Julia London Books in Order
Explore Julia London books in order, with short summaries, series guides, and tips on where to start across her historical romance and contemporary fiction.
Last updated: June 30, 2026
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Publication Order
69 books
The Devil's Love
by Julia London
1998
Abigail Carrington sails to England to marry the childhood love she has idealized for years, only to find a brooding marquis who agreed for money. A marriage of convenience turns into a clash between romantic dreams and painful truth.
Wicked Angel
by Julia London
1999
Impoverished widow Lauren Hill falls for a stranger in the countryside, then discovers he is a duke promised elsewhere. Their reunion in London turns a brief enchantment into a dangerous choice.
The Dangerous Gentleman
by Julia London
2000
Adrian Spence marries Lilliana Dashall out of revenge, then finds himself undone by the very wife he meant to use. Passion, pride, and old family wounds drive the conflict.
The Ruthless Charmer
by Julia London
2000
A reckless scandal traps Julian Dane in the orbit of the one woman who once refused him. In London's judgmental society, desire and reputation become equally dangerous.
The Beautiful Stranger
by Julia London
2001
After a friend's duel death, Arthur Christian goes to Scotland and meets widowed Kerry McKinnon, who thinks he has come to seize her home. Their attraction deepens just as fresh danger drives them back into English scrutiny.
Highlander Unbound
by Julia London
2002
Captain Liam Lockhart heads to London to recover a stolen family heirloom that could save his clan. Instead he falls for Ellen Farnsworth, whose own desperate choices threaten both his mission and his heart.
The Secret Lover
by Julia London
2002
Years after a ruinous scandal, Sophie Dane returns to London and finds a surprising ally in the mysterious Caleb Hamilton. As rumor and suspicion follow them, both must decide whether the past still owns them.
Material Girl
by Julia London
2003
A polished, guarded heiress hires a contractor to renovate her home and ends up unsettling her carefully controlled life. What starts as a practical arrangement becomes a sharp, funny romance.
Beauty Queen
by Julia London
2004
Former Miss Texas Rebecca Lear is reeling from a sham marriage when she lands in Austin and crosses paths with tough attorney Matt Parrish. Their chemistry is real, but so are the baggage and public scrutiny.
Miss Fortune
by Julia London
2004
Dreamy, romantic Rachel Lear tries to reinvent herself and even conjure up her ideal man. When charming Flynn Oliver appears, she has to figure out whether fate is helping her, or fooling her.
Highlander in Disguise
by Julia London
2005
A Highland laird hides his identity to get close to the woman who may hold the key to his family's future. Deception buys time, but it also makes falling in love far more complicated.
Highlander in Love
by Julia London
2005
Proud Mared Lockhart refuses to marry Payton Douglas to settle family debts, then ends up working in his house instead. Their long feud turns into a stubborn, slow-burning romance.
Wedding Survivor
by Julia London
2005
An elite wedding spirals into chaos, pulling a jaded hero and a woman in over her head into the same high-pressure spectacle. The bigger the event gets, the harder it is to ignore the sparks.
Extreme Bachelor
by Julia London
2006
Former CIA operative Michael Raney, now a stunt coordinator, reunites with the one actress he never forgot. A movie shoot turns old heartbreak into a fast, funny second chance.
The Hazards of Hunting a Duke
by Julia London
2006
A desperate young woman launches a risky scheme to catch a duke, only to discover that games of marriage can quickly turn serious. London's wit and social chaos do the rest.
Fall Into Me
by Julia London
2007
A superstar singer and the blunt protector forced to watch over her clash from the start. But life on the road, private fears, and real danger keep pushing them closer.
Guiding Light
by Julia London
2007
After faking his death to protect his baby daughter, Jonathan Randall hides out in small-town California. He wants only safety, but new love and old enemies make staying invisible impossible.
The Dangers of Deceiving a Viscount
by Julia London
2007
Lady Phoebe Fairchild secretly designs dresses for Bond Street under a false name. When she must pose as her own employee at a viscount's estate, work, desire, and reputation collide.
The Perils of Pursuing a Prince
by Julia London
2007
Greer Fairchild heads into wild Wales chasing an inheritance and meets Rhodrick Glendower, the forbidding Prince of Powys. His remote castle is full of secrets, and leaving becomes harder by the day.
The Book of Scandal
by Julia London
2008
Nathan Grey abducts his estranged wife Evelyn to shield them both from a royal scandal with treasonous stakes. What follows is a tense, emotional fight over trust, grief, and a marriage not quite dead.
