Julie Murphy (Sierra Simone) Books in Order

Julie Murphy (Sierra Simone) gathers the books these two friends have built together as a brand of their own. If you have seen them describe their work as “Christmas raunch-coms” or “college town raunch-coms,” this is where those stories live. The tone is lighter and more overtly comedic than much of Simone’s solo catalog, but the sex is still explicit and the emotional arcs are sincere.

The best known collaboration is the Christmas Notch series. A Merry Little Meet Cute introduces plus-size adult film star Bee Hobbes, who is cast as the lead in a wholesome holiday movie and discovers her co-star is Nolan Shaw, the former boy-band singer she has crushed on for years. Nolan recognizes her from her online work, and the two have to juggle off-camera heat with on-camera wholesomeness while dodging curious reporters and tight-laced network executives. The later books and novellas revisit Christmas Notch, Vermont, following side characters into second chances, bodyguard romances, and cruise-ship hijinks, all under a glittering cloud of fake snow.

Beyond the holidays, Murphy and Simone are starting the Academic Affairs series with Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl. This one swaps Santa suits for faculty meetings, centering a rookie lecturer and law-school grad who becomes the nanny to a single dad ecology professor. The setup lets the authors play with campus politics, parenting logistics, and kink-adjacent power dynamics in a setting that still feels cozy and grounded.

Across these projects you will notice a few constants: fat and queer leads who are allowed to be messy and deeply desired, found families full of loud side characters, and a willingness to poke fun at Hallmark-style tropes while still delivering genuine, optimistic love stories. This page places the co-written books in order, notes which ones are full-length novels versus novellas, and shows how characters wander in and out of each other’s stories.

If you have devoured the darker corners of Simone’s backlist and want something that still feels filthy but also reads like a warm hug from very funny friends, the Julie Murphy (Sierra Simone) page is your launching pad.