Jessica Sims Books in Order

Jessica Sims is one of the pen names used by the Texas romance writer who also publishes as Jessica Clare and Jill Myles. Each name gives readers a slightly different shelf to browse. Sims is where she puts paranormal romances full of shapeshifters, vampires, dating mishaps, and people trying to make sense of a supernatural world.

The three-name setup is part of the fun. As Jessica Clare, she writes contemporary romance. As Jill Myles, she has written across several fantasy and paranormal corners, including comic urban fantasy and zombie fairy tales. The Jessica Sims name is reserved for stories with shifters, heat, clan politics, and plenty of romantic complications.

Her Sims bibliography is centered on the Midnight Liaisons books, which began with Beauty Dates the Beast in 2011. The series takes a simple modern idea, a dating agency, and opens it up to a clientele of werewolves, were-cougars, vampires, faeries, and other paranormal singles.

Finding a date is rarely the hard part.

The agency gives the books a familiar home base, but each installment follows a different couple. Bathsheba Ward becomes an unlikely match for were-cougar leader Beau Russell in Beauty Dates the Beast. Her sister Sarah takes center stage in Desperately Seeking Shapeshifter, where a risky bargain with a wolf pack leaves her relying on a protective werebear named Ramsey.

The setup lets Sims move easily between playful matchmaking and real danger. Her characters may be arranging dates or trying to avoid an awkward blind date, but they also have to deal with pack rules, old loyalties, family expectations, and the question of whether humans and supernatural beings can safely cross the lines drawn between them.

The romances have teeth.

Later books keep widening that world. In Must Love Fangs, matchmaker Marie Bellavance searches for a supernatural cure for the fatal illness that runs in her family, while were-cougar Joshua Russell wants a chance with her himself. Wanted follows Ryder, whose hidden dragon nature becomes harder to control. Alpha Ever After returns to the uneasy connection between were-cougar Savannah and werewolf Connor as they face an unexpected future together.

Sims also uses novellas to give supporting characters their own space. Stories such as Vixen, Speed Mating, Single Wolf Female, Bear Naked, Claws & Effect, and Tiger by the Tail fill in corners of the same world. They are shorter, more focused romances, but they still connect to the agency, its clients, and the broader shifter community.

For readers who want a separate paranormal adventure, Between a Vamp and a Hard Place shifts the action to Venice, where an estate-sale dealer discovers a vampire who has been asleep for centuries. It keeps the humor and romantic friction while telling a more self-contained story.

Away from the page, Sims lives in Texas with her husband and cats. Her author notes also mention video games, comic books, reading, and, unsurprisingly, a lot of writing. Those interests fit the light, nerdy, high-energy spirit that runs through her paranormal romances.