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Gina L Maxwell Books in Order

This Gina L Maxwell page lists her books in order, with short summaries, series guides, and easy suggestions for where to start across romance and fantasy.

Last updated: July 2, 2026

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Seducing Cinderella

by Gina L Maxwell

2012

Physical therapist Lucie Miller agrees to rehab injured MMA fighter Reid Andrews in exchange for lessons in seduction. Their bargain starts as a makeover plan and turns into something far more personal.

Rules of Entanglement

by Gina L Maxwell

2013

Rule-loving district attorney Vanessa MacGregor heads to Hawaii for a wedding and winds up stuck in close quarters with carefree fighter Jax Maris. A fake engagement starts breaking all seven of her carefully guarded rules.

Betting on Her Best Friend

by Gina L Maxwell

2014

Alyssa flies to a Las Vegas romance convention determined to get over her off-limits best friend. Dylan follows, and their weekend deal turns years of buried feelings into a gamble neither wants to lose.

Fighting for Irish

by Gina L Maxwell

2014

Haunted ex-fighter Aiden "Irish" O'Brien heads to Louisiana to help a woman trapped by a dangerous debt. Protecting Kat means underground fights, buried secrets, and a growing bond neither of them expected.

Desires of the Soul

by Gina L Maxwell

2015

Half-angel doctor Angelica Hart learns the prophecy tied to humanity's survival may demand more than she can bear, especially when her dead best friend returns as a vampire. Love and destiny point in different directions.

Ask Me Again

by Gina L Maxwell

2016

Dumped after a ten-year relationship, Trish heads home for the summer and finds unexpected heat with Tony DiAngelo, the old friend who once lived firmly in her friend zone. Their arrangement is casual until it is not.

Friend-Zone Fling

by Gina L Maxwell

2016

Fresh off a breakup, Trish Howell heads home for the summer and ends up face to face with Tony DiAngelo, the once-shy friend who always wanted more. A casual fling quickly gets complicated.

Shameless

by Gina L Maxwell

2016

A man used to getting what he wants becomes obsessed with the one woman who does not fall at his feet. When their shared fantasies come to light, resistance stops making much sense.

Hot for the Fireman

by Gina L Maxwell

2017

After a scorching one-night stand, Olivia Jones is shocked when fate throws her back into the path of Boston firefighter Erik Grady. What begins as heat-only quickly turns into a chance to heal.

Ruthless

by Gina L Maxwell

2017

A hard-driving attorney with a secret kink tries to stay away from the one woman who gets under his skin, then learns she is his firm's newest hire. Desire, power, and bad timing make a dangerous mix.

Sweet Victory

by Gina L Maxwell

2017

Cupcake baker Sophie Caldwell needs a husband to keep her grandmother's bakery, and fighter Xander James needs a way to save his gym. Their quickie marriage looks practical, until living like newlyweds stops feeling fake.

Lost and Found

by Gina L Maxwell

2019

Years after heartbreak drove her away, a fundraiser brings a woman back to Neverland and straight to Peter, the mechanic who once broke her heart. Their second chance burns hotter than either expected.

Lost in Darkness

by Gina L Maxwell

2019

Hook is determined to save his brother, even if it means working with Officer John Darling. Their uneasy alliance turns deeply personal as old wounds, dangerous secrets, and desire collide.

Merciless

by Gina L Maxwell

2019

A dependable firefighter keeps his darkest desires locked away until he meets a woman who wants the same things he does. Their explosive connection is real, but the world around them is ready to tear it apart.

Bad Teacher

by Gina L Maxwell

2020

After graduation, substitute teacher Miriam Fox thinks she can finally ignore her attraction to former student Devin Adler. Then he shows up for a summer landscaping job and proposes one hot, no-strings week.

Charming the Prince

by Gina L Maxwell

2021

Overworked crown prince Preston Atland meets a beautiful cabin attendant on his yacht and plans a brief distraction. Then he realizes Maggie is the daughter of a family friend, and off-limits suddenly feels impossible.

Kidnapping the Duchess

by Gina L Maxwell

2021

A bodyguard hiding behind an alias has spent years wanting wild-child duchess Daria Copeland. When her future is threatened and her secrets come out, he decides the only way to keep her may be to take her himself.

Masked Desires

by Gina L Maxwell

2021

At a New Year's Eve masquerade, Maggie plans to finally seduce her brother's best friend. Jonah thinks he is chasing a mystery woman, until one reckless night threatens friendships he cannot afford to lose.

