Laura Kaye Books in Order
Browse Laura Kaye books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and where to start with Hard Ink, Raven Riders, Blasphemy, and more.
Last updated: June 30, 2026
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Publication Order
41 books
Forever Freed
by Laura Kaye
2011
A vampire who has spent too long surviving on scraps sees a chance at freedom and maybe redemption. Laura Kaye pairs paranormal danger with a romance about healing, hunger, and choosing a different life.
Hearts in Darkness
by Laura Kaye
2011
A power failure traps Makenna James in a pitch-black elevator with scarred, tattooed Caden Grayson. What starts as fear turns into one of Laura Kaye's most intimate and memorable romances.
Just Gotta Say
by Laura Kaye
2011
This early standalone is a short, steamy contemporary romance about attraction that has been held back too long. Laura Kaye keeps the focus tight on emotional honesty, sexual tension, and finally saying what you really want.
North of Need
by Laura Kaye
2011
Widow Megan Snow builds a snow family in the mountains and accidentally brings a snow god to life. Owen Winters offers comfort, desire, and a second chance at love, but he may not be able to stay.
Her Forbidden Hero
by Laura Kaye
2012
Alyssa Scott has loved her brother's best friend for years, but former soldier Marco Vieri keeps her at arm's length. Their off-limits attraction collides with old wounds and the challenge of starting over.
In the Service of the King
by Laura Kaye
2012
When Shayla becomes one of the human women chosen to serve the vampire king Kael, duty turns unexpectedly personal. This opener builds Laura Kaye's dark world of ancient rulers, blood bonds, and mates.
One Night with a Hero
by Laura Kaye
2012
Brady Scott wants one no-strings night with Joss Daniels, not a future. But next-door proximity, old trauma, and an unexpected pregnancy force both of them to face what they are really afraid of.
Seduced by the Vampire King
by Laura Kaye
2012
American student Kate Bordessa tries to outrun a fate she never wanted and instead finds wounded vampire king Nikolai in Moscow. Saving him pulls her into a dangerous war and an even more dangerous attraction.
West of Want
by Laura Kaye
2012
Fresh from loss, Marcella Raines survives a storm only because Zephyros, god of the west wind, pulls her from the sea. Trust comes slowly as danger from his immortal world follows them both.
Hard as It Gets
by Laura Kaye
2013
Becca Merritt turns to tattooed ex-Special Forces soldier Nick Rixey when her brother disappears. Their search drags them into a violent conspiracy, and their attraction becomes impossible to ignore.
South of Surrender
by Laura Kaye
2013
Chrysander, god of the south wind and summer, crashes into Laney Summerlyn's world while chasing a brutal family conflict. Their romance blends compassion, elemental magic, and painful choices about duty and love.
Taken by the Vampire King
by Laura Kaye
2013
Henrik Magnusson is dying when photographer Kaira Sorenson stumbles into his world and may be the only one who can save him. Captive-and-king tension gives this novella a sharp, sensual edge.
Dare to Resist
by Laura Kaye
2014
Kady and Colton have years of teasing, one unfinished night, and a whole lot of unresolved chemistry between them. When a storm traps these tech rivals together, resisting each other stops being an option.
East of Ecstasy
by Laura Kaye
2014
Annalise Fallston's paintings begin showing a dangerous future, and the man at the center of them is Devlin Eston. Their romance drives the final clash in Laura Kaye's wind-god paranormal series.
Hard as You Can
by Laura Kaye
2014
Shane Maxton does not do gentle, but Crystal Dean is fighting her own ghosts and refuses to be handled. Their chemistry burns hot even as a kidnapping and a larger criminal plot pull them into deeper danger.
Hard to Come By
by Laura Kaye
2014
Derek DiMarzio goes undercover to get answers, then meets Emilie Garza, a woman torn between family loyalty and hard truth. As the Hard Ink mission escalates, attraction and trust become risky business.
Hard to Hold on To
by Laura Kaye
2014
After a brutal rescue, Jenna Dean is frightened and hurting, and Easy becomes the one person who makes her feel safe. Their quiet, intimate bond gives this suspense series one of its most tender turns.
