Layla Hagen Books in Order

Jessica Haydn has sworn off love after too many betrayals, but powerful businessman Parker Blakesley is determined to break through her defenses, and as attraction becomes something deeper, past wounds and present mistakes threaten to undo their fragile trust.

Heartbroken after a long term boyfriend leaves, Serena seeks distraction and meets James, a wealthy risk taker whose lifestyle is the opposite of her careful plans, and their intense connection forces both to confront the fears driving their choices.

Dani plans every step of her future and wants nothing to do with bad boys, until cocky, wounded Damon crashes into her life, and their fierce, reckless bond forces them both to face painful histories that could tear them apart.

On her way to a dream wedding in Brazil, Aimee’s private jet crash lands in the Amazon, leaving her and pilot Tristan stranded with no way to call for help, and their fight to survive slowly becomes a forbidden love neither expected.

Logan Bennett keeps his life narrowed to family and the company after a brutal breakup, but stubborn boutique owner Nadine Hawthorne and the shop she is determined to build tempt him to risk his guarded heart and his carefully ordered routine.

Widowed businessman Eric Callahan moves to San Francisco focused on expanding his empire and caring for his daughter, not falling for creative Bennett sister Pippa, yet their unexpected bond makes three months on the West Coast feel like the start of forever.

After being left at the altar, doctor Emilia Campbell swears off romance, until childhood best friend Max Bennett walks back into her life, turning a cautious reunion into a friends to lovers risk neither of them can easily walk away from.

Ambitious marketing consultant Ava Lindt is hired to make Bennett Enterprises’ next jewelry launch unforgettable, and she refuses to risk her career on a fling with CEO Sebastian Bennett, until their forbidden office chemistry starts to feel like something deeper.

TV producer Nate Becker has always kept best friend Alice Bennett at arm’s length, but when her new restaurant becomes his latest project, business trips and late night planning sessions turn their long simmering attraction into a choice between career and love.

Playboy Blake Bennett is proud to be the last bachelor in a family of romantics, yet when longtime family friend Clara needs a place to stay, living next door makes ignoring their pull, and the secrets surrounding her past, nearly impossible.

Adventure entrepreneur Daniel Bennett has one regret, letting Caroline go ten years ago. When family matchmaking brings them back together, he is determined to prove their second chance is worth fighting for, even if her plans take her in a different direction.

Interior decorator Victoria Hensley is barely keeping her new business and three younger siblings afloat when charmer Christopher Bennett becomes her client, and his help with her family makes it harder to resist a relationship that could jeopardize everything.

Workaholic tech CEO Landon Connor retreats to Los Angeles to recharge with his loud, loving family and meets landscape designer Maddie Jennings, whose plans for his sister’s yard, and his heart, force him to choose between playing it safe and loving again.

Detective Will Connor lives by strict rules that keep his job and heart orderly, but nonprofit director Paige Lamonica and the sparks between them at his sister’s wedding test every boundary he set about never loving someone tied to a dangerous career.

Single mom and wedding planner Lori Connor lives vicariously through her brides, until a lavish event pairs her with charming, marriage wary soccer club owner Graham Frazier, and planning someone else’s big day turns into risking her own second chance at love.

Hollywood star Alexander Westbrook volunteers at a group home to escape the tabloids, but idealistic Summer Bennett makes two quiet weeks of charity work feel like the beginning of something he might not be allowed to keep once his contract forbids dating.

Reid Davenport built a hotel empire while keeping his private life fiercely guarded, but when scandal threatens his family, fiery PR consultant Hailey Connor steps in, and their clash over controlling the narrative becomes a slow slide into something far more personal.

Jace Connor is known as a top scoring soccer star and reformed party boy, so getting involved with his coach’s daughter, sponsorship manager Brooke Darringer, could tank both their careers, unless they are willing to fight for a future together.

Attorney Carter Sloane can face ruthless opponents in court, yet raising his two nieces alone leaves him scrambling, and when fragrance entrepreneur Valentina Connor sweeps into his life and home, he must decide if there is room for chaotic, joyful love too.

Branding manager Sienna Hensley adores Christmas and her boisterous Bennett relatives, but her new boss, brooding department store owner Winston Statham, only sees looming deadlines, until working late together turns an ordinary holiday season into something unexpectedly magical.

A hard driving deal maker who always gets his way is captivated by Heather, a single mom barely holding things together, and what starts as intoxicating chemistry deepens when he falls for her daughter too, making casual fun no longer an option.

A doctor agrees to show charming bachelor Cole around Rome as a favor, expecting nothing more than a holiday flirtation, but when he calls after she returns to New York, their renewed connection forces her to face grief she has long avoided.

Restaurant chain CEO Robert Dumont returns to New York to support his sister and niece, only to be derailed by intriguing neighbor Skye Winchester, and balancing family crises, business growth, and a growing relationship pushes him far outside his comfort zone.

To the world, Hunter Caldwell is a ruthless New York power player, but to his best friend he is just Hunter, and agreeing to fake date him for his family soon turns their pretend kisses into a very real risk to their friendship.

Risk loving Ian Gallagher knows his best friend’s sister is strictly off limits, yet when aspiring chef Ellie Cavanaugh moves to New York, helping her settle in blurs lines, and sizzling nights together challenge both of their ideas about forever.

Lingerie designer Tess Winchester pours everything into her booming business, but pitching to investment firm head Liam Harrington turns into an opposites attract tangle, as a mortifying first meeting gives way to a connection that blurs every line between work and desire.

