past of her own, and the star pitcher has to decide if love belongs in his plan.
Princess and the Cowboy
by Ella Goode
2021
Princess Maria comes to the Justice ranch for a break, not a love story. Sterling thinks he has no room for romance, until the woman meant to hide from the world becomes impossible to ignore.
Protecting What's Mine
by Ella Goode
2021
Love and possession are basically the same language here once the hero decides the heroine belongs with him. The story keeps the focus on safety, loyalty, and a fast emotional lock-in.
Socialite and the Cowboy
by Ella Goode
2021
Birdie inherits property tied to the Justice family and ends up on a Texas ranch with Calder, the cowboy determined to get it back. Their chemistry has to survive money, family pressure, and the shadow of the Justice curse.
Stealing His Princess
by Ella Goode
2021
A prince enters enemy territory for a wedding and leaves focused on one woman. In a world of vipers and violent loyalties, wanting the wrong princess could start a war.
Sweet Spot
by Ella Goode
2021
A best-friends-to-lovers romance built around family obligations and a future that may pull the couple apart. He knows Carrie is his sweet spot, now he has to prove their lives can actually fit.
Best Friend's Secret Baby
by Ella Goode
2022
Friendship gets a lot messier once a hidden baby enters the picture. This romance leans into the pain of what was unsaid and the hope that it is not too late to fix it.
Billionaire and the Cowgirl
by Ella Goode
2022
Cane broke Astor's heart years ago and never really let her go. Now this billionaire cowboy has one job, prove the love he pushed away is still worth fighting for.
Chasing Us
by Ella Goode
2022
Melody never stopped writing to the boy she loved, and now he is back in town asking for another chance. Their reunion turns urgent when a serial killer begins threatening Harrisville.
Chasing You
by Ella Goode
2022
Vincent thinks fighter jets were easier than winning Emma. In Harrisville, a brother's-best-friend romance gets tangled up with a crooked sheriff and a town ready for someone to finally push back.
Christmas Stalking
by Ella Goode
2022
Holiday sparkle meets one of Goode's favorite obsession-flavored setups. It is a Christmas romance with pursuit, heat, and a promise that the ending will still feel warm.
Claiming His Bride
by Ella Goode
2022
What starts as a bridal promise quickly turns into a possessive, all-in romance. This is one of Ella Goode's fast contemporary stories, where hesitation does not last long once love takes hold.
Heiress
by Ella Goode
2022
Money and image may shape the heroine's world, but love makes the real trouble here. This contemporary romance uses the heiress setup for quick attraction and a hero ready to claim more than status.
His Will
by Ella Goode
2022
An inheritance or final request changes the shape of the romance and forces two people into each other's orbit. Ella Goode turns the will setup into a direct, emotional love story.
My Secret Valentine Baby
by Ella Goode
2022
Valentine's Day, hidden feelings, and a baby secret are enough to power this quick romance all by themselves. Ella Goode keeps the setup dramatic, intimate, and aimed squarely at a happy ending.
On the Boss's Naughty List
by Ella Goode
2022
Office tension and holiday timing make a dangerous combination in this festive romance. The boss setup gives it a playful edge, but the feelings turn serious fast.
Secretary and the Cowboy
by Ella Goode
2022
Reese moves to Edison, Texas, hoping for a fresh start after loss and betrayal. Blake Justice thinks he has escaped love, until one awkward meeting with Reese makes that plan impossible.
Swiped for His Taking
by Ella Goode
2022
A modern swipe turns into a much more old-fashioned certainty once the hero decides this match is real. Quick chemistry and determined pursuit do the rest.
Ward's Castle
by Ella Goode
2022
Hendrix rescues Lila and her foster baby brother, sends her away to school, and spends years pretending distance is the right choice. When she returns grown and determined, that careful control starts falling apart.
Wrap with Love
by Ella Goode
2022
This holiday collection bundles several snowy Ella Goode romances into one festive read. Expect winter settings, fast chemistry, and multiple happily-ever-afters wrapped together.
Kissing the Hitman
by Ella Goode
2023
A contract killer is a terrible choice for a love interest, which is exactly why this romance works. Danger and absurd certainty collide the moment the central pair connect.
Marked With Love
by Ella Goode
2023
A Valentine's setup gives this romance a festive spark, but the deeper pull is commitment. Once the mark is made, neither character is treating the connection as temporary.
No More Secrets
by Ella Goode
2023
A first love that started in the teen years refuses to stay buried. Old feelings and long-kept truths make this young romance all about finally saying what should have been said earlier.
Noble Love
by Ella Goode
2023
Status and attraction clash in a romance that feels shaped by privilege, ambition, and the rules of an elite world. Love has to push past class and expectation here.
Pick Love
by Ella Goode
2023
Choice is built right into the title, but this romance suggests the heart has usually decided before the characters admit it. Short, direct, and emotionally certain, it is pure Ella Goode.
Rocked by Love
by Ella Goode
2023
This title promises a love story that hits hard, and the book delivers on that emotional jolt. Expect fast chemistry, a forceful hero, and a relationship that quickly takes over everything else.
Secret Love
by Ella Goode
2023
A closed-off hero meets the one woman who cuts straight through his defenses. The result is a possessive school-age romance where keeping feelings secret stops being an option.
Taste of Love
by Ella Goode
2023
Food, appetite, and attraction blur together in this quick contemporary romance. Ella Goode uses the title well, making desire feel immediate in every sense.
