Grantham Books in Order

The Grantham books are interconnected Regency romances that mix London society, hidden danger, and a wider circle of family and friendship. Though the first novel centers on Alexander Grantham, the series quickly opens outward. What matters most is the web of relationships, titled families, found allies, inconvenient attraction, and secrets that move from one book to the next.

These are not featherlight ballroom stories.

A Season to Be Sinful begins when Alexander Grantham, Viscount Sheridan, finds himself responsible for an injured young woman who has been living by her wits and hiding far more than a gentleman should have to guess at. Lily's past gives the novel its pulse, and Sheridan's ordered world is exactly the sort of place Goodman likes to unsettle.

One Forbidden Evening turns to Cybelline Caldwell and Christopher Hollings after a masked-ball encounter that should have been brief and definitely should have been simpler. Instead, it opens into a story of pursuit, danger, grief, and longing. The pleasure of this book is watching two sharp adults realize they are not dealing with a flirtation but something that can alter the shape of their lives.

In If His Kiss Is Wicked, the suspense becomes even more central. Emma Hathaway believes someone is trying to kill her, and Restell Gardner may be the only person willing to take her fears seriously enough to investigate. That mix of emotional restraint and genuine peril is one of the series' signatures.

Overall, these books offer Regency glamour with a darker edge. There are country houses, drawing rooms, and titled men, yes, but there are also damaged pasts, predatory relatives, missing girls, and women who know that charm alone will not keep them safe.