A Courtesan's Scandal
by Julia London
2009
A woman with a scandalous past and a powerful man from a dangerous social circle are drawn together against their better judgment. In a world ruled by gossip, love may cost them both dearly.
Highland Scandal
by Julia London
2009
Accused of treason, Jack runs to Scotland and ends up forced into marriage with fiery Lizzle Beal. Their uneasy bargain turns into the last complication either of them expected.
Summer of Two Wishes
by Julia London
2009
Macy believes her soldier husband died years ago, remarries, and starts to heal, until the first husband suddenly returns. Love, loyalty, and grief collide on a Texas ranch.
One Season of Sunshine
by Julia London
2010
A woman searching for her birth mother arrives in Cedar Springs and uncovers family secrets she never expected. The answers she wants come with emotional consequences.
The Year of Living Scandalously
by Julia London
2010
Keira Hannigan impersonates her absent cousin at Ashwood and pulls Declan O'Connor into an old jewel mystery. Their investigation stirs up buried truths and a dangerous attraction.
A Light at Winter's End
by Julia London
2011
When Hannah leaves her baby with her sister Holly and disappears, Holly retreats to the family homestead and meets a guarded cowboy who is unexpectedly good with children. Love grows beside a painful question about who gets to call a child family.
The Christmas Secret
by Julia London
2011
Eireanne O'Conner returns to Ireland for Christmas carrying old hurts and unfinished feelings. The holiday setting gives this novella warmth, longing, and a touch of renewal.
The Revenge of Lord Eberlin
by Julia London
2012
A man bent on revenge steps back into society with a careful plan, only to find the woman tied to his past far harder to outmaneuver. Attraction threatens to ruin everything he came for.
The Seduction of Lady X
by Julia London
2012
Desire, ambition, and forbidden attraction collide when a future earl sets his sights on the wrong woman. Hadley Green's old loyalties make every choice riskier.
Homecoming Ranch
by Julia London
2013
Madeline Pruett learns that the father she never knew has left her a ranch, an inheritance, and two half sisters in Colorado. A fight over home and belonging pulls her toward Luke Kendrick.
Lucky Charm
by Julia London
2013
Radio host Kelly O'Shay loves skewering arrogant athletes, until she tangles with slumping shortstop Parker Price on and off the air. Their feud makes excellent chemistry.
The Bridesmaid
by Julia London
2013
A wedding brings together two people who would rather avoid fresh complications. One celebration, a lot of old feelings, and one irresistible connection do not make for an easy weekend.
The Last Debutante
by Julia London
2013
Daria Babcock heads to the Scottish Highlands to help her grandmother and finds unexpected adventure with laird Jamie Campbell. What begins as an escape from the marriage market quickly turns more serious.
The Vicar's Widow
by Julia London
2013
A widowed heroine and a tempting new suitor find that duty, grief, and desire are hard to separate. It is a shorter historical romance with plenty of emotional tension.
Return to Homecoming Ranch
by Julia London
2014
After a humiliating breakup and a public meltdown, Libby Tyler returns to Pine River determined to make Homecoming Ranch work. Deputy Sam Winters may be the one person who truly sees past the gossip.
The Trouble With Honor
by Julia London
2014
With her family's future at risk, Honor Cabot strikes a bargain with notorious George Easton to lure her stepbrother's fiancée away. Instead, Honor finds herself falling for the very rogue she hired.
One Mad Night
by Julia London
2015
A single reckless night ties two people together more tightly than either planned. The fallout is romantic, awkward, and impossible to ignore.
The Devil Takes a Bride
by Julia London
2015
Grace Cabot plans to seduce a wealthy viscount and save her family, but a stolen kiss with the wrong man wrecks her strategy. Suddenly marriage becomes both the problem and the temptation.
The Perfect Bargain
by Julia London
2015
Newly single Sloane Chatfield goes to the Highlands and pays gruff pub owner Galen Buchanan to pretend he is her boyfriend. The fake plan gets complicated as soon as it starts feeling real.
The Perfect Homecoming
by Julia London
2015
The final Pine River story returns to Homecoming Ranch for another healing, homecoming, and hard-won romance. Family secrets and emotional baggage still have to be faced before anyone gets a fresh start.
The Scoundrel and the Debutante
by Julia London
2015
Prudence Cabot, now socially tainted by scandal, joins an American searching for his runaway sister in the English countryside. Adventure and desire make a risky combination.
