Grace Goodwin Books in Order
Find Grace Goodwin books in order, with Interstellar Brides reading paths, short summaries, series background, and where to start.
Last updated: June 11, 2026
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Publication Order
76 books
In the Chequered Shade
by Grace Goodwin
1988
This older standalone novel appeared in late-1980s and large-print editions under the Grace Goodwin name. Public plot details are limited, so it is best treated as a rare backlist romance, separate from the modern sci-fi books.
Assigned A Mate
by Grace Goodwin
2016
Eva Daily enters the Interstellar Bride Program to escape danger on Earth and is sent to Trion. High Councilor Tark claims her, but old threats may still tear them apart.
Claimed By Her Mates
by Grace Goodwin
2016
Leah Adams seeks escape through the Bride Program and lands on Viken, matched to royal triplets Tor, Lev, and Drogan. Her choice could affect both her heart and a throne.
Mastered By Her Mates
by Grace Goodwin
2016
In this prequel, Amanda Bryant is matched with Commander Grigg Zakar and Captain Rav. The Prillon pairing sets the stage for the wider Bride Program’s mix of command, danger, and desire.
Mated To The Beast
by Grace Goodwin
2016
Sarah Mills is matched to Atlan Warlord Dax, a warrior whose beast changes everything. Life aboard the Battleship Karter becomes a test of trust, instinct, and survival.
Mated To The Vikens
by Grace Goodwin
2016
Sophia Antonelli is matched with Gunnar, Erik, and Rolf on Viken. Three mates and a new planet force her to rethink what love, obedience, and belonging can mean.
Mated To The Warriors
by Grace Goodwin
2016
Hannah Johnson volunteers for the Bride Program and is matched to two Prillon warriors, Commander Zane and Dare. Starship life, battle risk, and unexpected desire test her courage.
Taken By Her Mates
by Grace Goodwin
2016
Framed for a crime, Jessica Smith chooses the Bride Program over prison. Prince Nial and Captain Ander come to claim her, but Earth enemies and Prillon politics follow close behind.
Tamed By The Beast
by Grace Goodwin
2016
Tiffani Wilson is sent to Atlan and matched with Warlord Deek. His beast wants to claim her completely, but trust has to grow before either can feel safe.
The Alien's Mate
by Vanessa Vale
2016
Cassie Anderson, an orphan in the Montana Territory, dreams of a stranger who becomes dangerously real. Maddox of Everis comes to Earth hunting a killer and finds his marked mate.
Their Conquered Bride
by Grace Goodwin
2016
In the Bridgewater world, a western heroine faces desire, danger, and the attention of two protective men. This standalone menage romance shows Goodwin working in frontier heat rather than alien-war territory.
Cyborg Seduction
by Grace Goodwin
2017
Travel writer Lindsey Walters sneaks to The Colony for a story that could help her son. Elite Hunter Kiel discovers her, recognizes his marked mate, and refuses to let danger take her.
Her Cyborg Beast
by Grace Goodwin
2017
Caroline Jane Ellison meets Warlord Rezzer, an Atlan cyborg fighting his beast and his past. Their romance brings The Colony’s wounded-warrior stakes into a fierce fated-mate bond.
Her Mate's Secret Baby
by Grace Goodwin
2017
Natalie Montgomery and High Councilor Roark of Trion are tied by a secret child and an unfinished bond. Their reunion forces old choices into the open under dangerous pressure.
Her Rogue Mates
by Grace Goodwin
2017
Harper Barrett is pulled into Rogue 5 with Trace, known as Styx, and Blade of Styx Legion. The outlaw setting gives this bride story sharper teeth and higher risks.
Her Viken Mates
by Grace Goodwin
2017
Isabella Martinez is matched with Liam, Rager, and Evon on Viken. Three warriors, one bride, and a culture built around shared devotion make surrender more complicated than expected.
His Virgin Bride
by Grace Goodwin
2017
Katie is drawn into Everis and the arms of Elite Hunter Bryn. Innocence, alien customs, and a hunter’s certainty turn her matched future into something far more personal.