Hard as Steel
by Laura Kaye
2015
With Hard Ink and the Raven Riders pulled into the same danger, this crossover is equal parts action and chemistry. The romance lands between two people who understand loyalty, risk, and what it takes to trust again.
Hard to Be Good
by Laura Kaye
2015
Fresh from captivity, Charlie Merritt is running on rage and survival. An unexpected connection forces him to decide whether revenge will define him, or whether he can still build something better.
Hard to Let Go
by Laura Kaye
2015
As Hard Ink gets closer to the truth, one wounded veteran is forced to confront the past he would rather outrun. The woman at his side makes letting go of anger, and reaching for love, the real challenge.
America's First Daughter
by Laura Kaye
2016
Written with Stephanie Dray, this historical novel follows Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph as she protects her father, Thomas Jefferson, and pays the price of living beside power. It is sweeping, intimate, and built from real history.
Bound to Submit
by Laura Kaye
2016
Marine veteran Kenna Sloane returns to Blasphemy knowing submission still makes her feel strong, not weak. The only Dom she wants is Griffin Hudson, the man who once broke her heart.
Forever in the Light
by Laura Kaye
2016
This short follow-up revisits Makenna and Caden after the main duet, offering a warm extra glimpse of their life together. It is more epilogue than full novel, but fans will be glad to have it.
Hard Ever After
by Laura Kaye
2016
The Hard Ink crew is finally closing in on the people who destroyed them, but survival is only half the battle. This finale brings the whole found family together for one last push toward justice, healing, and happily-ever-afters.
Hard to Serve
by Laura Kaye
2016
Detective Kyler Vance is already under pressure when he meets Mia Breslin at Baltimore's exclusive club, Blasphemy. Their forbidden attraction gets even messier when he learns exactly who her father is.
Hearts & Ink Coloring Book
by Laura Kaye
2016
A companion coloring book for Laura Kaye readers, filled with tattoo-inspired art, romantic motifs, and designs drawn from her fictional worlds. It is a fun extra for fans who want something a little different.
Love in the Light
by Laura Kaye
2016
After meeting in darkness, Makenna and Caden have to build a real life together in daylight. Family pressure, old grief, and fear of loss test whether their instant connection can last.
Ride Hard
by Laura Kaye
2016
Haven is running from a controlling past when the Raven Riders give her shelter and Dare Kenyon gives her something riskier, hope. Their slow-burn romance unfolds inside a club built on loyalty and protection.
Eyes on You
by Laura Kaye
2017
When Wolf Henrikson rescues Olivia from a terrible date, one night of chemistry reveals a shared interest in exhibitionism. What begins as heat quickly becomes a chance for both of them to stop hiding what they want.
Mastering Her Senses
by Laura Kaye
2017
Cassia Locke wants to face the fear that has ruled her since a caving accident, and Quinton Ross is the Dom she trusts to help. Their lessons in sensory deprivation become something far more intimate.
Ride Rough
by Laura Kaye
2017
Maverick Rylan never expected a battered woman and her daughter to land in Raven Riders territory, or under his skin. Protecting them becomes personal in a romance built on patience, safety, and hard-earned trust.
Ride Wild
by Laura Kaye
2017
A Raven Riders brother who lives hard finds himself protecting a woman who changes the way he sees home. Club danger and emotional baggage keep the stakes high all the way through.
Theirs to Take
by Laura Kaye
2017
Best friends Jonathan and Cruz have long imagined finding one woman to share their lives and desires. Hartley Farren never planned on either man, let alone both, but the connection is harder to walk away from.
Fighting for Everything
by Laura Kaye
2018
Marine veteran Noah Cortez comes home carrying secrets he cannot share, especially with Kristina Moore, the friend he has always wanted. Warrior Fight Club helps him face the past while their long-simmering attraction finally boils over.
Fighting for What's His
by Laura Kaye
2018
Private investigator Billy Parrish agrees to help a friend and ends up living with Shayna Curtis, the one woman he should not want. Roommate tension, old scars, and fierce protectiveness make this one hit hard.
On His Knees
by Laura Kaye
2018
Jamie Fielding finally stops pretending he wants a conventional relationship and walks into Blasphemy searching for the truth about himself. What he finds with Master Alex is scorching, risky, and life-changing.
