Elle Thorpe Books in Order
Explore Elle Thorpe books in order, from Saint View reverse harems to cowboy romances, with series lists, summaries, reading order tips, and where to start.
Last updated: December 25, 2025
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Publication Order
36 books
X's and O's
by Elle Thorpe
2025
Cleaning toilets to pay the bills, Violet never expects to wake up bound and staring into a killer’s eyes. Saved by the masked Murder Squad, three unbalanced vigilantes who insist she belongs with them, she is pulled into a deadly game with a taunting serial murderer who seems determined to make her their final prize.
Whips and Chains
by Elle Thorpe
2025
Lured into an abandoned warehouse, Violet finds herself the centre of a twisted game where a clock, a knife, and her sins are laid out on a table. As X, Whip, and Levi search the dark for her, secrets about their pasts and the mastermind stalking them finally start to unravel.
Saint View Strip 4
by Elle Thorpe
2025
Imprisoned for years by a husband who beats and controls her, Fawn survives only for her young son. When Zane, the brother in law who once adored her, becomes a fellow captive, their forbidden connection deepens as they plan a desperate, high risk escape from the compound.
Reaper and Ruin
by Elle Thorpe
2025
An explosion hurls Violet’s three men off a bluff and into the raging sea, proving the killer hunting Murder Squad is willing to destroy everything. Grieving and furious, she joins forces with them to unmask the threat, end the twisted game, and decide what their future looks like once the killing stops.
Wife Number One
by Elle Thorpe
2024
Kara escapes a violent cult and the charismatic leader she was forced to marry, taking their little girl back to Saint View. When her sister is murdered, she moves in with the Slayers biker club for protection, falling for Hawk, Chaos, and Grayson as they hunt the killer and dodge the cult’s reach.
Torn In Two
by Elle Thorpe
2024
Buried alive with only minutes of air, Kara clings to the sound of three men tearing the world apart to find her. Hawk, Chaos, and Grayson battle mob threats, old rivalries, and their own jealousy, knowing her choice between them could either heal or shatter everything.
Three to Fall
by Elle Thorpe
2024
Held at the mercy of a murderer, Kara realises escape and a real family might depend on trusting the most unlikely ally. While Hawk and Chaos fight off the mob Josiah sent after them, the four of them take one last stand against the cult determined to drag them all down.
Killer Kiss
by Elle Thorpe
2024
Raised in a murder for hire family, the heroine treats killing like a job until she is ordered to eliminate Augie, her missing sister’s best friend and favourite suspect. Their flirty strip club banter and growing trust make choosing between love and loyalty dangerously complicated.
Unholy Sins
by Elle Thorpe
2023
By morning, Kellan stands at the altar preaching morality, but at night he hunts and kills the predators the law will not touch. Falling for Lyric, a single mum and stripper from the wrong side of town, tempts him to burn down his double life before his secrets destroy them both.
Saint View Rebel
by Elle Thorpe
2023
On her mother’s wedding day, Rebel watches both newlyweds collapse from poison and becomes the prime suspect. Moving into her rich stepbrother’s seaside mansion, she falls into a dangerous web with a biker enforcer and a street fighter while hunting the real killer.
Rebel Obsession
by Elle Thorpe
2023
After barely surviving a brutal attack and near drowning, Rebel wakes with fresh scars and a fiercer need for justice. With Fang, Vaughn, and Kian at her side, she tracks sadistic Caleb, rescues other women he has targeted, and discovers how quickly her thirst for revenge can turn into obsession.
Rebel Heart
by Elle Thorpe
2023
In the final chapter of Rebel’s story, a graveyard confrontation leaves one man dead and another on the run. As new family secrets surface and Caleb grows more desperate, Rebel and her three men fight to protect the fragile life and love they have built together.
Mother Bucker
by Elle Thorpe
2023
Pregnant and freshly dumped, the heroine plans to finish one last working holiday on an Australian cattle station before settling into single mum life. Sharing a tiny space with Abel, her dad’s best friend and a much older cowboy, makes resisting their forbidden, slow burn attraction almost impossible.
Evil Enemy
by Elle Thorpe
2023
After a decade building her strip club into a safe haven, Eve refuses to let a smug politician and the cop on his payroll bulldoze Saint View Strip. Officer Joshua Boston is supposed to shut her down, but their enemies to lovers clashes turn into something much harder to walk away from when a darker threat appears.
Start a War
by Elle Thorpe
2022
After watching her brother gunned down, Bliss walks away from money and privilege to run his dive bar, Psychos, in Saint View. There she joins forces with Nash, bikers son War, and enigmatic Vincent to hunt a killer hiding in the city’s shadows.
It Ends With Violence
by Elle Thorpe
2022
When police raids destroy Psychos and kidnap Vincent, Bliss, Nash, and War are left with nothing but each other and a war chest of secrets. To get him back, they must outplay old enemies, corrupt cops, and betrayals that could break their fragile family.
