Jaci Burton Books in Order

This page lists Jaci Burton books in publication order, major series order, official current-catalog order, and recommended reading paths.

Jaci Burton Books in Order

Quick Index

  • Scope: Jaci Burton romance novels, novellas, major series, standalones, and selected anthologies
  • Default Order: Publication order
  • Best Starting Point: The Perfect Play for sports romance, Hope Flames for small-town romance, Hot to the Touch for firefighter romance
  • Order Matters: Low to moderate, strongest within Play-by-Play, Hope, Boots and Bouquets, Brotherhood by Fire, and Built By Love
  • Also Published As: Some early works have later reissue dates and anthology placements
  • Not to be confused with: Jessie Burton, Mary Burton, or Rachel Burton

Reading Paths

1. Publication Order

A full catalog route for readers tracking Jaci Burton’s books by release sequence.

  1. Paradise Awakening
  2. Paradise Revival
  3. Paradise Discovery
  4. Winterland Destiny
  5. Summer Heat
  6. Running Mate
  7. Fiery Fate
  8. Fall Fury
  9. Winter Ice
  10. Bound to Trust
  11. Spring Rain
  12. Mountain Moonlight
  13. Midnight Velvet
  14. Aftermath
  15. Rescue Me
  16. Demand to Submit
  17. Surviving Demon Island
  18. Nothing Personal
  19. Wild, Wicked and Wanton
  20. Show Me
  21. Hunting the Demon
  22. Wild Nights
  23. True Lies
  24. Unwrapped
  25. Riding Wild
  26. Dare to Love
  27. Riding Temptation
  28. Legend’s Passion
  29. The Darkest Touch
  30. The Ties That Bind
  31. Unraveled
  32. Riding On Instinct
  33. Taken by Sin
  34. Bound, Branded and Brazen
  35. Riding the Edge
  36. Riding the Night
  37. All She Wants for Christmas
  38. The Perfect Play
  39. Changing the Game
  40. The Heart of a Killer
  41. A Rare Gift
  42. Taking a Shot
  43. Playing to Win
  44. Nauti and Wild
  45. Romancing the Holiday
  46. The Best Thing
  47. No Strings Attached
  48. Thrown by a Curve
  49. Nautier and Wilder
  50. Wild Nights
  51. One Sweet Ride
  52. Hope Smolders
  53. Hot Summer Nights
  54. Holiday Games
  55. Hope Flames
  56. Melting the Ice
  57. Hope Ignites
  58. The Kent Brothers Trilogy
  59. Straddling the Line
  60. Nothing Personal
  61. Hope Burns
  62. Holiday on Ice
  63. Show Me
  64. Quarterback Draw
  65. Rescue Me
  66. Love After All
  67. Unwrapped
  68. All Wound Up
  69. Hot Holiday Nights
  70. Make Me Stay
  71. Unraveled
  72. Unexpected Rush
  73. Don’t Let Go
  74. Mistletoe Games
  75. Rules of Contact
  76. Love Me Again
  77. The Final Score
  78. Shot On Gold
  79. One Perfect Kiss
  80. Hot to the Touch
  81. The Matchmaker’s Mistletoe Mission
  82. Ignite on Contact
  83. The Best Man Plan
  84. Wild
  85. Wicked
  86. Wanton
  87. All Consuming
  88. The Engagement Arrangement
  89. Bound
  90. Dashing Mr. Snow
  91. Branded
  92. Brazen
  93. The Accidental Newlywed Game
  94. Out of the Darkness
  95. The Heart of a Killer
  96. Housebroke
  97. The Backup Bride Proposal
  98. Designs on You

2. Major Series Order

A series-first path for readers who want each connected group together.

