Denise Grover Swank Reading Order

3 books (2013–2021)

Denise Grover Swank's three-book anthology series spans from 2013 to 2021 and should be read in publication order beginning with The Naked Truth about Self-Publishing. The series appears to be complete. These collections blend fantasy, mystery and thriller, and romance elements across their entries.

Start with The Naked Truth about Self-Publishing and read in order.

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1	The Naked Truth about Self-Publishing 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Skip to the Good Part 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Fall in Love Book 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2020–2021)

The Asheville Brewing series comprises six books published between 2020 and 2021, most of which are cowritten by Denise Grover Swank and A.R. Casella, with one solo entry by Casella. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Any Luck at All and concluding with Luck of the Draw. The series appears to be complete and blends elements of fantasy, mystery and thriller, and romance.

Start with Any Luck at All(With: A.R. Casella), the first of 6 books in the Asheville Brewing series.

3 books (2016–2017)

The Bachelor Brotherhood is a complete romantic fantasy trilogy by Denise Grover Swank, consisting of Only You, Always You, and Until You, published between 2016 and 2017. Readers should follow the books in publication order to experience the full narrative arc. The series blends romance with fantasy and mystery elements throughout its three installments.

Start with Only You and read in order.

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1	Only You 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Always You 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Until You 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (2021–2022)

The Bad Luck Club series consists of five fantasy-mystery-romance books published between 2021 and 2022, authored by Denise Grover Swank and Angela Casella. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Fraudulently Ever After and concluding with Matchmaking Mischief. Each installment blends elements of fantasy, mystery, and romance, with most entries co-written by both authors except for Bringing Down the House, which is credited solely to Casella.

Start with Fraudulently Ever After(With: Angela Casella), the first of 5 books in the Bad Luck Club series.

2 books (2015–2016)

The Blood Borne series is a complete two-book fantasy romance collection by Denise Grover Swank, published between 2015 and 2016. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Recombinant, which was released alongside Silver Staked, followed by Replica and Wolf Bite. This paranormal thriller series blends elements of mystery and romance throughout its dual-book structure.

Start with Recombinant / Silver Staked and read in order.

12 books (2019–2022)

The Bluebird Bay series is a 12-book fantasy romance collection co-written by Denise Grover Swank and Christine Gael, published between 2019 and 2022. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Finding Home, as the narrative builds across all entries. With the final book, Finding Truth, released in 2022, the series appears to be complete. This interconnected saga blends fantasy, mystery, and romance elements across its full arc.

Start with Finding Home(With: Christine Gael), the first of 12 books in the Bluebird Bay series.

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1	Finding Home(With: Christine Gael) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Finding Peace(With: Christine Gael) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Finding Tomorrow(With: Christine Gael) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Finding Forever(With: Christine Gael) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Finding Acceptance(By: Christine Gael) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Finding Forgiveness(With: Christine Gael) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Finding Redemption(By: Christine Gael) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Finding Refuge(By: Christine Gael) 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Finding Closure(By: Christine Gael) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Finding Comfort(By: Christine Gael) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Finding Purpose(By: Christine Gael) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Finding Truth(By: Christine Gael) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2019–2019)

The Book of Sindal is a complete three-book fantasy series by Denise Grover Swank, blending elements of mystery, thriller, and romance. Published in 2019, the series consists of Crown of Blood, Descended from Shadows, and Reign of Mist, and should be read in publication order to fully experience the story as intended.

Start with Crown of Blood and read in order.

7 books (2019–2022)

The Carly Moore series comprises seven books published between 2019 and 2022, blending fantasy, mystery, and romance elements. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with A Cry in the Dark and continuing through Buried in Secrets, Her Scream in the Silence, One Foot in the Grave, Shades of Truth, The Lies She Told, and concluding with Keeper of Secrets. Denise Grover Swank's finished series offers a full narrative arc across all entries.

Start with A Cry in the Dark, the first of 7 books in the Carly Moore series.

