Rachel Van Dyken Books in Order

Amanda reconnects with Preston eight years after publicly rejecting his invitation to prom. Now a firefighter, he joins her Hawaiian vacation and keeps teasing her, leaving her unsure whether their growing attraction conceals a desire for revenge.

Sebastian St. James and Emma Gates agree to help each other find suitable spouses while avoiding society's matchmaking mothers. Their mutual attraction undermines the plan, and a man from Emma's past threatens the duke's carefully protected reputation.

Belittled by her family, Sara enters London's social season hoping to marry well and prevent financial ruin. Nicholas, Earl of Renwick, becomes her tutor in society's rules, creating an unexpected connection that complicates his own plans for marriage.

Under pressure to marry, New York rogue Royce McArthur pursues outspoken Evelyn DeJarlias, who refuses his gifts and attention. Their parents' secret courtship gives him opportunities to see her, but his past threatens the trust their connection requires.

Anthony Benson accepts his brother's challenge to win a neglected wallflower's affection within four weeks. Bridget has ambitions that exclude marriage, especially to an arrogant viscount, making his confident pursuit far less straightforward than he expects.

Kessen reluctantly leaves Colorado for London after her father threatens to disinherit her. Clashing with future duke Christian Vandenbrook leads to an unexpected engagement, and their rushed marriage requires them to turn mutual irritation into a workable relationship.

A woman surviving the ruthless Western Empire is declared a princess linked to a prophecy and promised to the Prince of the East. Her attraction to the Royal Protector challenges an imposed marriage and a heart still grieving sacrifice.

Natalee Murray longs to leave her dull hometown until famous musicians Alec and Demetri begin attending her school. Drawn to both brothers, she faces a divided heart and concealed troubles that threaten their reputations and her growing attachments.

Benedict Devlyn's aunt arranges an engagement to his childhood nemesis in hopes of reforming the notorious duke. Her resistance to marrying him awakens feelings he did not expect, forcing him to prove himself beyond his scandalous reputation.

Lord Rawlings must marry before his birthday to claim his inheritance and avoid debtor's prison. His damaged reputation makes finding a bride difficult, especially when the only interested woman belongs to the family of a man who despises him.

A curse threatens Rosalind and her family after Stefan releases her from their betrothal. When he returns insisting they marry, her stubborn resistance turns his attempt to save them into a difficult courtship under a rapidly approaching deadline.

Bored with the social season, Ambrose Benson accepts a challenge to transform a shy, poorly dressed woman into a desirable society lady. His growing attraction makes the project personal, complicating a wager that began as entertainment.

Scarred Russian prince and musician Dominique lives apart from society until an inheritance draws him to a ball. Isabelle's mother places her in his care, but his hidden troubles and fear of intimacy make reaching him difficult.

Athena protects humans as a Seeker despite resenting the task, hoping to earn a place in heaven. Her father's leadership of the Phantoms raises distrust, while forbidden love for partner Adonis threatens her already uncertain position.

Nixon Abandonato pushes Trace away to protect her from his mafia family's enemies, even steering her toward his best friend. Trace refuses to surrender their relationship, setting her determination against a strategy built on secrecy and danger.

Wyoming farm girl Tracey Rooks wins a scholarship to Eagle Elite University and encounters students controlled by a feared group. Its leader Nixon keeps drawing her into their orbit, where hostility and attraction conceal dangerous reasons for their interest.

Alec and Nat prepare to make their commitment permanent after the difficulties surrounding his music career and their relationship. This Seaside novella follows their wedding, bringing memories, nervous anticipation, and promises about their future together into focus.

Recovering rock star Demetri Daniels retreats to Seaside, Oregon, to rebuild his reputation after addiction nearly kills him. Attraction to Alyssa offers connection, but her own emotional wounds complicate his attempt to avoid repeating the choices that hurt him.

A young woman struggling with depression and painful memories grows close to Wes, whose support offers a way forward. His warnings that he can promise only the present make their connection more difficult as she becomes increasingly attached.

