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Browse Janette Rallison books in order, with quick summaries, pen names, series guides, and simple suggestions on where to start reading.

Last updated: July 8, 2026

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Blue Eyes and Other Teenage Hazards

by Janette Rallison

1996

Cassidy is used to being the dependable, unnoticed girl until bold new friend Elise pulls her toward trouble. A fake-boyfriend misunderstanding with Elise’s brother Josh suddenly makes first love feel very real.

Dakota's Revenge

by Janette Rallison

1998

Dakota hates her new Arizona life and the boys who humiliate her at school. While she plots revenge and resists her mother’s remarriage, she has to decide whether anger is really giving her the life she wants.

Trial of the Heart

by Janette Rallison

1999

Jamie unexpectedly inherits valuable vineyards and a bitter legal fight along with them. As the family challenges her claim, her growing connection to Clay, the wealthy grandson, turns the battle personal.

Masquerade

by Janette Rallison

2001

Clarissa lies about being married to land a nanny job with movie star Slade Jacobson. Keeping up the act is hard enough at home, but a trip to Hawaii makes the charade and the attraction much tougher to manage.

Playing the Field

by Janette Rallison

2002

McKay can handle baseball, but algebra and girls are another story. When he tries befriending straight-A Serena for tutoring help, dating advice from his best friend only makes the whole mess funnier and worse.

All's Fair in Love, War, and High School

by Janette Rallison

2003

When Samantha bombs the SAT, she decides student body office might save her college future. A bet with her ex, a no-insults challenge, and prom drama make reinvention much harder than she expected.

Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Free Throws

by Janette Rallison

2004

Best friends Josie and Cami are both dealing with competition, crushes, and hurt feelings on and off the basketball court. Told from two viewpoints, it turns freshman-year friendship into a funny, surprisingly sharp rivalry.

What the Doctor Ordered

by Janette Rallison

2004

Ellie spends the summer with her eccentric Aunt Bertie, hoping to prove the older woman can still live independently. Bertie has other plans, mostly involving Dr. John Flynn and a matchmaking campaign nobody asked for.

Fame, Glory, And Other Things On My To Do List

by Janette Rallison

2005

Jessica dreams of Hollywood, so the arrival of a movie star’s son in her small town feels like destiny. A school play, a secret identity, and a rush of publicity turn her shot at fame into chaos.

It's a Mall World After All

by Janette Rallison

2006

Charlotte has spent years keeping her distance from the boys who made junior high miserable. But when she suspects her best friend’s boyfriend is cheating, her mall investigation drags her into trouble, old grudges, and new feelings.

How to Take the Ex Out of Ex-Boyfriend

by Janette Rallison

2007

Giovanna’s breakup with Jesse turns into full-scale political war when they wind up managing rival student body campaigns. Between public humiliation, stubborn chemistry, and high school stakes, moving on is not going smoothly.

Revenge of the Cheerleaders

by Janette Rallison

2007

Chelsea’s senior year is already a disaster when her ex and his band release songs trashing cheerleaders. Getting even sounds satisfying, but revenge becomes more complicated once a mysterious guy enters the picture.

Just One Wish

by Janette Rallison

2009

Annika is determined to grant her little brother’s wish before his cancer surgery, even if it means hunting down a TV star in Hollywood. What begins as a desperate mission turns funny, tender, and unexpectedly romantic.

My Fair Godmother

by Janette Rallison

2009

After her boyfriend dumps her for her sister, Savannah wishes for a fairy-tale rescue and gets Chrissy Everstar instead. Soon she’s bouncing through twisted fairy tales with Tristan and learning that princes are the least of her problems.

My Double Life

by Janette Rallison

2010

Alexia takes a job doubling for a famous rock star so she can finally learn who her father is. Hollywood glamour, a growing attraction to teen idol Grant Delray, and the risk of being exposed make her plan far messier than expected.

My Unfair Godmother

by Janette Rallison

2011

Tansy wants her distracted father to notice her, not magical disaster. But Chrissy Everstar’s wish-granting sends Robin Hood and Rumpelstiltskin crashing into Tansy’s life, and fixing the mess may take more courage than magic.

