Lisa Kleypas Books in Order

Shipping-company owner Lady Merritt Sterling prides herself on being sensible, until a dockside accident throws rugged Scottish distiller Keir MacRae into her orbit. As sabotage and buried family secrets close in, desire becomes a fight to keep Keir alive and by her side.

Romantic dreamer Lady Cassandra Ravenel wants a marriage built on true feeling, not convenience. Ice-cold railway magnate Tom Severin decides he wants her at first sight and treats love as negotiable—until defending Cassandra’s reputation forces him to rethink everything.

Young widow Phoebe, Lady Clare, arrives at Eversby Priory determined to hate West Ravenel, the man who once tormented her late husband at school. Instead she finds a reformed scoundrel devoted to her children, and must decide whether to risk her heart again.

London’s only female physician, Garrett Gibson, has built her career the hard way and has no time for romance. Spy Ethan Ransom keeps crossing her path, pulling her into a web of political intrigue where trusting him is as risky as falling in love.

Inventive, accident-prone wallflower Pandora Ravenel never plans to marry, until a compromising tangle with Gabriel, Lord St. Vincent, forces the issue. Their arranged match becomes a true partnership as they navigate society, danger and Pandora’s fiercely guarded independence.

Shy aristocrat Lady Helen Ravenel agrees to marry self-made department-store magnate Rhys Winterborne, only to see their engagement shattered by scandal. Winning her back means facing her family’s secrets and proving that a ruthless businessman can offer real tenderness.

Reckless Andrew, Lord Drake, is cut out of his father’s will unless he reforms, so he blackmails sensible spinster Caroline Hargreaves into posing as his virtuous fiancée. Their fake courtship over Christmas soon feels far less pretend than either intended.

Rake Devon Ravenel unexpectedly inherits a collapsing earldom and a houseful of female relatives, including fiercely proper widow Kathleen. As they battle over the estate’s future, inconvenient desire turns their uneasy alliance into a risky, life-changing love.

Cynical wedding planner Avery Crosslin has sworn off romance after a brutal breakup. When easygoing photographer Joe Travis keeps turning up in her life—and in her most inconvenient moments—she has to decide whether a second chance at love is worth the risk.

Independent innkeeper Justine Hoffman believes she’s been cursed never to fall in love. When emotionally closed-off traveller Jason Black arrives in Friday Harbor, their attraction tangles with old magic and forces Justine to decide what she’ll risk to break the spell.

Stained-glass artist Lucy Marinn is dumped by her long-time boyfriend—for her younger sister—and retreats to Friday Harbor heartbroken. Vineyard owner Sam Nolan agrees to keep an eye on her as a favour, only to fall into a relationship neither of them planned.

Cynical contractor Alex Nolan drowns his past in whiskey and work until a lonely ghost starts following him. When he meets hopeful chef Zoë Hoffman, their tentative connection—and the house they’re restoring together—offers them both a chance at redemption.

After years of bickering, rakish Leo Hathaway and his prim companion Catherine Marks can’t deny their explosive chemistry. When a threat from Catherine’s past resurfaces, their forced proximity and shared secrets turn a wary partnership into a fiercely protective love.

Animal-mad Beatrix Hathaway has been secretly writing letters to soldier Christopher Phelan under another woman’s name. When he returns from war determined to marry his unknown correspondent, Beatrix must face the consequences of her deception—and the depth of her own feelings.

Grieving bachelor Mark Nolan becomes guardian to his silent six-year-old niece Holly after his sister’s death. On their island home of Friday Harbor, toy-shop owner Maggie Conroy coaxes Holly to speak again and slowly teaches Mark what a real family might look like.

Sensible Poppy Hathaway longs for a conventional life, but her family’s eccentricity—and her own curiosity—keep getting in the way. After hotel owner Harry Rutledge engineers a scandal to force a wedding, he must learn to become a husband worthy of the woman he refused to let go.

