Nicole Blanchard Books in Order
Browse Nicole Blanchard books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and where to start across her dark romance, suspense, and fantasy titles.
Last updated: July 2, 2026
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Publication Order
31 books
Anchor
by Nicole Blanchard
2015
When Chloe saves Gabe Rossi's daughter during a ferry hostage crisis, she becomes the target instead of the hero. Gabe will risk everything to get her back, but surviving the ordeal may be the easy part.
Bear with Me
by Nicole Blanchard
2015
After her parents' death, Sully moves in with her grandmother and discovers she can see memories through touch. Then a mysterious bear shifter named Declan and violence in the woods turn grief into something much stranger.
Warrior
by Nicole Blanchard
2015
Olivia and Ben shared one unforgettable night before he shipped out. When he returns from war carrying new scars and old anger, their unfinished love has to survive PTSD, secrets, and the damage time left behind.
Darkest Desires
by Nicole Blanchard
2016
After returning home to Karim, Stella steps into an exclusive club hoping to forget her failures for one reckless night. Instead, she is caught between a polished doctor and the stranger who knows exactly how to undo her.
Mechanical Hearts
by Nicole Blanchard
2016
Caroline is swept into a strange underwater world and forced to bargain with Pirate Prince Ezra to get home. An artifact hunt, assassins, and growing attraction turn a surreal detour into a fight for survival.
Savior
by Nicole Blanchard
2016
Protective instincts run hot in this First to Fight romance, where danger pushes two guarded people together fast. Between outside threats and emotional baggage, love starts to feel as risky as any rescue mission.
Survivor
by Nicole Blanchard
2016
In this First to Fight installment, survival means more than getting out alive. A battle-scarred hero and the woman who gets past his defenses have to face fear, trust, and the past before either can move forward.
Valor
by Nicole Blanchard
2016
This short First to Fight entry returns to Blanchard's military romance world for another burst of danger, longing, and hard-earned courage. It is a quick hit of action and emotion with love under pressure at the center.
Honor
by Nicole Blanchard
2017
Back in familiar territory, a man carrying old wounds gets an unexpected chance at belonging during the holidays. This First to Fight novella mixes homecoming, healing, and romance with the series' usual protective edge.
Toxic
by Nicole Blanchard
2017
A prison nurse trapped in an abusive marriage falls for the ruthless inmate who sees her bruises first. The attraction is dangerous, obsessive, and impossible to walk away from once the truth starts surfacing.
Friend Zone
by Nicole Blanchard
2018
In this college romance opener, friendship starts to look a lot more dangerous than dating. What feels safe and familiar turns complicated fast when two friends realize the line between comfort and chemistry has vanished.
Traitor
by Nicole Blanchard
2018
Betrayal hangs over this later First to Fight romance, where loyalty and desire are both tested hard. As danger closes in, two people have to figure out whether trust can survive secrets that cut too close.
Deal with the Dragon
by Nicole Blanchard
2019
A Beauty and the Beast-flavored dragon shifter romance, this story begins with a bargain that is far too tempting to refuse. The more dangerous the dragon seems, the harder it gets to stay afraid of him.
Frenemies
by Nicole Blanchard
2019
Banter, bad timing, and buried attraction drive this campus romance. Two people who know exactly how to get under each other's skin have to decide whether their friction is a warning sign, or the start of something real.
Friends with Benefits
by Nicole Blanchard
2019
A casual arrangement sounds simple until feelings get involved. In this Friends Zone finale, the no-strings plan starts unraveling as friendship, desire, and emotional risk collide in all the worst and best ways.
Ignite
by Nicole Blanchard
2019
Back in Battleboro after six years away, Lettie becomes the prime suspect in a string of fires. Arson investigator Remy never stopped loving her, but proving her innocent could cost him everything he stands for.
Incite
by Nicole Blanchard
2019
Another Battleboro fire turns up the heat in a town already packed with old grudges and unfinished feelings. This follow-up blends first-responder danger, close-to-home pressure, and a romance pushed to the limit.
The Forgotten Commander
by Nicole Blanchard
2019
On the dying planet Mortuus, Commander Breccan believes five sleeping human women are his people's last hope. Then Aria wakes, and his cold survival plan collides with conscience, desire, and a future he can no longer control.
The Arrogant Genius
by Nicole Blanchard
2021
Finding a cure should be straightforward, but nothing about Dr. Avrell Dracarion is easy. Forced into close quarters with a brilliant, infuriating alien, one woman has to decide whether to fight him, or fall for him.
The Determined Hero
by Nicole Blanchard
2021
His new mate is brave, eager, and nothing like the frightened human he expected. While enemies close in on Mortuus, one fiercely determined mort tries to save his people and win the woman he claimed at first sight.
The Lonely Orphan
by Nicole Blanchard
2021
Hadrian has already fallen for the one woman he can never have, so a rescue mission should be simple. Then he meets Lyric, another lonely soul with sharp edges, and everything he thought he wanted starts to change.
