Pepper Swan Books in Order
Browse Pepper Swan books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and where-to-start tips for her small-town, cowboy, and country music romances.
Last updated: July 12, 2026
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Pepper Swan books in publication order
15 books
Triple Daddy Heat
by Pepper Swan
2019
A baby is left beside Boone at the bar, and the mystery pulls a bartender into his orbit, plus the orbit of his two irresistible cousins. What starts as temporary help turns into a far more complicated kind of family.
A Little Naughty
by Pepper Swan
2020
Christmas skeptic Melinda gets pulled into Cricket's holiday chaos when three matchmaking grandmothers set her up with their grandsons. What starts as a favor turns into a warm, funny romance where choosing just one man may not be the answer.
A Little Reckless
by Pepper Swan
2020
Years after one wild college week, Lexi calls Tripp, Jonah, and Zack to Cricket because one of them is the father of her child. The reunion brings old chemistry roaring back, but the truth could change all four lives.
A Little Sinful
by Pepper Swan
2020
Jess returns to Cricket to help repair a flood-damaged house and attend her aunt's fifth wedding, only to clash with three grown-up step-cousins she never forgot. Old grudges and close quarters turn her homecoming into something far more complicated.
Triple Best Friend Heat
by Pepper Swan
2020
A widow returns to the ranch she abandoned after her husband's death, planning to sell and leave for good. Instead she must face three cowboy best friends, old grief, and the possibility of loving again.
Triple Dare Heat
by Pepper Swan
2020
After a breakup and a car accident, Laine lands in her aunt's small California town and meets a sheriff, a doctor, and a deputy who make starting over look very tempting. An unexpected job offer gives her a reason to stay.
Triple Vegas Heat
by Pepper Swan
2020
Working nights in a casino and days learning rodeo skills, a determined heroine tries to keep her goal in sight. That gets harder when her trainer and two visiting cowboys challenge every rule she has been living by.
A Little Dirty
by Pepper Swan
2021
Determined never to be controlled again, a sharp-tongued bartender clashes with the three men who buy the bar where she works. Their plans threaten her hard-won stability, but the chemistry between them is even harder to ignore.
A Little Jilted
by Pepper Swan
2021
After being left at the altar, Shea escapes to Cricket with her cousin Connie and plans to hide. Instead she finds a fresh start, three talented craftsmen, and a town that refuses to let heartbreak have the last word.
A Little Tempted
by Pepper Swan
2021
A single impulsive kiss changes everything for four lifelong friends in Cricket. A cabin getaway forces them to face buried attraction and the risk that once they cross the line, there is no easy way back.
Three Times The Swoon
by Pepper Swan
2021
Connie reunites with the three boys she once dated when they want to revive their old country band. Rehearsals turn steamy fast, and she has to decide whether this second chance can work onstage and off.
Three Times The Down Home
by Pepper Swan
2022
Newly separated and eager for a reset, a woman returns to Sweet Whiskey and falls in with three younger country songwriters. Writing music by day and getting closer by night feels freeing, until the past threatens her new beginning.
Three Times The Trouble
by Pepper Swan
2022
To sign a rising country band, Liberty takes an unusual job as nanny to three musicians and their children. Her professional scheme gets messy when home life, secrets, and real feelings start pulling her in.
Three Times The Wilder Days
by Pepper Swan
2022
Wedding planner Emily just needs to survive one last job before starting over, but the bride is her demanding childhood best friend. Then the bride's brother and his bandmates make walking away from love much harder.
Race To The Altar
by Pepper Swan
2023
Juliette agrees to cross the country for her best friend's wedding, only to get stranded with the man who once broke her heart and his two business partners. A high-stakes race turns the trip into something wild, fast, and intimate.
