Kendall Ryan Books in Order
Find Kendall Ryan's books in order, with romance series guides, short summaries, reading paths, and helpful notes on where to start across her catalog.
Last updated: June 11, 2026
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Publication Order
87 books
Make Me Yours
by Kendall Ryan
2012
Liz is finishing her PhD and keeping love at arm's length after loss. Cohen, the younger firefighter next door, offers patience instead of pressure, forcing her to decide whether safe distance is really safety.
Unravel Me
by Kendall Ryan
2012
Psychology student Ashlyn Drake finds the perfect subject for her amnesia thesis: a handcuffed stranger with no memory and a murder accusation attached. The closer she gets, the more his past threatens them both.
Hard to Love
by Kendall Ryan
2013
Cade fights, films, and does whatever it takes to care for his sick little sister. Nursing student Alexa sees the tenderness behind his dangerous reputation, but loving him means stepping into a life full of hard choices.
Resisting Her
by Kendall Ryan
2013
FBI agent Cole Fletcher rescues Savannah from a cult compound and knows she needs more than a case file. Taking her in blurs every boundary, especially when protection turns into a temptation he should resist.
The Impact of You
by Kendall Ryan
2013
Avery starts college determined to bury a painful past and stay invisible. Jase, an intense frat boy with family trouble of his own, makes her want more, even as old secrets threaten her fresh start.
Working It
by Kendall Ryan
2013
Emmy Clarke leaves Tennessee for a job inside New York's modeling world and falls for male model Ben Shaw. Their affair is risky, glamorous, and threatened by careers, secrets, and a powerful boss.
All or Nothing
by Kendall Ryan
2014
Braydon Kincaid hides hurt behind model charm and a no-strings arrangement with Ellie. She wants a real chance at love, but he has to decide whether keeping his secrets is worth losing her.
Craving Him
by Kendall Ryan
2014
Emmy and Ben's fashion-world romance continues under harsher pressure. A pregnancy mystery, Ben's buried history, and Fiona's reach all test whether their relationship can survive more than the thrill of wanting each other.
Filthy Beautiful Lies
by Kendall Ryan
2014
Sophie Evans sells her virginity to fund her sister's medical care, expecting a contract and nothing more. Wealthy Colton Drake buys her time, but the bargain turns personal fast.
Filthy Beautiful Love
by Kendall Ryan
2014
Sophie has walked away from Colton Drake, but their arrangement left feelings neither one can neatly cancel. Colton wants her back, and winning her trust may be harder than claiming her body.
Filthy Beautiful Lust
by Kendall Ryan
2014
Pace Drake is used to pleasure without responsibility until single mom Kylie and her baby son enter his life. To earn her trust, he has to prove he is more than his reputation.
When I Break
by Kendall Ryan
2014
Knox Bauer is raising three younger brothers and trying to face his self-destructive patterns at a support group. Counselor McKenna understands guilt too well, and their connection risks both healing and heartbreak.
When I Surrender
by Kendall Ryan
2014
Knox and McKenna's fragile bond deepens as his addiction history and her unresolved grief keep pulling them back into fear. Wanting each other is easy, but trusting the future is much harder.
When We Fall
by Kendall Ryan
2014
The final part of Knox and McKenna's trilogy forces them to confront the secrets, mistakes, and pain they have been carrying. Their chance at love depends on honesty when retreat would be easier.
Filthy Beautiful Forever
by Kendall Ryan
2015
Collins Drake and Mia Monroe made a childhood promise long before desire complicated everything. Now their friends-to-lovers history forces them to decide whether forever is a sweet memory or a real future.
Monster Prick
by Kendall Ryan
2015
Gracie plans to lose her virginity to a stranger, but her older brother's best friend interrupts the plan. His solution is outrageous, protective, and far more emotional than either of them expected.
Reckless Love
by Kendall Ryan
2015
A reckless fighter thinks one heated night can stay simple, but desire has other plans. This Hard to Love companion romance follows two people caught between physical need and the emotional risk of wanting more.
Screwed
by Kendall Ryan
2015
Condo owner Hayden Oliver has one firm rule: never mix business with pleasure. New neighbor Emery makes that rule useless, turning casual attraction into a battle between his player habits and unexpected feelings.
Sinfully Mine
by Kendall Ryan
2015
Macey Hale is the best friend's little sister and should be completely off-limits. The man who wants her knows the danger, but old longing and new heat make restraint feel impossible.