Magazine columnist Ella Varner reluctantly takes in her sister’s newborn and confronts Jack Travis, the baby’s supposed father. Jack insists the child isn’t his but is drawn into their lives anyway, forcing Ella to rethink her views on love, family and commitment.

This short story follows the Hathaway clan as Win and Kev attempt to have a simple church wedding. Misbehaving relatives, wandering musicians and even a mischievous baby elephant threaten chaos, but the day still becomes a joyful celebration of the family they’ve built.

Fragile Win Hathaway has loved brooding Romany outsider Kev Merripen since childhood, but he believes his violent past makes him unfit for her. When she returns from a health clinic transformed, their years of repressed longing finally boil over into a fight for a shared future.

After a charming courtship turns into a violent marriage, oil heiress Haven Travis escapes home to rebuild. The last man she should trust is Hardy Cates, her family’s enemy, yet his patience and steady support may be exactly what she needs to heal.

American rake Rafe Bowman travels to England to secure an arranged bride and a place in London society. First he must win over prim companion Hannah Appleton—and the meddling Wallflower sisters—who may understand his heart better than he does himself.

This holiday collection features three historical romances, among them Lisa Kleypas’s “I Will.” Her story pairs notorious Lord Andrew Drake with sensible Caroline Hargreaves in a fake-courtship scheme that slowly turns into a genuine, life-altering love.

Growing up poor in small-town Texas, Liberty Jones dreams of more while raising her little sister. Years later in Houston, she’s torn between first love Hardy Cates and enigmatic billionaire Gage Travis, and must decide what kind of life—and love—she truly wants.

Practical eldest sister Amelia Hathaway inherits a dilapidated estate and a title along with her chaotic siblings. Trying to keep everyone afloat brings her into conflict—and searing attraction—with Cam Rohan, a man determined to escape the very responsibilities she can’t abandon.

Book-loving dreamer Daisy Bowman must secure a husband by season’s end or submit to marrying her father’s ambitious protégé, Matthew Swift. Determined to escape her fate, she hunts for alternatives, only to discover that the man she’s sworn to avoid may see her most clearly.

Stammering heiress Evie Jenner offers notorious rake Sebastian, Lord St. Vincent, a marriage of convenience—her fortune in exchange for protection from her ruthless relatives. Their pragmatic bargain soon becomes a passionate battle of wills that neither expected to lose.

Outspoken American heiress Lillian Bowman clashes spectacularly with rigid English aristocrat Marcus, Lord Westcliff. Forced into close quarters at his country estate, their verbal sparring turns into explosive chemistry that challenges both their pride and everything they were raised to believe.

Beautiful but penniless Annabelle Peyton must marry money to save her family, so she conspires with her fellow Wallflowers to snare a titled husband. The plan unravels when blunt, self-made industrialist Simon Hunt proves impossible to ignore—or to resist.

Lady Aline Marsden once broke stableboy John McKenna’s heart to save him from ruin. Years later he returns from America a wealthy man bent on revenge, only to find the desire between them burning hotter than ever and the truth far more complicated.

Childhood sweethearts Lady Aline Marsden and servant John McKenna are torn apart by class and a cruel ultimatum. When McKenna returns years later rich and hardened, both must face old secrets and decide whether first love deserves a second chance.

Former criminal Nick Gentry has remade himself as a formidable Bow Street runner. Ordered to marry shy heiress Charlotte Howard to free her from a dangerous suitor, he plans a cool arrangement—until protecting his reluctant bride becomes the most important case of his life.

Driven by revenge, Sophia Sydney takes a job in Sir Ross Cannon’s office, intending to seduce and ruin the magistrate she blames for her brother’s death. Her plan falters when the man behind the judge’s robes proves far more honourable—and irresistible—than she expected.

This historical Christmas anthology gathers four novellas, including Lisa Kleypas’s “I Will,” in which reformed rake Andrew, Lord Drake, persuades reluctant bluestocking Caroline Hargreaves to pose as his fiancée so he can convince his dying father he has changed.