Rock star Alec Daniels appears to have love, money, and success until a past mistake resurfaces. Facing the consequences could protect his girlfriend and family, but old patterns of depression, drug use, and denial threaten to pull him backward.

Convinced he has lost Lady Gemma, Colin Wilde tries to bury heartbreak beneath a notorious new reputation. Gemma refuses to let a misunderstanding ruin him, breaking society's rules to reclaim their connection before his reckless behavior does lasting harm.

Kacey agrees to pretend she is engaged to childhood friend Jake Titus for his grandmother's sake. Returning to his family brings her face-to-face with his older brother Travis, whose former teasing gives way to a confusing attraction.

Reporter Char Lynn reunites with Jake Titus in a wedding party after their earlier encounter ended badly. His changing behavior and his grandmother's matchmaking stir renewed feelings, but he must overcome Char's memories of being carelessly discarded.

Spy Hunter Wolfsbane reluctantly accepts Lady Gwendolyn as his partner on a mission for the Crown. Their previous kisses and mutual frustration complicate the work, while keeping her family safe requires cooperation with a man who resists emotional closeness.

A woman tries to rebuild after gunfire transforms her best friend into an enemy and leaves him apparently dead. His unexpected return draws her back into mafia secrets, where renewed desire collides with betrayal and uncertainty about their past.

Tex Campisi prepares to become a powerful mafia leader after killing his father, carrying anger that threatens the five families. His fractured relationship with Mo Abandonato deepens the conflict between his violent legacy and any hope of changing course.

The events surrounding Trace Rooks's arrival at Eagle Elite University unfold from the men’s perspectives. Rival cousins' attraction to her tests loyalty, while her possible connection to a family enemy makes romance part of a dangerous mafia struggle.

Chase agrees to help Mil De Lange take control of her mafia family, despite unresolved feelings for another woman. Their complicated shared history and concealed truths turn a chance to repair past wrongs into a threat to their loyalties.

Celebrity Jamie Jaymeson returns to Seaside to lie low after a scandal and reconnects with Priscilla, whom he previously humiliated. Friendship becomes attraction, but she wants another man, challenging his habits as he struggles to change their relationship.

Wes and Kiersten's relationship continues after uncertainty has made their time together precious. Determined to live more boldly, Wes plans an impulsive step toward their future, testing how they can embrace love while accepting that nothing is guaranteed.

A college student hides painful memories behind a reputation as a party girl, hoping a fresh start will protect her. Attraction to her professor offers apparent security, but her returning past and the risks of their relationship complicate that hope.

Rock star brothers Alec and Demetri arrive in Seaside carrying secrets about drugs, shame, and their past choices. Retelling Tear from their viewpoints, the story follows how meeting Natalee changes their lives and complicates their connection to each other.

Beth wakes beside state senator Jace after a wedding, with little memory of the night before. His grandmother takes them to a Hawaiian couples' retreat to escape publicity, where attraction complicates his determination to keep their encounter casual.

Gabe Hyde has hidden his identity for four years after a decision changed his life. Volunteering alongside Saylor sparks mutual attraction despite constant friction, but the truth he conceals could endanger their growing relationship and people he cares about.

Ashton Wolfsbane devotes himself to protecting others while denying himself love out of guilt. Escorting Princess Sofia until her marriage challenges that restraint, especially when she proposes a brief exploration of passion that neither expects to become more.

Seventeen-year-old Dani loses her ability to speak after trauma and blames herself for her parents' deaths. A summer job assisting actor Lincoln Greene offers a new connection, but her attraction to an unavailable employer complicates her efforts to heal.

A mafia man enters an arranged marriage to a terminally ill woman after promising never to love her. Their growing bond changes his determination to remain detached, forcing him to face devotion alongside the limits of their time together.

Phoenix De Lange leads a powerful mafia family while haunted by his violent past and driven toward vengeance. Attraction to a capo's sister offers a possible change, but his fear of harming her complicates any attempt at redemption.

Trace asks her mafia boss husband to let Phoenix De Lange teach her combat, despite Phoenix's earlier attack on her. His attempt to demonstrate that he has changed tests their trust and the loyalties within their close circle.