The Gentleman Mentor
by Kendall Ryan
2015
A discreet Dominant known for teaching women confidence and seduction agrees to mentor a woman who wants more from desire. The lessons are supposed to stay controlled, but real feelings rewrite the rules.
Bait & Switch
by Kendall Ryan
2016
An ex-Navy SEAL is used to rescuing strays and walking away before attachment gets complicated. Then one woman needs something real, and letting her go may be the one rescue he cannot manage.
Hitched
by Kendall Ryan
2016
Noah needs a wife and an heir to protect his family's company, and Olivia is the woman trapped in the plan. Their fake marriage begins with anger, attraction, and a deadline neither can ignore.
Hitched: Volume 2
by Kendall Ryan
2016
Noah and Olivia's fake marriage grows harder to fake as the deadline, the company, and their attraction close in. Keeping things professional is impossible when every choice has personal consequences.
Hitched: Volume 3
by Kendall Ryan
2016
Noah has fallen for Olivia, the wife who was supposed to be part of a business arrangement. After mistakes and hurt, he has to prove their marriage can become real.
Restless & Edgy
by Kendall Ryan
2016
A retired Navy SEAL gets pulled into a job that looks simple until feelings get involved. Protective instincts, forced closeness, and a woman he cannot dismiss push him toward a harder kind of courage.
Slow & Steady
by Kendall Ryan
2016
Former SEAL Greyson carries old guilt, while single mom Finley is trying to survive work, danger, and exhaustion. Their romance grows from protection into something steadier, but both have wounds to face.
The Fix Up
by Kendall Ryan
2016
A cocky British alpha and the woman hired to help fix his image are forced into close professional contact. Business goals get messy when their attraction starts rewriting the plan.
Wednesday
by Kendall Ryan
2016
Two best friends turn grief and loneliness into a once-a-week no-strings arrangement. He is a young widower, she wants more than borrowed comfort, and Wednesdays cannot protect them from real feelings.
Dirty Little Promise
by Kendall Ryan
2017
Emma's complicated love affair with Gavin Kingsley reaches its breaking point as family secrets, rival claims, and old pain surface. Choosing a future means facing the truth about the Kingsley brothers.
Dirty Little Secret
by Kendall Ryan
2017
Emma Bell is drawn to Gavin Kingsley, the guarded head of a high-end escort company, and his brother Cooper. Their arrangement is seductive and dangerous, especially when Gavin's secrets refuse to stay buried.
Dirty Little Tease
by Kendall Ryan
2017
A lonely librarian dreams of the passion she has only read about when a handsome stranger with a tragic past crosses her path. This short prequel opens the door to the Kingsley brothers.
Sexy Stranger
by Kendall Ryan
2017
Charlotte Freemont is stranded in a small town with Luke Wilder, a rude, tempting local who knows she plans to leave. Their clash turns into a week of sparks neither one can control.
The Bed Mate
by Kendall Ryan
2017
Best friends Maggie and her longtime safe place land in one hotel room during a ski weekend. Old comfort, an ex's return, and new desire make friendship suddenly feel too small.
The House Mate
by Kendall Ryan
2017
Single dad Max Alexander hires help at home and gets more temptation than he bargained for. The woman caring for his daughter brings warmth, chaos, and a connection he cannot file under professional.
The Room Mate
by Kendall Ryan
2017
When Cannon, her best friend's younger brother, needs a place to stay, one spare room turns into a serious temptation. She plans to keep things platonic, but proximity has other ideas.
The Soul Mate
by Kendall Ryan
2017
A one-night stand becomes painfully awkward when the man from that night appears as her OB-GYN. A possible pregnancy, undeniable chemistry, and terrible timing make this romance anything but routine.
Torrid Little Affair
by Kendall Ryan
2017
Cooper Kingsley returns from heartbreak and finds himself tempted by his new assistant, Corinne O'Neil. Their workplace affair starts with heat, but both carry pasts that make simple pleasure complicated.
Baby Daddy
by Kendall Ryan
2018
She wants a baby without the complications of romance. He is willing to help, but a simple arrangement gets messy when chemistry, tenderness, and the possibility of a real family enter the picture.
Bro Code
by Kendall Ryan
2018
Falling for your best friend's younger sister breaks every rule in the bro code. This forbidden romance follows a man who knows better and a woman who makes the wrong choice feel right.
Dear Jane
by Kendall Ryan
2018
Jane and Wes were once young, in love, and sure they had forever. Ten years after their painful breakup, his trade to her team forces them back into each other's orbit.