Slayers

by Janette Rallison

2011

Tori Hampton goes to dragon camp expecting a strange summer, not proof that dragons are real. When powerful eggs fall into the wrong hands, she and a secret band of teen Slayers have to stop a deadly uprising.

Erasing Time

by Janette Rallison

2012

Twins Taylor and Sheridan wake 400 years in the future to a world of domed cities, surveillance, and a government that wants something from them. To survive, they must trust a boy named Echo and outrun everyone hunting them.

A Longtime (and at one point Illegal) Crush

by Janette Rallison

2013

Elsie has spent years avoiding Kye McBride, the older-brother crush who once left her completely mortified. Returning home for a wedding means facing him again and finding out old feelings are not as dead as she hoped.

Echo in Time

by Janette Rallison

2013

Taylor and Sheridan escaped one nightmare future, but the technology that stole them from the past still exists. A mission to destroy the time machine becomes even riskier when every move could damage both future and past.

Friends and Traitors

by Janette Rallison

2013

The dragon eggs are hatching sooner than the Slayers expected, and Tori knows their window to stop disaster is closing. Finding the missing Slayer Ryker may save them, or hand their enemies exactly what they need.

Son of War, Daughter of Chaos

by Janette Rallison

2014

Aislynn thinks her father’s stories about deadly superhuman enemies are nonsense, until her mother’s suspicious death proves otherwise. Suddenly she’s caught in an ancient conflict, and even charming Dane Breckenridge has secrets.

My Fairly Dangerous Godmother

by Janette Rallison

2015

After a humiliating talent show disaster, Sadie ends up with Chrissy Everstar as her fairy godmother, which is terrible luck. Soon she’s trapped in twisted fairy tales and forced into a risky bargain with a fairy queen.

How I Met Your Brother

by Janette Rallison

2016

Belle heads to a Cancun resort hoping to reconnect with Marco, the divorced man she let get away. Instead she runs into Flynn, Marco’s charming twin, who is determined to keep her plans from working.

Playing with Fire

by Janette Rallison

2016

Tori Hampton is juggling secret dragon-slaying missions, a public image, and two very different boys. As the Slayers fight back, her past with Dirk and her feelings for Jesse leave her stuck in the middle.

The Girl Who Heard Demons

by Janette Rallison

2016

Adelle can hear demons, and their excitement over quarterback Levi Anderson’s coming death is impossible to ignore. At her new school, saving him may expose her secret and pull her into a very human danger.

The Wrong Side of Magic

by Janette Rallison

2016

Hudson Brown stops believing in magic until a strange compass drags him into Logos, a realm ruled by words, thoughts, and memories. Cursed by a troll, he teams up with Charlotte to find a missing princess and a way home.

Locket in Time

by Janette Rallison

2017

Jas is tired of her disappointing life and obsessed with the romance of the Regency era. When a mysterious locket pulls her into the past, she finds passion, chaos, and choices that could reshape more than her own future.

The Dragon Lords

by Janette Rallison

2018

Tori sends Aaron undercover to spy on Overdrake, knowing one mistake could doom everyone. As her trust in Dirk deepens and her feelings about dragons shift, picking the right side gets dangerously complicated.

Into the Firestorm

by Janette Rallison

2019

Overdrake’s attacks are underway, cities are falling, and Tori Hampton’s team is running out of time. With dragons, betrayal, and divided loyalties closing in, the Slayers face their hardest fight yet.

An Unexpected Boyfriend for Christmas

by Janette Rallison

2021

Scarlet needs a fake boyfriend for her grandmother’s Christmas, especially since her ex will be there with someone new. Last-minute stand-in Liam seems perfect, until every small lie makes the holiday messier and more romantic.

My Fair Lacey

by Janette Rallison

2021

Lacey wants a bank loan to open her dream restaurant, not a makeover. But when polished Garrett Halifax offers to help her look and sound more respectable, their My Fair Lady-style arrangement starts changing more than her image.

The Cowboy and the Girl Next Door

by Janette Rallison

2021

Kate inherits her grandfather’s ranch, but only if she can live there and keep it profitable for a year. The one man who can help is Landon Wyle, the rancher who benefits if she fails.