On the night of her thirtieth birthday, practical novelist Amanda Briars impulsively hires a male escort so she won’t die a virgin. When the man at her door is charismatic publisher Jack Devlin, a mistaken encounter sparks a complicated, life-changing affair.

Elegant widow Lady Holly Taylor has lived carefully since her husband’s death, until an accidental kiss with rough-edged tycoon Zachary Bronson shatters her composure. Hired to polish his family for society, she and her young daughter move into his house—and slowly into his heart.

After her cold, neglectful husband is lost at sea, Lara, Lady Hawksworth, is stunned when a man claiming to be him returns—transformed into a passionate stranger she could love. As scandal swirls, she must decide whether to trust his new self or expose an impostor.

When Bow Street officer Grant Morgan pulls an unconscious woman from the Thames, he recognises her as infamous courtesan Vivien Duvall. She wakes with no memory, and as Grant investigates, he finds himself falling for the vulnerable stranger in his care.

Determined to escape an arranged marriage to an aging lord, Lady Madeline Matthews decides to ruin herself with celebrated actor-manager Logan Scott. Taking a job at his theatre, she plots seduction, only to uncover the guarded, wounded man behind the legend.

As a child, Julia Hargate was married by proxy to Damon, Marquess of Savage, then ran away to become famed actress Jessica Wentworth. Years later, Damon seeks to annul the match—until he discovers the woman he desires onstage is already his wife.

Animal-loving heiress Emma Stokehurst enters a marriage of convenience with enigmatic Russian exile Prince Nikolas Angelovsky. When his coldness nearly destroys their fragile bond, a strange journey into his family’s tragic past forces him to confront his demons and fight for Emma’s love.

Accused of a murder she can’t remember, Russian princess Anastasia Kaptereva fakes her death and escapes to England, hiding as governess to Lord Lucas Stokehurst’s lonely daughter. In his haunted household, passion, secrets and a relentless pursuer from her past converge.

Country novelist Sara Fielding ventures into London’s underworld for research and ends up saving wounded gambling-club owner Derek Craven. Intrigued by her quiet courage, Derek drags her into his shadowy world, where their unlikely attraction becomes the riskiest wager of his life.

Wild, gambling-mad beauty Lily Lawson will do anything to stop her sister’s arranged marriage to duty-bound earl Alex Raiford. She storms London’s gaming hells and drawing rooms, but her fiercest battle is with her own heart as sparks fly between her and Alex.

Fleeing an abusive stepfather and an unwanted betrothal, Creole heiress Lysette Kersaint seeks refuge with widower Maximilien Vallerand, a man rumoured to have murdered his wife. Drawn to her courage, Max plans revenge on her former fiancé—but Lysette may change his heart instead.

Newlywed Celia Vallerand is captured by pirates en route to her husband’s New Orleans home and claimed by mysterious privateer Captain Griffin. When she learns he is really Justin Vallerand, her husband’s reckless twin, danger and desire collide on land and sea.

Modern-minded Addie Ferrell is thrust back in time to her family’s Texas ranch, where she meets brooding foreman Ben Hunter. As she tries to change a violent past, their unexpected love becomes the one future she can’t bear to lose.

In a sleepy New England town after the Civil War, spirited Lucinda Caldwell is rescued from an icy river by charming Southern drifter Heath Rayne. Their forbidden attraction upends her safe engagement and forces her to choose between respectability and a consuming passion.

To hide his scandalous secret, Lord Sackville presents eighteen-year-old Mira Germain as his mistress, offering her shelter but no future. When brooding duke Alec Falkner sees through the arrangement, temptation, murder and long-buried truths threaten their growing love.

Orphaned companion Rosalie Belleau is swept into danger when infamous rake Lord Randall Berkeley abducts her, mistaking her for a courtesan. Once he realises his error, desire and remorse collide, drawing Rosalie into a glittering yet treacherous world of privilege.