Melanie Harlow Books in Order
Explore Melanie Harlow books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and simple advice on where to begin with her romantic fiction.
Last updated: June 10, 2026
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Publication Order
40 books
Speak Easy
by Melanie Harlow
2013
In 1923, Tiny O'Mara is trying to save her father from a crime family and survive a world built on booze, danger, and bad choices. Then Enzo DiFiore and Joey Lupo make every decision even more perilous.
Speak Low
by Melanie Harlow
2013
After everything that happened in *Speak Easy*, Tiny wants control over her own life at last. Instead, dangerous alliances, deepening feelings, and the cost of past mistakes pull her even further into trouble.
Forked
by Melanie Harlow
2014
Coco agrees to plan a last-minute engagement party and discovers the caterer is the sexy ex she still cannot forget. One bargain, one weekend, and a lot of unresolved history leave her totally forked.
Frenched
by Melanie Harlow
2014
Dumped just before her wedding, Mia heads to Paris alone and plans to wallow in style. Then she meets Lucas, and what starts as a rebound escape begins to feel like the real thing.
Yanked
by Melanie Harlow
2014
After the magic of Paris, Mia and Lucas are trying to make long distance work. When she flies to New York ready for answers, secrets and mismatched expectations put their romance to a much tougher test.
Floored
by Melanie Harlow
2015
When Erin's house is robbed, the responding officer is the former bully next door who somehow grew up into a very tempting man. Their chemistry is immediate, inconvenient, and much harder to brush off than either expects.
Some Sort of Crazy
by Melanie Harlow
2015
Natalie Nixon's life looks perfectly arranged until a psychic prediction and Miles Haas blow it wide open. He is funny, reckless, and only back for the summer, which should make him easy to resist. It does not.
Some Sort of Happy
by Melanie Harlow
2015
Skylar offers Sebastian everything he has always wanted, but he is convinced happiness never lasts for someone like him. Their love story is tender, sexy, and shaped by the fear of letting another person all the way in.
The Tango Lesson
by Melanie Harlow
2015
A single tango lesson pushes Isabelle out of her comfort zone and into a dangerously charged connection. This novella is short, steamy, and built around the way one impulsive step can change the whole rhythm.
After We Fall
by Melanie Harlow
2016
A polished city publicist clashes with a brooding ex-Army widower while working on his family's farm. What starts as irritation turns into a tender, risky second chance at happiness for a man who thinks he does not deserve one.
Man Candy
by Melanie Harlow
2016
Jaime's old crush Quinn moves into the flat below hers, and their chemistry is still impossible to ignore. She does not believe in true love, but he is determined to prove her wrong.
Some Sort of Love
by Melanie Harlow
2016
A woman who seems to have it all runs into the unforgettable one-night stand from her college years, now a sexy single dad. Levi keeps her at arm's length, but she can see the man and family they might become.
From This Moment
by Melanie Harlow
2017
Hannah has fought hard to rebuild her life after losing her husband, so his twin brother's return feels dangerous from the start. Their shared grief draws them together in a romance that is as healing as it is complicated.
If You Were Mine
by Melanie Harlow
2017
Hiring Theo MacLeod as a fake date is supposed to solve one problem, not create a bigger one. After one unforgettable night and a snowed-in weekend, a practical woman starts wondering if this reckless man could be the real thing.
Strong Enough
by Melanie Harlow
2017
Derek thinks he wants a normal life with the right woman and the right future, until a stranded Russian traveler named Maxim lands in his spare room. Their attraction forces him to face truths he has spent years trying to outrun.
Hold You Close
by Corinne Michaels
2018
London never forgot the boy who broke her heart at seventeen, and Ian never really let her go. When tragedy leaves them caring for children they both love, old anger and undeniable attraction collide.
Only Him
by Melanie Harlow
2018
Twelve years after her first heartbreak, a woman agrees to dinner with the only man she has ever loved. The chemistry is still there, but so are the secrets that once pulled them apart.
