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Forbidden Desires Books in Order

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Explore Forbidden Desires by Kendall Ryan in order, with Kingsley brother summaries, series background, and a guide to the best start.

Last updated: June 11, 2026

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5 books

1

Dirty Little Promise

by Kendall Ryan

2017

Emma's complicated love affair with Gavin Kingsley reaches its breaking point as family secrets, rival claims, and old pain surface. Choosing a future means facing the truth about the Kingsley brothers.

2

Dirty Little Secret

by Kendall Ryan

2017

Emma Bell is drawn to Gavin Kingsley, the guarded head of a high-end escort company, and his brother Cooper. Their arrangement is seductive and dangerous, especially when Gavin's secrets refuse to stay buried.

3

Dirty Little Tease

by Kendall Ryan

2017

A lonely librarian dreams of the passion she has only read about when a handsome stranger with a tragic past crosses her path. This short prequel opens the door to the Kingsley brothers.

4

Torrid Little Affair

by Kendall Ryan

2017

Cooper Kingsley returns from heartbreak and finds himself tempted by his new assistant, Corinne O'Neil. Their workplace affair starts with heat, but both carry pasts that make simple pleasure complicated.

5

Tempting Little Tease

by Kendall Ryan

2018

Quinn Kingsley hires Alessandra to teach him Italian, not to upend his life. Their age gap and her upcoming move to Italy should make romance impossible, but chemistry keeps winning.

Series background & context

Forbidden Desires centers on the Kingsley brothers, wealthy, controlled men whose emotional lives are much messier than their polished public image. The series opens with the short prequel Dirty Little Tease, then moves into Dirty Little Secret, where librarian Emma Bell is drawn into a dangerous arrangement with Gavin Kingsley and his brother Cooper.

The main Emma and Gavin arc is not light romance. It uses secrecy, power, and jealousy to create a love triangle full of bad timing and high emotional cost. Emma is not simply choosing between handsome brothers. She is trying to understand what each man wants from her, what they are hiding, and what she can live with when the truth starts to come out.

Dirty Little Promise continues and concludes that central relationship, exposing the secrets around the Kingsleys and forcing Emma to decide what kind of love she is willing to fight for. Later books such as Torrid Little Affair and Tempting Little Tease stay in the same world of family wealth, forbidden attraction, and complicated romantic loyalties.

This is a series about desire with consequences.

Readers should start at the beginning because the emotional stakes build from book to book. Expect wealthy heroes, office and escort-adjacent arrangements, family pressure, and a darker edge than Ryan's hockey rom-coms. The heat is high, but the real engine is whether trust can survive in a world where everyone knows how to keep a secret.

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