Vices & Virtues Books in Order

Vices & Virtues is a shared romance collection built around a fun, flexible theme. Each book takes its cue from either a vice or a virtue, then spins that idea into a short, steamy standalone. Some titles lean into temptation. Others lean into redemption. The overall mood is playful, fast-moving, and built for readers who want a complete romance in one sitting or one weekend.

The theme sounds a little formal on paper, but the books themselves are not moral lessons. They are contemporary romances with strong hooks, quick chemistry, and a lot of personality. The vice or virtue angle mostly gives each novella a starting spark. It helps shape the emotional problem at the center of the story, whether that is pride, lust, patience, charity, wrath, or something else entirely.

Daphne Elliot's contribution, A Touch of Wrath, is a good example of how the concept works. Maeve Watson catches her fiancé cheating just weeks before the wedding, and the carefully controlled version of herself finally snaps. What follows is not a dark revenge story, but a funny, impulsive, small-town romance in which anger becomes the push that gets her out of a life that was no longer working. A one-night stand with a handsome police officer, Oliver, seems like a clean break from being the good girl. Then he has to arrest her, and the whole thing gets much messier and much more entertaining.

The premise does a lot in a short space.

Because these books are novellas, the pacing tends to be quick and the setups are bold. That is part of the appeal. You are not here for a huge cast, a sprawling mystery, or a slow ten-step emotional thaw. You are here for a clever central problem, strong attraction, and the satisfaction of watching two people get knocked off balance in exactly the way they need.

For Daphne Elliot readers, this entry also works as a neat side trip into the wider Havenport mood without asking for a full series commitment. It has her usual fondness for small-town trouble, snappy dialogue, and heroines who are done being overly accommodating. If you like romance that is short, steamy, and built around a strong emotional turn, this is an easy one to pick up.

So while Vices & Virtues is not a tightly connected story world in the usual series sense, it does have a clear identity. It is a themed lineup of standalone romances, and A Touch of Wrath fits right in.