This page lists Cate C. Wells books in publication order, series order, connected-universe order, and recommended reading paths across her contemporary, paranormal, mafia, small-town, and MC romance titles.
Quick Index
- Scope: Cate C. Wells novels, novellas, short stories, standalones, series, and contributed-world titles
- Default Order: Series order for connected books
- Best Starting Point: Charge, Hitting the Wall, Run Posy Run, or The Tyrant Alpha’s Rejected Mate
- Order Matters: Yes for Steel Bones Motorcycle Club, Stonecut County, Underboss Insurrection, and The Five Packs
- Includes: Motorcycle club romance, small-town romance, mafia romance, paranormal shifter romance, dark romance, and contemporary standalones
- Not to be confused with: Kate Wells or C.T. Wells, separate author names
Reading Paths
1. Publication Order
Use this route to follow Wells’s catalog from Steel Bones into her later connected and paranormal series.
- Steel Bones Motorcycle Club
- Stonecut County
- Underboss Insurrection
- The Five Packs
- Standalone contemporary romance
- Shared-world and contributed-series titles
2. Connected Contemporary Order
Best for the linked MC, small-town, and mafia titles.
- Steel Bones Motorcycle Club
- Stonecut County
- Underboss Insurrection
The author notes that her MC, small-town, and mafia series interconnect in small and large ways, while The Five Packs does not connect to those contemporary series.
3. Beginner Path
A compact first route by subgenre.
- Charge (2019) – Novel – Steel Bones Motorcycle Club #1
- Hitting the Wall (2021) – Novel – Stonecut County #1
- Run Posy Run (2021) – Novel – Underboss Insurrection #1
- The Tyrant Alpha’s Rejected Mate (2021) – Novel – The Five Packs #1
- After the Shut Up Ring (2024) – Novel – Standalone
4. Five Packs Path
Use this route for the shifter romance sequence.
- The Tyrant Alpha’s Rejected Mate (2021) – Novel – The Five Packs #1
- The Heir Apparent’s Rejected Mate (2022) – Novel – The Five Packs #2
- The Lone Wolf’s Rejected Mate (2022) – Novel – The Five Packs #3
- His Curvy Rejected Mate (2023) – Novel – The Five Packs #4
- The Stone Wolf’s Rejected Mate (2023) – Novella – The Five Packs companion
- The Wild Wolf’s Rejected Mate (2024) – Novel – The Five Packs #5
- Ravaged Wolf (2025) – Novel – The Five Packs #6
- The Moon Blessed Wolf’s Rejected Mate (2027) – Novel – The Five Packs #7, scheduled
5. Core-Only Path
Best for main single-author series before optional companions and shared-world titles.
- Steel Bones Motorcycle Club main novels
- Stonecut County
- Underboss Insurrection
- The Five Packs numbered novels
- Standalones
Publication Order Master List
Cate C. Wells’s official books page lists The Five Packs, Underboss Insurrection, Stonecut County, Steel Bones Motorcycle Club, Steel Bones companion novels, and standalones as the main catalog groupings.
- Charge (2019) – Novel – Steel Bones Motorcycle Club #1
- Twitch (2019) – Novella – Steel Bones companion
- Nickel’s Story (2019) – Novel – Steel Bones Motorcycle Club #2
- Scrap (2019) – Novel – Steel Bones Motorcycle Club #3
- Plum (2020) – Novel – Steel Bones Motorcycle Club #4
- Wall (2020) – Novel – Steel Bones Motorcycle Club #5, Stonecut County related
- Forty (2020) – Novel – Steel Bones Motorcycle Club #6
- Dizzy (2021) – Novella – Steel Bones Motorcycle Club #0.5
- Hitting the Wall (2021) – Novel – Stonecut County #1
- Heavy (2021) – Novel – Steel Bones Motorcycle Club #7, Stonecut County related
- Roosevelt (2021) – Novella – Steel Bones Motorcycle Club #2.5
- Run Posy Run (2021) – Novel – Underboss Insurrection #1
- The Tyrant Alpha’s Rejected Mate (2021) – Novel – The Five Packs #1
- Nicky the Driver (2022) – Novel – Underboss Insurrection #2
- The Heir Apparent’s Rejected Mate (2022) – Novel – The Five Packs #2
- The Lone Wolf’s Rejected Mate (2022) – Novel – The Five Packs #3
- Against a Wall (2022) – Novel – Stonecut County #2
- Return to Monte Carlo (2023) – Novel – Standalone
- His Curvy Rejected Mate (2023) – Novel – The Five Packs #4
- The Stone Wolf’s Rejected Mate (2023) – Novella – The Five Packs companion
- The Wild Wolf’s Rejected Mate (2024) – Novel – The Five Packs #5
- After the Shut Up Ring (2024) – Novel – Standalone
- Ravaged Wolf (2025) – Novel – The Five Packs #6
- Made Man (2025) – Short story – Underboss Insurrection
- Silent Flames (2025) – Novel – Dark & Silent Night #4
- After the End: Volumes 5-8 (2026) – Collection – Multi-author dystopian romance collection
- The Moon Blessed Wolf’s Rejected Mate (2027) – Novel – The Five Packs #7, scheduled
Related Works and Where They Fit
Steel Bones Motorcycle Club
- Dizzy (2021) – Novella – Steel Bones Motorcycle Club #0.5
- Charge (2019) – Novel – Steel Bones Motorcycle Club #1
- Twitch (2019) – Novella – Steel Bones companion
- Nickel’s Story (2019) – Novel – Steel Bones Motorcycle Club #2
- Roosevelt (2021) – Novella – Steel Bones Motorcycle Club #2.5
- Scrap (2019) – Novel – Steel Bones Motorcycle Club #3
- Plum (2020) – Novel – Steel Bones Motorcycle Club #4
- Wall (2020) – Novel – Steel Bones Motorcycle Club #5
- Forty (2020) – Novel – Steel Bones Motorcycle Club #6
- Heavy (2021) – Novel – Steel Bones Motorcycle Club #7
Fantastic Fiction lists Steel Bones as Dizzy, Charge, Twitch, Nickel’s Story, Roosevelt, Scrap, Plum, Wall, Forty, and Heavy, with companion and prequel placement varying slightly across reader databases.
