L.A. Cotton Books in Order

Livy has twice walked away from Ethan despite their powerful connection. Returning to her hometown years later, she finds he has moved on, but a personal crisis forces her to reconsider whether her fear of commitment has cost them a future.

After a painful breakup, Sharn returns home determined to stop searching for love. Working alongside quiet former schoolmate Keefer brings unexpected attraction, but their family difficulties and different histories complicate the possibility of a relationship.

Independent Staci and commitment-averse Kade begin a casual relationship, each determined to avoid emotional dependence. As their arrangement grows more intimate, secrets from their pasts threaten the trust neither expected to need from the other.

Seeking escape from a devastating loss, Ana begins college at Chastity Falls and meets the enigmatic Jackson. Their growing connection offers hope, but secrets surrounding him and the academy threaten to entangle her in another struggle for survival.

Separated years after surviving a painful childhood together, Penny and Blake reunite at a summer camp for foster children. Working side by side offers a second chance at love, but their shared history makes trusting that possibility difficult.

Ana Parry returns to Chastity Falls determined to uncover the Donohue family's secrets while trying to forget Jackson Pierce. Rivalries keep her in danger, and Jackson's determination to protect her challenges the loyalty that drove them apart.

Ana hopes her suspicions about Jackson’s father will help him find peace, but they instead drive him toward revenge. As he investigates the man he has trusted for years, their relationship and chances of escape face increasing danger.

Dawson returns from dangerous work abroad to find his former love Joy still trapped in the town she meant to escape. Their old connection remains, but protecting her means confronting the circumstances that now make a reunion dangerous.

Betrayed by his father, Braiden Donohue faces enemies who want him dead and former allies seeking his return. His attraction to a secretive woman complicates his choices as he struggles to decide what future he wants.

Mila returns to her Texas hometown after the future she planned with her best friend Lucas falls apart. Grief draws her toward his older brother Ryan, but moving forward may mean risking the connection that now sustains her.

Football player Dennis Hayes believes a relationship has no place in his dangerous life at Chastity Falls Academy. His connection with Cassie Malson draws them into secrecy, testing whether affection can survive the world that has already hurt her friend.

Seven years after Ana Parry's arrival changed Chastity Falls, she, Jackson Pierce and Braiden Donohue appear to have escaped its secrets and violence. Their hard-won freedom faces another test as the past demands penance and new promises.

Seventeen-year-old Eloise Stone moves across the world and finds herself sharing a home with Maverick Prince. The boy who once changed her summer now treats her coldly, while family secrets and an unwanted attraction complicate her new life.

Lo and Maverick have finally come together, but their relationship makes her a target. As deception and the Prince family’s expectations threaten them, Maverick must decide how far he can go to protect the person he loves.

A routine job reunites Dennis with Cassie, the woman he left years earlier so she could pursue her dreams. Her troubled expression makes him determined to learn what happened, even if helping her means defying the life he knows.

Maverick faces hostility on his university basketball team while Lo struggles through her final school year. Distance and uncertainty expose new insecurities, forcing them to decide how to protect their relationship as their lives move in different directions.

Popular high-school football player Kyle Stone appears to have a perfect future and a perfect girlfriend. Beneath the surface, both he and Laurie conceal pain and secrets that threaten the relationship others assume they understand so well.

Macey Prince uses her cold reputation to keep people from seeing how vulnerable she feels. When a man slips past those defenses, their fierce attraction challenges the hostility she relies on to protect herself from being hurt again.

The Stone and Prince families gather at Lake Tahoe hoping for a peaceful Christmas together. Familiar tensions, hidden truths and unexpected developments complicate the holiday, testing relationships that have already survived more than their share of trouble.

Evangeline’s life changes when she meets Rafe, the bassist in a celebrated rock band. Their immediate attraction draws her toward a world she knows may be dangerous for her heart, beginning a relationship complicated by fame and music.

Felicity wants romance and a memorable senior year; ambitious quarterback Jason wants success and no distractions. Their antagonism masks a growing attraction until a rival targets the people around him and forces both to reconsider what matters.

Hailee wants to escape her football-obsessed town and the boys who make school miserable. An attraction to her stepbrother’s closest friend Cameron complicates that plan, especially when a reckless prank pulls their private conflict into the open.

Kiera Lessinger has built a seemingly perfect relationship while trying to escape her past. When Trey reappears with a changed life and a girlfriend of his own, unresolved feelings threaten the futures they have separately tried to create.

Summer Stone-Prince has planned college, marriage and a future with her childhood sweetheart. An unexpected revelation disrupts those plans, and comfort from another man brings new possibilities alongside the uncertainty of loving someone who cannot promise forever.

Confined to her father’s estate and promised to the man who violated her, Arianne faces a future she cannot accept. Banished from her side, Nicco must fight through family enemies and hidden truths to bring her back.

Calliope James arrives at Steinbeck University hoping to move forward, only to encounter the boy who once broke her heart. Zachary Messiah now rules campus with an icy reputation, making their unresolved history impossible to leave behind.

Arianne Capizola has always obeyed her powerful family until she meets fighter Nicco Marchetti at university. Their attraction defies the hostility between their fathers, drawing both into a dangerous conflict where family loyalty threatens their chance at love.

Working for a famous rock band brings Phoebe close to its troubled singer, Levi. He wants to become someone worthy of her, while she doubts he can change, leaving their growing connection caught between hope and familiar destructive patterns.

Rafe wants a future with Eva, but his loyalty to his brother and the band pulls him in another direction. Choosing between the life music has given him and the relationship he needs may demand sacrifices neither expected.

