Nichole Rose Books in Order (Updated April 2, 2026)

Nichole Rose has a large backlist, but the good news is that it is not one giant continuity. The practical way to read her work is by series family: start with one complete run, stay there, then branch into related or newer lines once you know which side of her catalog you like most.

For most readers, the easiest starting points are Playing for Keeps for sports romance, Claimed or Love on the Clock for compact early contemporary romance, or Wine Country Alphas and Book of Love for her newer small-town direction. Her Silver Spoon books work better as a shared universe than as a strict single line, so they are best entered through one branch at a time.

Where to start first

If you want the cleanest on-ramp, use one of these:

1. Playing for Keeps if you want a six-book hockey-centered run.
2. Claimed if you want a short, finished contemporary series.
3. Wine Country Alphas if you want newer interconnected standalones.
4. Book of Love if you want her current bookstore-centered small-town rom-com lane.
5. Valkyrie Bound if you want the paranormal side first.

The easiest series to read straight through

Playing for Keeps

Included. Completed series.

1. Cutie Pie (2021): The series opens with the tone Nichole Rose readers usually expect from her sports romance side: fast chemistry, a possessive hero, and a light, high-heat setup.
2. Ice Breaker (2021): The second book keeps the hockey framework in place while widening the series’ relationship rhythm and team-world feel.
3. Ice Prince (2021): This installment leans into the polished-star-athlete angle and works best once you already know the series voice.
4. Ice Giant (2022): The fourth book keeps the sports-romance momentum going while shifting the hero dynamic toward a bigger, more intimidating presence.
5. Cold as Ice (2023): By this point the series is rewarding readers who like familiar tonal beats with new couple-specific tension.
6. Ice Storm (2023): The final book closes the run by delivering the last team-linked romance in the sequence.

Claimed

Included. Completed series.

1. Possessing Liberty (2020): This is a strong early Nichole Rose entry point, introducing the short-form, high-intensity contemporary style that shaped several of her early series.
2. Teaching Rowan (2020): The second book keeps the same quick-hit emotional format while shifting to a new couple inside the same series frame.
3. Claiming Caroline (2020): The series continues with another possessive-romance setup that fits the overall tone of the line.
4. Kissing Kennedy (2020): The final book completes the quartet and is the right stopping point for this compact family of romances.

Love on the Clock

Included. Completed series.

1. Adore You (2020): The series begins with a chance-meeting setup and the warm, steamy contemporary voice that defines this four-book run.
2. Hold You (2020): The second book keeps the emotional closeness and fast-moving attachment central to the series.
3. Keep You (2020): This entry continues the pattern of protective heroes and immediate romantic escalation.
4. Protect You (2021): The finale pushes the protective-romance angle fully to the front and closes the sequence cleanly.

Carmichael Security

Included. Completed trilogy.

1. Truly Mine: The trilogy opens with the security-romance framework and a hero whose protective instincts drive the story.
2. Madly Yours: The middle book deepens the possessive-romance feel while keeping the series’ security backdrop intact.
3. Deeply Hers: The final book delivers the last Carmichael romance and completes the set.

The Ruined Trilogy

Included. Completed trilogy.

1. Wrecked: The trilogy begins on the darker side of Nichole Rose’s catalog, with a more intense emotional and romantic setup.
2. Wanton: The middle book keeps the darker tone in place and raises the sense of instability around the central relationship.
3. Wicked: The trilogy closes with the strongest escalation of the three and works best only after the earlier books.

The early “read-by-series” contemporary lines

His Bride

Included. Completed series.

1. His Future Bride: The series opens with the older-alpha and younger-heroine formula that defines this whole run.
2. His Stolen Bride: The second book keeps the same bossy, high-heat tone while introducing a new couple.
3. His Secret Bride: This installment shifts the tension toward concealment and emotional pursuit without changing the core series style.
4. His Curvy Bride: The series continues with another curvy-heroine, alpha-hero pairing in the same quick, steamy mode.
5. His Captive Bride: The fifth book pushes the protective and possessive dynamic harder than the earlier entries.
6. His Blushing Bride: The final book closes the sequence with the same over-the-top older-alpha energy the series started with.

Her Alpha

Included. Completed series.