His Virgin Mate
by Grace Goodwin
2017
Alexis Lopez is matched with Elite Hunter Von of Everis, whose marked-mate instincts leave little doubt. A new world, a powerful hunter, and first desire create a fast, intense romance.
Mated to the Cyborgs
by Grace Goodwin
2017
Kristin Webster is matched with Captains Hunt Treval and Tyran Zakar, warriors scarred by the Hive. On The Colony, love means facing damage, suspicion, and a future no one expected.
Mating Fever
by Grace Goodwin
2017
Soldier Megan Simmons is on a secret mission when Atlan Warlord Nyko decides she needs saving. His beast claims her as mate, but she has no plans to be distracted.
Surrender to the Cyborgs
by Grace Goodwin
2017
Wrongly imprisoned Rachel Pierce becomes the first bride destined for The Colony. Governor Maxim and Captain Ryston are cyborg warriors who want her safe, even if she refuses to surrender easily.
Wild Wolf Claiming
by Grace Goodwin
2017
Lily Windbourn runs from family control and a relentless ex, only to break down in werewolf territory. Kade’s touch awakens a hidden truth that could unite clans or start a war.
Ascension Saga 1
by Grace Goodwin
2018
Trinity Jones arrives on Alera and discovers her destiny is larger than Earth ever allowed. Leoron is sworn to protect her, but their bond complicates a planet-wide succession crisis.
Ascension Saga 2
by Grace Goodwin
2018
Trinity and Leo’s story continues as the sisters face Aleran politics and the mystery of their missing mother. The romance deepens while enemies close in around the royal line.
Ascension Saga 3
by Grace Goodwin
2018
The first Ascension arc pushes Trinity and Leo toward a decisive stand. Alera’s throne, the queen’s disappearance, and a dangerous mate bond all demand answers.
Ascension Saga 4
by Grace Goodwin
2018
Faith Jones goes undercover in the Jax household to uncover who betrayed her family. Thordis Jax recognizes her as his mate, which makes secrecy much harder to maintain.
Ascension Saga 5
by Grace Goodwin
2018
Faith’s mission on Alera grows more dangerous as her connection to Thor intensifies. Family loyalty, royal secrets, and a mate bond pull her in different directions.
Claimed By The Vikens
by Grace Goodwin
2018
Violet Nichols is claimed by Axon, Zed, and Calder on Viken. Three mates and Viken customs leave her with little room to hide from desire or the risks around them.
Claiming His Virgin
by Grace Goodwin
2018
Helen is pulled into the intense world of Everis when Elite Hunter Zee recognizes the bond between them. This novella keeps the focus tight on fated attraction and first surrender.
Cyborg Fever
by Grace Goodwin
2018
Kira Dahl and Atlan Warlord Anghar are caught between The Colony, Zioria, and the force of mating fever. The Hive’s shadow lingers over a romance built from danger and need.
Fighting For Their Mate
by Grace Goodwin
2018
Chloe Phan joins the fight with Captain Seth Mills and Captain Dorian Kanakar. One Earth mate and one Prillon warrior make her future complicated, passionate, and tied to the war.
His Virgin Princess
by Grace Goodwin
2018
Danielle Gunderson is matched with Prince Gage, an Elite Hunter of Everis. Royal duty, virgin innocence, and a fierce mate bond make their connection both tender and dangerous.
Rogue Cyborg
by Grace Goodwin
2018
Gwen Fernandez meets Makarios of Kronos Legion on The Colony, where cyborg damage and Rogue 5 danger overlap. Their romance asks whether a feared warrior can still be chosen.
Ascension Saga 6
by Grace Goodwin
2019
Faith and Thordis Jax reach the final stretch of their Alera arc. Romance, undercover danger, and the search for the kidnapped queen push the sisters closer to open conflict.
Ascension Saga 7
by Grace Goodwin
2019
Destiny Jones takes center stage as the hunt for her mother and the traitors intensifies. Nix, a shadow-trained warrior, becomes the mate she does not have time to want.
