Ivy Smoak Books in Order
Browse Ivy Smoak books in order, with quick summaries, connected series guides, and simple tips on where to start across her romance, thriller, and fantasy stories.
Last updated: July 1, 2026
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Publication Order
58 books
A Christmas Wish
by Ivy Smoak
2015
Julia is already dreading Christmas when a snowstorm pushes her straight into her old high school crush. One awkward holiday escape turns into a cozy second-chance romance.
Addiction
by Ivy Smoak
2015
Penny tries to move on after her affair with Professor Hunter crashes and burns. James has other ideas, and their connection only gets messier, hotter, and harder to escape.
City of Sin
by Ivy Smoak
2015
Bee is ready to give up on New York when a blind date with infamous playboy Mason changes her plans. What starts as bruised egos and flirting grows into a sharper, surprisingly emotional romance.
Layla's Forecast
by Ivy Smoak
2015
Layla, the Miami weather girl from Mason's ad campaign, gets a romance of her own. It is a quick, sunny story that spins a side character into center stage.
Playing a Player
by Ivy Smoak
2015
Keira needs a roommate, not a handsome charmer with a reputation. Letting Rory move in feels like a bad idea, but resisting him might be even harder.
Temptation
by Ivy Smoak
2015
Shy student Penny Taylor has a forbidden crush on Professor James Hunter, and the attraction is clearly mutual. Their affair starts hot, but James is hiding a darker life that could ruin them both.
Blue Parrot Resort
by Ivy Smoak
2016
Trouble at home sends Lydia to an exclusive resort on a recommendation from a friend. The getaway promises heat, temptation, and a chance to rethink what she really wants.
Devotion
by Ivy Smoak
2016
With only a day left before the wedding, Penny and James are still dodging enemies, secrets, and last-minute chaos. The question is no longer whether they love each other, but whether they can actually make it to the altar.
Emergency Plan F
by Ivy Smoak
2016
Rosie and Connor's relationship trouble sends the Windy Park housewives looking for advice from Lulu the Love Doctor. The result is a short, mischievous romance full of meddling and mayhem.
Eruption
by Ivy Smoak
2016
New York should be Penny and James's clean start, but old secrets, an ex, and hostile family make that impossible. As the wedding gets closer, Penny realizes she may not know her fiance as well as she thought.
Going for Gold
by Ivy Smoak
2016
At an athlete-packed international tournament, Alina is supposed to focus on winning. Bryce should be focused too, but their chemistry keeps turning competition into distraction.
Forged in Flames
by Ivy Smoak
2017
Summer is caught between the boy she once loved and the masked vigilante who understands her darkness now. While feelings tangle, her real focus is bringing down the monster still threatening her future.
Made of Steel
by Ivy Smoak
2017
In witness protection and finally free of her abusive foster father, Summer wants a new life. Instead she finds a masked vigilante, an unseen watcher, and danger that refuses to stay in the past.
Missing Pieces
by Ivy Smoak
2017
Hailey climbs into Tyler's car for a road trip that is supposed to be about saving her father, not falling for someone damaged. Tyler is running from his own heartbreak, which makes every mile messier.
The Light to My Darkness
by Ivy Smoak
2017
James and Penny should be settled into family life, but fame and danger refuse to leave them alone. A new threat turns their hard-won happiness into something frighteningly fragile.
A Whirlwind of Color
by Ivy Smoak
2018
Penny wakes up with the perfect husband, family, and life, except she remembers none of it. James must help her navigate seven missing years before that blank space destroys them.
Best Year Ever
by Ivy Smoak
2018
Melissa is determined to make the semester unforgettable, even if Penny is busy falling for a professor and Melissa keeps accidentally stalking a stranger. This companion story revisits the early Hunted days with more humor and a new romance.
Carved in Ice
by Ivy Smoak
2018
Summer is done waiting for answers and done waiting to be saved. With vengeance closing in, she finally moves to unmask V and settle the danger surrounding them once and for all.
James the Christmas Grouch
by Ivy Smoak
2018
Penny loves Christmas, but James has spent years actively avoiding it. Their first holiday together becomes a sweet, sexy battle over lights, tradition, and whether a frozen heart can thaw.
The Ruin of House Hornbolt
by Ivy Smoak
2018
Twenty years after a king's murder, Princess Isolda is still hunting the assassin no one else believes can be found. Her search opens the door to court intrigue, old wounds, and dangerous truths.
The Truth in My Lies
by Ivy Smoak
2018
Adeline lives under her husband's control and breaks his rules in secret just to breathe. Then obsession, suspicion, and a forbidden connection push her quiet suburban life toward something much darker.
Third Chances
by Ivy Smoak
2018
Daphne reunites with the college crush she never had the nerve to pursue, and this time she refuses to stay quiet. Rob wants her too, but commitment has never been part of his plan.
Sea of Stars
by Ivy Smoak
2019
Mahlia discovers that almost everything she has ever been told is a lie. As strange symbols spread across her skin, she is forced to face what she is and what that knowledge may cost.
