Jessie Lane Books in Order
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Jessie Lane books in publication order
25 books
The Burning Star
by Jessie Lane
2012
Terminally ill seventeen-year-old Kay stumbles into a hidden world of myths, monsters, and magic that might save her life. At the same time, abused assassin Kira is sent after her, setting two very different girls on a collision course.
Big Bad Bite
by Jessie Lane
2013
Jenna O'Connor is already an outsider among supernatural Others when alpha werewolf Adam McPhee decides she is his. Their attraction heats up just as anti-human extremist shifters arrive, forcing Jenna to fight for her secrets and her future.
Secret Maneuvers
by Jessie Lane
2013
Fifteen years after a bad letter wrecked their future, Bobby Baker runs into his high school sweetheart on an operation against a weapons pipeline. Winning Belle back means facing old wounds, dangerous secrets, and the family they almost lost.
Ice
by Jessie Lane
2014
Investment banker Morgan Powell has her life planned down to the edges, until outlaw biker Brett 'Ice' Grady crashes into it. Their attraction is instant, but his club life brings danger she cannot keep at a safe distance.
Mission Delivery
by Jessie Lane
2014
Bobby finally has the life he thought he had lost with Belle, their son, and another baby on the way. Then Belle goes into labor early while he is coming off a mission, and getting home becomes the only operation that matters.
Stripping Her Defenses
by Jessie Lane
2014
Undercover in Miami as bikers, Riley Sullivan and the Ex Ops team hunt the people behind missing strippers. The mission gets personal when Riley finds his ex-wife Kara in the middle of it all, and old grief comes roaring back.
The Frozen Star
by Jessie Lane
2014
Kay and Kira both survive the first blow, but the hidden fae world grows more dangerous with every answer they uncover. As power, love, and loyalty shift under their feet, each girl has to decide who she really is.
Walk on the Striped Side
by Jessie Lane
2014
Tiger shifter Gage let Elena go rather than expose his supernatural world, and he has not stopped regretting it. When she comes back, he wants a second chance, but she has no intention of making it easy.
Bears Do It Better
by Jessie Lane
2016
Misha comes to America hunting the truth about her birth family, not a mate. Bear shifter Borys wants the stubborn newcomer immediately, but winning her means proving he might be the family she has been searching for.
Hammer
by Jessie Lane
2016
After a devastating injury leaves biker Ethan 'Hammer' McCoy in a wheelchair, fierce physical therapist Desirae Scythe becomes his lifeline. Recovery is hard enough, but danger circling Desirae turns healing into something far more personal.
Lone Wolf Wanted
by Jessie Lane
2016
Chrissy wants one uncomplicated night, but there are no available shifter men in Black Mountain worth the trouble. Then lone wolf Ezrah rolls through town, and fate refuses to let their one-night detour stay simple.
Sweet Agony
by Jessie Lane
2016
Ginny escapes her family's dangerous past and grows up dreaming about Lucas Young, her best friend's older brother. But first love turns complicated fast when the soldier behind her fairy tale proves heartbreakingly human.
Sweet Eternity
by Jessie Lane
2016
Ginny has accepted being a pawn in her father's criminal world if it keeps others safe. Now Lucas finally knows the truth, and he will risk everything to pull the woman he loves out of the life that stole her.
Sweet Recovery
by Jessie Lane
2016
Years after pushing Ginny away, Lucas finds her changed, wounded, and living a life she never wanted. To win her back, he has to uncover the secrets that broke her and the danger still wrapped around her.
Big Bad Bite Returned
by Jessie Lane
2017
Jenna and Adam are mated, but one missing step still hangs over their bond: she has not marked him in return. After Jenna is attacked on the job, the couple has to face what commitment really means.
Bullets and Bluebonnets
by Jessie Lane
2017
When a rogue sniper terrorizes New York City, crack FBI shooter Billie Jean Beasley finally gets the mission that could prove her worth. The catch is working beside Ex Ops operative Chase Anderson, who may be partner, rival, and temptation.
Coal
by Jessie Lane
2017
Paisley thinks she is living an ordinary life until chance encounters keep pulling her toward Trevor 'Coal' Blake, a man loaded with regret and dark secrets. Their connection might save him, or drag them both deeper into the past.
Hot Fur the Wolf
by Jessie Lane
2017
Werewolf Brock finally finds his mate just as witch Autumn Gray is being pushed toward an arranged marriage. One night at the Hot Fur nightclub forces her to choose between coven duty and the wolf who feels like home.
The Alpha's Secret Family
by Jessie Lane
2017
Human salon owner Dia wants a fresh start, not an alpha wolf insisting she's his mate. When an attack leaves her injured and without memory of Stone, their fragile new family has to begin again.
The Demon Who Loved Me
by Jessie Lane
2017
Playboy demon Kent is dragged toward family duty when Chloe Demos cashes in a bet and demands his help. As they work to clear a woman facing bogus murder charges, sparks and danger both get hard to ignore.
Close Encounters of the Sexy Kind
by Jessie Lane
2018
Detective Ryan Winslet wants facts, not destiny, especially from a nightclub owner claiming royal alien roots. But Tiberius Maximus may be exactly what her messy case, and her guarded heart, have been missing.