Revenge of the Nerd Goddess

by Janette Rallison

2022

Dakota moves to a new school and immediately lands on the radar of three hallway bullies. Between plotting payback, dodging family drama, and falling for a quarterback, being the smart girl is not getting any easier.

A Longtime (and now NFL player) Nemesis

by Janette Rallison

2023

When Olivia’s brother embezzles from his employer, she offers to work off the debt herself. That would be hard enough if the employer were not Carson Clark, her old nemesis and an injured NFL star.

Her Ex-crush Bodyguard

by Janette Rallison

2023

After someone tries to kill Elliana, her parents hire a bodyguard, and unfortunately he is Mateo, the crush who once broke her heart. Staying alive means staying close to the one man she most wants to avoid.

Empowereds

by Janette Rallison

2024

Charity Huntington has spent her life hiding her family’s forbidden psychic abilities from a government that kills people like them. Then Enzo arrives undercover, and attraction becomes dangerous for both hunter and hunted.

A Longtime (and now the boss) Ex-Boyfriend

by Janette Rallison

2025

Riley thought she was over Lucas, until he became the new manager of the inn she hoped to buy. Working for the ex who broke her heart forces both of them to confront old secrets and unfinished business.

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We Are Never Getting Together

by Janette Rallison

2026

Feuding teens Madeline and Cooper call a truce when their single parents start dating. Their fake relationship is supposed to scare the adults off, but pretending to be a couple starts feeling dangerously convincing.

Where should I start?

If you want funny YA romance: All's Fair in Love, War, and High SchoolJust One WishMy Double Life
If you want fairy tale chaos: My Fair GodmotherMy Unfair GodmotherMy Fairly Dangerous Godmother
If you want dragons and action: SlayersFriends and TraitorsPlaying with FireThe Dragon Lords
If you want adult romance: The Cowboy and the Girl Next DoorA Longtime (and now NFL player) NemesisMy Fair Lacey

Author bio

Janette Rallison was born in 1966 and raised in Pullman, Washington, a small town that clearly stayed with her. The town shows up not just in her settings, but in the way she writes about school drama, neighbors, families, and the strange feeling that everybody knows your business.

She started writing when she was six years old and has said she still has that first homemade book, stapled together from notebook paper. Later she studied English teaching at Brigham Young University, which gave her both a love of story and a practical way of thinking about how books work on the page.

Her path into publishing was steady rather than flashy. She first published with LDS presses and also wrote adult romance as Sierra St. James. A turning point came when a teen novel was rejected in one market, she removed the specifically Mormon references, and sent it to a national publisher instead. That opened a much bigger door.

She kept writing.

A lot of readers meet her through the funny, high-concept young adult books. My Fair Godmother plays with fairy tales and bad wishes, Just One Wish mixes Hollywood comedy with real family worry, and My Double Life turns a celebrity look-alike setup into a fast, romantic mess. Under the name C. J. Hill, she moved into fantasy and science fiction with books like Slayers and Erasing Time, proving that dragons and dystopian futures still make room for banter, crushes, and emotional stakes.

That range is part of what makes her books easy to keep recommending. Even when the premise gets wild, a fairy godmother in training, dragon camps, or twins pulled centuries into the future, the characters still worry about the same things people always do. They want to be liked. They want to be brave. They want to stop making fools of themselves in front of attractive people.

Humor matters to her.

Her stories often come back to small towns, awkward crushes, misunderstandings, family pressure, and forgiveness. She has even joked that there is already enough angst in real life, so she prefers to bring readers humor and romance along with the chaos. That balance shows up again and again, whether she is writing about a prom disaster, a dragon attack, or a woman trying not to fall for the cowboy next door.

She also writes adult romance, and books like The Cowboy and the Girl Next Door and My Fair Lacey show the same quick pace and playful voice in an older lane. These stories still have sparks and mishaps, but they also lean into work, home, money, and second chances.

Now she lives in Arizona with her husband and stays close to a big family that includes five children and grandchildren. On her author site, she writes with the same humor found in her novels, talking about misplaced household items, deadlines, dogs, and the cats that have apparently appointed her their person. It feels very on brand. Her books do too.

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