Sydney Landon Books in Order
Browse Sydney Landon books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and easy where-to-start tips for Danvers, Lucian & Lia, and more.
Last updated: July 6, 2026
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Publication Order
22 books
Weekends Required
by Sydney Landon
2011
Claire Walters has spent years as Jason Danvers's overlooked assistant, until a humiliating second job puts her in front of him in a very different light. Business trips turn their chemistry real, but Claire wants more than a fling.
Not Planning On You
by Sydney Landon
2012
Suzy Denton's life unravels after she catches her fiancé cheating and clashes with merger-happy CEO Grayson Merimon. One reckless night changes the game, and she has to decide whether independence matters more than risking her heart again.
Fall for Me
by Sydney Landon
2013
After losing her teaching job, Beth Denton lands at Danvers International and finds herself drawn to wealthy playboy Nick Merimon. Their sudden connection feels exciting and scary, especially as Beth battles old insecurities and questions whether she can trust happiness.
Fighting for You
by Sydney Landon
2013
Ella Webber has never been comfortable around men, but friendship with former Marine Declan Stone starts to crack her careful routine. As attraction grows, Declan's emotional scars and Ella's quiet determination push them toward a harder, deeper kind of love.
Betting on You
by Sydney Landon
2014
Mia Gentry built an independent life far from her wealthy parents, only to be auctioned off on a date with resort owner Seth Jackson. Their one-night plan quickly gets complicated when flirtation turns into something neither expected.
Fractured
by Sydney Landon
2014
Lucian and Lia try to build a future after a violent attack, but trauma and buried secrets keep reopening the wounds between them. Love isn't the problem, trust is, and both pasts are still very much alive.
No Denying You
by Sydney Landon
2014
Emma Davis and her impossible boss, Brant Stone, spend more time sniping than cooperating at Danvers International. A blackmail-fueled fake date to her reunion throws them together, and their hostility starts looking a lot like heat.
Pierced
by Sydney Landon
2014
Software mogul Lucian Quinn hires escort Lia Adams for a business event and finds someone as damaged and guarded as he is. Their attraction is immediate, but the past stalking both of them makes closeness dangerous.
Always Loving You
by Sydney Landon
2015
Ava Stone has spent years living with fear after a teenage attack that never really left her behind. MacKinley Powers, the one man who has always protected her, may also be the one strong enough to help her finally heal.
Mended
by Sydney Landon
2015
Lucian and Lia finally seem ready to move forward, until the woman who shattered Lucian's life resurfaces. The final book raises the stakes around loyalty, protection, and whether their hard-won love can survive one more threat.
Rose
by Sydney Landon
2015
Rose Madden has always played the perfect daughter, until lawyer Max Decker makes her want something messier and more honest. Their sharp chemistry is real, but Rose is hiding pain she isn't sure can survive the light.
Watch Over Me
by Sydney Landon
2015
After a humiliating breakup, Gwen turns a wine-soaked impulse into a night with her bad-boy neighbor, Dominic Brady. What starts as reckless comfort grows more serious fast, especially when one unexpected consequence keeps them tangled together.
Aidan
by Sydney Landon
2016
After tragedy and guilt drive him away, Aidan Spencer returns home carrying more grief than hope. Meeting a woman with troubles even bigger than his own forces him to decide whether he can risk loving again.
The One for Me
by Sydney Landon
2016
Newly divorced Crystal Webber is ready to stop playing safe, and charming playboy Mark DeSanto gets her attention instantly. For once, Mark wants more than a fast hookup, but taking things slow may be harder than either expected.
Wishing For Us
by Sydney Landon
2016
Still grieving the loss of her fiancé, Lydia Cross never expects a wild Vegas weekend to leave her married to Jacob Hay. Their impulsive marriage turns into something tender and complicated once real life catches up.
Keeping It Hot
by Sydney Landon
2017
Zoe Hart has loved her best friend Dylan Jackson for years while running a coffee shop inside his Florida resort. When she finally decides to make him notice her, friendship and desire start colliding in messy ways.
Anthony
by Sydney Landon
2018
Nightclub owner Anthony Moretti has spent years building his own empire after his father's violent death. Then fate brings Jacey Wrenn back into his orbit, and his obsession with her becomes tangled with pain, danger, and redemption.