The Mad Lieutenant
by Nicole Blanchard
2021
Scarred, volatile Draven wants nothing to do with love or the loud human who keeps getting under his skin. But Molly's warmth reaches the darkest parts of him, and soon resistance looks a lot like surrender.
The Rogue Captain
by Nicole Blanchard
2021
Theron rules the skies of Mortuus until a stubborn woman on a mission turns his world upside down. Trapped together aboard his ship, they clash, spark, and race toward feelings she has no interest in returning.
The Uncertain Scientist
by Nicole Blanchard
2021
A kidnapped scientist wakes on Mortuus pregnant with an alien child and furious at the life stolen from her. Surrounded by people who call her safe, she has to decide whether survival means fighting them or trusting one.
The Vanished Specialist
by Nicole Blanchard
2021
A mort scientist will break every rule to save the woman he loves. As Emery's health fails, Calix chases a cure through fear, defiance, and a desperate mission into the unknown.
Eternal
by Nicole Blanchard
2022
After an accident leaves her with no memory of her life, Tana wakes to a husband she does not remember and daughters she cannot place. Rebuilding the past means deciding whether love can exist without recognition.
Operator
by Nicole Blanchard
2022
A highly trained hero meets the kind of emotional chaos he cannot outmaneuver in this First to Fight story. Military skill, protective instincts, and unexpected attraction make for a tense, fast-moving romance.
The Runaway Alien
by Nicole Blanchard
2022
He thought everyone else had found their mate and left him behind. Then Stella calls for help, and one lonely mort throws himself into a reckless rescue to protect her, her son, and the fragile future they might share.
Aviator
by Nicole Blanchard
2023
When Kenna's sister vanishes just before a major life moment, panic sends her to the one man who might actually help. Their search turns urgent fast, pulling them into danger and straight toward feelings they cannot dodge.
Little Death
by Nicole Blanchard
2025
This dark prequel opens the Queenmakers world with pursuit, obsession, and a heroine who was never supposed to fall for the man hunting her. It is short, sharp, and full of danger from the first page.
Until Death
by Nicole Blanchard
2026
Set in the Queenmakers world, this Irish mafia romance throws a woman into a brutal marriage and an even more dangerous emotional game. Survival, loyalty, and desire blur until love becomes its own threat.
Where should I start?
If you want dark, obsessive romance: Toxic
If you want small-town military suspense: Anchor → Warrior → Survivor
If you want college friends-to-lovers romance: Friend Zone → Frenemies → Friends with Benefits
If you want alien romance with an ongoing world: The Forgotten Commander → The Vanished Specialist → The Mad Lieutenant
If you want fantasy or paranormal romance: Deal with the Dragon → Bear with Me → Mechanical Hearts
Author bio
Nicole Blanchard writes romance that likes to flirt with danger. Sometimes that means dark obsession and morally messy choices. Sometimes it means small-town firefighters, former military heroes, or a woman waking up on a dying planet surrounded by aliens. Across all of it, her books tend to chase the same thing, pressure, chemistry, and a hard-won happy ending.
She came to writing after years of being a serious reader first. On her author FAQ, she talks about hyperfocusing on books when she was young and reading Fictionpress long before she ever finished one of her own. She finally did finish a book in 2015, and that was the start.
That range shows up fast in her backlist.
If you pick up Toxic, you get the Nicole Blanchard who goes all in on dark romance, a prison nurse, a dangerous inmate, and a relationship built on fear, hunger, and terrible decisions. If you start with Anchor or the wider First to Fight books, you get her small-town romantic suspense side, with military men, old wounds, and heroines who keep getting pulled into high-risk situations. If you want something softer, Friend Zone and its companion books lean into college romance, friendship, and the nervous mess of crossing a line you can never quite uncross.
She doesn't stay in one lane for long.
That is part of the appeal. Her catalog moves from contemporary romance to suspense, from alien romance in the Lost Planet books to fantasy and paranormal titles like Deal with the Dragon and Mechanical Hearts. Even when the setting changes completely, the emotional engine is familiar. Her stories like people under pressure. They like secrets, survival, obsession, protectiveness, and the moment when two characters realize they are in much deeper than they planned.
Her breakout title for many newer readers has been Toxic, which found a huge audience online and helped introduce her work to dark romance readers who like their love stories intense, risky, and a little unhinged. But that book only shows one side of what she does. Readers who stay with her usually end up bouncing between subgenres because the common thread is less about category and more about feel, high emotion, strong chemistry, and characters who have to fight for whatever peace they get.
A lot of her heroes are protectors, soldiers, firefighters, captains, or monsters with a soft spot they do not want anyone to see. Her heroines may be frightened, grieving, trapped, or outmatched at first, but they are rarely passive for long. Even in her darker books, there is usually a push and pull between danger and tenderness.
These are not quiet romances.
Blanchard lives in Mississippi with her family and a crowd of animals. She has described her husband as her best friend, and outside of writing she has mentioned everything from beach days and tattoos to a fondness for root beer, Slim Jims, The Walking Dead, and The Big Bang Theory. It fits the books, really. Her work can get dark, but there is a playful streak underneath it, and she clearly enjoys building worlds where love gets messy before it gets better.
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