Joyce and Luca's love faces the demands of mafia family loyalty. Luca's brother Frank will do whatever he believes necessary to protect the family, creating a conflict in which personal devotion and collective survival pull them apart.

AD2 singer Demetri Daniels wants a perfect wedding for the woman he loves. Labor, intrusive fans, attacking birds, and a visiting star derail the preparations, bringing characters from Seaside and Ruin together for an increasingly chaotic celebration.

A man tied to the Russian mafia secures an ironclad contract over a woman who cannot remember him. His attraction threatens to uncover memories he helped her father bury, making protection and control dangerously difficult to separate.

Milo Caro hopes her brother's wedding will finally make firefighter Colton Mathews see her as more than his friend's little sister. A jealousy scheme with college friend Max sparks retaliation, turning her romantic plan into a comic battle.

Max Emory's friends force him into a reality dating show after he loses his romantic confidence. Among twenty-four women is Becca, a barista who previously rejected him, leaving him uncertain whether her growing interest concerns love or prize money.

Genesis has been taught that contact with immortals means death, yet both a vampire and their king mark her. Drawn into a supernatural world, she discovers that others have long held claims over a life she thought was hers.

Estranged from his father since leaving to fight in Europe, pilot Blaine Graham returns home after receiving a plea from the dying man. Nurse Mara Crawford hopes to reconcile them, but unexpected love complicates her urgent mission.

Cassius, king of the immortals, must spend thirty days as a human proving his love to Stephanie. Newly vulnerable to fear and emotion, he faces a gathering darkness and her visions of a future he can no longer control.

A male siren accustomed to feeding on desire agrees to help a friend as war approaches. The price is permanent loyalty to one human mate, whose resistance challenges both his appetite and his understanding of the bargain.

Grieving Sergio Abandanoto travels to New York to repair fractures in his mafia family. Restoring its power requires another arranged marriage, but his determination never to love again makes the proposed union an emotional threat as well as a duty.

Rock star Zane Andrews maintains a seductive public image that conceals his virginity. When a bespectacled young woman unexpectedly enters his life, he begins wanting a relationship that could expose the distance between his persona and his private needs.

Jane manages a cleaning business and her demanding sisters until a broken shoe brings her into billionaire Brock Wellington's orbit. He is awaiting a marriage auction, and their attraction complicates lives already shaped by other people's expectations.

Actor Reid Emory turns to publicist Jordan Litwright to improve his career and romantic fortunes. A publicity stunt unexpectedly casts her as his girlfriend, forcing the pair to distinguish their real chemistry from a relationship created for the cameras.

After an accident ends his football prospects, Ian Hunter runs a campus matchmaking service. Client Blake Olson needs help winning her crush, but coaching her begins to threaten Ian's central professional rule: never fall for the person seeking his advice.

Lex must train longtime antagonist Gabi to work at Wingmen Inc., bringing their constant arguments into close quarters. Attraction complicates their hostility, while a secret she is keeping forces both to reconsider the roles they play in each other's lives.

Avery Black needs her new internship, but her boss is Lucas Thorn, the man who betrayed her sister. Their workplace battles offer opportunities for revenge until attraction makes her anger, and his refusal of commitment, harder to sustain.

Austin Rogers plots revenge after plastic surgeon Thatch Holloway cheats and leaves her. An MBA assignment brings her into his professional world, where renewed attraction clashes with his refusal to explain the secret behind their breakup.

A werewolf king retreats from power after losing his mate, choosing centuries of isolation and punishment. An injured orphan vampire awakens an impossible attraction, and his struggle for control threatens consequences beyond the two species' usual hostility.

Dante Nicolasi, son of a murdered mob boss, enters a mafia world he despises and a family that resents him. Living with a woman who reflects his own darkness intensifies his struggle with an inheritance built on violence and lies.

Emerson Rodner earns a place on a professional cheerleading squad, then finds herself attracted to two football players. One is her former best friend and lover, making their unresolved past a complication for both romance and her hard-won career.