Only Love
by Melanie Harlow
2018
Stella is a compassionate therapist, Ryan is the quiet former Marine next door, and neither is looking for complication. But with old pain, close quarters, and a meddling grandmother in the mix, healing starts to look a lot like love.
Only You
by Melanie Harlow
2018
A wedding planner who believes in happily ever after keeps sparring with the divorce attorney across the hall, until an abandoned baby changes everything. Seeing Nate as a father makes resisting him a whole lot harder.
Imperfect Match
by Corinne Michaels
2019
A professional matchmaker knows she should never fall for a client, especially when he is also her best friend. But trying to find Reid Fortino the perfect woman only makes it harder to ignore that she wants him for herself.
Insatiable
by Melanie Harlow
2019
Meg and Noah have been only friends for years, until one accidental glimpse changes the mood completely. A wedding week fling sounds simple enough, but their chemistry quickly becomes impossible to keep casual.
Irresistible
by Melanie Harlow
2019
Mack is a single dad of three and the CFO at Cloverleigh Farms, so the last thing he needs is trouble. Frannie, the boss's daughter and his new nanny, quickly becomes exactly that, and impossible to resist.
Undeniable
by Melanie Harlow
2019
Chloe and Oliver have been daring and hurting each other since childhood. When he comes back into her life years later, their chemistry is still fierce, but trusting him again could cost her everything.
Drive Me Wild
by Melanie Harlow
2020
When a former debutante crashes into Bellamy Creek in a gown and tiara, broody mechanic Griffin should send her on her way. Instead, he takes her in, and one night of kindness turns into something much harder to resist.
Make Me Yours
by Melanie Harlow
2020
A kindergarten teacher accidentally sends a very revealing text to her brother's best friend, and the hot single dad next door texts back. What follows is a sweet, steamy romance with a cop who is much harder to forget than he should be.
Unbreakable
by Melanie Harlow
2020
After a painful divorce, Sylvia heads home to Cloverleigh Farms with her children and a bruised heart. Falling fast for Henry feels wonderful, but trusting a second chance is harder when life has already knocked you down once.
Unforgettable
by Melanie Harlow
2020
A former baseball star returns to his hometown after his career unravels and runs straight into the woman he never forgot. What begins as a reunion turns into a second chance that forces both of them to face the past.
Call Me Crazy
by Melanie Harlow
2021
Enzo needs a temporary wife to secure his inheritance, and Bianca wants help becoming a mother. Their marriage of convenience comes with rules, but living together makes every one of them harder to keep.
Ignite
by Melanie Harlow
2021
Winnie has sworn off men for a year, which becomes a problem when her new neighbor is a gruff firefighter and single dad. One embarrassing meeting sparks a romance neither of them is ready for, and both of them need.
Tie Me Down
by Melanie Harlow
2021
A single mom comes back to Bellamy Creek to settle family business and ends up staying with the cowboy she has secretly loved for years. Beckett feels like the safest person in the world, which makes falling for him even riskier.
Baby, It's Cold Outside
by Corinne Michaels
2022
A Chicago Christmas gets off to a miserable start with heartbreak, freezing weather, and a tree jammed in an apartment doorway. Then one unexpected man turns a very bad holiday into something much warmer.
Taste
by Melanie Harlow
2022
A blizzard strands longtime enemies Ellie and Gianni in a motel with one bed and nowhere to hide. One heated night changes everything, leaving them to decide whether they can build something real from a messy surprise.
Tease
by Melanie Harlow
2022
Felicity blurts out that she is engaged to billionaire Hutton to save face at her high school reunion. Pretending should be easy, but moving in, playing the part, and testing the chemistry makes fake feel dangerously real.
Tempt
by Melanie Harlow
2022
A wedding planner has a scorching one-night stand in New York, only to discover the man is her ex's father. Zach is older, guarded, and absolutely wrong for her, which only makes him more tempting.
Hideaway Heart
by Melanie Harlow
2023
Country star Kelly Jo wants two quiet weeks off the grid, but paparazzi and family land her in a cabin with a bossy bodyguard. Xander is overprotective, infuriating, and soon impossible to keep at a distance.