Suddenly Dating
by Julia London
2016
Lake Haven's weekend glamour is great for appearances, but a new relationship threatens to become something much messier and more real. Attraction is easy, trust is harder.
Suddenly in Love
by Julia London
2016
In glamorous lakeside Lake Haven, a woman hoping for a little control over her life finds romance arriving from the last direction she expected. Summer escape and real emotion are equally hard to resist.
Wild Wicked Scot
by Julia London
2016
A determined woman and an irresistibly dangerous Scot collide in the Highlands, where duty and attraction are equally fierce. It is the start of a series built on clan loyalties and impossible matches.
Hard-Hearted Highlander
by Julia London
2017
Governess Bernadette Holly tries to save her young charge from a disastrous marriage, only to fall for the intended groom herself. Rabbie Mackenzie is gruff, proud, and much harder to resist than expected.
Jack
by Julia London
2017
Home from Afghanistan and marked by trauma, Jack Carter is not looking for a new beginning. But healing has a way of arriving through unexpected people and ordinary moments.
Sinful Scottish Laird
by Julia London
2017
Widowed Daisy Bristol heads to her Highland estate hoping to buy time from pushy suitors and meets smuggler-laird Cailean Mackenzie. Her past may be waiting, but the man in front of her is the real problem.
Suddenly Engaged
by Julia London
2017
A proposal, or the appearance of one, changes everything in Lake Haven. Romance has a way of complicating every plan.
Devil in Tartan
by Julia London
2018
A Highlander with a dangerous reputation and a heroine caught between duty and desire are pushed into close quarters. The bargain between them grows much harder to keep purely practical.
Seduced by a Scot
by Julia London
2018
Fixer Nichol Bain escorts rebellious Maura Darby away from a family scandal and toward a marriage he thinks will solve everything. Traveling together only proves that he has misread the problem entirely.
Suddenly Single
by Julia London
2018
After catching her maybe-boyfriend cheating, Jenny Turner lands at a closed inn in Lake Haven and begs a stern Scottish innkeeper for shelter. A few unplanned nights turn into a chance to rebuild two drifting lives.
Tempting the Laird
by Julia London
2018
Family obligations, old wounds, and one stubbornly tempting Scot drive this Highland romance. Love is the one complication neither side planned for.
Jason
by Julia London
2019
Jason Blackthorne is finally shooting the series that could prove him in the family business, while his assistant Mallory Price wants a chance behind the camera. An on-set accident changes their balance, and maybe their future.
The Charmer in Chaps
by Julia London
2019
A charming Prince family cowboy learns that good looks and ranch swagger will not solve every problem. Love gets tangled up with legacy, money, and family scandal at Three Rivers Ranch.
The Devil in the Saddle
by Julia London
2019
Trouble at Three Rivers Ranch forces another Prince family heir to choose between old habits and real commitment. The woman in his path is not interested in being one more family casualty.
The Princess Plan
by Julia London
2019
When a royal secretary is murdered, gossip writer Eliza Tricklebank and Prince Sebastian of Alucia are pushed into the same investigation. Solving the crime is difficult enough without falling for each other.
A Princess by Christmas
by Julia London
2020
Widow Hollis Honeycutt chases a story about treachery and a mysterious stranger, only to discover he may be a lost crown prince. Holiday sparkle meets genuine suspense in this royal romance.
A Royal Kiss & Tell
by Julia London
2020
Lady Caroline Hawke decides to teach Prince Leopold a lesson after he forgets her, and her revenge starts with a gossip sheet. What begins as mischief becomes entangled with real political trouble and real feeling.
The Billionaire in Boots
by Julia London
2020
Heir apparent Nick Prince returns to save the family ranch, even though it is not the life he wanted. Working closely with capable office manager Charlotte Bailey makes leaving much harder.
You Lucky Dog
by Julia London
2020
Carly Kennedy's life is a mess, then a dog walker mixes up her gloomy basset hound with someone else's cheerful one. The canine confusion leads her straight to Max Sheffington, an appealing man who should not fit her life nearly so well.
It Started with a Dog
by Julia London
2021
A phone swap, two foster dogs, and a brewing coffee shop rivalry throw Harper Thompson and Jonah Rogers together at Christmas. Their chemistry is easy, their business conflict is not.
Last Duke Standing
by Julia London
2022
Future queen Justine of Wesloria is sent to England to find a suitable husband, while rakish Lord William Douglas is supposed to keep the process on track. Friendship, banter, and a narrowing field of suitors complicate everything.