Ride Dirty
by Laura Kaye
2018
This Raven Riders novella returns to the club for another fast, emotional romance shaped by loyalty and second chances. Shorter than the main novels, it still delivers the series mix of danger, heat, and fierce devotion.
Worth Fighting For
by Laura Kaye
2019
After a one-night stand turns into a workplace complication, diver Tara Hunter and Jesse Anderson try to keep things professional. Warrior Fight Club gives them both a place to heal, but staying distant gets harder by the day.
Fighting the Fire
by Laura Kaye
2021
Firefighter Sean Riddick and ER nurse Dani England already know their chemistry is trouble. When an accident forces them back into close quarters, old grief and new desire catch fire fast.
Hide and Seek
by Laura Kaye
2022
Former boxer Leo Vargas finally meets a woman who shares his taste for primal play. But once their game turns real, Leo and Sofia must decide whether to keep hiding or claim each other openly.
Switching for Her
by Laura Kaye
2022
Blasphemy founder Hale O'Keeffe is unraveling when domination stops feeling right. With switch Alina Lane, one daring experiment becomes a deeper reckoning over desire, trust, and what he truly needs.
Where should I start?
If you want her most loved intimate romance: Hearts in Darkness → Love in the Light
If you want ex-military romantic suspense: Hard as It Gets → Hard as You Can → Hard to Come By → Hard Ever After
If you want motorcycle-club action and found family: Ride Hard → Ride Rough → Ride Wild → Ride Dirty
If you want paranormal romance with mythic stakes: North of Need → West of Want → South of Surrender → East of Ecstasy
If you want her historical-fiction side: America's First Daughter
Author bio
Laura Kaye was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, and grew up in a big extended family where stories about angels, ghosts, and evil-eye curses were part of everyday life. That mix of family lore and superstition stayed with her, and you can feel it in the way her books blend heat, danger, and a touch of the uncanny.
Before romance writing became her full-time job, she built a very different career. She studied history at Dickinson College, earned graduate degrees in early American history from William & Mary, worked in public history and archaeology, and later taught as a history professor, including at the U.S. Naval Academy. She also published nonfiction on early America and, under her married name Laura Kamoie, would later return to history in fiction.
Then life swerved.
While recovering from a mild traumatic brain injury in 2008, Kaye found herself pulled back toward creative writing. She wrote fast, discovered that storytelling still had a huge hold on her, and soon began publishing romance under the pen name Laura Kaye. Her first novel, Hearts in Darkness, introduced many readers to her talent for intense, intimate setups and emotionally bruised characters who still feel very human.
History never really left her.
On the romance side, she became especially known for series that mix tenderness with danger. Hard as It Gets launched the Hard Ink books, where a disgraced group of former Special Forces soldiers work out of a tattoo shop while trying to clear their names. Later came the Raven Riders motorcycle club books, the Blasphemy series set around an exclusive BDSM club in Baltimore, and the myth-soaked Hearts of the Anemoi novels. Even when the settings shift, her stories tend to circle the same big need: people looking for safety, honesty, and somewhere to belong.
Readers who click with Kaye usually talk about two things. First, her heroes may look intimidating, but they are often carrying grief, guilt, trauma, or old fear. Second, her books give those characters partners who see past the surface and refuse to back away. Love in the Light, Ride Hard, Bound to Submit, and North of Need are good examples of that balance between steam, vulnerability, and hard-won trust.
She also writes historical fiction as Laura Kamoie, and that side of her career is not some side project. With Stephanie Dray, she co-wrote America's First Daughter, a bestselling novel about Martha Jefferson Randolph, Thomas Jefferson's eldest daughter. It is a useful clue to Kaye's range: one pen name for edgy contemporary and paranormal romance, another for deeply researched stories set in the American past.
What ties it all together is her interest in people under pressure. Veterans, bikers, gods, dominants and submissives, wounded loners, and women rebuilding their lives all show up in her fiction, but the emotional question is often the same. Who feels shut out, and what happens when they finally let someone in?
Kaye lives in Maryland with her husband, their two daughters, and the family dog. She has long talked about loving her view of the Chesapeake Bay, and that sense of home fits her books well. However intense the ride gets, her stories keep searching for refuge, connection, and a place people can call their own.
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