Ascension Saga 8
by Grace Goodwin
2019
Destiny’s mission on Alera grows more dangerous as her bond with Nix deepens. She wants answers and revenge, but the politics around the missing queen keep tightening.
Ascension Saga 9
by Grace Goodwin
2019
The Ascension Saga reaches Destiny’s finale, bringing the sisters’ fight for their mother and Alera’s throne toward its payoff. Love, loyalty, and royal power all demand a choice.
Cyborg's Secret Baby
by Grace Goodwin
2019
Gabriela Oliveras Silva has a secret that ties her to Atlan Warlord Jorik. Earth and The Colony collide as a past bond becomes a fight for family and survival.
Hunted
by Grace Goodwin
2019
Vice Admiral Niobe and Elite Hunter Quinn cross paths in a dangerous Everian-linked story of pursuit and desire. Coalition Academy and Zioria provide the backdrop for a romance under pressure.
Matched and Mated
by Grace Goodwin
2019
Miranda Doyle is matched into a complicated pairing with Captain Trist Treval and Doctor Valck Brax. Prillon and Trion customs collide as desire, duty, and trust reshape her future.
The Commanders' Mate
by Grace Goodwin
2019
Erica Roberts is matched with two Prillon commanders, Makaed Karter and Ronan Wothar. Life aboard a battleship makes the romance intense, but war and command duty leave little room for softness.
Viken Command
by Grace Goodwin
2019
Whitney Mason is drawn into Viken life with Alarr, Oran, and Teig. Three warriors, one command structure, and one human bride create a romance built on surrender, trust, and choice.
Bachelor Beast
by Grace Goodwin
2020
Warlord Wulf is sent to Earth to find a mate on a reality show before mating fever destroys him. Then his beast scents Olivia Mercier, who was never part of the plan.
Her Cyborg Warriors
by Grace Goodwin
2020
Umiko Tanaka meets Doctor Surnen and Captain Trax on The Colony, where cyborg warriors carry scars from the Hive. Their bond must survive danger, duty, and the fear of rejection.
Rebel Mate
by Grace Goodwin
2020
Zara Novak’s match with Isaak of Trion pulls her into a rebellion-tinged romance across Occeron and Trion. Trust is hard to build when politics, danger, and desire all arrive together.
Surprise Mates
by Grace Goodwin
2020
Lucy Vandermark expects one kind of future and gets Prillon mates Niklas and Sambor instead. The surprise match brings heat, confusion, and the challenge of choosing a life far from Earth.
The Rebel and the Rogue
by Grace Goodwin
2020
Ivy Birkeland lands in Rogue 5 danger with Zenos of Astra Legion. Rebels, outlaws, and fated attraction collide in a rougher corner of the Interstellar Brides universe.
Beauty and the Beast
by Grace Goodwin
2021
Quinn McCaffrey becomes the unexpected focus of Warlord Bahre’s beast. What begins as another Bachelor Beast setup turns into a fated-mate collision with cameras, secrets, and a warrior near the edge.
Claimed by the Cyborgs
by Grace Goodwin
2021
Danika Gray is pulled into Prillon royal danger with Prince Thomar and Captain Varin. On The Colony and Prillon Prime, survival depends on trust, desire, and two cyborg warriors ready to claim her.
Dragon Chains
by Grace Goodwin
2021
Katy Toure impersonates her twin and enters a royal bargain with King Ryker of the Draquonir. The plan is supposed to be loveless, until a dragon scents his true mate.
Elite Starfighter: Game 3
by Grace Goodwin
2021
Lily’s friends vanished after winning Starfighter Training Academy, so she decides to beat the game herself. The truth brings alien war, dangerous missions, and a warrior named Darius.
Maid for the Beast
by Grace Goodwin
2021
Atlan Warlord Braun expects a reality-show bride or a death sentence, not the hotel maid who walks into his room. Angela Kaur is not available, but his beast has already chosen.