Finding Alexei
by Kendall Ryan
2018
Football player Alexei finds himself protecting a woman and baby who need a safe place to land. What begins as rescue turns into domestic temptation, and his guarded heart may be the real problem.
Flirting with Forever
by Kendall Ryan
2018
A slow-burn friends-to-lovers romance puts long-standing chemistry under pressure. Cam may be steady, smart, and easy to trust, but turning friendship into forever takes more courage than flirting.
Hunky Heartbreaker
by Kendall Ryan
2018
Duke Wilder has a thriving whiskey distillery with his twin brother but no one to share the life he has built. Then attorney Valentina arrives to solve a legal mess and stirs up more.
Love Machine
by Kendall Ryan
2018
Keaton asks her experienced best friend Slate for help in the bedroom, thinking lessons can stay practical. Their friends-to-lovers experiment quickly proves that practice feels a lot like falling.
Misadventures with the Boss
by Kendall Ryan
2018
Piper Daniels thinks her blind-date fling can stay deliciously anonymous until Jackson Dane walks into her office as her new boss. Their chemistry is a workplace disaster waiting to happen.
Mister Tonight
by Kendall Ryan
2018
Kate wants one carefree birthday hookup, not a future. Then Hunter, the man from the bar, turns out to be a single dad and her new neighbor, making Mister Tonight impossible to leave behind.
Tempting Little Tease
by Kendall Ryan
2018
Quinn Kingsley hires Alessandra to teach him Italian, not to upend his life. Their age gap and her upcoming move to Italy should make romance impossible, but chemistry keeps winning.
The Play Mate
by Kendall Ryan
2018
Evie Reed has wanted Smith Hamilton, her best friend's older brother, for years. A lingerie-company job and one very tempting mistake push them into a forbidden romance neither can easily walk away from.
xo, Zach
by Kendall Ryan
2018
A chance meeting with Zach turns into the kind of connection that is hard to forget. Smart, flirty, and full of tension, this standalone follows two people pulled together by timing and temptation.
All the Way
by Kendall Ryan
2019
Becca wants to reclaim desire after trauma, and her best friend Owen, a star goalie with a playboy reputation, offers guidance. What starts as practice becomes a tender, risky push toward trust.
Bossy Brit
by Kendall Ryan
2019
Noelle works for Liam Bennett, a cocky British billionaire with an ex-wife, three kids, and a company under pressure. Their office attraction turns into a complication neither one can easily manage.
Boyfriend for Hire
by Kendall Ryan
2019
He is the professional date women hire to impress families, bosses, and exes. The job is supposed to be pretend, until one client makes the boyfriend act feel dangerously real.
Junk Mail
by Kendall Ryan
2019
A misdirected sexy selfie kicks off an outrageous modern romance. What begins as an embarrassing mistake turns into flirtation, curiosity, and the possibility that the wrong message reached the right person.
Playing for Keeps
by Kendall Ryan
2019
Hockey player Justin crossed a line with Elise, his teammate's younger sister, and shame sent her running. Months later, he wants another chance, but earning it means proving he is serious off the ice.
Seven Nights of Sin
by Kendall Ryan
2019
The Penthouse Affair duet continues as the boss-and-intern romance faces the fallout of secrecy, desire, and broken trust. Seven nights may not be enough to repair what ambition has damaged.
The Hookup Handbook
by Kendall Ryan
2019
Case owns a male escort business and is writing a handbook on intimacy when his best friend's younger sister comes to help. She is off-limits, which makes wanting her a professional crisis.
The Two Week Arrangement
by Kendall Ryan
2019
A driven CEO, his new intern, and his twin toddler girls create a workplace romance full of temptation and risk. Their arrangement has a deadline, but their feelings refuse to stay professional.
Trying to Score
by Kendall Ryan
2019
Hockey player Teddy King wants a second chance with attorney Sara Dawson, but their past is messy and public trouble is closing in. Frenemies, fake dating, and old sparks collide.
Crossing the Line
by Kendall Ryan
2020
A hockey player recovering from an awkward injury spends a week at a family beach house with Bailey close by. Forced proximity, caretaking, and family chaos make friendship feel like a line crossed.
Down and Dirty
by Kendall Ryan
2020
Aubree is focused on her career, while Landon is a nice-guy hockey hero who knows what he wants. Their age-gap, opposites-attract romance proves patience can be very, very tempting.
How to Date a Younger Man
by Kendall Ryan
2020
Layne is a thirty-something attorney who thinks Griffin, a younger grad student and massage therapist, is too much risk. He sees the future she keeps dismissing, and their age gap becomes the obstacle.