Make-Believe Match
by Melanie Harlow
2023
To save her family's struggling ski lodge, a heroine agrees to marry the man she does not trust. Devlin offers a deal that should stay strictly business, but sharing a name and a bed makes that nearly impossible.
Runaway Love
by Melanie Harlow
2023
A single dad in Cherry Tree Harbor should absolutely not hire the runaway bride who shows up at his door in a wedding gown. Veronica wins over his kids and the whole town, leaving him in trouble fast.
Dash and Ari's Story
by Melanie Harlow
2024
Dashiel Buckley comes home to Cherry Tree Harbor and tries not to notice his sister's best friend all over again. Ari is a small-town waitress with dreams of her own, and their long history turns friendship into something much harder to deny.
Slap Shot Surprise
by Melanie Harlow
2024
A terrified plane passenger blurts out her secrets to a stranger who turns out to be a professional hockey star. One night of fun should be easy to forget, until a surprise forces both of them to rethink everything.
Hart's Landing
by Melanie Harlow
2026
Ten years after a fire and a shattered friendship drove Mila Ferguson away, she is back in Hart's Landing and trying not to look at Everett McKean. The town's beloved mayor has other ideas, and so does the past.
Where should I start?
If you want the newest small-town starting point: Hart's Landing
If you want a completed small-town family series: Runaway Love → Hideaway Heart → Make-Believe Match → Dash and Ari's Story → Slap Shot Surprise
If you want the farm-and-winery books fans gravitate to most: Irresistible → Undeniable → Insatiable → Unbreakable → Unforgettable
If you want to start from the beginning: Frenched → Yanked → Forked → Floored
If you want her Jazz Age romance: Speak Easy → Speak Low
Author bio
Melanie Harlow is a romance novelist with deep Michigan roots, and that sense of place runs through a lot of her work. She lives near Detroit with her husband and two daughters, and even when her stories travel, they still tend to feel grounded in home, family, and the messy pull of personal history.
She has always been a reader. Long before she was publishing novels, she was chasing love stories through all kinds of books, including historical fiction, suspense, and women's fiction. After her Sweet Valley High years, she moved on to writers like LaVyrle Spencer and Nora Roberts, and that blend of emotion, longing, and everyday life clearly stayed with her.
College helped sharpen that instinct. She studied American Studies at Miami University, and later said those years taught her to read more deeply, not just about people, but about places, communities, and the stories they tell.
Before writing became the center of her working life, she taught high school English and social studies for five years. She also taught dance, which has remained a steady thread in her life. After becoming a mother, she chose not to return to classroom teaching full time, spent a few years freelancing, and slowly moved toward fiction in a more serious way.
The road in was not fast.
Around 2010 and 2011, she wrote three young adult novels. One of them eventually became Speak Easy, her first published book, a historical romance set in the 1920s. After that, she shifted into contemporary romance with Frenched, and from there she kept building out a backlist of linked standalones and family-centered series.
That shift mattered.
Books like Irresistible, Drive Me Wild, Runaway Love, and Hart's Landing show the lane many readers now associate with her most strongly: warm, sexy, small-town romance with humor, chemistry, and characters who feel a little battered by life but still hopeful enough to risk something real. She often writes about single parents, old crushes, second chances, sibling dynamics, and communities where everybody knows everybody else's business. Readers tend to come to her for the banter and the heat, but also for the comfort of seeing a whole world take shape across multiple books.
She has said her favorite part of writing is the sentence-level work, finding the exact words for thought, feeling, and dialogue. Plotting is another story. That probably helps explain why her books often land hardest in the close, personal moments: a conversation in a kitchen, a charged look, a family dinner, a choice that seems small until it changes everything.
These days, she still lives in Michigan, still loves the lakes, and still stays close to dance. She has shared that she bought her old dance studio, which feels like a pretty perfect Melanie Harlow detail, practical, personal, and a little full circle. Her writing life seems built from the same things that make her novels work so well: routine, emotion, humor, family, and a strong attachment to place.
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