Jessica N Watkins Books in Order
Explore Jessica N Watkins books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and where-to-start tips so you can pick your next read fast.
Last updated: January 13, 2026
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Publication Order
55 books
I Love You Too Much
by Jessica N Watkins
2026
Damar Scott’s affair turns deadly, and he’s desperate to bury the truth. His wife Aviana senses something is off, and when she reconnects with Mythic, secrets start surfacing that could destroy more than one life.
The INC
by Jessica N Watkins
2025
Two powerful brothers sit at the center of the Cartier Cartel, where loyalty is everything and betrayal is deadly. When love and ambition start pulling at the seams, the empire’s rules collide with the heart.
Saint's Sweetest Sin
by Jessica N Watkins
2025
Saint thinks Zahra is a means to an end, a way to get closer to her father. But his plan turns obsessive, and Zahra’s own scars and strength make her harder to control than he expected.
Rah: Songs of Moses
by Jessica N Watkins
2025
Moses grew up in foster homes and learned to hustle to survive, but he’s never wanted anyone the way he wants Nia. She’s focused on college and doesn’t trust easy, and their connection changes both their lives.
Rah
by Jessica N Watkins
2025
Moses is a hustler with a rough past, and Nia is a college student who refuses to be impressed by charm alone. Their relationship is intense, messy, and full of choices that can’t be taken back once made.
Love In Perfect Tempo
by Jessica N Watkins
2025
Tempo is the Cartier Cartel’s trusted enforcer, and Nicolette is tired of fake love and empty promises. Their connection is forbidden and intense, and the closer they get, the more dangerous it becomes to choose each other.
A Legend and An Icon
by Jessica N Watkins
2025
Icon is used to control, but Livia won’t accept half-love from a cartel boss who left her behind. As he fights to win her back, Aria’s dangerous situation and her feelings complicate an already volatile world.
Property of a Legacy
by Jessica N Watkins
2024
Bless and Legacy were childhood sweethearts, until a secret tore them apart. Years later, their paths cross again, and the love they buried resurfaces alongside old hurt and the dangerous life Legacy never really left.
Pier 31
by Jessica N Watkins
2024
After a pandemic leaves the world overrun by flesh-craving infected, pathologist Leo is trying to survive alone. When he meets Lia, a tough security guard, they gamble on trust and head toward a rumored refuge called Pier 31.
CAPO: Frank 'Capo' Disciple
by Jessica N Watkins
2024
Frank “Capo” Disciple comes home from prison ready to rebuild his empire and unite Chicago drug factions under one banner. Old love, jealousy, and power plays threaten to bring him down just as he rises.
The Girl From Englewood
by Jessica N Watkins
2023
Reason has fought to defy the odds and build a better life than the neighborhood promised. When love and the past collide, she has to decide what she’s willing to risk to keep what she’s earned.
Property of a Rich Nigga 3: The Finale
by Jessica N Watkins
2023
The Rich Nigga saga ends with the brothers facing the full weight of their choices, from street wars to broken hearts. With enemies circling and trust fraying, they fight to protect family, love, and legacy.
Property of a Rich Nigga 2
by Jessica N Watkins
2023
Jah is grieving the loss of people close to him, but the streets don’t pause for heartbreak. With Detective Freemont still on his trail and the brothers stuck in the game, love and violence keep colliding.
I'll Kiss All Your Wounds
by Jessica N Watkins
2023
Lyfe Miller orders an Uber to catch a flight and meets Ocean, the driver who feels like a lightning strike. Both are carrying old wounds, and one ride turns into a chance to heal, if they let it.
Property of a Rich Nigga
by Jessica N Watkins
2022
Three hustler brothers have built a name and a lifestyle that attracts attention and danger. When Shauka catches feelings for Yaz, who’s already connected to Sariah, love turns into a rivalry that tests family loyalty.
A South Side Love Story 4
by Jessica N Watkins
2021
Everything reaches a breaking point as the women face the results of what they’ve been avoiding. Love, friendship, and pride collide, and somebody has to decide what’s worth saving.