Managing musicians on a Seaside film set becomes much harder when Will must work with his ex, Angelica. Helping rebuild her acting career forces them into daily contact, where lingering resentment threatens to expose feelings neither wants to revisit.

Brant Wellington accepts a challenging hotel acquisitions job to escape years of anger and grief. The assignment brings him face to face with his ex-wife Nikki, reopening attraction and the losses that destroyed their marriage.

Margot McCleery's grandmother buys Bentley Wellington's time at a charity auction, forcing a reunion with the friend who once abandoned her. Thirty days of courtship challenge his playboy habits and her determination never to trust him again.

A princess cannot inherit her crown without a husband, but she has frightened away her prospects. Her childhood enemy, Duke Fitzgerald Belleville, becomes the remaining option, leaving them twelve days to prepare for marriage without destroying each other.

Shawn's name lands her in a college suite near four men running Wingmen Inc., a paid relationship service. She resolves to avoid their persuasive promises, but her refusal to play along turns her into a challenge they cannot resist.

Private investigator Isla faces revenge from former quarterback Jessie Beckett after her company's mistake damages his reputation. A public kiss forces them to pretend their attraction is love, complicating his campaign against her business with unexpected feelings.

Private investigator Blaire is hired to expose cheating by Jessie Beckett, the former football star she never forgot. His charming best friend Colin offers inside information, making the investigation a tangle of old feelings, new attraction, and divided loyalty.

Renee Cassani expects a summer nannying for mafia families before entering her arranged marriage. Bodyguard Vic Colezan has different plans for their connection, and his pursuit challenges the rules that have already determined her future.

Chase Abandonato plans a campaign of vengeance that could end with his own death. Consumed by betrayal and grief, he faces a woman whose presence obstructs his violent purpose and threatens the emotional numbness on which it depends.

Tanit hopes to pass through Eagle Elite University unnoticed, but attracts a cruel, compelling man she has been warned to avoid. Set ten years after the earlier stories, her experience reveals a new generation of power at the school.

Football player Miller Quinton agrees to pretend-date his teammate's sister Kinsey, hiding their previous Vegas encounter. Her father's illness and her brother's protectiveness complicate a relationship whose supposed performance increasingly feels like the one refuge she can trust.

Ten years after his teenage fiancée left him, a man tries to find closure with the woman he cannot forget. Their reunion becomes a chain of reckless encounters, public arguments, and mishaps that complicate his hope of moving on.

After a public romantic scandal, rock star Ty Cuban is sent to Seaside to teach guitar for two months. Fellow volunteer Von Abigail is the woman he hurt a decade earlier, turning community service into an uneasy chance at reconciliation.

After his wife leaves, rock drummer Trevor Wood moves to Seaside with three young children and hires a nanny. Their growing attraction complicates his search for stability and her efforts to keep professional boundaries around a famous employer.

A campus relationship expert flirts with a new student before discovering she is his best friend's younger sister. Her determined pursuit and their shared dorm make avoiding temptation difficult, especially with her protective brother watching for another breach of loyalty.

The demon king begins experiencing unfamiliar memories and destructive power after meeting a woman who does not fear him. An ancient bargain involving souls threatens to explain his identity, even as his immortal friends recoil from what he is becoming.

Mob boss Andrei Petrov wants his violent dynasty to end with him. The arrival of a captive woman on his birthday challenges his emotional isolation, bringing a personal connection into a life governed by inherited brutality and despair.

Sports agent Matt Kingston agrees to represent and coach talented soccer player Parker Speedman after she punches her previous coach on television. Attraction crosses professional boundaries while her distrust of powerful men complicates his effort to restore her career.

Jilted heiress Mackenzie DuPont shares a holiday encounter with soccer star Slade Rodriguez, using false names. His sudden departure ends their connection until work brings them together again, where grief and suspicion complicate her effort to understand him.

A college senior reunites with the business teacher he once desired when she becomes his adjunct professor. Newly divorced after an abusive marriage, she faces his determined pursuit, while their academic relationship complicates any chance of beginning again.