  1. Passion in Paradise
    • Paradise Awakening
    • Paradise Revival
    • Paradise Discovery
  2. Storm For All Seasons
    • Summer Heat
    • Fall Fury
    • Winter Ice
    • Spring Rain
  3. Kismet
    • Winterland Destiny
    • Fiery Fate
    • Aftermath
  4. Devlin Dynasty
    • Running Mate
    • Mountain Moonlight
    • Legend’s Passion
  5. Chains of Love
    • Bound to Trust
    • Demand to Submit
  6. Demon Hunter
    • Surviving Demon Island
    • Hunting the Demon
    • The Darkest Touch
    • Taken by Sin
  7. Wild Riders
    • Riding Wild
    • Riding Temptation
    • Riding On Instinct
    • Riding the Edge
    • Riding the Night
    • Riding to Sunset
  8. Kent Brothers
    • All She Wants for Christmas
    • A Rare Gift
    • The Best Thing
  9. Play-by-Play
    • The Perfect Play
    • Changing the Game
    • Taking a Shot
    • Playing to Win
    • Thrown by a Curve
    • One Sweet Ride
    • Holiday Games
    • Melting the Ice
    • Straddling the Line
    • Holiday on Ice
    • Quarterback Draw
    • All Wound Up
    • Hot Holiday Nights
    • Unexpected Rush
    • Rules of Contact
    • The Final Score
    • Shot On Gold
    • Mistletoe Games
  10. Hope
  • Hope Smolders
  • Hope Flames
  • Hope Ignites
  • Hope Burns
  • Love After All
  • Make Me Stay
  • Don’t Let Go
  • Love Me Again
  • One Perfect Kiss
  • Hot Summer Nights
  1. Brotherhood by Fire
  • Hot to the Touch
  • Ignite on Contact
  • All Consuming
  1. Boots and Bouquets
  • The Matchmaker’s Mistletoe Mission
  • The Best Man Plan
  • The Engagement Arrangement
  • The Accidental Newlywed Game
  • The Backup Bride Proposal
  1. Built By Love
  • Housebroke
  • Designs on You

3. Beginner Path

A compact sampling path across Burton’s best-known catalog areas.

  1. The Perfect Play
  2. Changing the Game
  3. Hope Flames
  4. Love After All
  5. Hot to the Touch
  6. The Best Man Plan
  7. Housebroke
  8. Designs on You

4. Contemporary Romance Core Path

A direct route through the author’s later mainstream contemporary-romance sequence.

  1. The Perfect Play
  2. Hope Flames
  3. Hot to the Touch
  4. Ignite on Contact
  5. All Consuming
  6. The Matchmaker’s Mistletoe Mission
  7. The Best Man Plan
  8. The Engagement Arrangement
  9. The Accidental Newlywed Game
  10. The Backup Bride Proposal
  11. Housebroke
  12. Designs on You

Publication Order Master List

Jaci Burton’s official site lists current series and a printer-friendly bibliography, including Brotherhood by Fire, Boots and Bouquets, Built By Love, Play-by-Play, Hope, earlier series, standalones, and anthologies. FictionDB was checked for earlier publication placement and latest-release status.