The Good Bad Girl
by Ella Goode
2023
Angel lands in a strange, churchlike refuge and meets Bjornssen, a man under vows who was not expecting temptation to arrive at his door. The setup is unusual, darkly playful, and hard to forget.
The Good Bad Man
by Ella Goode
2023
A dangerous man with his own code meets the woman who makes that code much harder to follow. The setup has a dark edge, but the emotional direction is still toward devotion.
Keeping Secrets
by Ella Goode
2024
Van talks Fleur into fake dating so he can focus on football, but neither of them stays detached for long. What starts as a plan quickly turns into a risk to both hearts.
Love Contract
by Ella Goode
2024
A formal agreement is supposed to keep things clear, right until the feelings stop cooperating. This romance uses the contract trope for a quick slide from arrangement to something real.
Make Her Stay
by Ella Goode
2024
Love gets complicated when leaving feels easier than staying. This contemporary romance pushes two characters toward the moment where somebody finally asks for something permanent.
Say You'll Stay
by Ella Goode
2024
Past history and present desire collide in a romance built around one plea, do not go yet. It is a direct, emotional setup with commitment at the center.
Baby Contract
by Ella Goode
2025
A planned agreement around a baby turns personal much faster than expected. Ella Goode takes the contract setup and adds exactly the kind of emotional complication the title promises.
Hard Hearts
by Ella Goode
2025
Frankie has no time for men, not with work, friends, and family taking up every inch of space. This one is about what happens when a hard exterior finally meets someone who can get past it.
Hot Hearts
by Ella Goode
2025
Heat arrives first and leaves the characters scrambling to catch up emotionally. This is a quick, contemporary Ella Goode romance where intensity turns into something much more lasting.
Love to Stay
by Ella Goode
2025
This book takes Ella Goode's favorite promise, staying, and turns it into the emotional heart of the romance. Attraction is quick, but choosing to remain is the real victory.
Rough Rider
by Ella Goode
2025
Niki and Andy are both working too hard and carrying too much when one dangerous meeting changes everything. This rough-edged school romance mixes poverty, gang pressure, and a hero who turns protective almost instantly.
Tangled Hearts
by Ella Goode
2025
A busy life and a complicated emotional past make love feel like bad timing, right until it stops feeling optional. This contemporary romance leans into the messiness promised by its title.
True Hearts
by Ella Goode
2025
Chemistry is the easy part here. The harder question is whether two people can trust what they feel long enough to call it real.
Wedding Contract
by Ella Goode
2026
A marriage deal starts on paper and then refuses to stay there. This is a quick contemporary romance about rules, expectation, and feelings that become inconveniently real.
Wicked Rider
by Ella Goode
2026
A student reporter digging into missing boys and bigger trouble finds an unlikely ally in a boy with dangerous connections. Attraction grows right alongside the risk in this darker high school romance.
Where should I start?
If you want protective family romance: Captured → Kept → Stolen → My Only One
If you want small-town cowboys: Socialite and the Cowboy → Heiress and the Cowboy → Princess and the Cowboy → Secretary and the Cowboy
If you want younger school-set romance: Ace of Hearts → Deuces Wild → Two of a Kind → He’s All In
If you want darker, fairy-tale underworld vibes: Claiming His Queen → Stealing His Princess
Author bio
Ella Goode keeps her public bio simple. She describes herself as a small-town girl in the United States who started by writing sweet stories for herself and her friends. That plainspoken intro fits the books too. They move fast, speak directly, and go straight for feeling.
Over time, those stories turned into a very large backlist. Her catalog runs to well over a hundred books, many of them short contemporary romances built for readers who want a complete happily-ever-after in one sitting. She writes the kind of book you can finish in an evening and still feel like you got a full romance arc.
That is really her lane.
If you pick up Captured, Secret Baby, King's Castle, Ace of Hearts, or Socialite and the Cowboy, you can see the range inside that format. She writes private investigators and billionaires, ranch heirs and high school athletes, protective bikers, lonely cowboys, and women who are trying to hold their lives together while a very determined love interest decides they are the one.
Some readers come to Ella Goode for the speed. The books tend to get to the point quickly, with instant attraction, strong loyalty, and heroes who are not shy about staking a claim. Others stay for the comfort of the structure. Even when the setup gets wild, a family curse, a stalking case, a royal underworld, a surprise baby, the emotional promise is steady. These are romances built to land on safety, commitment, and a clear happy ending.
She also likes to change the scenery. One series heads to a Texas ranch. Another moves through small towns and schools. Another drops into biker-country trouble and dirty local politics. She has written cowboy books, billionaire stories, holiday novellas, a college-set menage in Three of Us, and a sapphic college romance in She's the One. The common thread is devotion, especially the moment when a character stops pretending they can stay detached.
Publicly, she does not share much personal detail beyond that small-town introduction. There is no long origin story and no oversized author myth. In a way, that feels right for her work. The books do the talking.
Her site also places her alongside Alexa Riley, Ruby Dixon, and Kati Wilde in a reader group aimed at people who want emotional, high-heat romances that do not take forever to read. That tells you a lot about the reading experience she is after.
Short books. Big feelings.
If you are new to Ella Goode, the easiest way in is to follow your favorite trope. Start with the Justice books for cowboys, Castile Family for wealthy protective heroes, or FU High for younger school-set romance. However you begin, her style is easy to spot. She writes fast, possessive, slightly over-the-top love stories with a soft center, and she rarely wastes time getting there.
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