Two years ago, I never really anticipated this, but being emailed every few days to inquire about a reading order, really isn’t a bad thing. However, I wanted to post this here for those who are wondering, so they don’t have to wait on my response.
First, I should mention that The Officer Series isn’t really connected to my other books so they can be read first or last, it doesn’t really matter.
Now, for the others, I’d strongly suggest to read them in the order I wrote and published them. Why? Because though two of them are prequels, I was able to write in events/activities that are described in the earlier books without any sort of explanation other than “that’s just the way it is/was.”
So if you’re new to me, I’d suggest you read them like this:
SCANDALOUS SISTERS SERIES (First)
Intentions of the Earl
Liberty for Paul
To Win His Wayward Wife
GROOM SERIES (Second)
Her Sudden Groom
Her Reluctant Groom
Her Secondhand Groom
Her Imperfect Groom
BANKS BROTHERS’ BRIDES (Third)
HIs Contract Bride
His Yankee Bride
His Jilted Bride
His Brother’s Bride
Now, if you are one who MUST read things in chronological order, I’d say to read them like this:
BANKS BROTHERS’ BRIDES
HIs Contract Bride
His Yankee Bride
SCANDALOUS SISTERS SERIES
Intentions of the Earl
Liberty for Paul
To Win His Wayward Wife
GROOM SERIES (Second)
Her Sudden Groom
Her Reluctant Groom
Her Secondhand Groom
Her Imperfect Groom
BANKS BROTHERS’ BRIDES
His Jilted Bride
His Brother’s Bride
His Contract Bride and His Yankee Bride are prequels that are about the parents of the siblings/cousins in the other books.
I know just listing it out doesn’t really “help” everyone, so if you’re more of a visual person, I’ve attempted to make a family tree as best I could on here.
BANKS FAMILY TREE!
Edward & Regina—His Contract Bride
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Alex & Caroline |
Elijah & Amelia |
Henry & Laura His Brother’s Bride |
Edwina & Sir Wallace Her Imperfect Groom |
John & Carolina—His Yankee Bride
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Brooke & Andrew Intentions of the Earl |
Madison & Benjamin To Win His Wayward Wife |
Liberty & Paul Liberty for Paul |
(Naturally born Banks family members are in bold. Also, I’d strongly suggest NOT reading them in this particular order, I write it out this way so you could see birth order.)
Two books that I’ve written that aren’t part of the Officer Series are NOT listed in this family tree–Her Reluctant Groom, which is about Alex’s friend Marcus. His parents, however, are witnessed in action in His Contract Bride. Also, Her Secondhand Groom is also not a “Banks book”. It’s about Marcus’ other friend–Patrick. When I first got the idea for the Groom Series, Marcus was to be the main “connection” between the heroes. They were both friends with him. But when I got Sudden and fell in love with Edward (and of course John threw a curveball at me when he mentioned that the circumstances surrounding his and Carolina’s marriage were not up for discussion), I decided I needed to write about them. This was also the case with the whacky Sir Wallace in Reluctant. I loved him INSTANTLY and knew almost immediately who would be the perfect heroine for this imperfect groom.
Clear as mud?
Rose Unscripted 
Love this I read them in order starting with Intentions of an Earl (because it was free and I got hooked). Kinda didn’t like John and Edward Banks stories thrown in after i was wrapped up in the kids stories ( made me think back too much lol) but i enjoyed them anyway. Love your books and keep the stories coming please.
Glad you liked the books! There will be more (always) to come!
Oh this is awesome! I was wondering how to read them and I have had some of my bloggers ask me what order they should be read in 🙂 Definitely going to pass this around!
LOL I had a very bare bones family tree on my website for a while, but I decided to just explain it all today!
LOL always good to just lay it out so people can take from it what they will! Truly though it’s great, explains it beautifully!
Thanks! I was afraid it got confusing so I’m glad it wasn’t the mess I thought it might be.
I”ve always tried to figure this out myself. I was almost to the point of writing down the family tree myself. LOL. I HAVE read some of them out of order, and it was fine. I would just learn about an earlier character or couple and think “I need to go back and read their book”. So if they are read out of order, the world will NOT come to an end. LOL
Nope, the world won’t stop, but there are some who don’t like to read out of order so I thought I’d just make this post, that way when I get emails asking about which order, I can just reference back.
I’m actually glad you did this. I went and put the rest of your books on my wish list and intend to read them in order. 🙂
Thanks! Times three! Perhaps I should have done this sooner. LOL