  • Paradise Awakening (2003) – Novel – Passion in Paradise 1
  • Paradise Revival (2003) – Novel – Passion in Paradise 2
  • Paradise Discovery (2003) – Novel – Passion in Paradise 3
  • Winterland Destiny (2004) – Novel – Kismet 1
  • Summer Heat (2004) – Novel – Storm For All Seasons 1
  • Running Mate (2004) – Novella – Devlin Dynasty 1
  • Fiery Fate (2004) – Novel – Kismet 2
  • Fall Fury (2004) – Novel – Storm For All Seasons 2
  • Winter Ice (2004) – Novel – Storm For All Seasons 3
  • Bound to Trust (2004) – Novel – Chains of Love 1
  • Spring Rain (2005) – Novel – Storm For All Seasons 4
  • Mountain Moonlight (2005) – Novel – Devlin Dynasty 2
  • Midnight Velvet (2005) – Novel – Standalone romantic suspense
  • Aftermath (2006) – Novel – Kismet 3
  • Rescue Me (2006) – Novel – Standalone contemporary romance
  • Demand to Submit (2006) – Novel – Chains of Love 2
  • Surviving Demon Island (2007) – Novel – Demon Hunter 1
  • Nothing Personal (2007) – Novel – Standalone contemporary romance
  • Wild, Wicked and Wanton (2007) – Collection – Single-author anthology
  • Show Me (2007) – Novella – Standalone contemporary romance
  • Hunting the Demon (2007) – Novel – Demon Hunter 2
  • Wild Nights (2007) – Novella – Standalone contemporary romance
  • True Lies (2007) – Novel – Standalone futuristic romance
  • Unwrapped (2007) – Novella – Unwrapped and Unraveled 1
  • Riding Wild (2008) – Novel – Wild Riders 1
  • Dare to Love (2008) – Novel – Standalone contemporary romance
  • Riding Temptation (2008) – Novel – Wild Riders 2
  • Legend’s Passion (2008) – Novella – Devlin Dynasty 3
  • The Darkest Touch (2008) – Novel – Demon Hunter 3
  • The Ties That Bind (2008) – Novella – Standalone contemporary romance
  • Unraveled (2009) – Novella – Unwrapped and Unraveled 2
  • Riding On Instinct (2009) – Novel – Wild Riders 3
  • Taken by Sin (2009) – Novel – Demon Hunter 4
  • Bound, Branded and Brazen (2010) – Collection – Single-author anthology
  • Riding the Edge (2010) – Novella – Wild Riders 4
  • Riding the Night (2010) – Novel – Wild Riders 5
  • All She Wants for Christmas (2010) – Novella – Kent Brothers 1
  • The Perfect Play (2011) – Novel – Play-by-Play 1
  • Changing the Game (2011) – Novel – Play-by-Play 2
  • The Heart of a Killer (2011) – Novel – Standalone romantic suspense
  • A Rare Gift (2011) – Novella – Kent Brothers 2
  • Taking a Shot (2012) – Novel – Play-by-Play 3
  • Playing to Win (2012) – Novel – Play-by-Play 4
  • Nauti and Wild (2012) – Anthology – Includes Wild Riders-related material
  • Romancing the Holiday (2012) – Anthology – Holiday romance
  • The Best Thing (2012) – Novella – Kent Brothers 3
  • No Strings Attached (2013) – Novella – Standalone contemporary romance
  • Thrown by a Curve (2013) – Novel – Play-by-Play 5
  • Nautier and Wilder (2013) – Anthology – Includes Wild Riders-related material
  • One Sweet Ride (2013) – Novel – Play-by-Play 6
  • Hope Smolders (2013) – Novella – Hope 0.5
  • Hot Summer Nights (2013) – Anthology – Hope-related placement
  • Holiday Games (2013) – Novella – Play-by-Play 6.5
  • Hope Flames (2014) – Novel – Hope 1
  • Melting the Ice (2014) – Novel – Play-by-Play 7
  • Hope Ignites (2014) – Novel – Hope 2
  • The Kent Brothers Trilogy (2014) – Collection – Kent Brothers
  • Straddling the Line (2014) – Novel – Play-by-Play 8
  • Hope Burns (2014) – Novel – Hope 3
  • Holiday on Ice (2014) – Novella – Play-by-Play 8.5
  • Quarterback Draw (2015) – Novel – Play-by-Play 9
  • Love After All (2015) – Novel – Hope 4
  • All Wound Up (2015) – Novel – Play-by-Play 10
  • Hot Holiday Nights (2015) – Novella – Play-by-Play 10.5
  • Make Me Stay (2015) – Novel – Hope 5
  • Unexpected Rush (2016) – Novel – Play-by-Play 11
  • Don’t Let Go (2016) – Novel – Hope 6
  • Mistletoe Games (2016) – Collection – Play-by-Play
  • Rules of Contact (2016) – Novel – Play-by-Play 12
  • Love Me Again (2017) – Novel – Hope 7
  • The Final Score (2017) – Novel – Play-by-Play 13
  • Magnolia Summer (2017) – Novel – Standalone contemporary romance
  • Animal Instincts (2017) – Novel – Standalone paranormal romance
  • Midnight Velvet (2017) – Reissue – Standalone romantic suspense
  • Love Me By Christmas (2017) – Novella – Standalone holiday romance
  • Dolphin’s Playground (2017) – Novel – Standalone paranormal romance
  • Dream On (2017) – Novel – Standalone paranormal romance
  • Hands On (2017) – Novel – Standalone contemporary romance
  • Lycan’s Surrender (2018) – Novel – Standalone futuristic romance
  • Garden of Eden (2018) – Novel – Standalone futuristic romance
  • Shot On Gold (2018) – Novel – Play-by-Play 14
  • One Perfect Kiss (2018) – Novel – Hope 8
  • Hot to the Touch (2019) – Novel – Brotherhood by Fire 1
  • Riding the Edge (2019) – Novella reissue – Wild Riders 4
  • Riding to Sunset (2019) – Novel – Wild Riders 6
  • The Matchmaker’s Mistletoe Mission (2019) – Novella – Boots and Bouquets 0.5
  • Ignite on Contact (2020) – Novel – Brotherhood by Fire 2
  • The Best Man Plan (2020) – Novel – Boots and Bouquets 1
  • Wild (2020) – Novella – Wild, Wicked and Wanton 1
  • Wicked (2020) – Novella – Wild, Wicked and Wanton 2
  • Wanton (2020) – Novella – Wild, Wicked and Wanton 3
  • All Consuming (2021) – Novel – Brotherhood by Fire 3
  • The Engagement Arrangement (2021) – Novel – Boots and Bouquets 2
  • Bound (2021) – Novella – Standalone erotic romance
  • Dashing Mr. Snow (2021) – Novella – Standalone holiday romance
  • Branded (2021) – Novella – Standalone erotic romance
  • Brazen (2021) – Novella – Standalone erotic romance
  • The Accidental Newlywed Game (2022) – Novel – Boots and Bouquets 3
  • Out of the Darkness (2022) – Novel – Standalone paranormal romance
  • The Heart of a Killer (2023) – Reissue – Standalone romantic suspense
  • Housebroke (2023) – Novel – Built By Love 1
  • The Backup Bride Proposal (2024) – Novel – Boots and Bouquets 4
  • Designs on You (2024) – Novel – Built By Love 2