Friendly Engagement

by Gina L Maxwell

2022

A fake engagement between two former friends sounds simple until old history and attraction get involved. What begins as a practical arrangement quickly starts feeling a lot too real.

The Dark King

by Gina L Maxwell

2022

After a free trip to Vegas, Bryn Meara wakes up married to billionaire Caiden Verran and discovers he is Dark Fae royalty. What starts as a drunken mistake turns into a dangerous, very real bond.

The Rebel King

by Gina L Maxwell

2023

Tiernan Verran never wanted the crown, but becoming king makes his hunger for fiery Fiona more dangerous than ever. As war gathers around Vegas, desire and duty crash headfirst into each other.

King

by Gina L Maxwell

2024

After a night of wine and witchcraft, Elara is pulled into Towerfall and sold to the highest bidder. Warrior king Ronan offers a way home, but their bargain grows riskier the deeper desire gets.

The Vicious King

by Gina L Maxwell

2024

Dark Fae prince Finnian Verran joins forces with Taryn Emory to hunt a divine weapon before the Light King can use it. Their quest is packed with danger, attraction, and the fate of Faerie itself.

Two

by Gina L Maxwell

2025

Stella follows a tarot clue into Towerfall and lands in the middle of court politics, a marriage bargain, and two dangerously tempting men. What begins as a rescue mission becomes a forbidden love story with three hearts on the line.

Where should I start?

If you want sports romance: Seducing CinderellaRules of EntanglementFighting for IrishSweet Victory
If you want dark fantasy romance: The Dark KingThe Rebel KingThe Vicious King
If you want contemporary fairy tale vibes: Lost and FoundLost in Darkness
If you want short, extra-steamy reads: Bad TeacherMasked DesiresKidnapping the DuchessCharming the Prince
If you want kinkier contemporary romance: ShamelessRuthlessMerciless

Author bio

Gina L Maxwell writes romance that knows exactly what many readers came for, heat, banter, fantasy, and big emotional swings. She lives in the upper Midwest, a fact she mentions with a sense of humor because she very clearly does not love snow or cold weather.

She has said she was a romance addict long before she was a published author. For a while, she imagined helping people escape through acting. College convinced her that was not the path, and about a decade later she found a different way to do the same kind of work, writing love stories that let readers disappear into someone else's trouble for a while.

That switch paid off fast. Her debut novel, Seducing Cinderella, arrived in 2012 and hit bestseller lists within weeks. It is still one of the clearest entry points into her work, because it has so much of what she does well, strong chemistry, playful tension, a hero with swagger, and a heroine whose emotional journey matters just as much as the heat.

She likes stories that force two people into close quarters and then lets the sparks do the rest. The Fighting for Love books use mixed martial arts, injuries, fake engagements, and marriage bargains to throw characters together. In Shameless, Ruthless, and Merciless, she leans harder into erotic romance, writing about desire, trust, kink, and the messy line between what people say they want and what they actually need.

Then she started widening the sandbox.

Her later books show how comfortable she is moving across subgenres without losing her voice. The Lost Boys novels turn Peter Pan into adult contemporary romance set in Neverland, North Carolina. The Deviant Kings trilogy shifts into romantasy, with Dark Fae royalty hidden beneath the lights of Las Vegas. With Kristin Cast, she also co-writes the Swords Tarot Towerfall novellas, which mix portals, magick, court politics, and very fast-burning romance.

Across all of that, a few patterns keep showing up. Maxwell likes protective love interests, but she also likes partners who push back. Friends become lovers. Old crushes refuse to stay buried. Fake arrangements stop feeling fake. A lot of her books ask what happens when characters finally admit the thing they have been avoiding for years.

She also seems drawn to people who are more complicated in private than they look from the outside. A fighter can be vulnerable. A prince can be lonely. A dependable good guy can have a darker streak. A woman who looks put together can still be scared to ask for what she wants.

Off the page, her bios are pleasantly down to earth. She talks about reading, writing, spending too much on planners and office supplies, hanging out with her grown children, loving her fur babies, and dreaming about a future move somewhere tropical. That small everyday detail fits her books pretty well too. Even when the setup involves fae kings, masked seductions, or a portal to another world, the emotional engine is usually simple and human, two people want each other, but telling the truth is the hard part.

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