3 books (2013–2014)

The Curse Keepers is a complete three-book fantasy romance series by Denise Grover Swank, published between 2013 and 2014. The series consists of The Curse Keepers, The Curse Breakers, and The Curse Defiers, and should be read in publication order. This paranormal mystery-tinged series blends elements of fantasy, romance, and thriller plotting into a cohesive narrative arc.

Start with The Curse Keepers and read in order.

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1	The Curse Keepers 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Curse Breakers 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Curse Defiers 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2014–2015)

The Curse Keepers Secret series is a three-book fantasy romance mystery complete collection by Denise Grover Swank. Published between 2014 and 2015, the books should be read in their publication order: This Changes Everything, This Place is Death, and This is Your Destiny. This finished series combines elements of fantasy, thriller, and romantic storylines across its three installments.

Start with This Changes Everything and read in order.

3 books (2018–2020)

The Darling Investigations series is a three-book fantasy mystery romance trilogy by Denise Grover Swank, published between 2018 and 2020. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Blazing Summer, followed by Deadly Summer, and concluding with Let Sleeping Dogs Lie. This finished series blends elements of fantasy, mystery, and romance across its three installments.

Start with Blazing Summer and read in order.

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1	Blazing Summer 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Deadly Summer 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Let Sleeping Dogs Lie 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2020–2020)

6 books (2023–2026)

The Harper Adams Mystery series consists of six books published between 2023 and 2026, with the series still ongoing. These mystery-driven novels blending fantasy, thriller, and romance elements should be read in publication order, beginning with Little Girl Vanished and continuing through Probable Cause, Long Gone, Luck of the Devil, Last Reckoning, and Lost in the Dark.

Start with Little Girl Vanished, the first of 6 books in the Harper Adams Mystery series.

6 books (2022–2024)

The Highland Hills series is an ongoing collaborative romance series by Denise Grover Swank and Angela Casella, consisting of five books published between 2022 and 2024. Each standalone novel focuses on different characters and their romantic journeys, though they share a connected world. Read the books in publication order, beginning with Matchmaking a Billionaire, to experience the series as the authors intended.

Start with Matchmaking a Billionaire(With: Angela Casella), the first of 5 books in the Highland Hills series.

1 book (2026–2026)

3 books (2022–2023)

The Maddie Baker series consists of three fantasy mystery romance books published between 2022 and 2023. The series appears to be complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Gone Without A Trace / Bake Off, followed by Take The Wheel / Maddie Baker and the Cockamamie Killer, and concluding with Blind Bake, Echoes of Her / Half Baked.

Start with Gone Without A Trace / Bake Off and read in order.

5 books (2016–2020)

The Magnolia Steele Mystery series comprises five complete books published between 2016 and 2020, blending fantasy, mystery, and romance elements. This series should be read in publication order, beginning with Act Two and concluding with Let Sleeping Dogs Lie. Denise Grover Swank's mystery saga follows a straightforward chronological narrative structure across its five installments.

Start with Act Two, the first of 5 books in the Magnolia Steele Mystery series.

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1	Act Two 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Center Stage 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Call Back 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Curtain Call 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Let Sleeping Dogs Lie 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2017–2019)

The Neely Kate Mystery series is a three-book fantasy-mystery-romance collection published between 2017 and 2019. This complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Trailer Trash, followed by In High Cotton, and concluding with Dirty Money. The trilogy combines elements of mystery, fantasy, and romance throughout its narrative arc.

Start with Trailer Trash and read in order.

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1	Trailer Trash 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	In High Cotton 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Dirty Money 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2013–2014)

This complete three-book series by Denise Grover Swank blends fantasy, mystery, and romance across interconnected stories published between 2013 and 2014. The books should be read in publication order beginning with After Math, followed by Redesigned and Business as Usual. The series offers a closed narrative arc wrapped up by the third installment.

Start with After Math and read in order.

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1	After Math 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Redesigned 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Business as Usual 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2011–2012)

On the Otherside is a complete two-book fantasy romance series by Denise Grover Swank, published between 2011 and 2012. The series combines elements of mystery and thriller with romantic storylines set in a fantastical world. Both books should be read in publication order, beginning with Here followed by There, as the narrative builds sequentially across the installments.

