Marni Mann Books in Order
Browse Marni Mann’s books in order, with series lists, short summaries, and where-to-start tips across her dark, steamy, mystery-tinged romances.
Last updated: June 8, 2026
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Publication Order
48 books
Memoirs Aren't Fairytales
by Marni Mann
2011
Nicole runs from Maine to Boston hoping to outrun her past, but addiction finds her instead. What follows is a raw slide into heroin, loss, and the brutal cost of trying to survive.
Scars from a Memoir
by Marni Mann
2012
Out of prison and trying to stay sober, Nicole returns to Boston carrying damage that will not disappear overnight. Recovery offers hope, but addiction, grief, and the people tied to her past are still close behind.
Seductive Secrecy
by Marni Mann
2013
Charlie and Cameron’s connection deepens just as the lies around them start closing in. Desire may bring them together, but secrets still have the power to tear everything apart.
Seductive Shadows
by Marni Mann
2013
Charlie Williams takes a dangerous deal that promises money and escape, only to step into a world built on sex, art, and buried violence. Then Cameron Hardy becomes the one secret she cannot ignore.
Pulled Beneath
by Marni Mann
2014
After her parents are brutally murdered, Drew Stevens learns they lied about her family history and left her a house in Bar Harbor. Searching for answers pulls her toward Saint, a damaged man with secrets of his own.
Pulled Within
by Marni Mann
2014
Rae has spent years trapped inside the fallout of one terrible secret. In Bar Harbor, Hart offers the first real chance at calm, if the past does not drag her under again.
The Unblocked Collection
by Marni Mann
2015
This collected edition brings together Frankie Jordan and Derek Block’s full five-part story. Set in Boston’s luxury real-estate world, it mixes revenge, business pressure, and a relationship that turns combustible fast.
Unblocked - Episode Five
by Marni Mann
2015
The final episode forces Derek and Frankie to face every secret trailing behind Timber Towers. Love might survive the fallout, but only if they stop running from the truth.
Unblocked - Episode Four
by Marni Mann
2015
With the pressure mounting, Derek is ready to fight for what matters and Frankie has to decide what she can trust. Their relationship is no longer the only thing on the line.
Unblocked - Episode One
by Marni Mann
2015
Frankie Jordan wants the Timber Towers contract, not a distraction. Then developer Derek Block walks in with a revenge plan, a luxury project, and chemistry that makes staying professional almost impossible.
Unblocked - Episode Three
by Marni Mann
2015
Past wounds start cracking open for both Frankie and Derek as Timber Towers heats up. The deeper they fall, the harder it gets to separate truth, revenge, and want.
Unblocked - Episode Two
by Marni Mann
2015
One taste is enough to wreck Derek and Frankie’s careful distance. As the job moves forward, so do the lies, rivalries, and cravings they are no longer good at hiding.
Wild Aces
by Marni Mann
2015
Still grieving a devastating loss, Brea Bradley is not looking for a man who brings more chaos into her life. Then Trapper Montgomery crashes in, carrying his own darkness and a connection neither of them can ignore.
Prisoned
by Marni Mann
2016
When she wakes in a cell, bruised and kidnapped, she finds Garin Woods imprisoned beside her, the man she has loved for years and the man her secret could destroy. Someone wants them both to suffer.
Animal
by Marni Mann
2017
A killer who tortures the guilty is used to recognizing monsters, not victims he cannot forget. When one face and one scream hit too close to home, murder becomes personal.
Drowning
by Marni Mann
2017
Andi is trying to escape an abusive life when she meets Clay, a man running from his own wreckage. Together they find danger, honesty, and the slim chance to keep each other afloat.
Lover
by Marni Mann
2017
Two couples and one risky proposition push desire, jealousy, and trust into messy territory. This standalone leans hard into temptation and what happens when people stop pretending they are satisfied.
Monster
by Marni Mann
2017
Forced to answer a boy’s questions about blood, torture, and the past, a killer goes back to where everything started. This final book digs into origin, damage, and the making of a monster.
Contracted
by Marni Mann
2018
Music agent Max Graham and celebrity stylist Eve Kennedy have spent two years calling their arrangement enough. When Eve wants more and Max’s old heartbreak resurfaces, lust is no longer enough to keep them together.
Endorsed
by Marni Mann
2018
An NFL agent breaks things off with his client’s sister before their forbidden fling can ruin his career. Eight years later, old chemistry and a buried secret drag them back together.
