Kate Canterbary Books in Order
Browse Kate Canterbary books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and where to start with her witty, emotional contemporary romances.
Last updated: July 2, 2026
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Publication Order
32 books
The Space Between
by Kate Canterbary
2014
Patrick Walsh should know better than to want his apprentice. Andy Asani is brilliant, ambitious, and exactly the wrong person to fall for, which makes their workplace attraction impossible to ignore.
Underneath It All
by Kate Canterbary
2014
Architect Matthew Walsh and schoolteacher Lauren Halsted are not looking for complications, then one chaotic meeting changes everything. Set against the Walsh family's Boston firm, this is the start of Canterbary's big interconnected family saga.
Necessary Restorations
by Kate Canterbary
2015
Sam Walsh is holding himself together with bad habits and sheer force, until Tiel Desai slips into his life and refuses to stay on the surface. Their friends-to-lovers story is messy, intimate, and deeply healing.
The Cornerstone
by Kate Canterbary
2015
Shannon Walsh does not bend for anyone, not even the arrogant former Navy SEAL she cannot stop wanting. What begins as a hookup turns into a fierce push and pull between love, ambition, and family loyalty.
Restored
by Kate Canterbary
2016
Sam and Tiel are building a marriage and a future, but love does not magically erase old wounds. This follow-up to Necessary Restorations stays with them through family pressure, career strain, and the work of choosing each other.
The Spire
by Kate Canterbary
2016
Erin Walsh has spent years running from home, grief, and anyone who gets too close. Nick Acevedo is the one man stubborn enough to follow her, forcing a reckoning with the past she keeps outrunning.
Coastal Elite
by Kate Canterbary
2017
Jordan Kaisall escapes Washington problems to his Montauk beach house and collides with April Veach, who has a full summer and no interest in drama. A short, sexy getaway romance slowly turns into something more complicated.
Incognito
by Kate Canterbary
2017
This shared-world anthology brings together linked contemporary romances set around Eye Candy Bookstore and Hype PR. It is especially notable for including the early version of the story that later grew into Fresh Catch.
Preservation
by Kate Canterbary
2017
Alex Emmerling is done being blindsided, and Riley Walsh is used to staying in the background. Their fake dating plan looks simple on paper, until real feelings and old hurts make the arrangement anything but safe.
Revealed
by Kate Canterbary
2017
A follow-up shared-world anthology, Revealed returns to the Eye Candy Bookstore and Hype PR setting with more interconnected contemporary romances. It is built for readers who like quick chemistry, secrets, and multiple happily-ever-afters.
Thresholds
by Kate Canterbary
2017
This holiday novella drops back into the Walsh world for a loud, loving Christmas packed with secrets, family chaos, and romantic milestones. It is part reunion, part celebration, and pure Walsh-family mayhem.
Before Girl
by Kate Canterbary
2018
Stella Allesandro thrives on chaos in the sports publicity world, but reserved surgeon Cal Hartshorn is a different kind of disruption. His long-held feelings collide with her fear of forever in this warm, grown-up romance.
Fresh Catch
by Kate Canterbary
2018
Running from Silicon Valley trouble, Cole McClish ends up adrift off coastal Maine and in the orbit of reclusive lobsterman Owen Bartlett. Secrets, isolation, and instant attraction make this seaside romance hard to escape.
Hard Pressed
by Kate Canterbary
2018
Annette wants to forget the night she spent with sheriff Jackson, but Talbott's Cove is far too small for clean exits. Embarrassment, friendship, and undeniable chemistry keep pulling them back together.
The Walsh Brothers
by Kate Canterbary
2018
This collection brings together Underneath It All, The Space Between, and Necessary Restorations. It is the clearest way to meet the Walsh brothers, their Boston architecture firm, and the intense family world that links the series.
The Walsh Sisters
by Kate Canterbary
2018
This collection includes The Cornerstone, Restored, and The Spire. It shifts the focus to Shannon and Erin while revisiting Sam and Tiel, making it a strong mid-series stop for readers who like connected family stories.
Far Cry
by Kate Canterbary
2019
Brooke Markham has no time for commitment while running her business and caring for her father. JJ Harniczek is chasing big plans of his own, until their casual attraction starts to look a lot like love.
Rough Sketch
by Kate Canterbary
2019
Neera Malik has her life under control, except for infuriating artist Gustavo Guillmand. Their instant dislike turns into combustible attraction in a sharp, sexy romance about ambition, irritation, and losing control.
The Magnolia Chronicles
by Kate Canterbary
2019
Magnolia Santillian gives herself a year to survive apps, bad dates, and her mother's matchmaking threats. What starts as modern dating chaos turns much more serious when real feelings show up at the worst possible time.
Foundations
by Kate Canterbary
2020
A return to Matt and Lauren, this novella collection looks at marriage, parenthood, and the less glamorous side of happily ever after. It adds bonus material while deepening one of the Walsh series' central relationships.
Missing in Action
by Kate Canterbary
2020
Recovering from a blown cover and serious injuries, Wes Halsted is supposed to focus on healing, not romance. Then orderly, tightly wound Tom Esbeck reappears, and attraction becomes one more thing he cannot dodge.
Orientation
by Kate Canterbary
2020
Max Murphy plans to get over his ex and reboot his life, then falls hard for new science teacher Jory Hayzer. School-year chaos, trivia nights, and awkward earnestness turn a crush into something much bigger.
Professional Development
by Kate Canterbary
2020
Tara Treloff and Drew Larsen already hate sharing a job and an office. A mandatory road trip, a snowstorm, and one bed turn their professional misery into a fast, funny enemies-to-lovers mess.