A South Side Love Story 3
by Jessica N Watkins
2021
With the friend group under strain, old relationships resurface and new ones tempt them in the worst moments. The third installment raises the heat as trust gets tested and loyalty gets expensive.
A South Side Love Story 2
by Jessica N Watkins
2021
The saga continues as the women’s choices start catching up with them. Secrets spread through the friend group, and what felt casual turns into real consequences as the relationships get harder to untangle.
A South Side Love Story
by Jessica N Watkins
2021
Tricey, Vic, and Lyric are three South Side friends searching for real love among a long list of wrong men. Between Vic’s ties to her baby’s father Memphis and Asa wanting more than casual, the drama starts fast.
Property of a Savage
by Jessica N Watkins
2020
Tempest has carried grief and anger since she was ten. When Dame steps in with a possessive kind of protection, she has to decide if she can trust him or keep fighting everyone, including herself.
Snow 2
by Jessica N Watkins
2019
Snow is pulled deeper into the drug world and forced to juggle danger with responsibility. With her brothers depending on her and her best friend locked up, she leans on Zo while trying not to lose herself.
Snow
by Jessica N Watkins
2019
Snow Wilson is the daughter of a cocaine king, but she wants a future beyond the streets. College in Tallahassee feels like freedom until she’s dragged back into the game and has to fight for her family and herself.
Say My F*cking Name
by Jessica N Watkins
2019
Harmony is done believing in love after a relationship broke her spirit. Dallas wants her anyway, but the loss he’s hiding, plus jealous friends and messy marriages around them, turns a new romance into a risky bet.
House In Virginia
by Jessica N Watkins
2019
Karen Dunlap and her husband Jo are scraping by in New Jersey while he hustles with his friend Pop. When Karen is tempted by her boss Kway’s flashy world, betrayal, ambition, and violence threaten everything they built.
When The Side N*gga Catch Feelings 2
by Jessica N Watkins
2018
After the chaos of the first book, the fallout keeps spreading. Trust is shattered, new secrets surface, and the lines between love, revenge, and survival blur as the characters deal with consequences that won’t let up.
When The Side N*gga Catch Feelings
by Jessica N Watkins
2018
Heaven and Treasure both step outside their relationships, thinking they can keep it casual. When their side situations turn emotional, egos collide and secrets explode, turning romance into a situation where someone may not make it out.
When My Soul Met A Thug
by Jessica N Watkins
2018
True is a 25-year-old single mom and divorcee who wants peace, not another man. Then she meets Coop, a hardened hustler with a soft spot, and their bond helps both True and her new friend Remi heal.
The Cause and Cure is You 2
by Jessica N Watkins
2018
Keys catches Ivy with a former flame and the breakup is explosive. Ivy wants her back, but family interference and damaged trust force both of them to decide if their love can survive what he did.
A Thug's Love 5
by Jessica N Watkins
2018
The Carter crew is fractured and the fallout hits the people closest to them. As Jada fights to protect her kids and Kennedy struggles under grief, old enemies and new threats push everyone toward a final reckoning.
A Thug's Love 4
by Jessica N Watkins
2018
Jada thinks she’s living the dream with Dolla, until she learns he cheated and has twins on the way. With the Carter crew under pressure and danger closing in, she has to choose between love, pride, and survival.
The Cause and Cure is You
by Jessica N Watkins
2017
Keys is focused on work and raising her daughter, using men for fun but keeping her heart locked. Ivy, a guarded CEO, won’t take no for an answer, and their chemistry forces both to face what they’re missing.
N.A.S 2
by Jessica N Watkins
2017
Aaliyah, Tabitha, and Jaleesa thought the worst was behind them, but the lies keep coming. As Nas and Moses’ secrets deepen, the women have to choose between holding on to love and protecting their sanity.
Every Love Story is Beautiful, But Ours is Hood 3
by Jessica N Watkins
2017
Choices made in the Savage world come due. With enemies closing in and trust on the line, love and loyalty are tested when the streets refuse to let anyone walk away clean.
Every Love Story is Beautiful, But Ours is Hood 2
by Jessica N Watkins
2017
The Savage family’s love lives stay tangled up with street rules. As old grudges and new threats surface, the couples have to decide what they’ll sacrifice to stay together and keep the people they love safe.
