Patricia Ryan Books in Order

As an arsonist terrorizes Mansfield, detective Jamie Keegan is forced to work with India Cook, a psychic he does not trust. Solving the case means getting close to a woman whose touch reveals far more than either wants.

Lowborn knight Thorne Falconer brokers an arranged marriage for political gain, then falls for the bride himself. In a world ruled by rank and obligation, desire threatens plans, loyalties, and both their futures.

House-sitting at a waterfront estate, Harley Sayers is stunned when the owner's supposedly dead son turns up. Wounded, restless Tucker Hale needs to heal, but sharing a house with Harley awakens secrets and attraction neither can safely ignore.

Tucker Hale comes home after years away, injured and carrying more history than he wants to explain. Harley Sayers is the last person he expects to find there, and their charged summer together turns healing into its own dangerous risk.

Clay Granger lives for risk, so marrying his pregnant best friend Izzy seems like one more practical dare. But a temporary arrangement gets complicated fast when protectiveness, desire, and real feeling take over.

Priest and ex-soldier Rainulf Fairfax rescues Constance from illness and a brutal lord, then hides her in Oxford disguised as a boy. Their growing attraction is powerful, but so are the vows, danger, and suspicion around them.

When pregnant, broke Izzy Fabrioni needs help, her thrill-seeking best friend Clay Granger proposes a marriage of convenience. It sounds practical until friendship, desire, and a shared home make the arrangement anything but simple.

Emma Sutcliffe steps into her glamorous twin's shoes for a moment and gets mistaken for her in a big way. Surgeon-turned-writer Gage Foster refuses to back off, turning one impulsive lie into romance, danger, and chaos.

Forced to marry Luke de Périgueux, the feared Black Dragon, Saxon widow Faithe expects cruelty and conquest. Instead she finds a damaged man hiding a terrible secret, and their uneasy marriage becomes a battle between fear, duty, and love.

Emma Sutcliffe has always been the good twin, until one reckless choice leaves her posing as her bolder sister. Gage Foster is determined to corner the woman he thinks he came to meet, and sparks fly from the mix-up.

Former cop Roman Fitzpatrick is hired to protect photographer and gossip columnist Summer Love from a determined stalker. Close protection turns explosive when danger forces them together and neither can ignore the attraction building between them.

Roman Fitzpatrick's job is to guard Summer Love, not fall for her. But protecting a stubborn, high-profile gossip columnist from a real threat means living in each other's pockets until professional distance stops being possible.

Nine years after losing Nicolette to his cousin's calculated marriage, Alex is asked to seduce her and father the heir she still lacks. The plan is shocking, but old love and desperate circumstances make it impossible to ignore.

After movie star Willow Scott dies, ex-crime reporter Tom Proctor is hired to write the truth about her life. His search takes him to her hometown, where Ally Turner and other old friends are guarding secrets that refuse to stay buried.

On a rescue mission in London, soldier Graeham Fox is injured and takes shelter with widow Joanna Chapman. Their chemistry is immediate, but Joanna has reasons to distrust him and Graeham is supposed to want another woman's hand.

Fresh from the Midwest, Nora Armstrong agrees to act as arm candy for sophisticated fundraiser David Waite. Their fake arrangement looks simple, but repeated dates, sharp class differences, and mounting attraction make honesty harder every time.

Nora Armstrong agrees to pose as a wealthy British fundraiser's glamorous date to help her cousin's career. What starts as a clean arrangement turns risky when fake dating, class differences, and real desire start breaking every rule.

When a heroic act leaves Dean Kettering with an unwanted million-dollar reward, he returns to Laura Sweeney with one idea: give her the money. Instead he finds unfinished love, a little girl, and truths neither of them can dodge.

A sudden million-dollar windfall brings loner Dean Kettering back to Laura Sweeney, the woman he never got over. He wants her to take the money, but doing that means reopening old wounds and facing the truth about her daughter.

King Henry's spy Hugh of Wexford recruits scholar Phillipa de Paris to help trap a dangerous cleric with political secrets. Posing as husband and wife draws them into intrigue, jealousy, and a passion that could wreck the mission.

In post-Civil War Boston, Irish-born governess Nell Sweeney is pulled into a murder that exposes the secrets of the wealthy Hewitt family. Solving it means crossing class lines, risking her place, and working with the family's troubled son, Will.

Nell investigates when a young mill worker vanishes, leading her into factory-town poverty, family secrets, and dangerous local loyalties. The case deepens her ties to the Hewitts and shows how brutally class can shape justice.

When actress Virginia Kimball is found murdered and her maid is blamed, Nell tries to clear the girl's name. The trail leads through Boston theater circles, missing diamonds, and dangerous secrets among the powerful.

A violent death on Boston's busiest shopping day pulls Nell into another case where greed, money, and family desperation collide. As rumor spreads fast, she has to find the truth before the wrong person pays for it.

When honest detective Colin Cook is accused of murder in Boston's rough North End, Nell refuses to believe it. With Will back at her side, she follows the case into bars, boxing rooms, and deep-rooted corruption.

Nell and Will face one of their most personal cases yet as old secrets, violence, and long-buried grievances rise to the surface. The investigation forces hard choices about loyalty, justice, and the future either of them can claim.

Three linked stories return to the Castle of the Hidden Grotto, where a sheltered heiress, a ruined rector's daughter, and a woman tied to the castle face desire, danger, and awakening.

At the Castle of the Hidden Grotto, mortal guests and supernatural residents collide in interwoven tales of erotic awakening. Set in an isolated French château, the novel mixes fantasy, obsession, and the feeling that the house itself has desires.

The Hidden Grotto opens its doors again in linked erotic fantasies where human longing meets immortal appetite. Burton folds together seduction, old magic, and the unsettling sense that every pleasure comes with risk.

Two linked novellas return to the Castle of the Hidden Grotto, where visitors and immortals alike are pulled toward forbidden pleasure. The book blends gothic atmosphere, fantasy, and high-stakes desire without losing the eerie pull of the château.

Ryan turns from fiction to craft, breaking down the essentials of a page-turner: hooks, character, pacing, suspense, and emotional payoff. It is a practical guide for writers who want stronger plots and sharper scenes.