Half the Battle
by Elle Thorpe
2022
Attacked on a cliff in a storm, Bliss survives only by calling out Scythe, the violent alter ego buried inside Vincent’s mind. As she hides that choice from Nash and War, building her criminal empire gets harder and the real murderer circles closer.
Can't Bucking Wait
by Elle Thorpe
2022
Back home for her sister’s wedding, a burned out city doctor finds the only spare bed on her family’s bull riding ranch is in cowboy Preston Innes’s cabin, turning awkward history and forbidden attraction into a steamy, off limits second chance.
Solitary Sinners
by Elle Thorpe
2021
During a violent prison riot, the true killer takes Mae hostage while flames, new inmates, and chaos tear Saint View Prison apart. Heath, Rowe, and Liam fight for their lives and for her, forcing buried feelings and dangerous secrets into the open.
Only the Truth
by Elle Thorpe
2021
Sworn off relationships, Bree needs a fake boyfriend for the wedding where her ex and estranged sister are tying the knot. Grumpy, tattooed gynecologist Damien is the perfect stand in, until their pretend date turns into very real chemistry and overdue honesty.
Locked Up Liars
by Elle Thorpe
2021
Mae finds her sister dead and her long time crush Heath charged with the murder. Taking a teaching job inside maximum security Saint View Prison, she tangles with Heath, intimidating guard Rowe, and lawyer nemesis Liam while uncovering lies that point to a different killer.
Fatal Felons
by Elle Thorpe
2021
With Heath condemned to death row, Mae, Rowe, and Liam are out of legal options. Their only chance is a risky escape plan that could save him, expose the corrupt system hunting them, and test how far their loyalty really goes.
Buck You!
by Elle Thorpe
2021
Once destined for the pro bull riding tour, Summer Hunt is sidelined by injury and a pushy fiancé. When family friend Dom returns to work at her father’s school, he is determined to prove her dreams and their simmering attraction are still worth fighting for.
Twisted Little Truths
by Elle Thorpe
2020
The boy Lacey loves is dragged from her arms and blamed for a murder she knows he did not commit. As more of her own past comes to light, she and the Untouchables race to uncover the real killer and fight for a future together.
Talk Dirty, Cowboy
by Elle Thorpe
2020
Widowed bull rider Bowen Barclay is failing in the arena and fumbling single dad life. A late night webcam mishap introduces him to exhausted single mum Paisley, and their flirty online chats soon spill into real life, where old wounds and public pressure collide.
Sexy Dirty Cowboy
by Elle Thorpe
2020
Ex motorcycle club enforcer Rem ‘Viper’ James is arrested in front of a packed rodeo and offered a deal, testify against his old crew or die in prison. Detective Whitney is assigned to guard him in a tiny town as his fake wife, where danger and temptation quickly turn real.
Ride Dirty, Cowboy
by Elle Thorpe
2020
Addie is shattered after a car crash that killed the man she loved and blew up her life. Covering the bull riding tour as a gossip columnist throws her back together with Kai, her boyfriend’s icy best friend, where guilt, grief, and slow burn desire collide.
Devious Little Liars
by Elle Thorpe
2020
After her uncle is murdered and the police shrug, rich girl Lacey enrolls at notorious Saint View High to investigate. There she crashes into the Untouchables, Colt, Banjo, and Rafe, three dangerous boys who rule the school and would rather break her than be exposed.
Dangerous Little Secrets
by Elle Thorpe
2020
Reeling from betrayal, Lacey swears she will never again be the girl who fell for smooth words and pretty smiles. With a killer still loose and the Untouchables owning pieces of her heart, she must decide which secrets to bury and which truths might finally set her free.
Buck Cowboys
by Elle Thorpe
2020
Hallie once ruined her friendship with Nate Mathews by offering him her virginity and getting rejected. Years later, she runs Hunt’s Bull Riding School, and when Nate limps home from the tour full of regrets, he wants more than just their easy old friendship back.
Only the Negatives
by Elle Thorpe
2019
The boy who once bullied her out of high school is now the only person who can save her family from losing everything. Stuck working with him in their rural hometown, a sharp tongued, wheelchair using heroine wrestles with old hurt, unwanted attraction, and the risk of forgiving him.
Only the Lies
by Elle Thorpe
2019
Every morning, a shy receptionist times her commute so she can ogle the huge, Thor like gym owner across the street. When a mix up leads him to mistake her for someone else, she lets the lie stand and stumbles into a flirty, fast moving not quite fake relationship.
Only the Beginning
by Elle Thorpe
2019
On screen she is Australia’s sweetheart, but off screen she sneaks back to the same man she has loved and fought with for a decade. When scandal blows up her carefully managed image, hiding behind the good girl mask stops working, and she and Riley have to decide what comes next.