Related Works and Where They Fit

  • Mistletoe Games – Play-by-Play collection, read after the main Play-by-Play novellas it contains.
  • The Kent Brothers Trilogy – Omnibus collection, not a separate story step.
  • Wild, Wicked and Wanton – Single-author collection, also split into Wild, Wicked, and Wanton in later formats.
  • Bound, Branded and Brazen – Single-author collection, connected to the later separate novella editions Bound, Branded, and Brazen.
  • Nauti and Wild – Multi-author anthology with Wild Riders-related placement.
  • Nautier and Wilder – Multi-author anthology with Wild Riders-related placement.
  • Holiday Kisses, Naughty and Nice, Romancing the Holiday, and Hot Summer Nights – Anthologies, optional for most series reading.
  • Early and out-of-print titles – Some third-party bibliographies include additional early short works not foregrounded on the current official bibliography; check the author’s official booklist before adding them to a maintained page.

Dependencies & Notes

  • Play-by-Play: Read in numbered order for family, team, and recurring-character continuity.
  • Hope: Start with Hope Smolders only when including the prequel novella; otherwise begin with Hope Flames.
  • Boots and Bouquets: The Matchmaker’s Mistletoe Mission is a prequel novella, then read books 1 through 4.
  • Built By Love: Read Housebroke before Designs on You because Designs on You follows a related family connection.
  • Brotherhood by Fire: Read Hot to the Touch, Ignite on Contact, and All Consuming in order.
  • Wild Riders: Numbered order is clearest, though some entries originally appeared in novella or anthology form.
  • Older paranormal and erotic-romance series: Publication and series order both work, but series order is cleaner for grouped reading.
  • Standalones: The Heart of a Killer, Out of the Darkness, Dashing Mr. Snow, and several earlier single-title works can be read separately.

FAQs

What is the best Jaci Burton book to start with?

The Perfect Play is the clearest entry point for Burton’s sports romance. Hope Flames is a practical start for small-town contemporary romance.

Do Jaci Burton’s Play-by-Play books need to be read in order?

Yes, series order is recommended. The books follow a connected sports-romance world, and recurring relationships are easier to track in numbered order.

Are the Hope books connected to Play-by-Play?

They are separate series. Each should be read in its own order.

Is The Matchmaker’s Mistletoe Mission book 1 in Boots and Bouquets?

No. It is the prequel, listed as book 0.5 on the author’s official printer-friendly booklist. The Best Man Plan is book 1.

What is the latest Jaci Burton book included here?

Designs on You is the latest release included here. The author’s site lists it as Built By Love book 2 with a December 3, 2024 publication date.

Change Log

  • Last checked: June 15, 2026
  • What changed: Jaci Burton ordered index prepared with official current-catalog scope, major series paths, anthology placement, and reissue notes
  • Most recent known release included: Designs on You (2024)