End of Story Books in Order

The End of Story world is Kylie Scott’s playground for slightly magical, emotionally grounded rom‑coms. These books look like contemporary romances on the surface, but each one has a speculative twist nudging the characters into choices they might otherwise avoid.

The prequel novella Beginning of the End introduces Susie Bowen, a woman who’s always wanted a simple happy ending: a steady relationship, a secure home, a life that makes sense. When her boyfriend announces he’s taking a year‑long job in London, her first reaction is relief that he suggests long‑distance instead of a clean break. The more she talks it through with her aunt and best friend, though, the more she has to ask whether she’s really in love or just clinging to a plan.

In End of Story, Susie inherits her late aunt’s fixer‑upper house in Seattle and decides to start over. The contractor who shows up to handle the renovation is Lars, her ex’s best friend—the man who witnessed her public breakup and has every reason to see her as a walking disaster. Their working relationship is already awkward when they knock down a wall and find a divorce certificate hidden inside, dated ten years in the future and listing both of their names.

The mystery document pushes the story from ordinary renovation rom‑com into something stranger. Susie and Lars have to decide whether to treat it as a warning, a joke, or a challenge from the universe. As they argue, flirt, and slowly start to trust each other, the question isn’t just “are we compatible?” but “if we know how this could end, is it still worth starting?”

The Last Days of Lilah Goodluck shares the same lightly magical DNA, even though it follows a different couple. Librarian Lilah saves the life of a famous “good witch” in Los Angeles and is rewarded with five unnervingly specific predictions, including the name of her soulmate and a date for her own death. When those prophecies start coming true—right down to meeting the illegitimate son of the British king—Lilah has to decide how much she believes in fate and how she wants to spend what might be her final week.

Across these books you can expect sharp banter, grumpy‑and‑sunshine pairings, and a lot of talk about grief, second chances, and how people rebuild after life doesn’t go to plan. The speculative elements are handled lightly: no detailed magic systems, just strange documents in walls and witches who might be more than stage performers.

If you like your romances with a contemporary feel but enjoy a little bit of cosmic meddling—prophecies, time oddities, fate poking its nose in—this series gives you that extra twist without sacrificing warmth or humour.