Negotiated
by Marni Mann
2018
As a merger puts powerhouse executive Scarlett across the table from hard-driving lawyer Hudson Jones, business turns personal fast. Their clash of control, attraction, and trust makes every negotiation dangerous.
Signed
by Marni Mann
2018
After a scorching night with actress James Ryne, agent Brett Young walks away when a viral scandal blows up her life. Then she lands in his office, asking for the career rescue neither of them is ready to handle.
Before You
by Marni Mann
2019
A frightening flight throws travel-loving Billie Paige together with Jared, a man who seems to steady her when everything tilts. What follows is a layered romance about trauma, secrets, and the lives people bring into love.
The Assistant
by Marni Mann
2019
A successful woman steps back from work as family crisis reshapes her life, then hires the perfect assistant for her husband. One meeting in the middle of that change sets off a haunting chain reaction.
When Ashes Fall
by Marni Mann
2019
Alix is caught between two very different men, Dylan and Smith, while carrying pain she can barely survive herself. In Boston, love, grief, and impossible choices collide.
Don't Break This Kiss
by Marni Mann
2020
A Top Shelf Romance collection that bundles four complete contemporary novels—including Kylie Scott’s *Lies*—into one volume. It’s a one‑stop way to sample high‑intensity love stories from multiple authors, all circling secrets, obsession, and relationships pushed to their limits.
Even If It Hurts
by Marni Mann
2020
This emotional standalone follows attraction that feels worth the risk, even when the past still hurts. It is a story about opening old wounds and deciding whether love is strong enough to survive them.
The Lawyer
by Marni Mann
2021
A rooftop one-night stand gets complicated when Kendall learns the man she cannot stop thinking about is Dominick Dalton, her sister’s entertainment lawyer. His offer to make her famous could change everything, including them.
When Darkness Ends
by Marni Mann
2021
A first love story breaks open into something darker after the unthinkable happens. Told in before and after, it follows grief, sacrifice, and the cost of trying to save someone else.
When We Met
by Marni Mann
2021
A single meeting changes everything for two people who were not expecting life to shift that fast. This emotional Boston romance leans into timing, loss, and the question of what happens after one perfect moment.
The Billionaire
by Marni Mann
2022
One week before heading back to college, a good girl gives in to a reckless fling with older billionaire Jenner Dalton. What should stay temporary turns into a heat-filled escape that is harder to leave than either expects.
The Intern
by Marni Mann
2022
Hannah hides her famous last name to get time with litigator Declan Shaw, and their chemistry explodes before she can think better of it. Weeks later, he is her new boss at the family firm, and neither is over it.
The Single Dad
by Marni Mann
2022
Sydney’s unforgettable night with Ford Dalton gets complicated when she realizes he is a devoted father, and she has applied to be his daughter’s nanny. Desire, work, and family blur fast under one roof.
Dominated
by Marni Mann
2023
A one-night stand between two people who like control is only the beginning. Desire pulls them back together, but power games and old baggage make surrender a lot harder than lust.
Mr. Hook-up
by Marni Mann
2023
Easton helped build Hooked for no-strings fun, then matched with an anonymous woman who felt impossible to forget. Years later, the app is a success and the connection he lost crashes back into his life.
The Bachelor
by Marni Mann
2023
Camden Dalton agrees to give his twin sister’s best friend a series of lessons in pleasure, never expecting the arrangement to get real. Their chemistry is easy. Keeping it secret is not.
The Playboy
by Marni Mann
2023
Hotel heir Macon Spade is used to getting what he wants, until one magnetic stranger barely notices him. Their no-names night should be the end, but obsession starts the moment they meet again.
Mr. Wicked
by Marni Mann
2024
A viral PR disaster forces Hooked cofounder Grayson Tanner into a fake marriage plan with Jovana Winters, the one-night stand he never got over. Pretending gets messy when one of them still believes in real love.
The Heartbreaker
by Marni Mann
2024
A single dad falls hard for Addison after one unforgettable meeting, only to learn she is completely off-limits when their worlds collide again. That should stop him. It does not.
The One
by Marni Mann
2024
The final Spade Hotel book brings one more high-stakes romance into the family’s luxury world. Old wounds, fierce loyalty, and an all-consuming connection push the series toward a hard-won emotional finish.
The Rebel
by Marni Mann
2024
Stranded by a blizzard, Cooper Spade spends three explosive days with Rowan before learning she is the enemy. Secrets, proximity, and family business turn their chemistry into a problem neither can ignore.
