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Claire Raye Books Reading Order

We write both series and standalone books and in a number of different genres. While some books can be read in any order, below you will find our recommended reading order, including where any bonus novellas or scenes fit in as well as links with other series.

Hibiscus Hearts Series

Our Hibiscus Hearts series is a new adult angsty romance set on the beautiful island of Maui, Hawaii. It’s written as a series of interconnected standalones and is definitely bringing the small town, surfer, swoony romance vibe!

  1. Broken Hearts
  2. Reckless Hearts
  3. Fragile Hearts
  4. Mended Hearts

Hawthorn Hills Duet Series

Our Hawthorn Hills Duet Series is new adult romance set in Hawthorn, California. It is written as a series of duets of each couple, with a couple of novellas thrown in. It covers a lot of tropes including, brother’s best friend, best friend’s sister, forced proximity, soulmates, broken boy/girl, secret pasts and is definitely very swoony and steamy and sweet!

  1. Confuse Me – this is a bonus prequel that is FREE to all of our newsletter subscribers. You can grab it here.
  2. Complicate Me: Reid & Sienna Book 1 – listen to us discuss this book here.
  3. Complete Me: Reid & Sienna Book 2
  4. Ruin Me: Caleb & Ruby Book 1
  5. Rescue Me: Caleb & Ruby Book 2
  6. A Hawthorn Hills Thanksgiving – this is a bonus scene that you can read right here.
  7. Tempt Me: Adam & Mila Book 1
  8. Trust Me: Adam & Mila Book 2
  9. Pursue Me: Josh & Charlie Book 1
  10. Protect Me: Josh & Charlie Book 2
  11. Marry Me – this is a bonus FREE novella that you can find waiting for you at the end of Protect Me.
  12. Catch Me: Matt & Madison

Also, you can now grab box sets of each couple’s duet and the entire Hawthorn Hills collection!

Badger Creek Duet Series

Our Badger Creek Duet Series is a new adult romance set in Lake Tahoe, California, that is also a spin-off from the Hawthorn Hills Duet Series. You met one of the characters from Badger Creek and also got to visit the setting in the Hawthorn Hills novellas, Marry Me and Catch Me. Some of the Hawthorn Hills characters also show up in the Badger Creek books from time to time! It is written as a series of duets of each couple and every duet ends with a link to a bonus epilogue that you must read! It covers a lot of tropes including; workplace romance, age-gap, secret romance, forced proximity, second-chance romance, single mom, secret past, and is swoony, steamy (hot tubs!) and sweet.

  1. Hate Me: Alex & Delaney Book 1
  2. Hate Me Not: Alex & Delaney Book 2
  3. Release Me: Ethan & Zoey Book 1
  4. Release Me Not: Ethan & Zoey Book 2
  5. Forget Me: Max & Harper Book 1
  6. Forget Me Not: Max & Harper Book 2
  7. Leave Me: Nick & Elissa Book 1
  8. Leave Me Not: Nick & Elissa Book 2

Love & Wine Series

Our Love & Wine Series is a romantic comedy set in Napa Valley, California. It is a series that can be read as standalones, but we do recommend reading them in order, including the two bonus scenes. It also has a very cute little link to our Badger Creek Duet Series because the secret dating app that is the focus of Maybe Yours is actually what made Ethan from Release Me and Release Me Not all his money! It covers workplace romance, age-gap, reverse age-gap, friends with benefits, insta-love, secret dating app and is light on drama and heavy on laughs and steam!

  1. Always Yours – currently FREE
  2. Finally Yours
  3. Maybe Yours
  4. A Jack & Lulu baby – this is a bonus scene you can read right here.
  5. A Love & Wine Christmas – this is a bonus scene you can read right here.
  6. Once Yours
  7. Totally Yours

Dirty Hollywood Series

Our Dirty Hollywood Series is a contemporary romance set in London and L.A. It is a series that can be read as standalones, although we do recommend reading them in order, including the two bonus scenes and novella. It covers workplace romance, celebrity romance, insta-love, tattooed alphas, strong heroines and is both topical and steamy!

  1. Beautiful Secret
  2. Beautiful Trouble
  3. Beautiful Lie
  4. Valentine’s Day with Julia & Aidan – this is a bonus scene you can read right here.
  5. Valentine’s Day with Ave & Lewis – this is a bonus scene you can read right here.
  6. Beautiful Flirt – this is a bonus novella featuring Ed and Victoria that you can read right here.

Rockport Beach Series

Our Rockport Beach Series is an erotic romantic suspense series that is very, very steamy. It features graphic sex and language. While each book can be read as a standalone, we do recommend reading them in order. We also have some deleted/alternate scenes that were cut from the published books and you can find those here. It features very strong alpha detectives, sassy females, small town romance, suspense and a whole lot of steam!

