Escaping Texas High Books in Order
Part ofKelsie Stelting Books in OrderFollow the Escaping Texas High books by Kelsie Stelting in order, with summaries, series context, character arcs, and a clear place to start.
Last updated: July 15, 2026
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Escaping Texas High books in publication order
4 books
Always Anika
by Kelsie Stelting
2016
Anika has promised herself she will not date until college, especially not the off-limits boy next door. Then a school pen-pal assignment connects her with a soldier whose letters make her question every rule she made.
Becoming Skye
by Kelsie Stelting
2018
After knee surgery, Skye wakes to a future that no longer includes the volleyball scholarship she counted on. As her feelings for Kellum shift, she must decide what life beyond her small Texas town could look like.
Loving Skye
by Kelsie Stelting
2018
Skye enters her last year of high school determined to plan a better future after a disastrous junior year. Then news from her estranged sister forces her to weigh her escape plans against the people she loves.
Chasing Skye
by Kelsie Stelting
2019
Skye's shot at a volleyball scholarship is threatened by a rival determined to push her off the team. Between a difficult home life, a crushing injury, and two unexpected boys, she must learn to stand up for herself.
Escaping Texas High books in chronological order
Series background & context
Escaping Texas High follows Skye through a difficult stretch of high school in small-town Texas. She is a talented volleyball player with hopes of earning a scholarship, but the future she has carefully mapped out starts to fall apart when injury, family strain, and school politics get in the way.
The story begins with Chasing Skye. Skye is trying to protect her spot on the team while dealing with a mean girl, controlling parents, and feelings for a quarterback who seems far outside her reach. Her athletic ability is more than an extracurricular activity. It feels like her best route toward independence and a life beyond town.
Then her injury changes the stakes.
In Becoming Skye, recovery forces her to face a future that no longer looks familiar. She has to rethink college, volleyball, romance, and what she actually wants when the plan she counted on is no longer possible. The series keeps close to Skye's point of view, so the emotional shifts matter as much as the romantic ones.
Loving Skye brings the immediate high school years toward a turning point. Skye is still trying to make decisions about leaving town, but family news and the people she cares about make every choice more complicated. Her relationships are not simple fixes. They are part of the work of growing up.
This is a continuous coming-of-age romance rather than a set of separate couples. The setting is a small Texas town where everybody knows everybody, which means private problems do not always stay private. Volleyball, school life, family pressure, crushes, and friendship all move through the same close-knit world.
Start with Chasing Skye. The books are best read in order, because Skye's injury, family life, and relationships build from one installment to the next.
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