Single father Tate Maxwell lives for his daughter and their family winery, but hiring Lexi as a summer nanny makes his tidy rules crumble, as friendship and shared devotion to a little girl grow into a love he never expected.

During a job interview, a communications expert accidentally flirts with world famous frontman Brayden Clarke, then lands the assignment of helping his band connect with fans, forcing her to balance professionalism with an attraction that feels dangerously real under the spotlight.

New York software founder Dylan Gallagher plans to avoid serious relationships while conquering his industry, but upbeat personal trainer Mel Dawson keeps nudging him to actually live his life, and their sessions slowly turn into a risk neither can ignore.

As star goalie for the Chicago Blades, the last thing he needs is scandal, yet mandatory volunteer work throws him together with Kendra, a youth center coordinator, and resisting the pull between them proves harder than defending any net.

A rare impulsive one night stand leaves the heroine exhilarated, until she discovers her mysterious stranger is Luke Maxwell, her new boss, and trying to prove herself at work while ignoring escalating attraction becomes its own impossible challenge.

A week of vacation bliss with charming Travis Maxwell was supposed to end cleanly, but a surprise pregnancy ties them together, and as he shifts from carefree flirt to fiercely protective partner, she must decide if it is love or obligation.

Starting over with a new event planning business, the heroine takes on a ninety year old client whose grumpy grandson, Jake Whitley, controls the estate, and as they clash over every detail, his guarded heart and meddling grandmother pull them reluctantly together.

After moving to Chicago to open her dream bakery, the heroine ends up renting the guesthouse on brooding Declan Maxwell’s property, and nightly clashes with her demanding landlord slowly turn into the kind of chemistry that makes staying feel like home.

Reese Maxwell’s attempt to hide from her ex at a charity gala backfires when she spills champagne on newly divorced power player Dominic Waldorf, and a fake dating deal to save face slowly turns into very real feelings on both sides.

Determined to protect her family business, the heroine digs in against persistent CEO Maddox Whitley, but a blizzard, a tiny cottage, and unexpected tenderness make staying angry much harder than falling for the man she swore to resist.

In another Whitley tale, playful banter between a stubborn executive and the woman determined to keep him at arm’s length slowly gives way to deeper feelings, testing whether either is willing to gamble their heart as boldly as their business.

Burned by a failed venture, the heroine returns to Chicago broke and determined to rebuild, only to discover that her first love, Sam Maxwell, is not only willing to share an apartment but also to prove that their spark never really died.

Once the nerdy tutor with an unrequited crush, the heroine now works in the same coffee industry as Cade Whitley, and their reunion as business rivals makes every stolen kiss in his office as risky as it is addictive.

A Whitley brother is forced into close quarters with a woman tied to a competing company, and when family matchmaking schemes push them together, enemies to lovers sparks turn a corporate rivalry into something far more personal.

When her family hires exacting Drake DuGray as the new general manager for their hotel, constant clashes and a work trip to Aspen land them in one room, one bed, and a situation where ignoring mutual temptation is no longer an option.

A Whitley brother who prides himself on logic and control meets a heroine who upends every carefully ordered plan, and as she worms her way into both his company and his life, he has to decide if enchantment is really so dangerous.

The last unattached Whitley brother finally meets a woman who sees past his polished image, and opening up to her means confronting the cost of years spent choosing work over everything else, including his own happiness.

When Maddox Whitley targets her family’s adventure park for acquisition, the heroine refuses to back down, but a snowstorm traps them in her small cottage, and the arrogant mogul she despises starts looking a lot like the man she could love.

Another Leblanc brother, known for his smooth smile and easy charm, finally meets a woman who sees through his practiced lines, and winning her over means confronting why he has always kept his heart safely out of reach.

Busy New Orleans single dad and businessman Leblanc thinks he has no time for dating, until new restaurant chef Scarlett Jones and her easy connection with his daughter make resisting late night flirting, haunted tours, and the idea of a new family impossible.

In this Leblanc Brothers romance, a brooding heir who prefers numbers to people clashes with a heroine who refuses to be intimidated by his moods, and their battle of wills slowly turns into something warmer and much more dangerous.

Billionaire CEO and single dad Sterling needs a nanny fast, not a distraction, but law school graduate Riley instantly wins over his son and starts breaking down his walls, making a summer job feel like the start of a life he never planned on.

A Whitley brother who never planned on settling down must prove to the woman he loves that his feelings are more than a phase, and that building a forever together matters more than any deal he could close.

In this Sterling Brothers story, two people who should know better slip into a secret relationship built on late night meetings and stolen kisses, and hiding their feelings soon becomes harder than admitting what they truly want.

Grumpy executive Chase Sterling meets his match in the bride’s outspoken sister during a delayed flight to a destination wedding, and one impulsive airport clash, one wedding weekend, and one stolen kiss lead to a job offer she cannot quite refuse.

A Leblanc brother who prides himself on control finds his careful plans disrupted by a woman who is completely wrong on paper but exactly right in person, forcing him to decide whether to follow family expectations or his own heart.

The so called rebel of the Leblanc family has never fit the mold his brothers embraced, and falling for someone tied to the family business makes him question whether carving his own path must mean walking it alone.

A Sterling brother and the woman he has tried to keep at a distance find themselves thrown together after dark, and each midnight encounter chips away at old defenses until they must choose between comfort and a love that changes everything.

A Leblanc brother juggling fatherhood and a demanding role in the family empire reluctantly accepts help from a woman who lights up his daughter’s world, and resisting the idea of a second chance at love becomes the hardest work he has ever done.