Cameron, Jason and Asher leave their high-school football team behind and enter college with the women they love. New friendships, unfamiliar pressures and the demands of football test whether their relationships can survive the next stage of their lives.

Mya Hernandez wants to escape her past, while popular football player Asher Bennet hides pain behind his carefree reputation. Their friendship begins shifting into something deeper, but collisions between her history and his present threaten their fragile trust.

Reluctantly attending a Devil’s Night party, aspiring photographer Calliope James unexpectedly encounters Zachary Messiah. Once her best friend and first love, his return reopens old feelings and memories of the boy whose departure changed everything between them.

Lo and Maverick have proved the doubters wrong and built a future together. When an unexpected upheaval threatens those plans, they must confront fresh uncertainty and discover whether the love that carried them this far can sustain them.

Vinnie Ford returns home after a family tragedy and finds himself confronting Maggie, the best friend he left behind. Now a single mother, she represents both his old longing and the secrets and hurt they must face together.

Passing through town, Matteo Bellatoni interrupts an assault and offers Caitlin O’Connell a ride home. Their unexpected encounter brings two strangers together for a dangerous night, creating a connection neither had planned to find along the way.

Miley and quarterback Avery form an uneasy alliance after her exposé damages the football team. Working together may help repair their reputations and protect their futures, but their supposed hostility becomes harder to maintain as genuine feelings emerge.

Lily hopes to push beyond her fears during senior year, while football newcomer Kaiden needs to prove himself. An impulsive dare draws them together, but the relationship grows complicated when he learns she is his coach’s daughter.

A final school project brings isolated, sharp-tongued Carrie-Anne together with popular athlete Bryan. Their mutual irritation gives way to attraction just as graduation approaches, leaving them to consider feelings that do not fit their carefully imagined futures.

After waking in hospital without clear memories, Ashleigh must repeat her final school year alongside Ezra. His coldness conceals a secret connected to what happened, complicating her determination to understand him and reclaim her future.

Matteo Bellatoni encounters Caitlin O’Connell again in a hospital and discovers that her troubles have not ended. Determined to protect the woman he once helped, he faces the secrets and family threats she has been trying to escape.

Jason Ford accepts a teammate's offer of a weekend at a friend's cabin, hoping for time alone with his girlfriend. This Christmas story follows the Rixon Raiders couple as they seize a rare private holiday escape.

Harleigh has long loved her reckless best friend Phoenix, despite their differences. Halloween gives her a chance to step beyond her usual limits and make him see her differently, putting their familiar relationship on uncertain ground.

After Xander saves Peyton from an accident, their shared loneliness draws them into an unexpected bond. She wants him to be her refuge, but their different stages of life and his fear of intimacy threaten the connection.

Nora Abato wants to reach the guarded man beneath Enzo’s ruthless reputation. As a new enemy forces them closer together, her hopes for love collide with the violent responsibilities and personal darkness that shape his life as an enforcer.

Ella reluctantly attends a Halloween hockey party after swearing off players. Connor sees the evening as his chance to reconnect with the girl he hurt in freshman year, but persuading her to trust him again will take more than charm.

Poppy wants her lifelong best friend Aaron to notice her romantically, while he concentrates on earning a football scholarship. As their hopes for senior year unravel, they must decide whether changing their relationship is worth risking the friendship.

Sofia’s plans change after a life-altering revelation, just as Cole decides to pursue dreams he has long sacrificed for others. Their growing relationship offers support, but she fears becoming another responsibility that keeps him from his future.

Touring with a rock band gives Molly distance from a painful past but places her beside Hudson, the man who unsettles her most. Their growing attachment challenges his distrust of love as old wounds threaten their fragile connection.

Nix and Harleigh want a future together, but wanting it does not settle what each must sacrifice. As they struggle with old pain and uncertain possibilities, their promises are tested against the difficult work of building a different life.

Wealthy Celeste appears to have every advantage, while Zane feels trapped by poverty and responsibility. Their attraction crosses a divide neither expected to bridge, forcing both to question whether protecting their hearts means losing what they need.

Once inseparable, Harleigh and Nix now carry pain that has changed how they see themselves and each other. Reconnecting forces them to confront damaged trust and question whether the bond they remember can survive who they have become.

Aurora’s temporary move into her brother’s house brings her close to his charming teammate Noah. Asked to look after her, he finds himself unexpectedly drawn to a shy woman whose insecurities and resistance challenge his easy confidence.

Graduation should mark the beginning of Lily and Kaiden’s shared future, but his rookie football training separates them for the summer. New surroundings, anxiety, and professional pressures test whether their promises can survive life beyond college.

Returning home forces Dayna to confront the life she left behind. Disgraced hockey player Aiden is spending his summer in the same coastal town, where her warmth challenges his anger and his determination to shut everyone out.

Harper discovers her father is coaching the hockey team whose guarded winger Mason has caught her attention. What begins as an attempt to satisfy their attraction becomes harder to dismiss as she pushes against his carefully maintained emotional distance.

After finishing high school, Alessia Marchetti finds herself drawn to Tristan Capizola, the man charged with protecting her family. Duty forbids their relationship, but their growing attraction forces them to confront the limits imposed by their dangerous world.

Connor has a promising hockey future and the woman he loves beside him until a serious injury threatens both. Ella tries to support his recovery, but helping him regain confidence proves more complicated than either expected.

Single mother Madison expects a brief flirtation when she approaches guarded hockey goalie Austin. Their agreement to keep things casual becomes difficult as affection grows, challenging his refusal to settle down and her responsibility to her daughter.