Julia Jarrett Books in Order
Find Julia Jarrett books in order, with series guides, short summaries, reading tips, and a clear path through her contemporary romance novels.
Last updated: July 7, 2026
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Publication Order
28 books
Loving Callie
by Julia Jarrett
2020
ER doctor Callie Scott keeps things professional when pub owner Jake Evans lands in her hospital, but sparks return at the Lucky Strike. Choosing him means facing parents who expect a very different life for her.
Protecting Anna
by Julia Jarrett
2020
Bartender Ryan Carlisle is ready to believe in love when Anna Thorn arrives at the Lucky Strike needing a safe place to start over. Their connection is immediate, but her dangerous past refuses to stay behind her.
Romancing Melanie
by Julia Jarrett
2020
ER physician Melanie Haynes is happy with her single life, steady career, and close friends. Noah has waited through friendship for his chance to prove they could be more, if she lets herself want it.
Serenading Reagan
by Julia Jarrett
2020
Reagan Grant has long admired Chase McCormick, the tattooed musician playing at the Lucky Strike. He has secrets from a former life in music, and letting her close means risking the quiet future he wants.
Always and Forever
by Julia Jarrett
2021
Summer returns to Dogwood Cove after eighteen years to settle her estranged father's estate and a rundown beachfront resort. Ethan Monroe, her childhood friend's older brother and the town mayor, makes leaving feel harder than staying.
Falling Again
by Julia Jarrett
2021
Kayla Michaels comes home to Westmount Island after a frightening experience overseas, planning to heal and move on. Widowed single dad Sam and his son Toby bring chaos, warmth, and a reason to rethink leaving.
Falling Fast
by Julia Jarrett
2021
Ella Michaels falls for millionaire Marcus on the ferry to Westmount Island, even though their lives look nothing alike. The spark is instant, but his visit has an end date and her home is the island.
Falling Forever
by Julia Jarrett
2021
Tawny Michaels has kept her heart guarded since a secret high school romance with Mac ended badly. When he comes back to Westmount Island, old hurt and unfinished love demand a second look.
Rumours and Romance
by Julia Jarrett
2021
Dogwood Cove's new veterinarian Jackson Holt needs to look settled, while a busy bakery owner needs her loved ones to stop meddling. A fake relationship solves both problems, until the feelings stop being pretend.
Secrets and Mistletoe
by Julia Jarrett
2021
Single mom Abby Martin takes one night for herself and kisses a stranger, only to learn Reid is her daughter's principal. Their Christmas connection is sweet, secret, and too strong to dismiss.
Seductive Swimmer
by Julia Jarrett
2021
Alex built his life on discipline, first as an Olympic swimmer and then as a Manhattan restaurateur. Savannah Reese disrupts his controlled world, forcing him to choose between staying detached and risking his heart.
Love and Leashes
by Julia Jarrett
2022
Jensen moves in with high school friend Kelly after his divorce, bringing his dog Oliver with him. Old feelings, close quarters, and one lovable dog make friendship much harder to keep platonic.
Then and Now
by Julia Jarrett
2022
Leo Talbot was her high school sweetheart, and the man whose heart she broke. When he arrives in Dogwood Cove with his young daughter, second-chance hope collides with old pain and hard-earned walls.
Truth and Temptation
by Julia Jarrett
2022
A shy Dogwood Cove bookseller is shaken by Wyatt Crawford, a tattooed stranger who keeps crossing her path and hiding the truth about who he is. Their chemistry is brave new ground, but secrets can still hurt.
Work and Play
by Julia Jarrett
2022
An interior designer lands a major contract for Dogwood Cove's new winery, but sharing a house with grumpy winemaker Finn McNeil complicates her fresh start. Professional lines blur as attraction threatens the job and the home she is finding.
Dare To Kiss You
by Julia Jarrett
2023
Kat Donnelly and her next-door neighbor Hunter both have secret crushes, but her four older brothers make dating complicated. One dare pushes them together, and small-town gossip makes hiding impossible.
Dare to Marry You
by Julia Jarrett
2023
Kat and Hunter are ready for a Christmas wedding, but a snowstorm and a surprise pregnancy test complicate the countdown. Their love is steady, yet getting to the altar may take a holiday miracle.
Hate To Want You
by Julia Jarrett
2023
Doctor Heidi Morgan is the one woman her supervising doctor should not want, especially with painful history between them. Working together at the hospital turns anger into heat, and restraint starts to fail.
Pretend To Love You
by Julia Jarrett
2023
A former pro hockey player returns to Dogwood Cove injured, bitter, and unsure where he belongs. Lily, his sunny physical therapist and his sister's best friend, needs a fake date, but their feelings quickly turn real.
Promise To Marry You
by Julia Jarrett
2023
Camilla Byrne needs a husband to reach the dream she has been chasing, and her best friend offers himself. Marriage of convenience puts them under one roof, where long-hidden feelings become harder to ignore.
