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Suzette Riddick Books in Order

Browse Suzette Riddick books in order, with short summaries, series guides, and simple tips on where to start with her romances.

Last updated: July 11, 2026

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It's My Turns

by Suzette Riddick

2014

After years of bitterness in a loveless marriage, Beatrice Warrington is isolated and desperate. The last person she expects to help is Charles Allen, a man who has every reason to despise her, yet he may be her path to redemption.

Baby Love

by Suzette Riddick

2015

Bianca Benjamin is tired of her husband's refusal to have a child, and Wesley's silence hides deeper pain than she knows. A marriage already under strain is pushed to its limit by betrayal, hurt, and an unexpected test of love.

Mended Hearts

by Suzette Riddick

2016

Jason and Lezlie think they are finally building something lasting, until Lezlie is accused of the unthinkable and runs. Now love has to survive fear, mistrust, and the damage of walking away.

Trembling Hearts

by Suzette Riddick

2016

Scarred recluse Jason Carr has hidden himself away in rural Virginia since a life-changing accident. Then lively Lezlie Sharpe crashes into his world, and forced closeness gives both of them a chance to heal.

Baby, I'm for Real

by Suzette Riddick

2017

Single mother Reba Harris has no interest in repeating the mistakes of her youth, then widowed private detective Frank Bass changes everything. Their connection is immediate, but old pain and new obligations threaten any future together.

Caliente Nights

by Suzette Riddick

2018

Overworked teacher Jeanette Adams crashes into Alonzo Castro's luxury car and lands in the path of a star athlete tired of shallow women. Their chemistry is instant, but his hidden past may cost him the one woman who feels real.

Mended Hearts: Part 2

by Suzette Riddick

2018

The fallout from Lezlie's accusation and disappearance leaves Jason and Lezlie fighting for the future they nearly lost. She wants forgiveness, but he has to decide whether their wounded love can truly be repaired.

Sultry Nights

by Suzette Riddick

2018

Teresa Castro returns to Philadelphia determined to build the bridal boutique she has always wanted. Falling for former Secret Service agent Pierce Harrington was never part of the plan, especially with family pressure and an ex-wife in the mix.

A Special Summer

by Suzette Riddick

2019

Summer Jackson falls hard for wealthy playboy Nick Stiles, only to be devastated when he walks away. When Nick returns months later, betrayal and heartbreak stand between them and any hope of starting over.

Key To My Heart

by Suzette Riddick

2019

Ava Peretti is haunted by a painful past and determined never to love again. Langston Warrington III returns with a secret that could change everything, if Ava can find a way to forgive what once broke her.

Losing The Bid

by Suzette Riddick

2019

After her uncle's death, Daphne Turner-Collins attends a Chicago fundraiser and loses out on the one bachelor who catches her eye. Fate gives her another shot with Adrian, but his past wounds could still ruin everything.

Seductive Nights

by Suzette Riddick

2019

Chef Julio Castro discovers he has a daughter and a second chance with Alexandria Lawrence, the woman he left behind. As they learn to co-parent and reconnect, Julio must decide what matters more, family or fame.

When Love Comes Around

by Suzette Riddick

2019

A sudden health crisis leaves Starr Avery feeling like her future is slipping away. Then sparks fly with Kevin Dawson, a man she should avoid, and one impulsive night turns into a fight for love against heavy odds.

Chasing After Love

by Suzette Riddick

2020

Nancy Redmond heads east for a fresh start after selling her business, only to reunite with Gabe Saxton, the man who once broke her heart. Their second chance feels real until his past collides with their future.

Second Chance At Love

by Suzette Riddick

2020

Widowed mother Karen Johnston has no room in her life for romance, until Dominic Peretti Jr. blows in with trouble and temptation. What begins as something casual soon asks both of them to risk far more.

The Sweetest Love

by Suzette Riddick

2020

Roxy Harris discovers she has siblings and a father she never knew, and the reunion throws her life off balance. Childhood tormentor Adam West becomes an unlikely ally, until one terrible misunderstanding puts love on the line.

Fixer Upper Love

by Suzette Riddick

2022

Widower Garrison Lawrence thinks his life is settled until he meets Maddie Redmond, a divorced behavioral health specialist renting from him. Their cautious second chance feels real, but old ghosts still have the power to wreck it.

Forever Yours

by Suzette Riddick

2022

Joey Lawrence is busy building her haircare business when a black-tie reunion throws her back together with Jamal Peters, a reformed bad boy turned entrepreneur. Business and attraction mix fast, but love may bring more drama than either expects.