  1. Beginning With You – this is a bonus prequel that is FREE to all of our newsletter subscribers. You can grab it here.
  2. Coming Home to You
  3. Finding Home with You
  4. Making Home with You
  5. A Rockport Beach Christmas – this is a bonus scene you can read right here.

One Effed Up Holiday

Our One Effed Up Holiday Series is a series of standalone romances set over the different holiday periods. So far we have covered Thanksgiving, Christmas and the 4th of July, and are planning many more! The books lean more towards romantic comedy and can be read in any order. They cover a variety of tropes including, fake dating, secret crushes, workplace romance, forced proximity, hate you-love you and feature plenty of laughs and steam!

  1. One Forked Up Thanksgiving
  2. One Elfed Up Christmas
  3. One Elfed Up Christmas Incident – this is a bonus scene that you can read right here.
  4. One Fired Up Fourth
  5. One Freaked Up Halloween

Standalones

Our standalone novels can be read in any order and are completely independent of the series listed above.

  1. The Memory of Us
  2. The Memory of Us bonus – this is a bonus scene that you can read right here.
  3. Come Fly With Me – revised version of Pin-Up Pilot featuring additional material.
  4. Pin-Up Pilot – formally part of the Cocky Hero World – now only available in audio.
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When the clueless boy finally gets a clue! Are you When the clueless boy finally gets a clue! Are you ready to meet Heidi and Andrew and go on their hilariously haunted hotel journey?! Less than two months to go! 🎃💞👻
One Freaked Up Halloween is our next holiday rom-c One Freaked Up Halloween is our next holiday rom-com! Dropping October 8, this one’s perfect if you love..
🎃 forced proximity
🎃 brother’s best friend
🎃 Halloween hijinks
🎃 haunted hotel
🎃 loads of laughs
🎃 spicy sexy times 

Pre-order link in our bio!
One Freaked Up Halloween drops October 8th and thi One Freaked Up Halloween drops October 8th and this lol rom-com is perfect if you love…
🎃 best friend’s sister
🎃 forced proximity
🎃 secret crush
🎃 Halloween hijinks
🎃 spicy bedroom scenes

Pre-order link in our bio! 👻🎃👻🎃
Ready for your first One Freaked Up Halloween teas Ready for your first One Freaked Up Halloween teaser? This (clueless) brother’s best friend romance drops October 8th!

“What about you, any boyfriend wondering why you’re doing this with me?”
“No,” she huffs out, a cute little blush coloring her cheeks.
“Girlfriend?” I tease.
“No!” she says, punching me in the arm this time.
“Okay, okay,” I laugh. “So why no boyfriend then?”
Her blush deepens as she looks away from me. I watch as she takes a big gulp of whiskey, swallowing hard. “I don’t know,” she murmurs with a shrug.
“Oh come on, you can do better than that,” I say. “You’re cute and smart and funny and really love scary shit and stuff like this,” I say, waving my drink around. “Any guy would be lucky to call you his girlfriend.”
Heidi is staring at me again, her cheeks flushed and a look on her face that has something weird going on inside my chest.
Maybe I have had too much whiskey.
“Heidi?” I prompt when she just keeps staring at me.
“You really think that?” she asks, her words quiet, as though she’s almost afraid to ask me.
“Yeah, course I do,” I tell her. “You’re a catch, Swanson. Anyone can see that.”
She takes another sip of her drink as she mumbles, “I wish.”
ICYMI…we dropped the cover for book 5 in our Hib ICYMI…we dropped the cover for book 5 in our Hibiscus Hearts series in our newsletter this week! Delicate Hearts belongs to Kai and Quinn and it’s been all sorts of fun watching this player fall for his girl!
One Freaked Up Halloween is our newest instalment One Freaked Up Halloween is our newest instalment in the One Effed Up Holiday series. It’s all brother’s best friend, forced proximity, secret crush romance. It’s also got plenty of laughs and steam! Pre-order link in our bio! 🎃
The first four books in our angsty new adult roman The first four books in our angsty new adult romance Hibiscus Hearts series! Mended Hearts, Miles & Daisy’s story is up next, but we also just planned and plotted the next four books! All the deets on book 5 will be in tomorrow’s newsletter so be sure to sign up via the link in our bio!
Are you ready for our next instalment in our One E Are you ready for our next instalment in our One Effed Up Holiday series? These standalone rom-coms all center around a different holiday. Next up is Halloween, with One Freaked Up Halloween, which is perfect if you love…
🎃 brother’s best friend
🎃 forced proximity
🎃 Halloween themed hijinks
🎃 haunted hotel competition
🎃 spicy bedroom scenes
🎃 loads of laughs
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