1. Her Alpha Daddy Next Door (2020): This opens the series with a detective-neighbor setup and the playful-but-possessive tone that readers often associate with Rose’s shorter romances.
2. Her Alpha Boss Undercover: The second book shifts into workplace-adjacent territory while keeping the same alpha-romance structure.
3. Her Alpha’s Secret Baby: This entry adds a baby-secret hook to the established family-and-possession energy of the line.
4. Her Alpha Protector (2024): The protective-romance instinct becomes the center of the book, making it feel like a natural late-series escalation.
5. Her Date with an Alpha: The final installment rounds out the set with one more high-heat alpha pairing.

The Billionaires Club

Included. Completed series.

1. The Billionaire’s Big Bold Wish: The series begins with a classic wealth-and-power romance setup built around a billionaire hero and fast attachment.
2. The Billionaire’s Big Bold Weakness: The second book leans into vulnerability beneath the power fantasy, while staying true to the line’s indulgent tone.
3. The Billionaire’s Big Bold Dream: The third installment continues the formula with another couple inside the same billionaire world.
4. The Billionaire’s Big Bold Wonder: The last book completes the quartet and is best read after the first three.

Bad Boys of Music Row

Included. Completed series.

1. Memphis Bound: The series opens in a music-centered setting and begins one of Rose’s more atmosphere-heavy contemporary runs.
2. Sweet Conviction: The second book deepens the emotional and industry-linked tension introduced in the opener.
3. Broken Strings: This installment pushes the damage-and-healing angle harder, fitting the series title well.
4. Save Me: The final book closes the Music Row line with the strongest rescue-and-redemption feel of the set.

The newer small-town and rom-com side

Wine Country Alphas

Included. Completed four-book run.

1. Whiskey Promises (2025): This starts the Wine Country sequence with a newer, more openly small-town and interconnected-standalone feel.
2. Ambrosia Kisses (2025): The second book keeps the shared setting in place while shifting to a new couple and a lighter romantic rhythm.
3. Bourbon Wishes (2025): This entry continues the wine-country mood with another pair linked by the same local world.
4. Absinthe Dreams (2025): The fourth book rounds out the set and confirms this series as one of Rose’s clearest recent starting points.

Book of Love

Included. Ongoing series.

1. War of Words (2025): The series opens in a small-town bookstore setting, marking one of Rose’s most obvious current pivots toward rom-com energy.
2. Between Her Pages (2026): The second book keeps the bookstore-friend-group frame and expands the shared setting.
3. Reading Him Wrong (2026): This installment continues the same bookish-romance concept and should be read after the first two.
4. No Shelf Control (2026): The fourth entry keeps the pun-forward tone and the connected friend-group structure intact.
5. Librarian & the Rockstar (2026): The fifth currently listed book broadens the series while staying in the same small-town, book-adjacent lane.

Sibling Goals

Included. Ongoing series.

1. Dare You to Make Me Stay (2026): The series begins with wealthy pro-athlete energy and a more modern rom-com presentation than Rose’s earlier lines.
2. You Are So Not My Type (2026): The second book keeps the same high-gloss contemporary tone while shifting to the next relationship.
3. Shut Up and Kiss Me (2026): This continues the athlete-centered shared world and is designed as part of the same run rather than a standalone detour.
4. You Had Me at Get Lost (2026): The fourth listed book extends the series’ banter-forward style and current-release momentum.

The paranormal and fantasy side

Valkyrie Bound

Included. Ongoing or recently expanded series.

1. Valkyrie Heart (2024): This is the obvious starting point if you want Rose’s paranormal-romance side, introducing the Valhalla-based framework and fated-mate energy.
2. Valkyrie Fate (2024): The second book builds directly on the mythology and conflict structure introduced in book one.
3. Valkyrie Soul (2024): The series grows broader in scope here as the Valhalla-centered arc becomes more established.
4. Valkyrie Blade (2024): This entry continues the same mythic-romance line and should be read in sequence.
5. Valkyrie Song (2025): The fifth listed book extends the world and is best saved until after the earlier four.

How to handle the Silver Spoon books

Nichole Rose’s Silver Spoon material is better thought of as a shared story world with multiple branches than as one clean shelf-order series. That means you do not need to read every Silver Spoon title before starting another branch, but you should read within each branch in publication order.