Finally Yours

by Suzette Riddick

2023

ER nurse practitioner Sammie Lawrence collides with blunt real-estate developer Dexter Davis before circumstances force them into partnership. Shared grief brings them close, but a secret from Sammie's past could destroy what they are building.

Wandering Beauty

by Suzette Riddick

2024

Jillian Hart flees to her grandmother's home in Colemanville, North Carolina after her marriage reaches a breaking point. Surrounded by family history, she begins reclaiming her dream and her place in a larger legacy.

Where to start with Suzette Riddick

If you want interconnected family romance: Forever YoursFixer Upper LoveFinally Yours
If you want emotional second chances: A Special SummerWhen Love Comes AroundSecond Chance At Love
If you want glamorous, high-heat drama: Caliente NightsSultry NightsSeductive Nights
If you want intimate healing stories: Baby LoveTrembling HeartsMended Hearts

Carnivale Chronicles (Suzette Riddick) books in order

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    Chasing After Love

    by Suzette Riddick

    2020Carnivale Chronicles, Book 1

Carnivale Chronicles (Suzette Riddick) books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Chasing After Love"

    Chasing After Love

    by Suzette Riddick

    2020Carnivale Chronicles, Book 1

Distinguished Gentlemen (Suzette Riddick) books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Losing The Bid"

    Losing The Bid

    by Suzette Riddick

    2019Distinguished Gentlemen, Book 1

Distinguished Gentlemen (Suzette Riddick) books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Losing The Bid"

    Losing The Bid

    by Suzette Riddick

    2019Distinguished Gentlemen, Book 1

Generations books in order

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    Wandering Beauty

    by Suzette Riddick

    2024Generations, Book 1

Generations books in chronological order

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    Wandering Beauty

    by Suzette Riddick

    2024Generations, Book 1

Lawrence Family books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Fixer Upper Love"

    Fixer Upper Love

    by Suzette Riddick

    2022Lawrence Family, Book 2
  2. Book cover for "Forever Yours"

    Forever Yours

    by Suzette Riddick

    2022Lawrence Family, Book 1
  3. Book cover for "Finally Yours"

    Finally Yours

    by Suzette Riddick

    2023Lawrence Family, Book 3

Lawrence Family books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Forever Yours"

    Forever Yours

    by Suzette Riddick

    2022Lawrence Family, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Fixer Upper Love"

    Fixer Upper Love

    by Suzette Riddick

    2022Lawrence Family, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Finally Yours"

    Finally Yours

    by Suzette Riddick

    2023Lawrence Family, Book 3

Love At Last (Suzette Riddick) books in order

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  1. Book cover for "It's My Turns"

    It's My Turns

    by Suzette Riddick

    2014Love At Last, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Baby, I'm for Real"

    Baby, I'm for Real

    by Suzette Riddick

    2017Love At Last, Book 2

Love At Last (Suzette Riddick) books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "It's My Turns"

    It's My Turns

    by Suzette Riddick

    2014Love At Last, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Baby, I'm for Real"

    Baby, I'm for Real

    by Suzette Riddick

    2017Love At Last, Book 2

Love Conquers All books in order

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  1. Book cover for "A Special Summer"

    A Special Summer

    by Suzette Riddick

    2019Love Conquers All, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Key To My Heart"

    Key To My Heart

    by Suzette Riddick

    2019Love Conquers All, Book 3
  3. Book cover for "When Love Comes Around"

    When Love Comes Around

    by Suzette Riddick

    2019Love Conquers All, Book 2
  4. Book cover for "Second Chance At Love"

    Second Chance At Love

    by Suzette Riddick

    2020Love Conquers All, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "The Sweetest Love"

    The Sweetest Love

    by Suzette Riddick

    2020Love Conquers All, Book 5

Love Conquers All books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "A Special Summer"

    A Special Summer

    by Suzette Riddick

    2019Love Conquers All, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "When Love Comes Around"

    When Love Comes Around

    by Suzette Riddick

    2019Love Conquers All, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Key To My Heart"

    Key To My Heart

    by Suzette Riddick

    2019Love Conquers All, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Second Chance At Love"

    Second Chance At Love

    by Suzette Riddick

    2020Love Conquers All, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "The Sweetest Love"

    The Sweetest Love

    by Suzette Riddick

    2020Love Conquers All, Book 5

The Night (Suzette Riddick) books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Caliente Nights"

    Caliente Nights

    by Suzette Riddick

    2018The Night, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Sultry Nights"

