Kate Stewart Books in Order
Browse all Kate Stewart books in order, from series like The Ravenhood to standalones, with reading order, summaries, series background, and easy where-to-start tips.
Last updated: January 13, 2026
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Publication Order
36 books
Severed Heart
by Kate Stewart
2025
Years before the Ravenhood saga begins, ambitious teen Tyler Jennings begs his volatile aunt Delphine to train him for the brotherhood. Their forbidden, slow-burn connection and the bloody consequences that follow forge the warrior Tyler will become.
Birds of a Feather
by Kate Stewart
2025
Guarding the Ravenhood’s secrets has left Tyler Jennings closed off and lonely. When heiress Larissa DiCicco turns to him to escape her powerful family, their alliance turns into a high-stakes, enemies-to-lovers romance that threatens them both.
The Sleight Before Christmas
by Kate Stewart
2024
The second Holiday Hijinx book delivers another naughty-list Christmas, following a fresh couple whose festive plans go sideways thanks to mischief, family drama, and an attraction that makes resisting under the mistletoe impossible.
Euro Dreams
by Kate Stewart
2024
A sarcastic surgical nurse lands an all-expenses-paid tour of Europe escorting Lucian Aston, the aloof heart surgeon she secretly fantasizes about. Six weeks of shared hotels, snark, and unexpected vulnerability turn their temporary arrangement into something neither planned on.
One Last Rainy Day
by Kate Stewart
2023
Revisiting the events of Flock and Exodus from Dominic King’s point of view, this spin-off shows the summer he falls for Cecelia Horner while serving the Ravenhood’s brutal mission, and the impossible choice that seals both their fates.
Bittersweet Melody
by Kate Stewart
2023
Set after Drive and Reverse, this anniversary novella follows Natalie and Easton back to the Mexican resort that healed them. A day of reminiscing, desire, and hard conversations forces them to decide what they want from the rest of their lives.
Reverse
by Kate Stewart
2022
Journalist Natalie Butler uncovers old emails hinting at the secret love story that once shattered her parents’ lives. Chasing the truth leads her straight to Easton Crowne, the one man she should avoid and the only one who can help her understand it.
The Plight Before Christmas
by Kate Stewart
2021
After a brutal few weeks, she heads to her family’s mountain cabin expecting eggnog, nostalgia, and maybe a quiet meltdown. Instead she’s snowed in with the ex who shattered her heart, turning Christmas into a chaotic, raunchy second-chance romance.
The Finish Line
by Kate Stewart
2021
Tobias King has always seen himself as the villain of Cecelia’s story. Years after their brutal parting, he sets out to earn her forgiveness and dismantle the threats still stalking the Ravens, knowing redemption may cost him the future he craves.
The Guy in the Middle
by Kate Stewart
2020
A driven college athlete has spent his whole life chasing the next win, until an unexpected romance tangles his future with a woman who refuses to be anyone’s consolation prize. On and off the field, he has to choose what kind of man he wants to be.
Promise Me Forever
by Kate Stewart
2020
A Top Shelf Romance collection built around epic, enduring love stories, Promise Me Forever bundles full-length novels by Kate Stewart and other fan-favorite authors into one volume of high-angst, deeply emotional happily-ever-afters.
Flock
by Kate Stewart
2020
Cecilia Horner agrees to spend a year in the factory town of Triple Falls to earn her college tuition, expecting boredom and resentment. Instead she falls for two magnetic men with raven tattoos and discovers a secret brotherhood that will change everything.
Exodus
by Kate Stewart
2020
After learning the truth about the Ravenhood, Cecilia is cut out of the brotherhood and left grieving, furious, and alone. Drawn back into their orbit, she uncovers deeper lies, a new enemy, and a love that demands an unthinkable sacrifice.
The Guy on the Right
by Kate Stewart
2019
College band geek Theo Houseman is used to standing in the shadow of his football-star roommate. When he quietly falls for their neighbor Laney, he is determined, for once, to be the guy who gets the girl instead of cheering from the sidelines.
The Guy on the Left
by Kate Stewart
2019
Campus legend paints Troy as the villain who stole the girl and walked away, but as a single dad he knows the truth is messier. Telling his side of the story means fighting for joint custody of both his reputation and his heart.