My Brother's Roommate
by Kendall Ryan
2020
Penelope needs to prove herself at work, even if fake dating her brother's best friend is part of the plan. Wolfie is vulnerable beneath the charm, and pretending gets real fast.
Penthouse Prince
by Kendall Ryan
2020
First grade teacher Corrigan thought she had moved past Lexington Dane, her brother's best friend and first heartbreak. One call brings the successful single father back, and their second chance is not simple.
Taking His Shot
by Kendall Ryan
2020
Harper is smart, feisty, and determined not to date hockey players. Jordan is cocky, persistent, and ready for more than hookups, but winning her means taking his shot with real effort.
The Boyfriend Effect
by Kendall Ryan
2020
Hayes is a serial dater who never risks his heart for long. A weekend getaway with Maren, his best friend's little sister, tests his plan to swear off dating and stay detached.
Wild for You
by Kendall Ryan
2020
Grant is a grumpy hockey player who becomes an unexpected safe place for a woman leaving a dangerous relationship. Their slow-burn romance mixes protection, secrets, and the courage to start over.
Breaking the Rules
by Kendall Ryan
2021
Years after Becca and Owen found their way to each other, marriage brings new pressure to their hockey-star life. Love is solid, but old roles and new strains force them to renegotiate forever.
The Bedroom Experiment
by Kendall Ryan
2021
Morgan has kept his distance from Isla ever since their parents married, but one weekend changes the rules. This step-sibling Hot Jocks romance turns forbidden attraction into a risky bedroom experiment.
The Rebel
by Kendall Ryan
2021
Holt never expected to see Eden again after their college night and complicated almost-love. When she returns, their chemistry is still fierce, but the rules around them make forever feel impossible.
The Rebound
by Kendall Ryan
2021
What begins as a rebound should be easy, temporary, and harmless. In Kendall Ryan's sports-romance world, easy never lasts, and a fresh start turns into a chance at something real.
The Rival
by Kendall Ryan
2021
Hockey player Alex wants a quiet off-season after scandal and a rough year. Being stranded with the woman who challenges him was not in the plan, especially when rivalry starts feeling like desire.
The Rookie
by Kendall Ryan
2021
A rookie athlete enters the Looking to Score world with talent, pressure, and plenty to prove. Love becomes the unexpected test, especially when ambition and attraction start competing for control.
The Stud Next Door
by Kendall Ryan
2021
Single dad Connor has put his daughter first and his playboy life behind him. Then a new neighbor moves in, and the careful routine he built starts to look a lot less safe.
Tempted
by Kendall Ryan
2023
A group of women from Los Angeles spend winter trapped in a remote Alaskan town with former military operatives. Survival, forced proximity, and off-grid heat turn a nightmare trip into temptation.
The Boyfriend Bet
by Kendall Ryan
2023
A grumpy-sunshine small-town romance turns fake dating into a family problem when one Hart brother needs help getting everyone off his back. Snowed-in proximity makes pretend feelings hard to separate from real ones.
The Forever Formula
by Kendall Ryan
2023
Rachel Tyson returns to Kodiak Canyon after losing her job, ending an engagement, and inheriting her grandfather's cabin. Selling and leaving sounds simple until old feelings in the mountain town resurface.
The Marrying Kind
by Kendall Ryan
2023
Ella Westover arrives in Kodiak Canyon with a bucket list and a need to live fully after loss. Austen Hart is her opposite in almost every way, which makes the sparks harder to ignore.
A Beginner's Guide to Forever
by Kendall Ryan
2025
Alessia, a 37-year-old nonprofit leader building a girls' school in Kenya, falls for Hart, a younger billionaire's son. Their globe-trotting romance tests age gaps, purpose, and privilege.
Checking It Twice
by Kendall Ryan
2025
A hockey player and a PR pro head into holiday fake dating, family pressure, and forced proximity. Christmas charm can only hide so much when old sparks and new feelings collide.
In My Hockey Era
by Kendall Ryan
2025
Lucy Quinn loves hockey but hates her team's romance book club PR stunt. Her public boycott puts her against star forward Bennett Wilder, and their rivalry becomes a slow-burn media mess.
The Book Club Boyfriend
by Kendall Ryan
2025
Scarlett Calloway writes books about why women do not need romance, then gets stuck co-hosting a book club with hockey player Chase Remington. He believes in winning, and she hates losing control.