Where to start with Pepper Swan
If you want a small-town entry point: A Little Sinful → A Little Reckless → A Little Naughty
If you want country music and bar-band chemistry: Three Times The Swoon → Three Times The Trouble → Three Times The Wilder Days
If you want cowboys first: Triple Daddy Heat → Triple Best Friend Heat → Triple Dare Heat → Triple Vegas Heat
If you want a road-trip standalone: Race To The Altar
Pepper Swan sub-series and character series
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A Little Naughty
by Pepper Swan
2020Small Town Lovers, Book 3
A Little Reckless
by Pepper Swan
2020Small Town Lovers, Book 2
A Little Sinful
by Pepper Swan
2020Small Town Lovers, Book 1
A Little Dirty
by Pepper Swan
2021Small Town Lovers, Book 6
A Little Jilted
by Pepper Swan
2021Small Town Lovers, Book 5
A Little Tempted
by Pepper Swan
2021Small Town Lovers, Book 4
Small Town Lovers books in chronological order

A Little Sinful
by Pepper Swan
2020Small Town Lovers, Book 1
A Little Reckless
by Pepper Swan
2020Small Town Lovers, Book 2
A Little Naughty
by Pepper Swan
2020Small Town Lovers, Book 3
A Little Tempted
by Pepper Swan
2021Small Town Lovers, Book 4
A Little Jilted
by Pepper Swan
2021Small Town Lovers, Book 5
A Little Dirty
by Pepper Swan
2021Small Town Lovers, Book 6
Standalone Pepper Swan books
Author bio
Pepper Swan writes contemporary romance with a very clear lane: small towns, cowboy energy, country music, and why choose love stories where one heroine does not have to pick only one man. Publicly, she shares only a slim, playful author bio and lets the books do the bigger introduction.
On her site and reader pages, she describes herself as a city girl who loves killer heels, gorgeous clothes, and a bit of extravagance. That glamorous wink sits beside stories full of ranches, taverns, dusty roads, and rough-edged charm, and the contrast tells you a lot about the mood she is after.
Short, hot, and very sure of themselves.
Her catalog started building in 2018 with the Naughty Cowboy Romance books, then widened quickly. From there came the Cowboy Heat quartet, the Small Town Lovers books set in Cricket, California, the country music driven Dirty Coyote novels set in Sweet Whiskey, and standalones like Race to the Altar. More recently, she has kept branching into new corners, including Blacktop Ridge and Overtime Hockey.
Readers who start with A Little Sinful, Triple Daddy Heat, or Three Times The Swoon get a clean picture of what Swan likes best. Her heroines usually arrive at a turning point, go back home, take a temporary job, help with a wedding, nurse old heartbreak, or stumble into a situation that looks manageable for about five minutes. Then three men enter the frame, and everything gets messier.
Setting matters in her books. Cricket is a small northern California town where plural relationships are treated as ordinary, not scandalous, which gives the Small Town Lovers series its easygoing confidence. Sweet Whiskey, home of the Dirty Coyote books, leans harder into bands, songwriting, and dance-hall energy. The Cowboy Heat books tilt toward ranch life, rodeo, sheriffs, doctors, and fast-moving western fantasy.
She returns again and again to a few favorite story engines: second chances, best friends, weddings, secret babies, single dads, old crushes, and women starting over after disappointment. Even when the books are short, there is usually a reset at the center of them, a sense that a heroine can step sideways out of the life she thought she was stuck with and build something warmer.
That emotional promise is a big part of the appeal.
Swan also writes with a clear sense of reader contract. Her blurbs repeatedly promise humor, heat, and a happy ending, and the books are built to deliver exactly that. There is conflict, of course, but the feeling is more comforting than cruel. Public facts about her personal life are limited, and that seems intentional. Instead of building a large author myth, she keeps the spotlight on the atmosphere: a sexy bar after closing, a wedding weekend gone sideways, a country band getting back together, a road trip that turns into a race, a small town where everybody already knows your business. If you like contemporary why choose romance with small-town warmth, cowboy swagger, country music flavor, and heroines who get both desire and a real ending, Pepper Swan's books make a very easy place to settle in.
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