Sweet Like a Psycho
by Ivy Smoak
2019
Violet lives quietly in the woods until an explosion and old rumors drag her into the spotlight. A handsome officer starts asking questions, and everyone in Windy Park looks guiltier by the minute.
This Is Love
by Ivy Smoak
2019
James and Penny have found their way back to each other, but the cost has been high. This final chapter asks whether love can survive heartbreak, danger, and the damage left behind.
Those Summer Nights
by Ivy Smoak
2019
Heartbroken Mila heads back to Rehoboth for a reset and swears off men for the summer. A persistent lifeguard and long-buried feelings make that promise very hard to keep.
Betrayal
by Ivy Smoak
2020
Brooklyn decides she will survive the elite on her own terms, not as anyone's victim. But the closer she gets to power, the more obvious it becomes that her new family can truly hurt her.
Crazy In Love
by Ivy Smoak
2020
Ensley has kidnapped her husband and locked him in the basement just as Christmas arrives. It sounds unhinged, and that is exactly what makes this dark little suburban thriller so unsettling.
Elite
by Ivy Smoak
2020
Brooklyn is trapped deeper inside her wealthy new family's world, and it feels more dangerous than glamorous. Matt is still the one person she wants, but secrets and control are starting to pull them apart.
Untouchable
by Ivy Smoak
2020
Brooklyn, a small-town girl, lands at Empire High and falls for Matthew Caldwell, Manhattan's golden boy. Their romance is intense from the start, but money, status, and cruelty make everything harder.
Hot Summer School Nights
by Ivy Smoak
2021
This short Ivy Smoak romance leans into summer heat, school drama, and attraction that gets complicated fast. It is a quick, steamy read with that familiar mix of tension and chaos.
Matchmaker
by Ivy Smoak
2021
Sixteen years after losing the love of his life, Matt Caldwell has become New York's most eligible bachelor. Everyone wants to fix him, but the only woman he wants is the one he cannot have.
Obsessed
by Ivy Smoak
2021
This retells the start of Penny and James's story from James Hunter's point of view. It digs deeper into his guilt, desire, and the obsessive pull he feels toward the student he should avoid.
Single Girl Rules #BananaParty
by Ivy Smoak
2021
Friday girls' night sends Chastity to the city's notorious Banana Party. It is a quick, funny, very spicy novella built around chaos, friendship, and terrible decisions.
Single Girl Rules #BFF
by Ivy Smoak
2021
Chastity is tired of being watched by the bodyguards her mafia father assigned to her. Sneaking around, defying rules, and flirting with danger prove a lot more fun than behaving.
Stalker Problems
by Ivy Smoak
2021
Ash receives an invitation to a secret club that promises to grant her three wishes. Signing the contract pulls her into a strange world of desire, power, and a very hard-to-read man named Tanner.
Homecoming
by Ivy Smoak
2022
Brooklyn is back in New York, and seeing Matt again makes old wounds feel brand new. Both of them want answers, but the past is still tangled up with danger, guilt, and longing.
Runaway
by Ivy Smoak
2022
After years away, Brooklyn finally tells the story of where she went and why she broke her promises to Matt. It is a raw second-chance setup shaped by grief, survival, and unfinished love.
Scarlett and the Kiss Thief
by Ivy Smoak
2022
Scarlett saved her first kiss for her best friend, so a masked football player stealing it changes everything. When teasing texts follow, she becomes determined to unmask the boy behind them.
Seduction
by Ivy Smoak
2022
Penny is pregnant and determined to make the months before the baby unforgettable for James. It is a playful, extra-steamy bridge story with family stakes still waiting in the background.
Single Girl Rules #GoddessContest
by Ivy Smoak
2022
When Ash is kidnapped and threatened with a virgin auction, Chastity charges into the rescue. Her first step is infiltrating a very strange contest, with plenty of chaos along the way.
Single Girl Rules #ThreeHeadedMonster
by Ivy Smoak
2022
Chastity heads to Harvard to help her boyfriend get into an exclusive club, and the weekend quickly turns ridiculous. Scavenger hunts, bad ideas, and very loose boundaries turn it into one of her wildest misadventures yet.
Bad Things Feel Best
by Ivy Smoak
2023
Hazel takes a job on a private island expecting literary glamour and gets the cold, secretive Mr. Remington instead. The closer she gets to him, the more obvious it becomes that something is very wrong.
Devoured
by Ivy Smoak
2023
James tells himself he should walk away from Penny, but obsession keeps winning. This darker companion novel follows his jealousy, self-loathing, and spiraling need from the inside.
Exposed
by Ivy Smoak
2023
Being back in Matt's arms makes Brooklyn want a second chance, even while fear and grief say otherwise. Matt is just as certain about her, but the people around them are not done causing damage.
Roughing the Princess
by Ivy Smoak
2023
A very steamy celebrity-flavored romance pairs a polished princess figure with a rougher football star energy. Ivy Smoak leans hard into fantasy, tabloid heat, and over-the-top attraction here.