The Ash Affair
by Kate Canterbary
2020
Zelda Besh is done with her impossible boss, until quitting only tangles her life more tightly with Ash Santillian. Their workplace war turns into forced proximity, sharp banter, and a romance neither of them can keep professional.
The Belle and the Beard
by Kate Canterbary
2021
After career disaster and a breakup, Jasper-Anne hides out at an inherited cottage and collides with her gruff neighbor, Linden Santillian. Fake dating is supposed to be temporary, but small-town proximity makes the arrangement dangerously real.
The Worst Guy
by Kate Canterbary
2021
After a disastrous clash lands them in mandatory counseling, surgeons Sebastian Stremmel and Sara Shapiro are forced to keep seeing each other. Their workplace feud becomes a very bad idea, then a very irresistible one.
In a Jam
by Kate Canterbary
2022
Shay Zucconi inherits a tulip farm with one impossible condition, she has to marry within a year. Back in Friendship, Rhode Island, she finds unexpected help and long-buried feelings with Noah Barden.
Shucked
by Kate Canterbary
2023
Beckett Loew returns to Friendship to save his family's oyster bar and look after his younger brother. The last thing he needs is a war with sunny, stubborn cafe owner Sunny duJardin, or the attraction underneath it.
Change of Heart
by Kate Canterbary
2024
Wedding crasher and superstar surgeon Whitney Aldritch never expects her best one-night stand to turn up as her new resident. Hospital rules say Henry Hazlette is off-limits, but temptation keeps getting closer.
In a Rush
by Kate Canterbary
2025
Emme Ahlborg needs a date to face her cheating ex at a wedding, and NFL star Ryan Ralston offers something bigger, a fake husband. Their old pact and very real history make the arrangement hard to keep fake.
In a Second
by Kate Canterbary
2025
Years after Audrey Saunders refused to run away with Jude Bellessi, he asks her to pretend they are engaged for his sick mother. Second chances, a single dad, and one difficult summer bring old feelings roaring back.
The Santillian Triplets
by Kate Canterbary
2026
This collection gathers the Santillian siblings' romances, Magnolia's dating disasters, Ash's intense workplace entanglement, and Jasper-Anne's fake-dating reset. Together they show Canterbary's funny, sexy take on family chaos and adult love.
Where should I start?
If you want the big family saga first: Underneath It All → The Space Between → Necessary Restorations → The Cornerstone
If you want small-town comfort: In a Jam → Shucked → In a Rush → In a Second
If you want medical romance and sharp banter: Before Girl → The Worst Guy → Change of Heart
If you want dating chaos and workplace sparks: The Magnolia Chronicles → The Ash Affair → The Belle and the Beard
If you want a quick taste of the shorter books: Professional Development → Orientation → Coastal Elite
Author bio
Kate Canterbary writes contemporary romance about capable adults who are funny, stubborn, overworked, and usually one bad decision away from falling hard. She is a USA Today bestselling author, and her books mix sharp banter, real emotional bruises, and very grounded grown-up chemistry.
Before fiction took over, she worked as a reporter for an indie arts and entertainment newspaper. That background still shows. Her books pay close attention to how people talk, how they present themselves, and what slips out when they are tired, annoyed, defensive, or in love.
That curiosity about people is all over her work.
A lot of readers meet her through the Walsh books, starting with Underneath It All. Those novels follow a Boston family who run a historic preservation architecture firm, and they set the template for much of what Canterbary does well: interconnected casts, complicated siblings, work that matters to the characters, and romances that have to make room for family history. The Space Between, Necessary Restorations, and The Cornerstone all deepen that world and show how much she likes writing people who are brilliant at their jobs and terrible at protecting their hearts.
She has kept widening that world ever since.
If you want a different side of her work, Before Girl and The Worst Guy lean into medical settings and high-pressure careers, while In a Jam and Shucked move into small-town Rhode Island with more community chaos and cozy texture. The Magnolia Chronicles shows off her comic side through disastrous modern dating, and The Belle and the Beard turns a personal collapse into a funny, tender reset. Across all of them, readers tend to come for the heat and stay for the voice.
She can also go short without losing that texture. Professional Development and Orientation are quick reads, but they still have the same tart dialogue and adult awkwardness as the longer novels. Readers who like one-book entries can try Coastal Elite or Change of Heart, both good examples of how she balances sexy setups with emotionally specific leads.
Her characters are rarely blank slates or pure fantasy figures. They have jobs, exes, siblings, grief, pride, sore spots, and bad coping mechanisms. They can be bossy, prickly, evasive, or a little ridiculous. Canterbary clearly likes them anyway, and that affection gives even her sharpest books a warm center.
She also likes a strong setting.
Boston, coastal New England, and small-town seaside life keep turning up in her fiction, not just as backdrops but as part of the mood. Old buildings matter. Hospitals matter. Local businesses matter. So do kitchens, family group texts, wedding weekends, and the places where people keep running into each other when they would really rather not. That sense of place helps her connected books feel lived in instead of loosely stacked beside each other.
Her public author bio is refreshingly direct. She has said she does not have everything figured out, believes tequila and very spicy salsa solve most problems, and thinks living by the ocean is about as close to perfect as it gets. That dry humor fits the books.
These days, she lives on the water in New England with her husband and daughter. When she is not writing, she has said she is often planning around the region's food trucks. It is an everyday detail, but it feels right for an author whose stories are so tuned in to appetite, routine, place, and the strange ways ordinary life can suddenly tip into romance.
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