Method
by Kate Stewart
2019
Hollywood It-couple Lucas and Mila have always put his acting career first, but an all-consuming role and a devastating loss push him over the edge. As he disappears into character, Mila must decide whether their marriage can survive his method.
The Real
by Kate Stewart
2018
A flirty message from across a coffee shop screen turns into the most intense relationship she has ever known. As baggage from both their pasts catches up to them, the couple who swore to keep things honest must decide which secrets are worth confessing.
Sweeping the Series
by Kate Stewart
2018
Catcher Ren Makavoy is one season from the majors when his off-field reputation threatens everything. The PR expert hired to fix him is the woman who once broke his heart, turning a cleanup job into a second-chance romance at home plate.
Someone Else's Ocean
by Kate Stewart
2018
Reuniting on a Caribbean island, childhood acquaintances now nursing adult wounds become reluctant housemates. As they share sleepless nights, shared grief, and stolen swims, their fragile friendship deepens into a second chance neither of them believed they deserved.
Heartbreak Warfare
by Kate Stewart
2018
Deployed to a war zone, married soldier Scottie forges an unbreakable bond with fellow soldier Briggs during an ambush that changes them both. Back home, she is torn between the family she loves and the man who understands her trauma too well.
The Phoenix and The Fire
by Kate Stewart
2017
In the explosive conclusion to Taylor and Daniello’s story, old enemies resurface and the double life she has built begins to crumble. To escape the violence closing around them, she has to decide which sins she can live with and which love she cannot lose.
The Brave Line
by Kate Stewart
2017
After escaping a traumatic past, Michelle starts over as a 911 dispatcher in Charleston and swears off complicated men. Rowdy, the gruff sergeant she spars with over the radio, becomes the exception, pulling her into a scorching, high-stakes office romance.
Predator and Prey: The Phoenix and The Fire
by Kate Stewart
2017
Collected in one volume, Taylor’s story traces her rise from Tennessee backroads to ruthless power broker and her dangerous affair with enigmatic criminal Daniello. As ghosts from her past close in, passion and violence collide in a choice that can only burn.
Drive
by Kate Stewart
2017
Music journalist Stella is torn between two men whose songs score every part of her life. To decide who truly owns her heart, she takes a cross-country road trip with one playlist, two days, and a chance to rewrite her own ending.
Crosshairs
by Kate Stewart
2017
Picking up after Camouflage, Crosshairs finds Taylor and Daniello still locked in a dangerous, addictive affair. As her buried past and his enemies close in, Taylor has to choose between the safety she built alone and the man who destroys her defenses.
The Mind
by Kate Stewart
2016
Rose Whitaker has her life mapped out around medical school and family obligations, leaving no room for distraction. When relentless charmer Grant crashes into her world, their whirlwind romance forces her to weigh ambition against the terrifying risk of real love.
The Heart
by Kate Stewart
2016
Widowed and exhausted, Rose is focused only on her daughter and her career when globe-trotting photographer Jack walks back into her life. Their unexpected connection rekindles hope, but both carry scars that make trusting a second, lightning-strike love feel impossible.
Major Love
by Kate Stewart
2016
A jaded baseball coach meets a sharp-tongued southern bartender on the worst night of his life. What starts as late-night comfort soon turns into a deeply felt romance that forces them both to reckon with grief, loyalty, and second chances.
Anything but Minor
by Kate Stewart
2016
A nerdy flight instructor who has never watched a game collides with a cocky minor league ballplayer desperate to prove himself. Their fling at the ballpark spirals into a full-on romance that rewrites both their plans for the future.
The Fall
by Kate Stewart
2015
Dallas and Dean fall in love as teenagers but choose careers and distance instead of each other. Years later, a chance reunion forces them to face the fallout of every decision, and to decide whether first love deserves a second try.
Loving the White Liar
by Kate Stewart
2015
Hilary falls hard for Jayden, a charming woodworker whose energy lights up every room. When she learns he has unmanaged ADHD, their relationship becomes a raw test of patience, boundaries, and what it really means to love someone as they are.
Excess
by Kate Stewart
2015
A tech-savvy idea turns Nina into a millionaire overnight and drops her into a world of yachts, parties, and predators. Entangled with married power broker Devin, she has to decide whether the price of her new life is worth her soul.
