Shacking Up Books in Order
Part ofHelena Hunting Books in OrderExplore the Shacking Up series by Helena Hunting in order, with summaries of each Mills family rom-com, novella notes, and suggestions on the best place to jump in.
Last updated: December 22, 2025
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Publication Order
6 books
Making Up
by Helena Hunting
2019
Adult-toy-shop employee Cosy Felton is unflappable—until the hottest, most awkward customer she’s ever seen walks in needing help buying gag gifts. Griffin Mills is using a Vegas business trip to escape a messy life in New York, but his spark with Cosy follows him home, challenging both of them to figure out what they really want.
Handle With Care
by Helena Hunting
2019
Lincoln Moorehead would rather build houses in remote villages than run his family’s media empire, but his father’s death drags him back to New York and the CEO chair. Wren Sterling, the PR consultant hired to manage the family’s image, is supposed to polish Lincoln up—not fall for the gruff, unexpectedly principled man behind the beard.
I Flipping Love You
by Helena Hunting
2018
Rian Sutter’s bad day gets worse when a gorgeous stranger accuses her of scratching his luxury car, only for a mix-up with her twin sister to complicate everything. When she later discovers Pierce Whitfield is her rival in the Hamptons real‑estate market, their grudges and attraction turn into a high-stakes, slow-burn romance.
Getting Down
by Helena Hunting
2018
Set in the Shacking Up world, this novella follows Ruby and Bancroft as they throw a Halloween-themed charity gala with Amalie’s help. Costumes, mishaps, and a few steamy moments collide while quietly laying the groundwork for the upheaval to come in Amalie’s life.
Shacking Up
by Helena Hunting
2017
Aspiring actress Ruby Scott is broke, newly evicted, and blaming the mysterious guy who accidentally got her sick the night before a crucial audition. That man turns out to be hotel heir Bancroft Mills, who offers her a lifeline: move into his penthouse to care for his exotic pets. Their forced-proximity arrangement quickly turns flirtatious—and impossible to ignore.
Hooking Up
by Helena Hunting
2017
On her wedding night, Amalie Whitfield overhears her new husband cheating on her and snaps, throwing herself at the first attractive man she sees. That man is Lexington Mills, her ex’s cousin, who refuses to be a revenge fling. A solo honeymoon and an unexpected reunion on a tropical island turn a mistake into a scorching, complicated love story.
Series background & context
The Shacking Up series trades the ice rink for penthouses, hotel suites, and Las Vegas high‑rises, following the wealthy but chaotic Mills family and the people who crash into their lives.
The world opens with Shacking Up, where struggling actress Ruby Scott is evicted from her apartment after a disastrous audition she can blame on a badly timed kiss from a gorgeous stranger. That stranger turns out to be Bancroft "Bane" Mills, a retired rugby player turned hotel heir who offers her a lifeline: move into his New York penthouse and care for his exotic pets while he's overseas. Their forced proximity, late‑night video calls, and shared sense of humor turn a practical arrangement into a slow‑burn romance.
Hooking Up shifts the focus to Ruby's best friend Amalie, whose wedding implodes in spectacular fashion. Fleeing on her honeymoon alone, she ends up on the same island as Lexington Mills, the man she definitely should not want and absolutely cannot seem to resist. Their fling is supposed to stay offshore, but feelings and real life follow them home.
From there the spotlight moves through the rest of the family. I Flipping Love You pairs real‑estate rivals Rian Sutter and Pierce Whitfield in the Hamptons as they battle—and flirt—over the same properties. Making Up drops buttoned‑up businessman Griffin Mills into a Vegas adult‑toy shop where Cosy Felton sells him gag gifts and eventually cracks open his carefully controlled life. Handle With Care brings home the gruff, wilderness‑loving Lincoln Moorehead, forcing him into the CEO role he never wanted and into close quarters with Wren Sterling, the PR expert hired to salvage the family brand.
Shorter pieces round out the world. Getting Down is a Halloween‑themed novella that revisits Ruby and Bane while planting seeds for later stories, and Dude in Distress turns a roadside breakdown into a flirty, one‑bed road‑trip for Lawson and Nevah.
Across the series you can expect opposites‑attract chemistry, family drama, workplace tension, and a steady stream of banter. The Mills siblings might have money and privilege, but they also carry old wounds, complicated loyalties, and the kind of romantic baggage that makes watching them finally get it right especially satisfying.
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