The Bradford Boys Books in Order
Part ofTia Louise Books in OrderSee The Bradford Boys books by Tia Louise in order, with quick summaries, series background, reading order, and help choosing where to start.
Last updated: June 9, 2026
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Publication Order
5 books
The Way We Play
by Tia Louise
2024
Rachel is all caution and responsibility, Zane Bradford is grumpy, wounded, and determined not to be anyone's project. Forced proximity and sharp banter slowly turn this football-town romance into something much softer.
The Way We Touch
by Tia Louise
2024
Dylan Bradford knows better than to want her brother's best friend, especially when he's only in town for a month. Logan Murphy should know better too, but late nights and easy honesty make forever look possible.
The Way We Collide
by Tia Louise
2025
A football player and an aspiring storm chaser agree to a temporary marriage after an unexpected baby changes everything. What starts as a plan quickly becomes a real family, with love sneaking in behind the chaos.
The Way We Score
by Tia Louise
2025
High school sweethearts Garrett and Olivia are long over, until one night and two blue lines prove otherwise. Their second chance is full of old hurt, adult choices, and a hero ready to show up for real.
The Way We Win
by Tia Louise
2025
Jack Bradford has spent years keeping his distance, even from the woman everyone knows belongs at his side. When outside danger closes in, the single-dad coach finally has to face the love he's been hiding from.
Series background & context
The Bradford Boys is Tia Louise's big, warm, sports-centered family series. The setting is a small town where football matters, siblings are everywhere, and no romantic problem stays private for long. Even when the books get spicy, there is a strong comfort-read quality to the world.
Family is the engine here.
The books follow connected Bradford siblings and the people who get pulled into their orbit. The Way We Touch opens with a brother's best friend setup and a visiting football star who is supposed to be temporary. The Way We Play pairs a grumpy retired player with a heroine who has been careful for far too long. The Way We Score brings high school sweethearts back together. The Way We Collide leans into surprise baby and marriage of convenience territory. The Way We Win adds a single dad coach, secret feelings, and outside danger.
What ties the series together is not just sports. It is the sense of community. These books care about family dinners, siblings showing up uninvited, old crushes everybody noticed before the characters admitted them, and the pressure of living where your history is common knowledge.
The heroes are athletic, yes, but the emotional pull comes from watching them soften. Louise is very good at writing men who look solid from the outside and then fall hard when the right woman gets close enough.
If you want small-town sports romance with lots of crossover characters, found family, and a strong sense of home, this is a great shelf to open. Read in order for the full Bradford effect.
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