    Sultry Nights

    by Suzette Riddick

    2018The Night, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Seductive Nights"

    Seductive Nights

    by Suzette Riddick

    2019The Night, Book 3

The Night (Suzette Riddick) books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Caliente Nights"

    Caliente Nights

    by Suzette Riddick

    2018The Night, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Sultry Nights"

    Sultry Nights

    by Suzette Riddick

    2018The Night, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Seductive Nights"

    Seductive Nights

    by Suzette Riddick

    2019The Night, Book 3

Two Hearts As One books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Baby Love"

    Baby Love

    by Suzette Riddick

    2015Two Hearts As One, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Mended Hearts"

    Mended Hearts

    by Suzette Riddick

    2016Two Hearts As One, Book 3
  3. Book cover for "Trembling Hearts"

    Trembling Hearts

    by Suzette Riddick

    2016Two Hearts As One, Book 2
  4. Book cover for "Mended Hearts: Part 2"

    Mended Hearts: Part 2

    by Suzette Riddick

    2018Two Hearts As One, Book 4

Two Hearts As One books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Baby Love"

    Baby Love

    by Suzette Riddick

    2015Two Hearts As One, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Trembling Hearts"

    Trembling Hearts

    by Suzette Riddick

    2016Two Hearts As One, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Mended Hearts"

    Mended Hearts

    by Suzette Riddick

    2016Two Hearts As One, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Mended Hearts: Part 2"

    Mended Hearts: Part 2

    by Suzette Riddick

    2018Two Hearts As One, Book 4

Author bio

Suzette Riddick grew up in Philadelphia, and that grounded, everyday energy runs through her books. She writes contemporary Black romance about imperfect people trying to love well, heal old hurts, and build something steady. Outside fiction, she often describes herself first as a wife, mother, and nurse practitioner, which tells you a lot about where her center is.

Books got to her early.

She has said she was the kid who always seemed to have a book nearby, and one of the first stories that stayed with her was Charlotte's Web. She also remembers getting excited when her mother said it was time to go to the library. Those trips mattered. They gave her the habit of looking for stories that could carry her somewhere else for a while.

Romance came a little later, but it stuck fast. When she was fifteen, someone gave her a romance novel, and that was it. Years after that, she discovered Black romance authors whose characters looked like her and moved through the world in ways she recognized. She has spoken warmly about Francis Ray in particular, both as an influence and as a writer she admired for telling love stories without leaning on cheap drama.

Writing grew out of that reading life. Riddick has said her love of romance, and her need for a little escape from everyday routine, pushed her toward telling her own stories. She started writing in 2008, and over time she built a body of work full of connected families, crossed wires, second chances, and women who have a lot on their shoulders before love ever walks into the room.

That connected-world approach is one of her signatures.

Readers can see it in books like A Special Summer, When Love Comes Around, and Second Chance At Love, where the emotional stakes come from real-life pressures as much as romantic attraction. Her characters are often dealing with grief, health scares, old betrayals, work stress, or the plain difficulty of trusting someone again. Second Chance At Love also brought her award attention, earning an Emma Award nomination.

She can shift the mood, too. In Caliente Nights, Sultry Nights, and Seductive Nights, she leans into glamour, family pressure, and high chemistry while still keeping the characters recognizable and human. In the Lawrence Family books, especially Forever Yours, Fixer Upper Love, and Finally Yours, she writes about business owners, a widowed father, and adult daughters whose love lives overlap with family grief and loyalty. And in Wandering Beauty, she stretches into family legacy and self-reckoning, showing that romance in her work often sits beside questions of identity, home, and the life a woman wants for herself.

Her people are rarely polished. That is the point.

Riddick has said she likes characters who are not picture perfect and who have messy lives, because that makes them relatable. That idea shows up again and again in her fiction. Her heroines are nurses, teachers, mothers, small-business owners, and women starting over. Her heroes may be athletes, attorneys, chefs, or private investigators, but they still have blind spots, regrets, and work to do.

She has also talked openly about the practical side of writing while living a full life. Family comes first. Work has to be balanced. Sometimes getting into the writing headspace means a few quiet minutes of journaling before a session starts. That grounded, no-nonsense attitude matches the books themselves. They are romantic, yes, but they are also about responsibility, forgiveness, and the hard choice to stay open to love.

These days, she still balances writing with nursing and family life. She also loves travel, reading, and a good fragrance. That mix of steadiness and daydreaming feels right for her work. Suzette Riddick's stories make room for sparks, heat, and happy endings, but they never forget that real life comes along for the ride.

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