Jessica Peterson Books in Order

Bored aristocrat William steals the Hope Diamond from Lady Violet, whose financial security depends on its owner. As Violet pursues the thief, their mutual attraction complicates her effort to recover the jewel and protect her endangered estate.

Wealthy banker Thomas Hope risks exposing his past when he helps acquire a legendary diamond. His encounter with Sophia, a young woman secretly recording a notorious madam’s memoirs, draws them into an adventure that challenges her carefully respectable plans.

A mission to recover a famous diamond brings spy Henry Lake back to London and the woman he once loved. Widowed Caroline distrusts the man who broke her heart, even as renewed attraction pulls her into his dangerous work.

Studying in Spain offers escape from her parents’ bitter divorce, until an American student falls for guitarist Javier. What begins as a casual encounter becomes friendship and love, challenging her belief that lasting relationships are only a fantasy.

American student Laura wants a fresh start in Madrid, while injured footballer Rhys credits their connection with reviving his career. She refuses to become merely his lucky charm, forcing him to show that he wants more than improved performance.

An American student in Madrid shares an unforgettable night with Rafael, then assumes he has disappeared. Discovering that he is her new Spanish tutor revives their attraction, but her approaching return home makes a serious relationship seem impossible.

Footballer Fredrik and visiting American student Rachel agree to remain friends, but attraction repeatedly overturns their plans. With her dream internship awaiting in the United States and his career rooted in Madrid, both must confront a future pointing in opposite directions.

Playboy Prince Robert cannot stop returning to Aly despite their antagonism and repeated promises to end the affair. When another man enters her life, he must face feelings his reputation and reluctance to speak honestly have kept concealed.

Princess Jane falls for Charlie, a thief whose first impressions of her prove mistaken. Their connection crosses an enormous social divide, but his lies threaten the trust that might have allowed them to imagine a future together.

Prince Christopher offers recently divorced Emily a paid, ninety-day engagement to satisfy his family. Their contract permits public affection but forbids private intimacy, a boundary complicated by his attraction to the woman helping him maintain the royal illusion.

After leaving her apparently perfect boyfriend and career behind, Olivia heads to Charleston and meets chef Elijah. His support helps her pursue neglected dreams, but falling for him means deciding whether she can abandon the life she built elsewhere.

A free-spirited designer begins a casual affair with her demanding venture capitalist boss, Greyson. An unexpected pregnancy changes their arrangement, and his determination to be involved forces her to reconsider the man behind his controlling exterior.

Returning to Charleston brings a woman face to face with Ford, the college boyfriend who broke her heart. Now a successful businessman and devoted father, he wants another chance, but their reunion challenges the independent future she imagined.

Business owner Gracie wants a casual arrangement with Luke, her brother’s best friend and a former baseball player. Their chemistry seems uncomplicated until he wants a lasting relationship, leaving her to question whether his playboy days are over.

A former athlete and ambitious wine expert Emma compete for an executive role at Blue Mountain Farm. Their workplace hostility becomes complicated when he discovers that the anonymous woman he has been flirting with online is his professional rival.

Retired football star Beau invites his longtime friend Annabel and her baby to recover at his family’s mountain resort. He hopes to hide both a troubling secret and his deeper feelings, but close proximity makes maintaining those boundaries increasingly difficult.

A football player unexpectedly learns he has a young son just as his final professional season begins. Desperate for help, he hires former sweetheart Amelia as the boy’s nanny, reopening feelings and resentments neither has settled.

A Las Vegas encounter turns into a fake relationship when a man asks Stevie to attend his brother’s engagement celebration. The bride is his former love, and proving he has moved on becomes complicated by real feelings for Stevie.

A wedding planner is hired to organize the marriage of Nate, the forbidden love who vanished from her life two years earlier. As buried secrets emerge, planning his future with another woman threatens the defenses she built after his departure.

Two rival Wall Street traders lose an important client and are sent to California to repair the damage. Stranded together by a snowstorm, their antagonism becomes attraction, complicating the professional boundaries they expect to restore once they return home.

Ten years after Riley ended their summer romance, his former girlfriend returns for a wedding and finds him serving as best man. A week of shared duties rekindles their attraction while exposing secrets behind their long-ago breakup.

Determined to gain romantic experience, a woman seeks guidance from Brooks, her older brother’s charismatic best friend. A secret resort weekend intended for lessons in attracting other men instead exposes the attraction neither should be acting upon.

A city woman inherits her estranged father’s cattle ranch, but must manage it for a year to receive her money. Grumpy foreman Cash resents her arrival, and their clashes become complicated by attraction and her growing attachment to ranch life.

When her father becomes ill, a woman’s longtime crush Abel offers to pose as her husband. Sharing his home turns their arrangement intimate, but she wants lasting love while he insists he cannot offer the future she needs.

Needing money for school, a young woman becomes nanny to gruff single father Tuck’s daughter. Late-night conversations lead to an intense encounter, but an unexpected pregnancy makes their attempt to keep the relationship temporary impossible.

While awaiting a job far from home, a woman asks her cowboy best friend Wyatt to help improve her dating life. Their practice flirting becomes real intimacy, threatening a lifelong friendship and her plan to leave town.

A business trip and a blizzard leave ambitious Wheeler stranded with restless cowboy Duke after they meet at his family’s ranch. Their casual attraction deepens, but unexpected news and old wounds challenge the independent lives they intended to pursue.

A divorced mother’s one-night encounter with cowboy Sawyer seems safely behind her until she moves to his town. Their young daughters bring them together, and his desire for something lasting tests her willingness to risk another heartbreak.

City designer Lainey arrives at Wallace Ranch to refresh its image and rebuild her career. Widowed foreman Colt wants stability for his young son, yet their clashes gradually give way to an attraction neither planned to accommodate.

Billie’s first barrel-racing attempt ends in injury and brings her childhood crush Ryder unexpectedly close. As he helps her recover and pursue her ambitions, their friendship turns into something deeper, challenging his reputation as a man who never stays.

Food writer Posey returns to a Texas town after her carefully ordered life falls apart. Beck, the rancher and restaurateur she once left behind, sees a chance to rekindle their romance and persuade her that home can include him.