Marie Force Books in Order (Updated July 19, 2026)

Marie Force writes contemporary romance, romantic suspense, erotic romance, and historical romance. Her catalogue includes long-running community series, continuing-couple thrillers, family sagas, short completed series, and standalone novels.

The most important distinction is between series that change couples and series that continue one central relationship.

Gansett Island, Green Mountain, Butler, Vermont, Miami Nights, Quantum, and Wild Widows introduce new lead couples while keeping earlier characters active.

Fatal and First Family follow homicide detective Sam Holland and politician Nick Cappuano through one continuous story. First Family is not a separate starting point; it is the direct continuation of Fatal.

This guide separates the books by the commitment each series requires, making it easier to choose the right first book without combining unrelated worlds.

Five Decisions Before You Start

For a Long Island Community Series

Begin with Maid for Love and follow the Gansett Island books in order.

Most installments complete a new romance, but the island’s marriages, children, businesses, friendships, and family developments continue throughout the series.

For Romantic Suspense With One Continuing Couple

Read One Night with You, then begin the Fatal series with Fatal Affair.

After Fatal Fraud, continue directly into the First Family series with State of Affairs.

For a Multigenerational Vermont Family

Start with All You Need Is Love, complete the Green Mountain books, and then continue into Butler, Vermont.

The series name changes, but the Abbott, Stillman, and Coleman family continuity does not.

For Erotic Hollywood Romance

Begin the Quantum series with Virtuous.

The first three books follow Flynn and Natalie, while later books move to other members of their professional and personal circle.

For a Shorter Completed Series

Choose one of these:

• Treading Water: Family drama and second chances.
• Miami Nights: A contemporary-romance family series.
• Gilded: Two historical romances.
• Five Years Gone and One Year Home: A direct two-book story.

The Sam and Nick Continuity

Marie Force’s longest continuous-couple storyline is divided into three branches:

1. Fatal
2. First Family
3. Wild Widows

Fatal and First Family form one uninterrupted Sam-and-Nick sequence. Wild Widows is a spin-off about Roni Connolly and other people rebuilding their lives after losing spouses.

Complete Recommended Order

1. One Night with You
2. Fatal series
3. First Family series
4. Wild Widows after Roni’s Fatal-series history is known

Wild Widows can be understood separately, but beginning there reveals major personal events from Fatal.

Fatal Books in Order

Fatal combines police investigations, political drama, family developments, and the continuing marriage of Washington, D.C., homicide detective Sam Holland and politician Nick Cappuano.

The mysteries change, but the relationship and political storyline do not reset. This series must be read in order.

Prequel

1. One Night with You (2015): Sam and Nick meet and spend one night together six years before the murder investigation that reunites them in Fatal Affair.The novella is chronologically first. It can also be read after Fatal Affair, where their previous encounter is initially revealed.

Main Fatal Series

1. Fatal Affair (2010): Sam investigates the murder of a United States senator and is reunited with Nick, the victim’s close friend and the man she never forgot after one night together.
2. Fatal Justice (2011): Sam and Nick attempt to build a relationship while a new politically sensitive murder threatens her career and his expanding public role.
3. Fatal Consequences (2011): A fresh homicide forces Sam into another dangerous investigation as the couple’s personal future becomes increasingly serious.
4. Fatal Destiny (2011): Sam and Nick prepare for their wedding in a novella that marks a major relationship transition before the next full-length case.
5. Fatal Flaw (2012): The discovery of a murdered woman pulls Sam into a case involving old wounds, hidden motives, and consequences for people close to her.
6. Fatal Deception (2012): A new investigation develops alongside a deeply personal crisis for Sam and Nick, increasing the overlap between their public and private lives.
7. Fatal Mistake (2013): Sam investigates another politically explosive crime while mistakes from the past threaten careers, loyalties, and relationships.
8. Fatal Jeopardy (2014): A brutal attack on people connected to Sam’s department turns a homicide case into an urgent search for a dangerous offender.
9. Fatal Scandal (2015): A public controversy places Nick’s political future under scrutiny while Sam investigates a death surrounded by secrets and powerful interests.
10. Fatal Frenzy (2015): A violent assault on Sam raises the personal stakes as the team confronts one of the series’ most emotionally disruptive cases.
11. Fatal Identity (2016): A child’s identity and a murder investigation draw Sam and Nick into a case involving family secrets and national attention.
12. Fatal Threat (2017): Sam searches for missing members of a prominent family while danger follows the investigation into her own household.
13. Fatal Chaos (2018): Political upheaval, family developments, and another homicide push Sam and Nick into a period of rapid personal change.
14. Fatal Invasion (2018): A shocking crime at the couple’s home makes the latest investigation intensely personal and places their security under threat.
15. Fatal Reckoning (2019): Sam confronts grief and unanswered questions linked to her father while investigating a case with long-standing emotional consequences.
16. Fatal Accusation (2019): Sam works to clear a colleague accused of murder as Nick’s political responsibilities continue moving them toward a new life.
17. Fatal Fraud (2020): A case involving deception, money, and murder closes the Fatal era as Nick’s career prepares to transform their family’s position completely.