Every Love Story is Beautiful, But Ours is Hood
by Jessica N Watkins
2017
City is one of the Savage brothers, a street king who starts wanting a normal life. When he falls for Akira, her jealous ex and City’s crime-filled world turn their relationship into a fight for peace.
Capone and Capri 2
by Jessica N Watkins
2016
Capone and Capri try to build something real, but danger follows them closer to home. With loyalty on the line and pressure from every side, they have to decide how far they’ll go to protect their bond.
Capone and Capri
by Jessica N Watkins
2016
Capone has built his power in Chicago’s drug world, and he doesn’t trust easily. When he meets Capri, love feels like a weak spot, and enemies are ready to use it against him.
A Thug's Love 3
by Jessica N Watkins
2016
Kennedy discovers a secret King has been hiding, and the betrayal forces her to rethink everything. Meanwhile Jada’s heartbreak and the Carter crew’s enemies push the whole circle toward a dangerous new chapter.
Secrets of a Side Bitch 4
by Jessica N Watkins
2015
Omari is trying to move forward, but his past won’t stay buried. When Simone resurfaces and a determined detective keeps digging, new relationships and old lies collide in a dangerous game of karma.
A Thug's Love 2
by Jessica N Watkins
2015
Kennedy and King’s relationship deepens, but trust is hard to keep in a world full of envy and enemies. As loyalty is tested and secrets start to leak, Kennedy has to decide what she’s willing to risk.
A Thug's Love
by Jessica N Watkins
2015
Kennedy Carter has her life planned, until she falls for Damion “King” Carter, a man who lives by street rules. Becoming his ride-or-die means learning that love can bring danger, not just passion.
The Simone Campbell Story
by Jessica N Watkins
2014
Simone Campbell has never been content being second choice. This companion story digs into her mindset, her obsessions, and the choices that turn a side relationship into something far more dangerous.
Secrets of a Side Bitch 3
by Jessica N Watkins
2014
Simone’s lies start catching up to her after a violent attack shakes her world. As Chance, Gia, and others get pulled into the mess, Omari faces the truth, and a detective refuses to let the case die.
N.A.S
by Jessica N Watkins
2014
Aaliyah, Tabitha, and Jaleesa are tired of heartbreak, but the men they want come with lies. With Nas and Moses at the center, love becomes a test of trust that pushes their friendships, and their sanity.
Good Girls Ain't No Fun
by Jessica N Watkins
2014
Tricey, Vic, Lyric, and Star return for another round of messy love and hard lessons. With old mistakes resurfacing and new temptation everywhere, the friends face consequences that could change them for good.
Secrets of a Side Bitch 2
by Jessica N Watkins
2013
Simone refuses to stay in the background and will do whatever it takes to be Omari’s only woman, including a plan to trap him with a baby. As old faces return and revenge builds, everyone is forced into survival mode.
Secrets of a Side Bitch
by Jessica N Watkins
2013
Omari Sutton is juggling a steady job, a long-term girlfriend, and the drug game he never should’ve joined. When a high-profile murder brings the police down hard, his side relationship with Simone threatens to destroy everything.
Love Me Some Him
by Jessica N Watkins
2013
Lyric, Vic, Tricey, and Star are back with new drama and old patterns. As Vic tries to stand confidently in her choices and the others chase love in the wrong places, friendship becomes the only steady thing.
Bang
by Jessica N Watkins
2012
Star thinks she can hustle her way to a better life through scams and escorting. When it catches up with her, she’s facing prison on serious charges, and the choices that got her there won’t be easy to outrun.
Grand Hustle
by Jessica N Watkins
2011
The crew tries to move forward, but temptation and bad habits keep pulling them back. As love triangles and grudges resurface, they learn that chasing the next rush can cost more than it pays.
Love Hangover
by Jessica N Watkins
2010
Latrice is trying to move on from Amiel and focus on her new baby, but the past isn’t done with her. Between old feelings and new attention, she has to figure out what love looks like when you’re choosing yourself.