Start with Here and read in order.

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1	Here 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	There 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2020–2020)

9 books (2016–2024)

The Rose Gardner Investigations series spans nine books published between 2016 and 2024, blending fantasy, mystery, and romance elements. Readers should start with Family Jewels and continue in publication order through the most recent entry, Trouble Comes in Threes, as the series remains ongoing. This sequence follows Rose Gardner through interconnected cases and storylines that build across the installments.

Start with Family Jewels, the first of 9 books in the Rose Gardner Investigations series.

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1	Family Jewels 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	For the Birds 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Hell in a Handbasket 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Up Shute Creek 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Come Rain or Shine 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	When the Bough Breaks 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	It All Falls Down 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	All I Want for Christmas 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Trouble Comes in Threes 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

14 books (2011–2016)

The Rose Gardner Mystery series consists of 14 completed novels published between 2011 and 2016, blending fantasy, mystery, and romance elements. Reading the books in publication order is essential to following the interconnected storyline and character development throughout the series. The majority of titles feature the distinctive fractional numbering system, beginning with Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes and concluding with Thirty-Six and a Half Motives, though a few entries diverge from this pattern. This series should be read sequentially from start to finish to fully appreciate the evolving mysteries and relationships.

Start with Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes, the first of 14 books in the Rose Gardner Mystery series.

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1	Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Falling to Pieces 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Thirty and a Half Excuses 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Picking Up the Pieces 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Rose and Helena Save Christmas 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Thirty-One and a Half Regrets 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Thirty-Three and a Half Shenanigans 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Thirty-Two and a Half Complications 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Ripple of Secrets 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Thirty-Five and a Half Conspiracies 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Thirty-Four and a Half Predicaments 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Sins of the Father 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Thirty-Six and a Half Motives 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2018–2018)

The Soul Keepers is a complete fantasy series by Denise Grover Swank consisting of three books blending mystery, thriller, and romance elements. Published in 2018, the series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Soul Defenders / Of Fire and Storm, followed by The Soul Destroyers / Of Blood and Monsters, and concluding with The Soul Seekers / Of Ash and Spirit.

Start with The Soul Defenders / Of Fire and Storm and read in order.

2 books (2016–2026)

Denise Grover Swank has published two standalone novels across a decade, with One Paris Summer arriving in 2016 and The Substitute (co-written with Rachel Thorne) in 2026. These books spanning fantasy, mystery and thriller, and romance genres should be read in publication order. The series remains ongoing.

Start with One Paris Summer and read in order.

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1	One Paris Summer 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Substitute(With: Rachel Thorne) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

7 books (2011–2012)

The Chosen is a complete seven-book fantasy series by Denise Grover Swank published between 2011 and 2012. The installments should be read in publication order, beginning with Chosen and continuing through Hunted, Emergence, Homecoming, Middle Ground, Redemption, and concluding with Sacrifice. The series blends fantasy, mystery, thriller, and romance elements throughout its narrative arc.

Start with Chosen, the first of 7 books in the The Chosen series.

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1	Chosen 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Hunted 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Emergence 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Homecoming 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Middle Ground 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Redemption 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Sacrifice 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (2014–2020)

Denise Grover Swank's complete Wedding Pact series consists of five books blending fantasy, mystery, and romance, published between 2014 and 2020. Read in publication order, beginning with The Substitute and concluding with The Wedding Pact Box Set. The series should be approached sequentially to fully experience the interconnected narrative across all installments.

Start with The Substitute, the first of 5 books in the The Wedding Pact series.

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1	The Substitute 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Gambler 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Player 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Valentine 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Wedding Pact Box Set 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2025–2026)

Denise Grover Swank's We Three Kings is an ongoing fantasy romance and mystery series consisting of two books published in 2025 and 2026. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Snow Place Like Home followed by Snow Hard Feelings. More books are planned for this series.

Start with Snow Place Like Home and read in order.