Silver Spoon MC

Included. Branch continuity.

1. The Surgeon (2022): One of the earliest identifiable entries in this branch, introducing the darker, club-linked side of the Silver Spoon world.
2. The Heir (2022): The second listed book continues the family-and-power side of the branch.
3. The Lawyer (2022): This entry shifts the focus while staying inside the same world structure.
4. The Prodigy (2022): The fourth book keeps the branch moving through another hero tied to the same universe.
5. The Bodyguard (2022): Protection and proximity become the key hooks here, making it a natural later-branch read.

Silver Spoon Underworld

Included. Branch continuity.

1. Snow’s Prince (2023): This starts a darker sub-line inside the broader Silver Spoon setting.
2. Aurora’s Knight (2023): The second book continues that underworld-leaning branch.

Silver Spoon Falls

Included. Branch continuity.

1. Xavier’s Kitten (2023): This opens one of the softer-named but still connected small-town branches of the Silver Spoon universe.
2. Callum’s Hope (2023): The second book continues the setting-based thread and should follow directly after book one.
3. Jack’s Devotion (2025): The branch resumes later with another couple tied to the same world.
4. Keegan’s Promise (2025): This currently listed fourth book continues the Falls line.

Silver Spoon Heroes

Included. Branch continuity.

1. Saving His Sunshine (2024): This begins the hero-centered branch with a rescue-and-protection emphasis.
2. Commanding the Curvy Girl (2024): The second book keeps the same dominant-protector tone.
3. Surrendering to His Siren (2025): The third currently listed installment continues the branch.

Silver Spoon Cowboys

Included. New branch.

1. Wild for Walker (2026): This launches the cowboy arm of the Silver Spoon world and is the correct starting point for this sub-line.
2. Breaking Blaze (2026): The second book keeps the ranch-and-romance direction in place.
3. Wrangling Wade (2026): This continues the sequence with another cowboy-centered pairing.
4. Branded by Bishop (2026): The fourth currently listed book extends the branch further.

Recommended reading paths

Best all-purpose path

1. Cutie Pie
2. Continue through Playing for Keeps
3. Read Claimed
4. Move to Wine Country Alphas

That route gives you one sports series, one compact early contemporary run, and one newer small-town series.

Best “new Nichole Rose” path

1. Whiskey Promises
2. Finish Wine Country Alphas
3. Start War of Words
4. Continue into Book of Love

This is the best route if you want the most current version of her voice and setting style.

Best paranormal-first path

1. Valkyrie Heart
2. Continue through Valkyrie Bound
3. Then sample the Silver Spoon Underworld branch if you want a darker adjacent lane

Do you need a chronological order?

No. Nichole Rose is not an author where a full cross-catalog chronology helps much. The better rule is:

• read standard series in publication order
• read Silver Spoon branches branch by branch
• treat omnibuses as collections, not separate continuity steps

Latest release status

Nichole Rose is actively publishing in 2026. Current series activity visible across catalog pages includes Book of Love, Sibling Goals, Letters in Love, Game Changers, and Silver Spoon Cowboys, which means newer readers can either start with finished older runs or jump into one of several current-release lanes.

FAQs

What is the best Nichole Rose series to start with?

Playing for Keeps is the safest broad recommendation because it is complete, easy to follow, and representative of her sports-romance side.

What is the best newer Nichole Rose starting point?

Wine Country Alphas is a very strong modern entry point because it is recent, compact, and easier to map than the bigger shared universes.

Are all the Silver Spoon books one series?

Not in a simple sense. They are better treated as a shared world with multiple related branches.

Which Nichole Rose books are easiest to finish quickly?

Claimed, Love on the Clock, Carmichael Security, and The Ruined Trilogy are the simplest finished runs to read straight through.

Does Nichole Rose write paranormal romance too?

Yes. Valkyrie Bound is the clearest currently identifiable paranormal-romance series in her catalog.

Conclusion

The simplest way to read Nichole Rose is to ignore the temptation to build one giant master list. Start with a lane, finish that lane, and then branch out. For most readers that means Playing for Keeps first, Wine Country Alphas next, and then either Book of Love or a Silver Spoon branch depending on whether you want small-town rom-com or a larger shared world.