Hooked Up Books in Order

Hooked Up is built around one intense relationship, Pearl Robinson and Alexandre Chevalier. Pearl is a forty-year-old documentary producer in New York, smart, independent, and long divorced. Alexandre is a much younger French billionaire whose social media company, also called HookedUp, has made him rich and very public. When they meet, the attraction is immediate, but the series is not just about lust. It is about what happens when two people from very different worlds want the same thing, and are not always honest about how frightened they are to lose it.

The age gap is only the beginning.

One thing that makes this trilogy stand out in Richmonde's catalog is its structure. Hooked Up: Book 1, Hooked Up: Book 2, and Hooked Up: Book 3 revisit the Pearl storyline in dual point of view, so readers spend time in both Pearl's head and Alexandre's. That matters. You do not just watch desire building between them, you also see the misreadings, private fears, and half-truths that turn attraction into something messier. If you like romance where both sides of the relationship feel fully alive on the page, this series leans hard into that.

The setting shifts between work, wealth, and private fantasy. Pearl has her own career and her own habits of self-protection. Alexandre lives under the glare that comes with money, ambition, and a business that has made him globally visible. He can buy almost anything, but that does not make intimacy easier. Around them are the people who complicate everything, especially family members and business ties that never stay neatly in the background. One of the biggest recurring pressures is the question of trust. Can Pearl believe what Alexandre tells her? Can Alexandre accept that love does not erase old wounds, past mistakes, or the damage done by secrets?

Across the three books, the stakes keep tightening. Moments of reunion are followed by betrayal, pressure, and the sense that someone or something is always closing in. Richmonde uses the emotional high of a billionaire romance, but she also keeps a thread of suspense running through the story. That gives the trilogy a restless feel. It is steamy, yes, but it is also about jealousy, control, vulnerability, and the hard work of choosing someone when the world around you keeps pushing back. Because the books are closely linked, they work best read straight through.

If you want a clean, cozy love story, this is not it. If you want a glossy, high-emotion romance with sharp chemistry, family drama, and a touch of danger, Hooked Up is very much in Richmonde's wheelhouse.