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BostonPL_Love Out of Order: 16 Romances in the Middle of a Series

We all know it's true: sometimes the first book in a series isn't the best one. Give yourself permission to read out of order and start in the middle instead! These romances may not be the start of their series, but rest assured that you will be able to read them without confusion and enjoy the happily-ever-after at the end.

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  • After a kidnapping attempt years ago, Katrina's afraid to even leave the house—which makes going viral her personal nightmare. Hiding out with her bodyguard gets her away from the media attention, but it isn't helping her get over her…
    Downloadable AudiobookHarperAudio, 2020
  • When her gruff new boss, Scottish swordmaker Tavish McKenzie, discovers that he's a duke, New York City socialite Portia Hobbs puts her social media skills to good use on his behalf, despite her growing attraction to him.
    Downloadable AudiobookDreamscape Media, 2018
  • Hiding from the world in his family's crumbling estate, Lawrence Browne, brilliant scientist and the Earl of Radnor, finds his life turned upside down when Georgie Turner arrives at Penkellis claiming to be his new secretary.
    Downloadable AudiobookTantor Media, Inc, 2017
  • Danika Brown, a successful and driven academic, agrees to fake-date her friend Zafir after a video of him "rescuing" her from their office building goes viral and spurs a wave of donations to his charity organization.
    Downloadable AudiobookHarperAudio, 2020
  • The last thing Ada Hart needs is a man to take care of her, but after sharing a kiss with a handsome cowboy, she almost regrets that she'll never see him again...except it turns out he's her new boss.
    eBookRandom House Publishing Group, 2024
  • Suspicion is immediately thrown at the Avramovs when someone starts using dark magic to sabotage the annual Beltane festival, and wild child Isidora Avramov is forced to team up with her nemesis, lawful good Rowan Thorn, to investigate.
    Downloadable AudiobookBooks on Tape, 2022
  • Soledad Barnes rediscovers herself in working to support her daughters after a terrible betrayal, but when a man she shouldn't want but can't resist enters the picture, she wonders if she can be brave enough to make room for what could be.
    eBookGrand Central Publishing, 2024
  • For notorious ladies' man Fox Thornton, living with his platonic best pal should have been easy. Except now she’s walking around in a towel, sleeping right across the hall, and Fox is fantasizing about waking up next to her for the rest of…
    eBookHarperCollins, 2022
  • Spy falls for spy when Mexican heiress Isabel encounters rakish English captain Sirius in Victorian London.
    eBookPenguin Publishing Group, 2024
  • Khai Diep, who believes his autism means he cannot feel love, is horrified when his mother brings Esme home from Vietnam to marry him. As they spend the summer reluctantly cohabitating, they both learn a few things about real love.
    eBookPenguin Publishing Group, 2019
  • Adopting a rescue puppy to help her get her life back on track two years after losing her fiancé, Sloan clashes with the mischievous pup’s original owner, Jason, a rising musician who challenges her to make difficult choices.
    eBookGrand Central Publishing, 2020
  • When her family executed a coup that dethroned Zeus himself, Psyche knew she was in trouble, but she wasn't prepared for Aphrodite to demand her literal heart as payment. Or for Aphrodite's gorgeous son to be the one determined to strike…
    eBookSourcebooks, 2022
  • After an unforgettable fling with Beckett Porter, the owner of Lovelight Farms, global influencer Evie St. James finds herself disconnected and dissatisfied with her online work, longing to return to the tiny town of Inglewild—and to…
    eBookPenguin Publishing Group, 2022
  • When Naomi Kwan claims that a taciturn stranger is her fiance, she's shocked that Liu Ji Kai goes along with her ruse. But Kai has secrets of his own. Their engagement isn’t actually fake, but it’s the only truth he’s telling.
    eBookCourtney Milan, 2023
  • When his sister’s best friend, on whom he has had a crush for years, comes to Seattle, dating app creator Brendon Lowell takes cues from his favorite rom-coms to woo her until he discovers that real love doesn’t need to be a perfect as the…
    Downloadable AudiobookHarperAudio, 2021
  • Madeline Gracechurch is shocked when the suitor she invented at sixteen turns out to be a real person, Captain Logan MacKenzie, who comes to her Scottish castle home to insist that she marry him.
    Downloadable AudiobookHarperAudio, 2015