Fatal Series Compendium

Fatal Series Compendium: This reference volume gathers character information, series details, and background material rather than continuing Sam and Nick’s story.

It should be treated as a companion book, not another numbered novel.

Where Does Fatal End?

The Fatal title ends with Fatal Fraud, but Sam and Nick’s story does not.

Continue immediately with State of Affairs, the first First Family novel.

First Family Books in Order

First Family begins after Nick’s move to the White House.

Sam remains a homicide detective, while the series adds presidential security, international affairs, public scrutiny, and the practical complications of raising a family at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

1. State of Affairs (2020): Sam and Nick adjust to the presidency after a sudden national transition changes their home, security, work, and family life.
2. State of Grace (2021): A family crisis and a new investigation test the couple’s attempt to preserve ordinary relationships inside an extraordinary public role.
3. State of the Union (2021): Political pressure and another criminal case collide as Nick’s presidency and Sam’s work draw increasing national attention.
4. State of Shock (2022): A shocking event destabilizes the first family and forces Sam to investigate while those closest to her struggle with the aftermath.
5. State of Denial (2022): Sam pursues the truth behind another dangerous case as political figures and family members confront facts they would rather avoid.
6. State of Bliss (2023): A joyful family occasion is complicated by crime, presidential obligations, and the impossibility of keeping public pressure outside private life.
7. State of Suspense (2023): A tense investigation threatens the people around Sam and Nick while unresolved political risks move closer to the White House.
8. State of Alert (2024): A national-security threat places the administration on alert and forces Sam’s investigative instincts into the center of a broader crisis.
9. State of Retribution (2025): Revenge against the first family and their allies drives a case in which earlier enemies and political consequences cannot be separated.
10. State of Preservation (2025): Sam and Nick fight to protect their family, administration, and personal future while another crisis tests everything they have built.
11. State of Unrest (2026): Political instability and a new threat continue the White House-era story after State of Preservation.

Readers should complete every earlier Fatal and First Family book before beginning State of Unrest.

Wild Widows Books in Order

Wild Widows follows a support group whose members are open to finding a second chapter after losing their spouses.

Roni Connolly connects the spin-off to Fatal and First Family. The new romances resolve within individual books, but the support group and earlier couples continue across the series.

1. Someone Like You (2022): Roni joins a group of widowed friends while struggling with grief and the possibility that rebuilding her life may include another relationship.
2. Someone to Hold (2022): A second member of the group faces loneliness, family complications, and the difficult decision to accept love after loss.
3. Someone to Love (2023): Another widow’s new relationship tests whether moving forward can honor the past without remaining trapped inside it.
4. Someone to Watch Over Me (2024): Protection, emotional recovery, and second-chance love shape the fourth romance within the group.
5. Someone to Remember (2025): The fifth story returns to the shared community as another survivor learns that remembrance and a new future can exist together.

Can Wild Widows Be Read Without Fatal?

Yes, but it is not spoiler-free.

Roni’s history and the circumstances that made her a widow originate in Fatal. Read Fatal first when preserving that storyline matters.

Gansett Island Books in Order

Gansett Island is set on a fictional island inspired by Block Island, Rhode Island.

Each principal book introduces or completes a romance while continuing the lives of the McCarthy family and their island friends. Later books contain weddings, pregnancies, children, business changes, and updates involving dozens of previous characters.