The Sinner
by Marni Mann
2024
After Lily vanishes following a single night together, one Spade heir cannot stop chasing the mystery she left behind. Her secrets put them both at risk, and he is willing to cross lines to keep her safe.
A Million Times, Yes
by Marni Mann
2025
Maya and Jordan finally speak after weeks of flirtation on their morning runs, and the spark between them is instant. But Jordan is hiding the billionaire life she already has every reason to hate.
The Arrogant One
by Marni Mann
2025
Hart Weston is sure one night with Sadie Spencer will not be enough, and he is right. When they meet again, attraction is easy, but the lies each is carrying are not.
The Mysterious One
by Marni Mann
2025
Burned-out chef Walker Weston matches with Alivia for a temporary escape and gets far more than that. When she later appears in his professional world, desire collides with ambition, class differences, and the life she is trying to escape.
The Wildest One
by Marni Mann
2025
A Weston heir and pro hockey star offers a fiery stranger one wild weekend with no promises attached. What begins as heat quickly turns forbidden once real life catches up.
No, Don't Ever Stop
by Marni Mann
2026
Nurse Emily Wren’s on-call visit to Gavin Worthington’s house turns into one night neither plans to repeat. But the guarded billionaire single dad and his young son make walking away harder every day.
The Irresistible One
by Marni Mann
2026
This Weston Group installment returns to the family’s world of money, pressure, and all-consuming romance. It centers on another Weston sibling as chemistry and family ties start colliding again.
Where should I start?
If you want a strong all-purpose starting point: The Lawyer → The Billionaire → The Single Dad
If you want darker, twistier Marni Mann: Prisoned → Animal → Monster
If you want emotional Boston stories: When Ashes Fall → When We Met → When Darkness Ends
If you want her newer billionaire worlds: The Playboy → The Arrogant One → A Million Times, Yes
Author bio
Marni Mann knew she wanted to write back in middle school. While other kids were daydreaming about pop stars, she was thinking about novels, characters, and what it would feel like to tell a story all the way through. That early certainty still sits at the center of her career.
She is now an Audie Award-winning and USA Today bestselling author, but the appealing thing about her body of work is how restless it is. She has never stayed in just one lane for long. Some readers meet her through the polished billionaire heat of books like The Lawyer, The Playboy, or A Million Times, Yes. Others find her darker side first, in books like Prisoned or the rawer early work of Memoirs Aren't Fairytales.
She likes intensity.
That does not just mean sex or drama. Mann's books tend to circle people under pressure, people with secrets, people who want something badly enough to make a mess of their lives. Lawyers, agents, hotel heirs, chefs, single dads, women carrying grief, women trying to outrun the past. Even when the setting is glamorous, there is usually a bruise under it.
A lot of her work carries a strong sense of place, especially Boston and the wider New England mood she keeps returning to. You can feel that in When Ashes Fall, the Moments in Boston books, the moody coastline of Pulled Beneath, and even in her newer billionaire series, where polished fantasy still brushes up against family history, class tension, and old hurt. She has described herself as a New Englander at heart, and that tracks.
She also writes series in a way that makes binge reading very easy. The Dalton books, the Spade Hotel novels, The Agency, Hooked, the Weston books, they all offer a connected world without making every story feel the same. One book might lean into Hollywood and entertainment law. Another goes full luxury-hotel obsession. Another turns toward food, sports, or a dating app. The common thread is emotional heat and characters who rarely do anything halfway.
Then there is the darker material.
Her early catalog shows how willing she is to sit with harder subjects. Memoirs Aren't Fairytales and Scars from a Memoir are steeped in addiction and recovery. The Prisoned books go much more violent and twisted. The Shadows and Bar Harbor books bring in danger, grief, and secrecy. If you only know her from the later billionaire romances, those earlier titles show a different part of what she likes to do on the page.
Off the page, Mann now lives in Sarasota, Florida, with her husband. She has described herself as a New Englander at heart, which fits a writer who keeps returning to cold-weather cities, coastal towns, and people who are trying to find warmth in the middle of chaos. When she is not writing, she has spoken about loving travel, wine, boating, and getting lost in other books.
What readers usually get from her, no matter where they start, is a story that commits. Mann does not do half-hearted chemistry or low-voltage emotion. Whether she is writing a nurse and a secret billionaire, a lawyer and an intern, or someone fighting their way back from addiction, she goes for the feeling that this connection might wreck everything, and maybe save it too.
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