How to Train Your Billionaire
by Kendall Ryan
2026
Laid-off accountant Frankie becomes a billionaire's travel companion, only to clash with his wary nephew Hayes. Luxury trips, forced proximity, and grumpy-sunshine banter turn suspicion into unexpected romance.
Ice Cold Chemistry
by Kendall Ryan
2026
A broody hockey defenseman and a sunshine yoga instructor are pushed into a fake-dating setup the team cannot afford to mishandle. Their slow-burn chemistry threatens to melt every rule.
Knights Like These
by Kendall Ryan
2026
The Off the Ice world continues with another hockey romance where team pressure, public image, and private desire collide. A player used to control faces the one connection he cannot keep safely off the ice.
Main Character Energy
by Kendall Ryan
2026
Andi Callahan, a morgue technician in a quiet coastal town, prefers silence and predictability. A charming firefighter-paramedic makes it his mission to draw her out, turning grumpy-sunshine into slow-burn trouble.
The Grump Next Door
by Kendall Ryan
2026
Wedding planner Poppy Monroe loves checklists and chaos; divorce attorney Dean prefers logic and restraint. One week of wedding disasters next door forces opposites together until chemistry ruins their plan.
The Hockey Problem
by Kendall Ryan
2026
Zayden Bishop is a guarded NHL single dad, and Tori Wells is the physical therapist who should keep things professional. Forced proximity and a forbidden patient-provider spark make restraint the hardest game.
Where should I start?
If you want early angsty romance: Unravel Me → Make Me Yours → Hard to Love.
If you want the bold Drake brothers arc: Filthy Beautiful Lies → Filthy Beautiful Love → Filthy Beautiful Lust → Filthy Beautiful Forever.
If you want hockey banter: Playing for Keeps → All the Way → Trying to Score → In My Hockey Era.
If you prefer office or billionaire tension: The Two Week Arrangement → Seven Nights of Sin → Bossy Brit.
If you want newer standalones: A Beginner's Guide to Forever → Main Character Energy → The Grump Next Door.
Author bio
Kendall Ryan was born in South Carolina, and her life has never stayed in just one place for long. Before she settled into writing full time, she lived in a long list of places, including South Carolina, Idaho, Guam, Michigan, California, Illinois, Minnesota, and Texas. That moving-around history fits her books pretty well. Her stories often begin with someone being knocked out of their comfort zone.
She studied business and marketing at Western Michigan University, then worked in corporate America before publishing changed her day-to-day life. Around 2011, she signed with a literary agent. A year later, after watching independent romance authors find readers on their own, she tried self-publishing and found a fast audience with contemporary romance. That business background didn't make the books feel corporate, but it did seem to help her understand readers, packaging, and momentum. It also shows in how clearly her series are organized, with bold titles, quick premises, and easy entry points.
Then the books started coming quickly.
Early titles such as Unravel Me, Make Me Yours, and Hard to Love helped introduce her mix of heat, emotional stakes, and characters who are usually a little messier than they first admit. She moved easily between new adult angst, bad-boy romance, workplace tension, and family-centered stories. Her books became regulars on major bestseller lists, and her readership grew through ebooks, audiobooks, translations, and boxed sets.
A lot of Ryan's best-known books are built around a clear, grabby setup. Filthy Beautiful Lies begins with Sophie Evans making a risky bargain to help her sister. The Room Mate uses forced proximity and a best friend's younger brother. Playing for Keeps turns brother's-best-friend longing into a hockey romance. Later books such as In My Hockey Era and The Book Club Boyfriend lean into sports, banter, and fandom culture with a lighter rom-com feel.
She likes big hooks, but she usually keeps the emotional question simple: can these two people stop protecting themselves long enough to be honest? Her heroes are often athletes, single dads, CEOs, soldiers, or men with a reputation that hides a softer core. Her heroines tend to be busy, sharp, and tired of being told what they should want.
The heat is part of the brand.
So is the banter. Ryan's catalog is full of secret crushes, fake relationships, workplace temptation, one-bed setups, best friend's sibling problems, and the kind of dramatic timing that makes romance readers say, "I know exactly where this is going, and yes, I am still reading." She also writes recurring families and linked standalones, which gives readers a way to stay in one world without being locked into a long plot.
Today, Ryan is closely associated with indie romance and with the kind of fast, reader-friendly release schedule that helped define the ebook boom for contemporary romance. She lives in Texas with her husband and two sons, and she still writes the kind of books designed for readers who want heart, heat, and a quick hook they can explain in one sentence.
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