1. Maid for Love (2011): Hotel heir Mac McCarthy returns to Gansett Island and falls for single mother Maddie Chester after an accident brings them together.
2. Fool for Love (2011): Ferry captain Joe Cantrell must decide whether to keep waiting for Janey McCarthy after years of loving a woman committed to someone else.
3. Ready for Love (2011): Luke Harris reconnects with Sydney Donovan when grief brings her back to the island and gives their former relationship another chance.
4. Falling for Love (2012): Musician Grant McCarthy returns home and becomes involved with Stephanie, whose difficult past complicates the possibility of staying.
5. Hoping for Love (2012): Doctor Grace Ryan meets musician Evan McCarthy during a painful period that forces both to reconsider their plans.
6. Season for Love (2012): Owen Lawry and Laura McCarthy confront pregnancy, family expectations, and a relationship that develops under complicated circumstances.
7. Longing for Love (2012): Police chief Blaine Taylor’s attraction to Tiffany Sturgil develops as both deal with the consequences of her failed marriage.
8. Waiting for Love (2013): Adam McCarthy returns to the island and finds an unexpected connection with Abby Callahan while family changes reshape his future.
9. Time for Love (2013): Daisy Babson and doctor David Lawrence move from friendship toward romance after painful previous relationships.
10. Meant for Love (2013): Jenny Wilks and Alex Martinez confront their feelings as island relationships and family responsibilities bring them repeatedly together.
11. Chance for Love (2014): Jared James and Lizzie Sutter receive a novella-length romance within the established Gansett Island community.
12. Gansett After Dark (2014): Owen and Laura return to the foreground as a new marriage and parenthood test the relationship formed in Season for Love.
13. Kisses After Dark (2014): Firefighter Shane McCarthy and Katie Lawry become the central couple while both families remain deeply involved.
14. Love After Dark (2015): Paul Martinez and Hope Russell move from friendship and shared work toward a lasting relationship.
15. Celebration After Dark (2015): Big Mac and Linda McCarthy revisit their marriage during an anniversary celebration that gathers much of the island cast.
16. Desire After Dark (2016): Erin Barton and Slim Jackson confront attraction and emotional risk while established island couples continue moving forward.
17. Light After Dark (2016): Mallory Vaughn and Quinn James find new purpose and romance after loss alters both of their lives.
18. Victoria and Shannon (2017): Victoria Stevens and Shannon O’Grady share an episode-format volume, with separate romantic developments unfolding against island life.
19. Kevin and Chelsea (2017): Kevin McCarthy and Chelsea Rose receive another episode-format volume as their relationship becomes part of the growing island network.
20. A Gansett Island Christmas (2017): The full community gathers for a holiday novella featuring established couples, family celebrations, and continuing island developments.
21. Mine After Dark (2018): Riley McCarthy and Nikki’s romance develops through family connections, attraction, and questions about whether island life can become permanent.
22. Yours After Dark (2018): Finn McCarthy and Chloe receive their story while previous family events continue around them.
23. Trouble After Dark (2019): Deacon Taylor and Julia Lawry become involved as personal trouble and complicated histories disrupt the island community.
24. Rescue After Dark (2019): Mason Johns and Jordan Stokes form a relationship after a rescue creates a bond neither expected.
25. Blackout After Dark (2020): An island-wide blackout places the full ensemble under pressure and advances several established relationships rather than focusing only on one new couple.
26. Temptation After Dark (2021): Gigi and Cooper become the featured couple as temptation develops within the familiar island social circle.
27. Resilience After Dark (2022): Jace and Cindy’s relationship explores recovery, endurance, and the support provided by the wider Gansett community.
28. Hurricane After Dark (2023): A hurricane threatens the island and brings the full cast together during a shared emergency.
29. Renewal After Dark (2024): Duke and McKenzie begin a new relationship while the island’s long-running families enter another period of change.
30. Delivery After Dark (2025): A full-cast story involving an urgent delivery and multiple family developments closes the latest listed sequence.

Why Does the Numbering Look Irregular?

Novellas, episode books, holiday stories, and full-cast installments are positioned differently from a simple count of every published volume.

Follow the author’s official title sequence rather than renumbering the books according to the number of physical editions in your collection.

Gansett Island Compendiums

Gansett Island Compendium, Volume 1: This reference guide covers the earlier books with character, location, and series information.

Gansett Island Compendium, Volume 2: This companion helps readers track the later cast.

The compendiums do not contain new numbered romances.

Downeast Books in Order

Downeast is connected to the world surrounding Gansett Island but establishes its own Maine setting and central relationship.

1. Dan and Kara: A Downeast Prequel (2024): Dan and Kara’s earlier relationship provides the emotional foundation for the events of the main novel.
2. Homecoming (2024): A return to a Maine community forces the central characters to confront family history, old love, and the possibility of building a permanent home.

Read the prequel first for chronology. Beginning with Homecoming remains possible because it introduces the main present-day conflict.

Green Mountain and Butler, Vermont Reading Order

These two series form one continuous Vermont family saga.

Green Mountain introduces the Abbott siblings and their family store. Butler, Vermont continues with more Abbotts, Colemans, Stillmans, and other people connected to the town.

Correct Combined Order

1. Green Mountain
2. Butler, Vermont

Do not begin Butler, Vermont expecting an unrelated spin-off. Earlier couples, parents, siblings, businesses, and town relationships remain central.