Lee
by Sydney Landon
2018
Lee Jacks built power and respect out of a brutal childhood, and he trusts almost no one. Falling for his assistant Liza is risky enough, but her secrets may threaten everything he has fought to control.
Room for Two
by Sydney Landon
2018
Dana Anders and hotel co-owner Asher Jackson can't stop needling each other, so fake dating sounds like a terrible idea. Then their arrangement starts feeling dangerously real, and both have more to lose than they planned.
Marco
by Sydney Landon
2019
Marco Moretti lives for family loyalty and easy charm until Nina Gavino survives his worst first impression and refuses to be won over. Their chemistry is fierce, but old violence and buried truths stand between them.
Friend Me
by Sydney Landon
2020
A forgotten connection returns when a woman receives a seemingly harmless friend request from a man she doesn't remember. For him it becomes obsession, turning the story into a dark romantic suspense about memory, desire, and danger.
Nicoli
by Sydney Landon
2020
Nicoli Moretti learns that the people he trusts most have been keeping dangerous secrets, including the woman he loves. Torn between revenge and devotion, he has to decide whether broken trust can ever be rebuilt.
Where should I start?
If you want workplace romance: Weekends Required → Not Planning On You → Fall for Me
If you want the full Danvers world: Weekends Required → No Denying You → Watch Over Me → Wishing For Us
If you want darker romantic suspense: Pierced → Fractured → Mended
If you want something lighter and beachy: Keeping It Hot → Room for Two
If you want a one-book suspense sample: Friend Me
Author bio
Sydney Landon is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author who spent about twenty-five years working in accounting before fiction took over. She lives in South Carolina with her husband and two children, and that mix of office discipline, family chaos, and everyday practicality fits her books pretty well. Her stories may be full of CEOs, protective heroes, and high-stakes attraction, but the voice behind them feels grounded.
Writing started in a simple way. She has said she did what a lot of first-time writers do, opened a word processor and started typing without thinking much yet about formatting, line edits, or any of the extra jobs that come with publishing a book. The early focus was just the story and the characters, which is probably why her novels still read like they are powered first by momentum and emotion.
That early experiment became Weekends Required.
She wrote that first novel while she was still working, then self-published and learned the rest on the fly. Editing, formatting, cover design, and the hundred small decisions around getting a book into readers' hands were all part of the education. In a later piece about self-publishing, she described how much work went into every stage and how hard it was to do it alone. When she eventually signed with Penguin, one thing that clearly mattered to her was finally having a team.
The book that started it all also launched her best-known world. The Danvers novels, including Weekends Required, Not Planning On You, Fall for Me, Watch Over Me, and The One for Me, are linked contemporary romances built around Danvers International and the people around it. These books mix boss-assistant tension, wealthy families, best friends, siblings, security staff, and a lot of overlapping social lives. Readers usually come for the chemistry and stay for the recurring cast, office drama, family ties, and the feeling that everybody is tangled up in everybody else's business.
Then she took a darker turn.
With Pierced, Fractured, and Mended, Landon moved into heavier romantic suspense territory, with more danger, more trauma, and a rougher emotional edge than the Danvers books. Those novels, and the connected books that follow them, show that she is interested not just in flirtation but in damage, loyalty, and what it takes for people with terrible histories to trust each other. Even when the tone gets darker, she keeps the emotional stakes front and center.
She can shift gears easily. Keeping It Hot and Room for Two move into a resort setting and a more playful romantic-comedy mood, with best friends, fake dating, and plenty of sharp banter. Friend Me heads in the other direction, toward more overt suspense. Across all of her series, she tends to like protective heroes, funny side characters, women who are tougher than they first appear, and storylines where attraction is only the beginning of the problem.
Off the page, the details she shares are pleasantly unglamorous. She enjoys reading and swimming, has described herself as a minivan-driving soccer mom, and lives a life that sounds a lot closer to carpools than to boardroom fantasy. She has also mentioned that her husband is a fellow computer geek, which feels very on brand for a writer who built her career by learning the technical side of self-publishing as she went.
That mix of ordinary life and high-drama romance may be the clearest way to understand her work. Landon built her readership by starting small, learning fast, and writing books that move quickly and wear their feelings in plain sight. If you like connected contemporary romances with recurring characters, strong chemistry, and a little mess along the way, her shelves give you plenty to explore.
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