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Mira Lyn Kelly Books in Order

Browse Mira Lyn Kelly books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and tips on where to start with her hockey, wedding, and rom-com reads.

Last updated: July 3, 2026

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Wild Fling or a Wedding Ring?

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2010

Career-focused Cali arrives in Chicago determined not to let romance derail her again. Surgeon Jake Tyler looks perfect for a short fling, until goodbye starts feeling much harder than planned.

The S Before Ex

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2011

Claire files for divorce from the celebrity husband the tabloids never knew she had, expecting a clean ending at last. Facing Ryan again brings back grief, anger, and a chemistry neither of them buried.

Never Stay Past Midnight

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2012

Elise has firm rules for keeping attraction from turning into trouble, and Levi should be the easiest man to walk away from. Instead, one unforgettable night grows into a temptation neither of them can box in.

Waking Up Married

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2012

Megan wakes in Las Vegas with a brutal hangover, a stranger in bed, and a wedding ring on her hand. Connor does not want a quick divorce, which turns one wild mistake into a very risky arrangement.

Once is Never Enough

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2013

Nichole thinks one anonymous night with a gorgeous stranger might finally break her dry spell. Then she learns he is Garrett, her best friend's notorious brother, and one night stops looking nearly long enough.

Truth or Dare

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2014

Burned by betrayal, Maggie agrees to a year-long dating dare and ends up face-to-face with the infuriatingly sexy man upstairs. Tyler has his own messy past, which makes falling for each other the worst possible idea.

Waking Up Pregnant

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2014

Darcy sneaks away after a one-night stand, hoping to avoid awkwardness forever. Months later she is back in Jeff's office with morning sickness, big news, and no easy way out.

Touch & Go

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2015

Ava has loved her best friend Sam for years and done everything possible to hide it. When a fake-boyfriend moment turns real, they gamble their friendship on a no-strings arrangement neither can keep casual.

May the Best Man Win

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2016

Jase and Emily can barely be civil, but their friends keep pairing them up at weddings. Old hurt, sharp banter, and impossible chemistry turn every trip down the aisle into trouble.

Now and Then

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2016

Brynn has gotten good at keeping things light, until a man in her close-knit circle starts feeling a lot less temporary than he should. Familiar chemistry and old baggage turn easy attraction into a real test of timing and trust.

The Wedding Date Bargain

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2017

A practical wedding-season arrangement looks easy on paper, until proximity and attraction make it anything but business. What starts as a bargain soon asks two guarded people to risk something real.

Decoy Date

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2018

Brody agrees to pose as Gwen's boyfriend so she can finally make another man notice her. The fake date works too well, and suddenly the last single friend in the group has very real feelings to face.

Dirty Bad Boy

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2018

Jack has spent years trading barbs with Laurel, his friend's little sister and favorite aggravation. When fake dating starts as a convenient favor, old rivalry and very real chemistry make things deliciously complicated.

Dirty Player

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2018

A high school reunion dare pushes NHL star Greg Baxter and sports reporter Julia back across a line they have dodged for years. Their friendship is easy, but going public, and going deeper, is a lot harder.

Hard Crush

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2018

Ten years after leaving town, billionaire Hank comes back and finds Abby teaching at the high school where they fell in love. One kiss brings everything rushing back, but the same choices that split them still stand in the way.

Just This Once

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2018

Best friends Molly and Sean know exactly how dangerous their chemistry could be. Sharing space and giving in just once opens the door to feelings that could change, or wreck, everything they already have.

Dirty Secret

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2019

Vaughn Vassar's unforgettable one-night stand becomes a full-blown problem when he joins the Chicago Slayers and learns she is the captain's sister. Off-limits desire and team tension make every stolen moment risky.

All In

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2020

Wedding planner Laine writes off her reckless night with hotel owner Jason as a mistake, until business throws them together again. He wants more than a repeat, and she is not sure her career can survive it.

Dirty Hookup

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2020

Quinn is used to women liking him, which makes George's instant hostility impossible to forget. When old humiliation, sharp banter, and fresh attraction collide, their push-pull gets harder and harder to resist.

Dirty Rebound

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2020

Rux has always protected his best friend Cammy, the single mom he knows he should not want. One fake-boyfriend kiss turns years of loyalty into a very real chance to lose his heart.

Just Friends

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2020

Nikki has wanted one night with her best friend and roommate for years, while Matt knows wanting her back is a terrible idea. Living together makes ignoring the heat between them impossible.