A man agrees to impersonate his estranged twin Julian after an accident leaves his brother fighting for survival. Protecting the family company becomes more difficult when he develops genuine feelings for Julian's unsuspecting fiancée, Isobel.

A young woman takes a summer-camp job under the former lawn boy she once loved and allowed her friends to humiliate. Now her director, he seeks revenge, while memories of their secret night blur the boundary between resentment and attraction.

Marlo and Ray face the continuing consequences of a relationship shaped by revenge and desire. As dark secrets and tragedy test their connection, they prepare for a final performance with others depending on their ability to put hatred aside.

Camp director Marlo's campaign for revenge against Ray begins turning into renewed desire. Their history of humiliation and hostility clashes with their attraction, while his position as her boss makes their escalating relationship more complicated.

A Wingmen Inc. employee and a reserved office manager are assigned to test the company's new dating app. With thirty days to impress their bosses, he must win over a woman determined to avoid his playboy reputation.

Four women's lives intersect within New York's cutthroat fashion industry, where glamour conceals scandal, manipulation, and danger. A model's compromised reputation and another's troubled marriage expose the costs of ambition and secrets.

After waking from a coma, a businessman discovers his estranged twin has taken over his company and fallen for his fiancée. Retreating to Vermont brings him into contact with grieving social-media star Keaton Westbrook.

A young musician’s rapid rise under Drew Amherst’s mentorship ends when tragedy leaves him unable to perform. Optimistic life coach Piper Rayne tries to help him reclaim his career, challenging his resistance and drawing them unexpectedly close.

A young woman’s attraction to a dangerous bully draws her into a mafia family that knows her secrets. Swearing loyalty promises protection, but the man she trusts may be as threatening as the world she cannot escape.

The next generation of mafia heirs takes power at Eagle Elite University, where a former romance has divided their circle. Falling for a best friend turned enemy threatens loyalties and risks provoking war among the families.

A mafia protector's attempts to save Violet Abandonato have left her seeing him as the monster she fled. Ordered to guard her again, he confronts the lies between them and his determination to win back her trust.

A single mother meets Drew Amhurst, the rock star she adored as a teenager, when he mentors her musician son. Their proposed seven-day, no-commitment affair becomes difficult as she discovers reasons to want him to stay.

This romance collection brings together Rachel Van Dyken's The Dark Ones, Staci Hart's Bad Penny, T. M. Frazier's King, and K. A. Linde's The Wright Brother, spanning supernatural attraction, dangerous relationships, and contemporary romantic complications.

Campisi heir King accepts an arranged marriage to the woman he loves, although she loves another man. Choosing that man as her bodyguard creates a painful triangle while King tries to build a genuine bond with his wife.

Grieving mafia heir Ash Abandonato blames Annie Smith for his fiancée's death, yet finds himself attracted to her. When Annie falls under his family's protection, his desire for revenge collides with their dangerous personal connection.

Maksim Sinacore struggles with violent impulses and divided allegiances while trying to regain Izzy Abandonato's love. The lies behind his role threaten both their relationship and the mafia families whose trust he has already endangered.

An undercover operative living a double life receives an assignment to guard a formidable mafia princess during a vacation. Attraction to his charge intensifies the conflict between his government duty and the criminal family he has joined.

A record-label internship brings a young woman to Seoul, where she must help manage a scandal involving K-pop group SWT. Cultural mistakes, hostile idols, and unexpected attraction turn her dream position into a complicated challenge.

After losing her job and spending a night with former college enemy Mark, a woman discovers they are competing for the same internship. Shared housing and their eccentric boss's challenges turn professional rivalry into renewed attraction.

At Christmas, Sergio confronts his painful past with help from his mafia cousins. The Cosa Nostra families gather to honor Andi Petrov Abandonato, bringing remembrance and grief into a world that rarely allows its members to mourn.

Ancient god Horus struggles with modern Seattle until his new coworker Kit reveals an identity that threatens her immortality. Saving her requires entering the Abyss and seeking help from his allies’ enemy before the world falls into chaos.