Melissa Toppen Books in Order

Leaving her familiar home to rediscover herself, Kenley Scott forms a bond with Chase Carter. After tragedy brings her closer to his guarded older brother Mason, their attraction forces her to confront love, grief and emotional barriers.

Returning to California for a friend’s wedding, Scarlett intends to avoid the controlling family and old heartbreak she escaped. Seeing Westin again disrupts that plan, and his determination to recover their relationship forces her to weigh desire against hard-earned independence.

Driven by a promise of revenge, Samantha believes she knows the people responsible for her losses. When changing circumstances put her life in danger, survival depends on the one man who must first discover the truth about her identity.

A young woman accustomed to following a carefully ordered life meets rising rock singer Killian Adair. His unpredictable presence and their immediate attraction unsettle the future she has planned, forcing her to consider possibilities beyond her familiar expectations.

Lo, a dancer at an exclusive club, avoids commitment and never repeats a casual encounter. Meeting tattooed, confident Dax seems to promise another uncomplicated night, but their connection begins challenging the rules she has set for herself.

Anna has begun believing her relationship with Bentley can overcome the disappointment she once expected from love. When tragedy interrupts their happiness, both must discover whether he can provide the support she needs beyond their intense attraction.

Bentley is determined to win the heart of dancer Anna, known at the club as Logan. While he tries to prove himself capable of a real relationship, her resistance and personal struggles complicate their powerful connection.

Determined never to depend on anyone, Anna takes a dancing job under the name Logan and meets wealthy club figure Bentley Reed. Agreeing to one night with him challenges the emotional rules both have relied on to avoid attachment.

A tragic death reunites a woman with Cole, the childhood best friend and first love who moved away six years earlier. His hardened manner differs from the boy she remembers, but their renewed attraction forces her to revisit feelings time never erased.

Returning home after difficult years, a woman reconnects with her brother’s former best friend, now scarred by military service. Their growing relationship helps both heal, but Miles doubts that love can overcome the deeper wounds each carries.

A childhood acquaintance returns to a woman’s life as an intensely compelling man whose troubles threaten to overwhelm them both. Attraction to Thad quickly becomes consuming, leaving her to question whether she can reach him without being hurt herself.

Lennon and Hudson continue their relationship after a reunion revives the connection formed during one unforgettable night years earlier. His life as a rising country musician adds a changed world to their effort to keep a second chance from slipping away.

After one tequila-fueled night, Lennon wakes to find Hudson gone and expects never to see him again. Five years later, recognizing him onstage as a rising country star gives their unfinished connection an unexpected second chance.

Six years after her first love left town, a woman has worked hard to rebuild her life. Asher’s return revives their powerful connection, testing her determination to protect herself from the man who once shattered her expectations of lasting love.

A woman facing illness spends ten transformative hours with a man whose warmth briefly lifts the weight of her circumstances. Their short time together becomes an unexpected experience of love, leaving her longing for a future beyond those hours.

Disillusioned by years of heartbreak, Blue rejects romance and sees no reason to change her position. Charming office colleague Harris treats that certainty as a challenge, drawing her into an increasingly personal contest over whether love deserves another chance.

Drawn to Abel from their first meeting, a woman discovers how deeply guilt and grief have confined his life. Building a relationship means helping him see possibilities beyond loss while finding what they might still create together.

A teenager secretly loves Alec while he dates her best friend, pouring feelings she cannot express into a letter. His unexpected discovery comes as they are about to part, leaving unfinished possibilities that continue shaping their story.

Fleeing the home she has long planned to escape, a woman encounters independent-minded Titus Driscoll. His willingness to protect her offers refuge, but her powerful politician father’s determination to bring her back threatens the new life taking shape.

Four years after escaping a destructive relationship with her childhood love, a woman faces Jace again. He insists he has changed, but memories of addiction and the danger she once survived make trusting his renewed affection a difficult risk.

Ignored for years by her once-close neighbor, a high-school student accepts his offer to fake a relationship and attract another boy. Spending time with popular football player Callum revives their connection, blurring the boundaries of a deliberately invented romance.

Abduction exposes a young woman’s concealed identity and turns her into leverage in a longstanding family feud. Held by newly powerful Mateo Rivera, she confronts an attraction complicated by captivity, vengeance and the secrets that defined her earlier life.

A college housing error forces a young woman to share an apartment with her twin brother and his infuriating best friend. Four months alongside flirtatious Atlas Keaton challenge her hostility as their constant friction develops into unwanted attraction.

Returning home for her best friend's wedding after eight years away, a woman plans to avoid the man who broke her heart. Seeing Westin again revives their attraction and reveals that the past may be more complicated than she believed.

A Los Angeles real-estate agent expects another difficult celebrity client when actor Treyton interrupts a showing. His lucrative offer comes with a condition that she date him, drawing her into a pursuit whose motives remain uncertain.

Years after a midnight encounter with Levi left her heartbroken, a woman believes she has finally reduced him to a distant memory. His unexpected return brings the past vividly back and challenges the distance she has worked to maintain.

Lifelong antagonists attend the same college, where athlete Roman continues making a family friend's life miserable. Her decision to retaliate escalates their rivalry until his unexpected reaction reveals feelings neither has acknowledged beneath their long-running games.

With her future suddenly in ruins, a woman is drawn to charming, mysterious Liam despite his reputation as a womanizer. What she initially treats as a rebound threatens to become another emotional risk she cannot easily control.

A woman has carried conflicting love and resentment for her best friend's older brother since adolescence. Years of distance have failed to erase Sutton's hold on her, and an unexpected reunion forces her to confront their painful history.

Reunited with Sutton after six years, a woman begins recovering from old pain while confronting her attachment to his brother Remi. The emergence of past truths complicates an already difficult choice between the two relationships shaping her future.

A college freshman falls for her roommate’s older brother despite his confusing alternation between interest and distance. Keeping their connection secret becomes harder when a summer visit places her in his family home and exposes how uncertain their understanding remains.

A college soccer player resolves to stop wasting energy on the football star who once used and discarded her. Being assigned as Macallan’s laboratory partner forces renewed contact, and persistent anger becomes harder to distinguish from returning attraction.

Betrayed by her boyfriend and best friend, a young woman begins college in another state hoping for a different life. An intense connection with notorious flirt Kai offers escape from old pain while threatening another encounter with unreturned love.

Five years after a painful betrayal, a woman confronts her brother’s best friend following his time in prison. Ryland seems transformed, yet traces of the boy she loved remain, and exposed secrets force her to question what she believed happened.

A woman finds herself intensely drawn to Decklan Taylor despite recognizing the damage he can cause. The attraction gives her an unfamiliar sense of being alive, but pursuing it means risking the heartbreak his turbulent presence seems likely to bring.

Determined to move beyond a damaging night with Gavin Porter, a woman finds avoiding him impossible when their friends become involved. His persistent charm challenges her resolve to protect a heart she no longer trusts him to handle carefully.

Returning home brings a woman face to face with Paxton, the childhood crush who eventually broke her heart. Memories and attraction quickly resurface, leaving her uncertain whether the years apart have changed the man she never fully stopped loving.

Two years after Gabe left her devastated, a woman must face his return as a newly successful rock star. Attraction undermines her determination to avoid repeating the past, while a secret she carries threatens to change their relationship completely.

A woman’s feelings for two brothers take her through first love, heartbreak and an unexpected chance to rebuild. As Kam and Kane shape different parts of her life, her choices force her to confront what each relationship truly means.