25 Reasons to Hate Christmas and Cowboys
by Elle Thorpe
2019
Isabel has a disaster story for every Christmas of her twenty five years and zero interest in snowy Wyoming. Local cowboy Johnny sees her grinchy attitude as a challenge, determined to rewrite her holiday list with small town cheer, sizzling chemistry, and one last reason to stay.
Only the Positive
by Elle Thorpe
2018
Crushed by guilt over a mistake that hurt someone she cared about, Reese moves to Sydney and numbs herself with booze and strangers. Her attraction to her new boss, Low, forces both of them to face a life changing diagnosis, shared shame, and the possibility of something worth fighting for.
Only the Perfect
by Elle Thorpe
2018
At a wedding where both their exes are getting married, a grumpy single mum and a recently dumped guest end up banished to the misfit table. A plan to get through the night with free drinks and petty revenge slowly turns into a genuinely hopeful second chance at love.
Where should I start?
If you want to dive into the Saint View reverse harems: Devious Little Liars → Locked Up Liars → Start a War → Saint View Rebel → Wife Number One.
If you prefer gritty but single-couple Saint View romances: Evil Enemy → Unholy Sins → Killer Kiss → Saint View Strip 4.
If you love small town cowboys and bull riders: Talk Dirty, Cowboy → Ride Dirty, Cowboy → Sexy Dirty Cowboy → Buck Cowboys → Buck You!.
If you want emotional, character driven contemporary romance: Only the Positive → Only the Perfect → Only the Truth → Only the Negatives → Only the Beginning → Only the Lies.
If you enjoy vigilante psychopaths with dark humor: X's and O's → Whips and Chains → Reaper and Ruin.
Author bio
Elle Thorpe lives on the sunny east coast of Australia, about an hour outside Sydney, where she juggles life as a romance author, wife, mum to three kids, and official ball thrower for a slobbery dog called Rollo. When she is not writing, she is usually rewatching Outlander or The Walking Dead, happily fangirling from her couch.
Books were her first love. She grew up devouring anything she could find, then started scribbling her own stories in high school, often thinly veiled versions of the hottest boy in class. Sleepovers with friends turned into late nights trading pages and gossiping about fictional crushes.
After school she headed into the workforce, but the urge to write never really left. She kept a notebook hidden in her filing cabinet and stole moments on lunch breaks to sketch out scenes, snatches of dialogue, and half formed plots. Then three small humans arrived, and for a while the words were pushed aside in favor of nappies and nap schedules.
When her youngest finally started napping reliably, she gave herself permission to try again. Naptime became writing time, and over the next eighteen months she drafted two full novels that will probably never leave her hard drive. Those practice books mattered though, because somewhere in that mess a cocky, secretly vulnerable character named Low wandered onto the page and refused to leave, eventually becoming the heart of Only the Positive and kicking off the Only You series.
The Only You books are messy, emotional contemporary romances that lean into real life complications. Set in Sydney and rural Australia, they follow characters wrestling with guilt, chronic illness, disability, public scandal, and complicated families, all while falling headlong into love. Readers often talk about how these stories feel grounded and human, even when the chemistry is off the charts.
From there she slid sidewise into cowboys. The Dirty Cowboy and Buck Cowboys books mix professional bull riding, single parents, grumpy cowboys, and small town chaos. Rodeo arenas, dusty ranches, and chaotic family dinners give her couples plenty of room to banter, heal old wounds, and figure out what happily ever after looks like when real life is still messy.
At the same time she was building something darker. The Saint View universe began with Devious Little Liars and expanded into a sprawling web of reverse harem trilogies and stand alone romances. Saint View High, Prison, Psychos, Rebels, Slayers vs Sinners, Strip, and Murder Squad all share the same gritty city, where murder investigations tangle with sex clubs, found family, and morally gray heroes who would burn the world down for the people they love.
Friends nicknamed her the Drama Llama for a reason. Her family runs an alpaca farm, and she has happily stolen the drama llama label as shorthand for what she writes, high emotion, sharp banter, heartbreak, and swoony chemistry that can keep you up far too late. She is well aware llamas and alpacas are not the same animal, but she likes them both enough not to pick a side.
Along the way she has quietly stacked up a few milestones. She received a Self Publishing Foundation scholarship in 2019, was a finalist that same year in the Australian Romance Readers Awards for 25 Reasons to Hate Christmas and Cowboys, spoke on the Self Publishing Show podcast, and joined an Inkers Con panel about building a six figure indie career. She also became a USA Today bestselling author through a multi author anthology and has seen books like Locked Up Liars break into the top ranks of major online stores.
These days she still writes from country Australia, often from a home office that looks out over paddocks and alpacas. Most mornings start with school runs and coffee, then she disappears into Saint View or back to the bull riding tour, chasing the next idea that will not let her sleep until she puts it on the page.
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