Travis Books in Order

The Travis books are contemporary romances set in and around Houston, Texas, following a wealthy oil family and the outsiders who become part of their orbit. They keep Kleypas’s focus on intense, character‑driven relationships but swap corsets and carriage rides for skyscrapers, pickup trucks and country music.

Sugar Daddy is primarily Liberty Jones’s story. Raised in a trailer park by a single mother, Liberty grows up fast when she becomes caretaker to her baby half‑sister. Her first love, ambitious Hardy Cates, leaves town to chase a bigger life, and years later Liberty finds herself working for billionaire Gage Travis. The book traces her journey from scraping by to standing on her own feet, and from adolescent crush to adult, complicated love.

In Blue‑Eyed Devil, the focus shifts to Haven Travis, the family’s only daughter. Eager to escape her father’s control, she marries a man who quickly becomes emotionally and physically abusive. The novel follows her escape, recovery and unexpected second chance with Hardy Cates, now a self‑made success and still on poor terms with her brothers.

Smooth Talking Stranger introduces Ella Varner, a journalist who ends up caring for her sister’s abandoned baby. Convinced that playboy Jack Travis is the father, she storms into his life; he insists otherwise but is soon deeply involved with both Ella and the child. The story balances humour, family drama and the slow reshaping of Ella’s ideas about commitment.

In Brown‑Eyed Girl, wedding planner Avery Crosslin has sworn off love after a painful breakup and is focused on building her business. A chance encounter with easygoing photographer Joe Travis leads to a fling she expects to forget; Joe, however, has very different plans. Their book explores what it means to trust happiness when you’ve built a life around expecting the worst.

Throughout the series, the Travis clan feels both glamorous and recognisably human. The novels touch on trauma, class mobility, faith and complicated parent‑child relationships, but they’re ultimately hopeful, offering heroines who rebuild after loss and heroes who are willing to do the work of loving them well.