Dirty Deal

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2021

Axel's carefree life blows up when a former one-night stand shows up in labor, leaving him a sudden single dad. The only person who can help is Nora, the sharp-tongued neighbor he was supposed to keep at a safe distance.

Dirty Talker

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2021

Wade needs a respectable fake girlfriend for his brother's wedding, and Harlow wants a little fun with no strings. It sounds simple, until the mouthy hockey star and the woman who avoids jocks stop pretending.

Dirty Christmas

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2022

A derailed holiday trip leaves Noel stuck in a Christmas-soaked town and face-to-face with lively Misty. Their fast spark is fun, but family complications arrive almost as quickly as the mistletoe.

Dirty Groom

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2022

A drunken Vegas marriage was supposed to disappear by morning, but Diesel cannot stop thinking about the wife who vanished. When he finds Stormy a year later, undoing the mistake feels a lot like falling harder.

Dirty D-Man

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2023

A medical scare and an apartment mix-up throw defenseman Bowie and Piper back into each other's orbit. Old history, fresh tension, and forced closeness make staying just friends of the family impossible.

Dirty Dare

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2023

Years after a secret teenage relationship ended in silence, hockey pro Trevor comes home and sees Cam again. What began as a dare becomes a second chance, if either of them is brave enough to risk it.

Dirty Flirt

by Mira Lyn Kelly

2024

Boomer never got over Lara, the former best friend who once turned one reckless connection into heartbreak. When she lands in his spare room, second chances stop feeling like such a bad idea.

Where should I start?

If you want hockey romance: Dirty SecretDirty HookupDirty Rebound
If you want a flirty Chicago friend group: Truth or DareTouch & GoNow and Then
If you want wedding chaos and rom-com energy: May the Best Man WinThe Wedding Date BargainJust This Once
If you want a quick high-concept hook: Waking Up MarriedWaking Up Pregnant

Author bio

Mira Lyn Kelly grew up in the Chicago area, and that city feeling still runs through a lot of her books. Big friend groups, bars and apartments full of banter, weddings that get messy, hockey loyalties, and people trying very hard not to fall in love all show up again and again. Before writing full time, she earned a Fine Arts degree from Loyola University and spent years building the kind of lived-in Chicago details that now give her romances their easy, grounded feel.

Rome changed things.

While studying abroad there, she met the man who would become her husband, then learned he had been living practically around the corner from her back home. It sounds like something out of a romance novel, which is probably part of why it fits her so well. Her books often lean into that same idea, that life can turn on one wild night, one wrong turn, one old friend walking back into the room.

Kelly started out writing shorter contemporary romances and category titles, then kept widening the world around them. Early books like Wild Fling or a Wedding Ring? and Waking Up Married show how much she enjoys high-concept setups, a Vegas wedding, a rule-breaking fling, a surprise that refuses to stay simple. Later series gave her more room to build connected casts, recurring friendships, and the kind of emotional callbacks readers love.

That group energy is a big part of her appeal.

In Truth or Dare, Touch & Go, and Now and Then, she follows a Chicago circle of friends whose jokes, grudges, and loyalties matter almost as much as the romance itself. In May the Best Man Win and the rest of The Wedding Date books, weddings keep forcing old feelings and bad ideas into close quarters. And in the Slayers Hockey novels, starting with Dirty Secret, she brings the same mix of heat, humor, and heart to a pro hockey world full of locker room chaos, found family, and very complicated off-ice lives.

Readers who come to Kelly for the steam usually stay for the people.

Her heroes can be mouthy, stubborn, overprotective, or a little too sure of themselves. Her heroines push back. A lot. She likes couples with history, best friends who are one bad decision from disaster, fake dates that stop looking fake, and one-night mistakes that get very real by morning. Even when the setup is flashy, a secret marriage, a surprise baby, a hockey star in trouble, the emotional core is usually simple: two people who think they know the rules discovering they do not.

She has also been open about the small human details of her own life. She calls herself a stress baker and a housekeeper non-extraordinaire. She has said she loves romance, the Chicago Blackhawks, action and adventure movies, and cooking with family and friends. Those details track with the books. They feel busy, playful, warm, and written by someone who knows that attraction is fun, but dinner, laughter, and showing up matter too.

These days, Kelly lives in rural Minnesota with her husband, four children, and two dogs. It is a different backdrop from the city sparkle in many of her novels, but it seems to suit the rhythm of her life now. She writes big-feeling contemporary romance, keeps returning to characters who act tough and fall hard, and has built a body of work that moves easily between wedding chaos, friendship drama, and hockey-fueled trouble.

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