Starfighter Command: Game 2
by Grace Goodwin
2021
Mia beats the game and learns her training partner Kassius is very real. When he demands she leave Earth to fight the Dark Fleet, obsession turns into a battle for trust.
The First Starfighter: Game 1
by Grace Goodwin
2021
Jaime thinks Starfighter Training Academy is only a game until alien warrior Alexius appears at her door. Winning has recruited her into a real war in the Vega system.
Adamant Spirits
by Grace Goodwin
2022
This multi-author science-fiction romance anthology gathers alien and paranormal stories from a wide range of romance writers. Goodwin’s contribution fits the collection’s mix of dangerous worlds, intense attraction, and otherworldly stakes.
Bargain with a Beast
by Grace Goodwin
2022
Adrian Davis makes a bargain that brings her face to face with Warlord Kovo. Between Earth and Atlan, a practical deal turns into a mate bond neither side can neatly control.
Beast Charming
by Grace Goodwin
2022
Elena Garcia is drawn into the orbit of Warlord Tane, an Atlan whose beast recognizes her before the rest of his life can catch up. Their match brings heat, risk, and very little room for denial.
Big Bad Beast
by Grace Goodwin
2022
Vivian Davis collides with Atlan Warlord Maxus, whose beast is running out of patience. Earth, Atlan politics, and mating fever make their attraction impossible to ignore and dangerous to resist.
Pets in Space 7
by Grace Goodwin
2022
This science-fiction romance anthology features adventures shaped by alien danger, romance, and memorable companion animals. Goodwin’s Interstellar Brides contribution adds Coalition-world action and a protective pet to the wider collection.
Rogue Enforcer
by Grace Goodwin
2022
Cormac of Styx Legion believes he is too brutal for an innocent human bride. Abigail Gregg disagrees, and her refusal to be dismissed turns a mistaken match on Rogue 5 into a dangerous temptation.
Beast's Secret Baby
by Grace Goodwin
2023
Warlord Velik is near the breaking point when his beast recognizes Stefani Davis as his mate. A dangerous mission and a secret baby turn survival into a fight for family.
Chosen by the Vikens
by Grace Goodwin
2023
Peyton West must play along with Kayson, Geros, and Mal in a Viken mission where nothing is supposed to be real. The problem is that every touch says otherwise.
Heartless
by Grace Goodwin
2023
Commander Helion believes duty leaves no room for a mate, even after human Willow Baylor is matched to him. War secrets and his own darkness make resisting her nearly impossible.
Marked Mate
by Grace Goodwin
2023
Rebecca Amber, her huge Bull Mastiff, and a dangerous alien drug draw Elite Hunter Stark into an Earth mission. He needs to stop criminals, but protecting Rebecca becomes just as urgent.
Bad Boy Beast
by Grace Goodwin
2024
Atlan Warlord Kai has searched Earth for the female whose scent haunts him. Lark Linton may be his only hope, but his beast is almost out of control.
Cyborg Celebration
by Grace Goodwin
2024
Rowan Cochrane joins Captain Marz and Lieutenant Vance in a Colony story with a more celebratory spark. Cyborg warriors still carry scars, but this romance leans into healing and joy.
Fearless
by Grace Goodwin
2024
Mikos of Astra Legion knows his bite may kill Breanna Parks unless he returns to Rogue 5 for the antidote. Saving his mate could cost him everything.
Royal Mate
by Grace Goodwin
2024
Paige Spencer arrives at Alpha Station demanding answers and learns she is lost Insurian royalty. General Addan wants to claim her, but a throne, a betrothal, and old traitors stand between them.
Taken by the Cyborg
by Grace Goodwin
2024
Lavender Linton’s life on The Colony changes when Warlord Tazo claims her attention. This novella brings Atlan cyborg intensity, fast danger, and a mate bond that refuses to wait.
Bound to the Beast
by Grace Goodwin
2025
Warlord Iven is days from execution when a mission sends him to Krystal Hinkley, a teacher hiding a royal child. Assassins are closing in, and his beast has found its mate.