Stonecut County
- Hitting the Wall (2021) – Novel – Stonecut County #1
- Against a Wall (2022) – Novel – Stonecut County #2
Stonecut County is listed as a two-book series in major bibliography listings, while Goodreads also associates Wall and Heavy with the wider Wall siblings reading path.
Underboss Insurrection
- Run Posy Run (2021) – Novel – Underboss Insurrection #1
- Nicky the Driver (2022) – Novel – Underboss Insurrection #2
- Made Man (2025) – Short story – Underboss Insurrection
Goodreads lists Underboss Insurrection as three primary works: Run Posy Run, Nicky the Driver, and Made Man.
The Five Packs
- The Tyrant Alpha’s Rejected Mate (2021) – Novel – The Five Packs #1
- The Heir Apparent’s Rejected Mate (2022) – Novel – The Five Packs #2
- The Lone Wolf’s Rejected Mate (2022) – Novel – The Five Packs #3
- His Curvy Rejected Mate (2023) – Novel – The Five Packs #4
- The Stone Wolf’s Rejected Mate (2023) – Novella – Companion placement
- The Wild Wolf’s Rejected Mate (2024) – Novel – The Five Packs #5
- Ravaged Wolf (2025) – Novel – The Five Packs #6
- The Moon Blessed Wolf’s Rejected Mate (2027) – Novel – The Five Packs #7, scheduled
Fantastic Fiction lists The Five Packs through The Moon Blessed Wolf’s Rejected Mate, with the 2027 title shown as book seven.
Standalones
- Return to Monte Carlo (2023) – Novel – Standalone
- After the Shut Up Ring (2024) – Novel – Standalone
Shared-World and Contributed Titles
- Silent Flames (2025) – Novel – Dark & Silent Night #4
- After the End: Volumes 5-8 (2026) – Collection – With Claire Kent, Elizabeth Stephens, and Sherry Thomas
Silent Flames is listed as the fourth and final Dark & Silent Night book, while After the End: Volumes 5-8 is listed as a multi-author collection including Cate C. Wells.
Dependencies & Notes
- Publication order means first known release year, not the author’s recommended reading sequence.
- Steel Bones and Stonecut County overlap through the Wall family and related character continuity.
- Read Wall before Heavy if you want the broader Wall siblings connection before reading all of Stonecut County.
- Read Hitting the Wall before Against a Wall for Stonecut County continuity.
- Read Run Posy Run before Nicky the Driver for the clearest Underboss Insurrection setup.
- Read The Five Packs in numbered order because pack politics, character history, and mate-bond rules build across the series.
- The Stone Wolf’s Rejected Mate is a companion novella set in The Five Packs world. The author’s page states that it can be read as a standalone.
- The Five Packs does not connect to the contemporary MC, small-town, or mafia series according to the author’s reading-order notes.
- Silent Flames belongs to the multi-author Dark & Silent Night series and is not required for Wells’s main single-author series.
- The Moon Blessed Wolf’s Rejected Mate is scheduled for 2027 as of the latest checked bibliography listings.
FAQs
Do you need to read Cate C. Wells books in order?
Read each connected series in order. Steel Bones, Stonecut County, Underboss Insurrection, and The Five Packs all benefit from internal sequence reading.
What is the best Cate C. Wells book to start with?
Start with Charge for motorcycle club romance, Hitting the Wall for small-town romance, Run Posy Run for mafia romance, or The Tyrant Alpha’s Rejected Mate for paranormal shifter romance.
Are Steel Bones and Stonecut County connected?
Yes. The author states that her MC, small-town, and mafia series interconnect, and Stonecut County also overlaps with Wall family titles from Steel Bones.
Is The Five Packs connected to Steel Bones?
No. The author’s reading-order page states that the shifter series does not interconnect with the three contemporary series.
Where does The Stone Wolf’s Rejected Mate fit?
Place it after His Curvy Rejected Mate and before The Wild Wolf’s Rejected Mate for publication-order reading. It is a companion novella in The Five Packs world.
What is Cate C. Wells’s newest released book?
After the End: Volumes 5-8 is the newest credited release included here as a 2026 multi-author collection. Silent Flames is the newest known single-author title included here.
What Cate C. Wells book is scheduled next?
The Moon Blessed Wolf’s Rejected Mate is listed as The Five Packs #7 and scheduled for 2027.
Change Log
- Last checked: June 15, 2026
- What changed: Added Ravaged Wolf, Made Man, Silent Flames, After the End: Volumes 5-8, and the scheduled Five Packs #7 placement.
- Most recent known release included: After the End: Volumes 5-8 (2026)