Single Girl Rules #Auctioned
by Ivy Smoak
2023
Ash has been kidnapped, and Chastity storms into a dangerous hotel to save her before an auction begins. It is a heist-flavored romp full of bad plans, bold moves, and spice.
Single Girl Rules #HoHoHo
by Ivy Smoak
2023
Chastity's love of Christmas goes completely off the rails when she spots a very hot Santa on the roof. It is a goofy, spicy holiday standalone built on pure naughty-list energy.
This Is War
by Ivy Smoak
2023
Ash's boyfriend has been kidnapped, and every clue points to the city's most secretive club. She will tear through lies, luxury, and danger to get him back.
Forever
by Ivy Smoak
2024
Brooklyn and Matt finally seem close to the life they were always supposed to have. After years of separation and pain, this finale is about fighting for a forever nothing else can steal.
Loved
by Ivy Smoak
2024
James knows he has hurt people and hidden inside his own damage for too long. This final Professor Hunter book follows his attempt to make amends and hold on to the woman who makes him feel human.
Too Much Sausage
by Ivy Smoak
2024
Ash knows Tanner is hiding something huge and refuses to let it stay hidden. The result is another outrageous Society installment full of secrets, jealousy, and increasingly unhinged fun.
True Love
by Ivy Smoak
2024
Ash had the perfect man for a moment, and then everything blew up. In this finale, she fights to fix the mess and claim the happily ever after she still thinks is possible.
Bitten by Desire
by Ivy Smoak
2025
Ten years after a mysterious man seduced Emma, he suddenly reappears. Wanting him again may be reckless, but the danger is part of the pull.
Marked by the Pack
by Ivy Smoak
2025
Zoey gets her turn at love in the strange, seductive world of Crooked Point. Her new men want her, but her job and their secrets threaten the balance from the start.
Scarlett and the Fake Boyfriend
by Ivy Smoak
2025
Scarlett agrees to fake date Jacob to make Axel jealous, but pretending turns complicated fast. The more time she spends with Jacob, the less fake her feelings seem.
Taming the Beasts
by Ivy Smoak
2025
Emma and Zoey's stories collide in the final Crooked Point book. Romance, danger, and the paranormal stakes all rise as the series drives toward its showdown.
Scarlett and Her Prince Charming
by Ivy Smoak
2026
Scarlett heads into the final stretch of her story still chasing clarity about love, friendship, and the future she wants. It is the payoff to the kiss thief mystery and the fake dating chaos.
Where should I start?
For the signature Ivy Smoak read: Temptation → Addiction → Eruption → Devotion
If you want elite high school drama: Untouchable → Elite → Betrayal
If you prefer twisty suburban suspense: The Truth in My Lies → Sweet Like a Psycho → Crazy In Love
If you want wild, spicy rom-com energy: Stalker Problems → This Is War → Too Much Sausage
If you want fantasy first: Sea of Stars → The Ruin of House Hornbolt
Author bio
Ivy Smoak is a bestselling romance and suspense author from Wilmington, Delaware. A lot of her books move between glossy New York drama and smaller, more familiar places, which gives them a fun push and pull. They can feel glamorous one minute and deeply messy the next.
She was a reader before she was anything else.
In her own telling, she started out in the lowest reading group in elementary school, then spent a summer reading nonstop until she worked her way up. That love of stories never really left. For a long time, though, being the person writing the book instead of just reading it felt far away.
In college, she decided to try anyway. She wrote her first novel during her junior year and sent it to literary agents, only to get turned down again and again. She wrote another book, self-published it, and sold only a small number of copies. For a lot of people that would have been the end of the experiment.
It wasn't.
What changed was finding the right lane. Smoak has said that her fiance, now her husband Ryan Hauge, encouraged her to read Fifty Shades of Grey and pointed out that romance might be the genre that fit her best. Once she tried it, things clicked. She started writing the kind of emotional, high-heat stories that would become her trademark, and Temptation introduced the couple who would shape much of her connected book world, Penny Taylor and James Hunter.
That series opened the door, but she did not stay in one box. Readers who start with Temptation often keep going for the angst, secrecy, and big cliff-edge feelings. Others come in through Empire High Untouchable for elite-school drama, The Truth in My Lies for suburban suspense, or Made of Steel for romantic suspense with danger built right into the setup. She has also written lighter, louder books like Stalker Problems and YA entries like Scarlett and the Kiss Thief.
Across all of that, a few patterns show up again and again. She likes intense attraction, family baggage, secrets that do real damage, and characters who keep making questionable choices because their feelings are bigger than their common sense. New York City shows up a lot. So do Delaware settings, beach-town energy, wealthy families with sharp edges, and friend groups that overlap from series to series.
She has also built her career in a very hands-on way. Smoak self-published her books, kept going after early rejection, and eventually turned the work into a full-time business with her husband. Her books have sold more than 4 million copies worldwide, and The Hunted series remains the center of gravity for a lot of longtime readers.
These days she still lives in Delaware with her husband. When she is not writing, she has said she is probably binge-watching TV, taking long walks, playing outside, or refusing to act like a regular adult. That last detail feels pretty consistent with the energy of her books.
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