Dragon Enchanted
by Grace Goodwin
2025
Raven MacInnes rescues a half-dead stranger on a Scottish cliff and discovers Prince Vector is a dragon. His magic is failing, and claiming her may be their only way to survive.
Reckless
by Grace Goodwin
2025
Homicide detective Ethan Blake investigates a body marked by alien technology and meets Lady Lyra of Atlan. Her covert mission, altered biology, and impossible beast make the case dangerously personal.
The Forbidden Flame
by Grace Goodwin
2025
Cleo Rathmore wants to escape an arranged marriage to a Death Mage, then meets cursed warrior Devin Grimm. In magical Lunaterra, their forbidden bond may be the key to saving his soul.
Dragon Cursed
by Grace Goodwin
2026
Poppy Brightwood enters a haunted Irish forest to find a healing flower and meets Alsander, a cursed dragon shifter. Ancient law, dark magic, and desire trap them together.
Marked
by Grace Goodwin
2026
Sloane Carter crash-lands on storm-wracked Soltharra with hours to save her crew and ship. Sorik of the Storm Guard awakens a Skybond that neither science nor fear can explain.
The Beast's Bride
by Grace Goodwin
2026
Victoria Morrow is about to enter a contract marriage when Warlord Egon crashes the wedding and claims her. Reality-show obligations and a dangerous groom make their fated bond anything but simple.
Where should I start?
For the core sci-fi romance universe: Assigned A Mate → Mated to the Warriors → Claimed By Her Mates → Taken By Her Mates.
For cyborg-warrior healing arcs: Surrender to the Cyborgs → Mated to the Cyborgs → Cyborg Seduction.
For Atlan beasts on Earth: Bachelor Beast → Maid for the Beast → Beauty and the Beast → Big Bad Beast.
For fantasy and game-side worlds: Dragon Chains → The First Starfighter: Game 1 → Marked.
Author bio
Grace Goodwin writes sci-fi and paranormal romance with a very clear promise: dangerous worlds, strong heroines, big alien warriors, and a romance that drives the story from page one. Her best-known world is Interstellar Brides, a large connected universe where Earth women are matched with fighters from planets across the Coalition.
She keeps much of her private background off the page. Her public author bio focuses less on birthplace and more on the things that show up in the work: she is a sci-fi nerd, an avid reader, a coffee fan, and someone who would very much like Earth to have a future that feels a little more like Star Trek.
That tracks.
Goodwin's career is built around fast, steamy series fiction. The early Interstellar Brides books, including Assigned A Mate, Mated to the Warriors, and Claimed By Her Mates, set up the core idea: a formal bride program, alien cultures with very different rules, and women who are not as helpless as the system expects them to be. The books are romance first, but they also carry a steady background hum of war, exile, and loyalty.
As the universe grew, Goodwin pushed into different corners of the same setting. Surrender to the Cyborgs opens the door to The Colony, where former prisoners of the Hive try to build a life after contamination and rejection. Bachelor Beast takes that wounded-warrior idea and throws it into the chaos of an Earth reality show. It is ridiculous in the best possible romance way, and it works because the emotional stakes are still simple: survive, trust, choose love.
Her heroines tend to be practical women dropped into impossible situations. Some are fugitives. Some are soldiers. Some are teachers, reporters, princesses, or gamers who thought they were only playing. Goodwin likes a woman who can argue, adapt, and make a mess of a warrior's careful plans.
The men are often the ones who need rescuing, even when they are seven feet tall and armed.
Goodwin has also written beyond the main Coalition world. The First Starfighter turns a video game into a real alien training program. Dragon Chains, written with Becca Brayden, moves into dragon-shifter fantasy with secret kingdoms and true mates. Marked begins the Stormbound Warriors of Soltharra, a newer world built around a lethal storm planet and a bond that does not ask permission.
By the numbers, her reach is easy to see: more than a million books sold, editions in multiple languages, and formats that include ebook, print, and audio. But the easiest way to understand her appeal is still the same as it was at the start. Open a book, meet a woman in trouble, meet the alien warrior who thinks he knows best, then watch both of them learn otherwise.
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