Break the Rules
by Julia Jarrett
2024
A single-dad baseball player keeps life simple, his daughter and the game come first. A trade to the Vancouver Tridents puts him face-to-face with Willow Lawson, the vacation fling who refuses to date ballplayers.
Catch Her Heart
by Julia Jarrett
2024
Dan Monty Montgomery has spent years loving team trainer Lark Miller from the friend zone. When she ends her engagement and finally kisses him, their timing looks perfect, until a pregnancy changes every plan.
Fake The Game
by Julia Jarrett
2024
A reckless Vancouver Tridents player needs image repair after one mistake threatens his career. Sadie becomes his fake girlfriend by accident, then forced proximity and honest moments make the arrangement feel dangerously real.
One Night To Win You
by Julia Jarrett
2024
Tori Charles wants one night with a firefighter, and that is all her no-strings partner usually offers. When she moves to his small town with her son, their fling becomes harder to keep temporary.
Curve Into Forever
by Julia Jarrett
2025
Isabelle Murphy was the one who broke a Tridents player's heart in college. Now she is back as the coach's new stepdaughter, making their second chance tempting, messy, and very much off limits.
Steal a Kiss
by Julia Jarrett
2025
After rescuing a puppy with nowhere to live, a recent graduate moves in with Rhett Darlington, her brother's best friend and teammate. Their secret attraction is mutual, but keeping it casual may be impossible.
The Curveball
by Julia Jarrett
2026
After years raising his younger siblings, a Cedar Creek Thunder player is ready to focus on baseball again. Then Sage McCallister, his unforgettable one-night stand, arrives pregnant and determined not to need him.
The Game Changer
by Julia Jarrett
2026
A millionaire tech developer buys the Cedar Creek Thunder to bring purpose back to his life and baseball back to his hometown. Hiring single mom Isla Forrester should be business, until she and her son crack him open.
Where should I start?
For small-town Dogwood Cove romance: Always and Forever → Rumours and Romance → Work and Play → Truth and Temptation
For baseball romance: Break the Rules → Fake The Game → Catch Her Heart → Steal a Kiss
For a newer small-town baseball arc: The Game Changer → The Curveball
For quick island romances: Falling Fast → Falling Again → Falling Forever
For the pub-centered early books: Loving Callie → Protecting Anna → Serenading Reagan → Romancing Melanie
Author bio
Julia Jarrett is a Canadian contemporary romance author who writes warm, spicy stories about small towns, found family, and people who have to get honest before they can get happy.
She keeps her public life fairly home-based. Her author bios place her on the west coast of Canada, where she is a wife, a mom of two boys, and the owner of two rescue dogs. Tea, reading, and daydreams about sunny vacations all show up as part of the picture.
Before romance became her full-time creative work, Jarrett spent more than ten years as a hospital social worker. That background fits the shape of many of her books. Her characters often have big feelings, busy families, messy jobs, and old wounds they would rather not discuss at the worst possible moment.
The writing began with a dare, or close enough to one.
After watching how many romance novels she read, her husband joked that she should try writing one herself. Jarrett started at thirty-five, and the challenge turned into a publishing career. She moved quickly once she began, writing and publishing her first series in less than a year, then building out connected worlds one couple at a time. Her early Lucky Strike Lovers books, beginning with Loving Callie and Protecting Anna, grew around a Portland craft pub, close friendships, and people learning to trust the person who shows up when life gets complicated. Those books are a good snapshot of what she does often: capable heroines, affectionate but stubborn heroes, and a group of friends who notice everything.
From there, she moved into island and small-town settings. Falling Fast begins the Westmount Island Trilogy with a ferry meet-cute and a heroine whose quiet island life runs straight into a bold outsider. Dogwood Cove, which starts with Always and Forever, gives readers a coastal town full of family ties, local businesses, second chances, and the kind of gossip that makes privacy difficult.
She likes a clear romance hook.
You will see best friend's siblings, fake dating, surprise pregnancies, single parents, forced proximity, grumpy sunshine pairings, and second chances across her books. Jarrett tends to keep the focus on the couple, but the communities around them matter too. Cafes, pubs, hospitals, resorts, wineries, and team clubhouses become places where people are watched, teased, helped, and pushed toward the truth.
In recent years, Jarrett has leaned into baseball romance. The Vancouver Tridents books, starting with Break the Rules, mix pro sports pressure with single parenthood, public image, team rules, and messy attraction. The Cedar Creek Thunder series, launched with The Game Changer, brings baseball into a small-town comeback story, where saving a team also means paying attention to the people around it.
Jarrett has said that writing gives her control, which is both the good part and the hard part. Family life also shapes the way she works, because writing often has to fit around kids, home, and ordinary interruptions. When she gets stuck, she turns to other author friends to talk through the block. It is a practical, very human way to work, and it matches the books: nobody has to solve everything alone.
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