Purrfect Santa
by Jessie Lane
2018
Still grieving and raising her little sister, Nikki has no room in her life for romance. Then she meets Joe Miller, a lion shifter playing Santa at the mall, and Christmas starts looking a lot less lonely.
Sassy and a Little Bad-Assy: Sassy Ever After
by Jessie Lane
2018
Nikki Wolf ducks into a bar to escape her embarrassing Viking-clad grandfather and lands in front of sexy werewolf bouncer Cruz Morales. Their meet-cute is chaotic, funny, and exactly the kind of trouble neither planned for.
Immortal Enemies
by Jessie Lane
2019
In 900 AD Norway, young love turns into immortal rage. When Arne finds the woman who cursed him to a joyless eternity, fate makes things worse by insisting she is still his mate.
Wicked Witch
by Jessie Lane
2019
Fauna Calpurnius needs to kill her cruel father, save her friend Liv, and win her freedom. One cursed Samhain night turns every problem darker, and survival means facing magic even more dangerous than her own.
Where to start with Jessie Lane
If you want paranormal romance first: Big Bad Bite → Walk on the Striped Side → The Demon Who Loved Me
If you prefer military romantic suspense: Secret Maneuvers → Stripping Her Defenses → Bullets and Bluebonnets
If you want one long, emotional love story: Sweet Agony → Sweet Recovery → Sweet Eternity
If biker romance sounds best: Ice → Hammer → Coal
If you'd rather try her YA fantasy side: The Burning Star → The Frozen Star
Jessie Lane sub-series and character series
Big Bad Bite books in order
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Secret Maneuvers
by Jessie Lane
2013Ex Ops, Book 1
Mission Delivery
by Jessie Lane
2014Ex Ops, Book 2
Stripping Her Defenses
by Jessie Lane
2014Ex Ops, Book 3
Sweet Agony
by Jessie Lane
2016Ex Ops, Book 4
Sweet Eternity
by Jessie Lane
2016Ex Ops, Book 6
Sweet Recovery
by Jessie Lane
2016Ex Ops, Book 5
Bullets and Bluebonnets
by Jessie Lane
2017Ex Ops, Book 7
Ex Ops books in chronological order

Secret Maneuvers
by Jessie Lane
2013Ex Ops, Book 1
Mission Delivery
by Jessie Lane
2014Ex Ops, Book 2
Stripping Her Defenses
by Jessie Lane
2014Ex Ops, Book 3
Sweet Agony
by Jessie Lane
2016Ex Ops, Book 4
Sweet Recovery
by Jessie Lane
2016Ex Ops, Book 5
Sweet Eternity
by Jessie Lane
2016Ex Ops, Book 6
Bullets and Bluebonnets
by Jessie Lane
2017Ex Ops, Book 7
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Author bio
Jessie Lane writes the kind of romance that likes to mix heat with danger. Her catalog moves between paranormal romance, romantic suspense, and upper YA fantasy, but the pull is usually the same: high emotion, sharp chemistry, and people who have to fight hard for their happy ending.
The name Jessie Lane began as a collaboration between sisters-in-law Crystal Leo and Melissa Pahl. In early interviews they talked about building stories together and sharing a taste for alpha heroes, supernatural twists, and suspense that keeps a book moving.
That teamwork shows in the books.
Readers who come to Lane for paranormal romance usually start with Big Bad Bite, a series full of shifters, demons, vampires, and heroines who do not back down easily. Lighter entries like Hot Fur the Wolf and The Alpha's Secret Family keep the fated-mate spark but deliver it in a quicker, more playful package. Even when the setup gets wild, the emotional thread stays clear.
The contemporary side leans harder into danger and second chances. Secret Maneuvers introduced the Ex Ops world of covert missions and old heartbreak, while Stripping Her Defenses and Bullets and Bluebonnets kept that mix of romance and suspense going. Lane also moved into biker romance with the Regulators MC books, including Ice, Hammer, and Coal, where military history, loyalty, and personal recovery matter just as much as the love story.
Then there is the fantasy side. The Burning Star and The Frozen Star push into a hidden world of fae, myths, and young characters caught between survival and destiny. Those books show that Lane was never especially interested in staying in one narrow box.
The public author bio has long placed Lane in Kentucky, where she has written about living with her family, loving caffeine, books, and strong fictional men. The tone off the page sounds a lot like the tone on it, funny, direct, a little snarky, and never especially polished for effect.
She has also been very open with readers when life got hard. In later posts, Lane wrote candidly about the pandemic years, about working at a newspaper while trying to keep up with writing, about her whole household getting sick with COVID, and about living with Bipolar II disorder. That honesty helps explain the long spaces between some releases, and it also makes the backlist feel tied to a real person rather than a carefully managed brand.
That matters.
It matters because Lane's books are not trying to feel distant or delicate. They are built to entertain, hit emotional nerves, and give readers big personalities to root for. Whether you pick up Immortal Enemies, Purrfect Santa, or Close Encounters of the Sexy Kind, you can see the same instinct at work: take a bold premise, add humor and heat, then make the characters earn the ending.
If you are browsing Jessie Lane for the first time, the easiest way in is by mood. Go paranormal if you want claws, mates, and supernatural politics. Go Ex Ops if you want covert missions and second chances. Go Star if you want hidden magic and a bigger fantasy arc. However you start, you are stepping into books that like romance with real stakes.
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