Love in London Books in Order
Part ofDonna Alam Books in OrderExplore the Love in London series by Donna Alam in order, with book list, short summaries, character notes, and guidance on where to start her funny, high-heat city romances.
Last updated: January 14, 2026
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Publication Order
3 books
The Stand Out
by Donna Alam
2020
When Heather needs a wedding date, she blackmails office golden boy Archer Powell into playing the perfect plus-one. Pretending to be a couple soon means sharing hotel rooms, secrets, and real feelings that make walking away after the bouquet toss much harder.
To Have and Hate
by Donna Alam
2019
Olivia loathes Beckett, the older British investor who can wreck her company with a phone call. When he offers to save her business if she marries him for six months, their fake partnership turns into a scorching, snark-filled marriage of inconvenience.
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(Not) the One
by Donna Alam
2019
After a brutal breakup, Miranda falls into a rebound fling with her sophisticated older neighbor, telling herself he is just great in bed, not great for her life. When a surprise pregnancy upends everything, their no-strings arrangement starts to look a lot like forever.
Series background & context
The Love in London books are standalones linked by friendships, workplaces, and the city itself. Each story pairs a determined heroine with a very inconvenient British man, then traps them together in flats, offices, and wedding venues until sparks turn into something more permanent. (donnaalam.com)
To outsiders, Beckett is just a polished older businessman, but in To Have and Hate he is also the bane of Olivia’s existence. When he threatens her company, he offers her a brutal choice, a six month marriage of convenience or ruin. Their fake union is full of boardroom battles, sharp one liners, and the slow shift from mutual loathing to genuine partnership as they navigate blackmail, public appearances, and unexpected tenderness. (donnaalam.com)
(Not) the One centers on Miranda, whose love life has imploded so thoroughly that she is juggling a demanding job and a side hustle just to stay afloat. Her older, maddeningly composed neighbour should be off limits, yet comfort sex turns into a steady friends with benefits situation. When a surprise pregnancy forces both of them to articulate what they actually want, the book leans into found family and the messy joy of starting over. (donnaalam.com)
In The Stand Out, the office crush everyone notices finally gets dragged into the spotlight. Heather needs a plus one for a family wedding and strong arms to run interference, so she blackmails suave colleague Archer Powell into posing as her boyfriend. A weekend of fake dating, shared hotel rooms, and blackmailed benefits chips away at their enemies facade and makes going back to “just coworkers” impossible. (donnaalam.com)
Taken together, the series sketches a version of London that is crowded, chaotic, and strangely intimate, full of shared taxis, bustling offices, and tiny flats where walls are thin and feelings are even closer. The tone is warm and funny, but the books still make space for topics like burnout, family pressure, and the way money or class can tilt a relationship off balance. (donnaalam.com)
You do not have to read the Love in London books in order, but doing so lets you watch Beckett, Harry, and Archer stroll in and out of each other’s stories. It is a good mini series if you want a concentrated hit of Donna Alam’s London sensibility before branching out to her more far flung settings.
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