The Duke Not Taken
by Julia London
2022
Princess Amelia of Wesloria is sent to England to be sensibly matched, then immediately clashes with grumpy widower Joshua Parker, Duke of Marley. Their dislike is loud, and so is the attraction underneath it.
An Inconvenient Earl
by Julia London
2023
Emma Clark is enjoying her husband's suspicious absence until Luka Olivien arrives with proof the earl is dead. Keeping up the lie becomes harder once the visiting earl starts seeing the woman beneath the performance.
The Viscount Who Vexed Me
by Julia London
2023
Shy, practical Hattie Woodchurch becomes correspondence secretary to Mateo Vincente, a European duke navigating London's marriage market. Working side by side makes other people's matchmaking plans a real problem.
Nice Work, Nora November
by Julia London
2024
After a near-death experience and a coma, Nora November wakes determined to change everything. Her reverse bucket list sends her toward cooking, family repair, and the life she actually wants.
Everything Is Probably Fine
by Julia London
2025
Hard-driving Lorna Lott is ordered into a wellness program after a professional disaster blows up her promotion plans. To move forward, she has to face old family pain and learn how to live less defensively.
While It Was Snowing
by Julia London
2025
Single mom Amy Casey retreats to a North Texas lake house to paint through the holidays and finds pro golfer Harrison Neely already there. A booking mix-up, a snowstorm, and a shared Christmas make for unexpectedly tender chaos.
Rules for Aging and Larceny
by Julia London
2026
Frances Deluca reunites her old crew of elderly thieves for one last heist in Las Vegas. They are after a slick scammer, but they also have years of hurt and friendship to sort out.
Where should I start?
If you want classic Regency scandal: The Dangerous Gentleman → The Ruthless Charmer → The Beautiful Stranger
If you want emotional marriage-in-trouble romance: The Book of Scandal → Highland Scandal → A Courtesan's Scandal
If you want Highland family drama: Highlander Unbound → Highlander in Disguise → Highlander in Love
If you want modern home-and-family stories: Homecoming Ranch → Return to Homecoming Ranch → The Perfect Homecoming
If you want lighter contemporary charm: You Lucky Dog → It Started with a Dog → Nice Work, Nora November
Author bio
Julia London grew up on a ranch in Texas, and that mix of open space, strong personalities, and storytelling stuck with her. She studied government at the University of Texas, which is not the most obvious training ground for a romance novelist, but it took her somewhere useful. It got her to Washington, D.C., where she spent about nine years working as a civil employee for the White House and traveling widely.
That travel mattered.
By her own account, time in Europe and the Middle East fed the imagination that had started back in West Texas. Eventually she moved home to Austin and worked as a public administrator. The job was steady, but the creative itch did not go away. So she wrote a manuscript, found an agent quickly, and sold her first novel soon after. That early run led to The Devil's Love and Wicked Angel, then to The Dangerous Gentleman, the book that really helped put her on readers' radar.
A lot of London's historical romance has a strong sense of place. Her books return again and again to Regency drawing rooms, Scottish Highlands, family estates, and the quiet pressure of a society that notices everything. Series like the Rogues of Regent Street books, the Highland novels, and The Book of Scandal show how much she enjoys putting proud, stubborn people in situations where they can no longer hide what they feel.
She also writes contemporary romance and women's fiction, and that side of her work is just as easy to spot. Books like Homecoming Ranch, You Lucky Dog, and Nice Work, Nora November trade titled heroes for ranchers, lawyers, dog lovers, and women trying to sort out the messier parts of adult life. Even when the settings change, a few things stay the same: sharp banter, emotional second chances, complicated families, and characters who have to rethink the stories they have been telling themselves.
She likes a good setup.
Sometimes that means a fake engagement in the Highlands. Sometimes it means a princess on the marriage market, a widow with too many problems, or a woman whose rescue dog accidentally introduces her to the right man. London can write big feelings, but she usually grounds them in practical troubles, money, family duty, work, grief, social rules, embarrassment. Her characters do not just fall in love. They have errands, baggage, and bad timing.
Her success has been steady and very public. Her books have landed on the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. She has also won the RT Bookclub Award for Best Historical Romance and been a six-time finalist for the RITA Award, which tells you she has been a familiar name in romance for a long time.
These days she lives in Austin. Her official bio says she shares life with a dog, a massive pile of unread books, and a house with people coming and going, which feels about right for a writer whose novels are full of busy families, interruptions, and hearts getting rearranged when no one planned on it.
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