Love Sick
by Jessica N Watkins
2009
Latrice, Victoria, and Lyric are close friends, but their love lives are pure chaos. Secret affairs, a wedding with lies underneath, and a “just physical” hookup that turns emotional force them to face what they’re really doing.
Thou Shall Not Keep Me Wondering
by Jessica N Watkins
2008
In 2000, Lyric, Latrice, and Victoria leave the South Side for college and discover freedom comes with temptation. As relationships get tested and new men appear, their friendship has to survive the choices they make in private.
Jane Doe
by Jessica N Watkins
2008
A group of friends steps into adulthood carrying secrets they don’t know how to say out loud. Jane Doe kicks off the Growing Pains arc, where love, friendship, and bad decisions collide long before anyone is ready for fallout.
Just
by Jessica N Watkins
2007
Lyric, Latrice, and Victoria have been like sisters since elementary school, and they’ve already survived more than most people. As their love lives heat up, old pain and new secrets threaten to shake the bond they trust most.
Where should I start?
If you want a twisty love-and-crime saga: Secrets of a Side Bitch → Secrets of a Side Bitch 2 → Secrets of a Side Bitch 3 → Secrets of a Side Bitch 4
If you want a long ride-or-die street romance: A Thug's Love → A Thug's Love 2 → A Thug's Love 3 → A Thug's Love 4 → A Thug's Love 5
If you want a two-book binge with family and danger: Snow → Snow 2
If you like messy friendship and relationship drama: Thou Shall Not Keep Me Wondering → Love Sick → Love Hangover → Good Girls Ain't No Fun
If you want cartel romance with high stakes: The INC → A Legend and An Icon → Saint's Sweetest Sin → Love In Perfect Tempo
Author bio
Jessica N Watkins was born in Chicago, Illinois, and she grew up there with the city’s energy, slang, and hard edges in the background.
She started writing when she was nine, back when it was more about filling notebooks than building a career. She’s said that putting characters on the page helped her process what was happening around her, and it gave her a place to be honest about fear, desire, and survival.
She leaned on writing even more after becoming a young mother early in high school.
Watkins later earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from DePaul University and a master’s degree in applied professional studies with a focus on business administration. She has also worked in hospital administration, which makes sense once you notice how often her stories deal with stress, crisis moments, and the fallout from one bad decision. Her characters might be chasing love, money, or a clean slate, but they’re rarely doing it in a calm world.
Her first novel, Just, was published in 2007, and it opened the door to a long-running body of work that blends romance with street-lit tension. In her early books, friendships matter as much as the love interests, and the drama often comes from choices that feel small at first, until they aren’t. Over the years she’s kept building, releasing both standalones and multi-book arcs that let characters grow, relapse, heal, and make the same mistake twice before they finally learn.
Her books like to start with a spark and then keep pouring on pressure.
Readers often find her through series like Secrets of a Side Bitch and A Thug’s Love, where love triangles, loyalty tests, and the threat of real violence sit right next to tender moments. She also writes stories that zoom in on family and legacy, like Snow and the Property of a Rich Nigga books, where relationships are tangled up with hustles, reputations, and the need to protect the people you claim as yours. Titles like When My Soul Met A Thug lean into healing and second chances after heartbreak, while Say My Fcking Name* brings romance, jealousy, and secrets into a tighter, faster standalone. Across the catalog you’ll see recurring themes: women rebuilding self-worth, men trying to outrun their pasts, friendships tested by betrayal, and the constant question of what love costs when the streets are watching.
She doesn’t stay in one lane, either. House In Virginia was a collaboration with rapper Tsu Surf that turns a street love story into a full novel, and Pier 31 drops romance into a zombie apocalypse. In her newer work, the lens sometimes swings to cartel stories and darker suspense, from The INC and A Legend and An Icon to I Love You Too Much, a domestic thriller built around obsession and a marriage that’s not what it looks like from the outside.
Watkins publishes under the Jessica Watkins Presents banner and continues to add new titles alongside her longer series. If you like romance with messy emotions, sharp dialogue, and consequences that don’t reset at the end of a chapter, her catalog gives you plenty to explore.
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