Maren Moore Books in Order (Updated April 6, 2026)

Maren Moore is easiest to read by romance lane, not by one giant author-wide chronology. Her catalog falls into a few clean buckets: hockey romance, baseball romance, holiday small-town romance, and a handful of standalones.

The key thing to know is that these are mostly separate series, so you should pick the vibe you want first rather than trying to stitch every book into one shared universe.

The best place to start

If you want the safest first Maren Moore book, start with Change on the Fly. It opens Totally Pucked, which is one of her biggest and best-known series, and it gives you the clearest version of her early sports-romance style. If you want her most visible single entry point by popularity, The Mistletoe Bet is also a strong choice, especially if you prefer holiday small-town romance over hockey.

A simple way to read Maren Moore

Instead of one long ladder, think of her books as three doors:

1. Totally Pucked for hockey romance
2. Orleans University and Prescott University for baseball and college sports romance
3. Strawberry Hollow and Mistletoe Falls for holiday small-town romance

After that, you can drop in the standalones whenever you want. That is the most natural reading experience because the series are clearly grouped on both Goodreads and the author’s site, while the standalones sit outside those series pages.

Recommended reading order for most readers

For a new reader, this is the cleanest path:

1. Totally Pucked
2. Hellcats Hockey
3. Orleans University
4. Prescott University
5. Strawberry Hollow
6. Mistletoe Falls
7. Standalones and co-authored holiday books

That order works because it starts with the most established hockey line, stays in sports romance while the tone is familiar, then shifts into the holiday books later. It is a smoother read than strict publication order.

Totally Pucked

This is the core Maren Moore hockey series and the best place to begin if you want a full run instead of a sampler.

1. Change on the Fly (2021): The first Totally Pucked book opens the hockey line with the tone that made this series her best-known early sports-romance branch.
2. Sincerely, The Puck Bunny (2022): The second book stays in the same world and is best read right after book one while the team dynamic is still fresh.
3. The Scorecard (2022): A fake-marriage setup that sits in the middle of the series and works best once the larger hockey world is already familiar.
4. The Final Score (2022): The fourth book continues that same sports-romance lane and should be read in order rather than as a jump-in point.
5. The Penalty Shot (2022): A later-series hockey romance that lands better after the earlier emotional and team groundwork.
6. Playboy Playmaker (2023): The sixth book is currently the end of the main Totally Pucked run and the natural stopping point for this series.

Hellcats Hockey

This is the newer hockey branch. It is shorter, more current, and easy to catch up on.

1. The Bad Boy Rule (2025): The opener launches the Hellcats Hockey series with a college-hockey setup and gives readers a newer entry point into Maren Moore’s sports-romance catalog.
2. The Good Girl Exception (2026): The second book follows the same branch and is best read after book one rather than as a standalone first taste.

Orleans University

This is the baseball branch and one of the cleanest series in her catalog. Read it in order.

1. Homerun Proposal (2023): The first Orleans University book opens the baseball-romance side of the bibliography and is the right starting point for readers who want college sports without hockey.
2. Catching Feelings (2024): The second book keeps the same Orleans world and works best after the opener.
3. Walkoff Wedding (2024): A later-series baseball romance that builds on the same setting and should be read third.
4. Rookie Mistake (2024): Listed as book 3.5 on Goodreads, this is best treated as a follow-on rather than a replacement for the main trilogy order.

Prescott University

At the moment, this is a one-book college sports branch.

Red Card (2025): The first Prescott University book opens a separate college-sports line, so it works as a fresh entry point rather than something you need to save until the end.

Strawberry Hollow

This is the holiday small-town lane and the best place to go when you want festive romance instead of sports.

1. The Mistletoe Bet (2021): A holiday romance that launches Strawberry Hollow and is one of Maren Moore’s most visible books overall.
2. A Festive Feud (2023): The second Strawberry Hollow book returns to the same festive setting and is best read after book one.
3. The Christmas List (2024): The third book completes the currently listed Strawberry Hollow run and should be saved for last in this series.

Mistletoe Falls

This is currently a one-book holiday branch.

Better Not Pout (2025): A fake-holiday-dating Christmas romance that stands on its own and works well as a seasonal entry point if you do not want to commit to a longer series.

Co-authored Hollyridge books

These are shared with Veronica Eden, so they are best treated as a side path rather than part of Maren Moore’s main solo reading order.

1. Jingle Wars (2020): A co-authored enemies-to-lovers holiday rom-com and the first Hollyridge book, best read as a separate festive side project.
2. Wedding Wars (2023): The second Hollyridge book continues that co-authored holiday-romcom line.

Standalones

These books do not need to be folded into a series order.

1. The Enemy Trap (2021): An enemies-to-lovers standalone that works well if you want an early Maren Moore book without committing to a series.
2. The Newspaper Nanny (2021): A nanny romance with a lighter standalone structure, separate from the sports and holiday lines.
3. Perfectly Wicked (2022): A standalone romance that sits outside the main series groupings.
4. The Ex Equation (2023): Another separate romance title, best treated as its own book rather than part of a hidden series.

Publication order or series order?

For Maren Moore, series order is more useful than one full publication-order read.

A strict publication-order list would jump from co-authored holiday romance to hockey, then to standalones, then to Christmas small-town books, then to baseball. That is accurate, but it is not the best reading experience. Her catalog is much easier to enjoy when you finish one named series before moving to the next.

Do Maren Moore’s series connect?

Not in a way that forces one master reading order.

They share genre space and tone, but the public series pages group them as distinct lines: Totally Pucked, Hellcats Hockey, Orleans University, Prescott University, Strawberry Hollow, and Mistletoe Falls. That means you can choose your preferred lane first without worrying that you missed essential setup elsewhere.

Latest release status

As of April 6, 2026, Maren Moore’s newest clearly surfaced solo series book is The Good Girl Exception (2026) in Hellcats Hockey. Her official site still centers the sports and holiday series already listed, and the current public catalog does not show a larger older backlist hidden behind them.

FAQs

What is the best Maren Moore book to start with?

Change on the Fly is the best all-around starting point for sports-romance readers. The Mistletoe Bet is the best starting point for holiday-romance readers.

What is Maren Moore’s most popular series?

Totally Pucked is listed as her most popular series on Goodreads.

Should I read Orleans University before Totally Pucked?

No. They are separate series. Choose hockey first if you want the more established line, or Orleans first if you specifically want baseball romance.

Are the holiday books connected to the sports books?

Not in a way that requires a shared reading order. Strawberry Hollow and Mistletoe Falls are best treated as separate holiday lanes.

Final recommendation

Start with Change on the Fly.

If you like Maren Moore’s sports-romance voice, stay with Totally Pucked, then move to Hellcats Hockey and Orleans University. If you discover you prefer her festive side, switch over to The Mistletoe Bet and read Strawberry Hollow straight through. That is the cleanest way to enjoy the catalog without overcomplicating it.