Camouflage
by Kate Stewart
2015
Order and excellence have always kept Taylor safe, until a visit to an exclusive sex club puts her in the sights of Daniello, a man who lives in the shadows. Their obsessive, secret affair pulls her into a world where control is an illusion.
Sexual Awakenings
by Kate Stewart
2014
Fresh from a cheating marriage, Violet gives herself one year to explore every dark desire at an exclusive BDSM club. Her plans derail when she falls for Rhys, a Dom who is trying to walk away from the life she craves.
Room 212
by Kate Stewart
2014
In mid-1990s Dallas, carefree party girl Laura lives for the next night out until a disastrous evening introduces her to driven overachiever Seth. Their on-again, off-again love story follows them through years of bad choices, hard growth, and fierce devotion.
Never Me
by Kate Stewart
2014
Known as the girl who only goes after taken men, she wears her reputation like armor. One reckless week upends the rules she lives by and forces her to confront who she is, what she wants, and whether she deserves a different kind of love.
Where should I start?
If you want her most talked-about saga: Flock → Exodus → The Finish Line
If you love music and big feelings: Drive → Reverse → Bittersweet Melody
If you prefer funny, sportsy college romance: The Guy on the Right → The Guy on the Left → The Guy in the Middle
If you want emotional standalones first: Room 212 → Someone Else's Ocean → Heartbreak Warfare
If you’re in the mood for holiday romcoms: The Plight Before Christmas → The Sleight Before Christmas
Author bio
Kate Stewart is a Texas native who has built a devoted following writing the kind of love stories that do not shy away from mess, desire, or hard choices. Best known for The Ravenhood books and the Bittersweet Symphony Duet, she moves easily between romcom, erotic suspense, and gut-punch contemporary romance.
She grew up in Texas, spent years living in Charleston, South Carolina, and eventually settled in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains with her husband, Nick, and their dog.
Before publishing full time, she worked a more traditional job for nearly a decade. A spontaneous trip to Charleston nudged her toward something different. She left that career, treated the city as a creative reset, and began drafting the stories she wanted to read: contemporary romances full of music, pop culture, and characters who feel like real people on their worst and best days.
Her early novels, including Never Me, Room 212, and Loving the White Liar, set the tone for what readers now expect from her work. Those books introduced flawed heroines, complicated heroes, and taboo topics like infidelity, addiction, and adult ADHD, all handled with a mix of frankness and empathy. She has never been much interested in perfect characters; she would rather follow people who are trying, failing, and trying again.
Music sits at the center of much of her writing. In the Bittersweet Symphony Duet, starting with Drive and continuing in Reverse and the novella Bittersweet Melody, she uses playlists, concerts, and band life as a backdrop for a sweeping love story told across generations. Drive was named one of the standout romances of 2017 and became a finalist for the Goodreads Choice Award for contemporary romance, bringing many new readers to her backlist.
The Ravenhood Trilogy—Flock, Exodus, and The Finish Line—thrust her onto an even bigger stage. Set in the factory town of Triple Falls, the books blend Robin Hood–style vigilante justice with an intense, morally gray love story that has become a phenomenon with online readers. A spin-off sequence, The Ravenhood Legacy, revisits the world through new eyes. The original trilogy and its legacy books have sold widely, hit major bestseller lists, and are in development for a screen adaptation that she is slated to co-write and executive produce.
Around those marquee titles, she has built a catalog that ranges from sports and small-town romance to Hollywood drama and holiday chaos. The Balls in Play and Underdogs series explore found family and underdog athletes. Heartbreak Warfare tackles the fallout of war and emotional betrayal. Method digs into the cost of method acting on a marriage, while The Plight Before Christmas and Euro Dreams lean into humor, family disasters, and travel.
Across all of these books, certain patterns repeat. Her stories are packed with big feeling, second chances, and characters who are allowed to make unforgivable mistakes before they begin to grow. She loves settings that feel lived-in—stadiums, garages, cramped apartments, crowded tour buses—and friendships that matter as much as romance.
Away from the page, she is a fan of everything 1980s and 1990s, especially John Hughes movies and old-school rap. She has spoken often about how music drives her drafting process, how she’ll build a playlist long before she writes a first chapter. In quieter moments she takes photos, knits simple scarves when the mood strikes, travels whenever she can, and enjoys good whiskey with friends. All of it feeds back into the work, giving her fiction the sense that life is never tidy, but it is often worth the risk.
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