Green Mountain Books in Order

1. All You Need Is Love (2014): Cameron Murphy arrives in Butler for a business project and falls for Will Abbott, introducing the large Vermont family and its country store.
2. I Want to Hold Your Hand (2014): Widowed Hannah Abbott and Nolan Roberts confront grief, friendship, and the risk of loving again.
3. I Saw Her Standing There (2014): Mountain man Colton Abbott meets city-based Lucy Mulvaney, creating a relationship challenged by distance and incompatible lifestyles.
4. And I Love Her (2015): Hunter Abbott’s feelings for Megan Kane develop as both deal with family responsibilities and personal uncertainty.
5. You’ll Be Mine (2015): Will and Cameron return in a novella involving their wedding and the next stage of the relationship begun in book one.
6. It’s Only Love (2015): Gavin Guthrie and Ella Abbott confront grief, guilt, and attraction while the family struggles to help them move forward.
7. Ain’t She Sweet (2016): Tyler Westcott and Charlotte Abbott complete the Green Mountain phase with a romance tied to the family business and town community.

Butler, Vermont Books in Order

1. Every Little Thing (2017): Grayson Coleman and Emma Mulvaney begin the continuation series with a romance that expands the extended Abbott-Coleman family.
2. Can’t Buy Me Love (2017): Patrick Murphy and Mary Larkin discover that later-life romance can disrupt established plans as much as any first love.
3. Here Comes the Sun (2018): Wade Abbott and Mia Simpson move toward a relationship shaped by family expectations and the demands of life in Butler.
4. Till There Was You (2019): Lucas Abbott and Dani engage in a romance that becomes another important link within the extended Vermont family.
5. All My Loving (2019): Landon Abbott and Amanda Pressley confront professional complications and the difficulty of keeping attraction casual.
6. Let It Be (2020): Lincoln and Molly Abbott’s earlier love story is revisited, giving the family parents their own full-length romance and history.
7. Come Together (2021): Noah Coleman and Brianna Esposito become the central couple as the younger generation of the connected families continues expanding.
8. Here, There and Everywhere (2022): Izzy and Cabot’s relationship adds another branch to the family network while previous couples remain active.
9. The Long and Winding Road (2023): Max Abbott and Lexi complete the published Butler sequence with a romance built within the town’s extensive family history.

Is Butler, Vermont Complete?

The official checklist currently places the published Butler books among Marie Force’s completed series.

No further Butler novel had been confirmed as of this update.

Quantum Books in Order

Quantum is an erotic-romance series about actors, producers, and other members of a successful entertainment company.

The books were originally associated with the name M.S. Force in some editions. Current editions are commonly listed under Marie Force, but they belong to the same series.

The first three volumes form one direct Flynn-and-Natalie trilogy. Later books change central couples while continuing within the Quantum circle.

1. Virtuous (2015): Film star Flynn Godfrey meets schoolteacher Natalie Bryant, beginning a relationship complicated by fame and the private dominant lifestyle he believes she cannot accept.
2. Valorous (2015): Flynn and Natalie face public exposure, personal history, and the consequences of the secrets revealed in the first book.
3. Victorious (2015): The couple’s trilogy reaches its conclusion as they determine whether love can survive the differences and outside pressures threatening them.
4. Rapturous (2016): Hayden Roth and Addie York become the first new central couple after Flynn and Natalie’s trilogy.
5. Ravenous (2016): Jasper Autry and Ellie Godfrey’s relationship develops within the company’s established private and professional world.
6. Delirious (2017): Kristian Bowen and Aileen Gifford move into the foreground as their attraction challenges personal boundaries and group dynamics.
7. Outrageous (2019): Emmett Burke and Leah Holt confront a relationship affected by professional history and the intensity of the Quantum circle.
8. Famous (2020): Actress Marlowe Sloane becomes central as fame, privacy, and emotional risk shape her romance.
9. Illustrious (2022): Max Godfrey and Stella Keating receive their story while the series revisits the family and professional connections established from the beginning.
10. Momentous (Expected 2026): Olivia is scheduled to become the central character in the tenth Quantum novel.

A final publication date for Momentous had not been firmly announced as of July 19, 2026.

Should Virtuous, Valorous, and Victorious Be Read Together?

Yes.

They follow one couple and one continuing conflict. Do not skip from Virtuous to the later companion romances without finishing Flynn and Natalie’s trilogy.

Remington Family Law Books in Order

Remington Family Law follows nine Los Angeles siblings who work as family-law attorneys after growing up inside their parents’ prolonged custody battle.

The series is set in the same Hollywood world as Quantum. It introduces its own family and can be started independently, though Quantum readers may recognize the broader setting.

1. Acrimonious (2026): One of the Remington attorneys, professionally trained to dismantle marriages, faces a romance that challenges the family’s collective determination to avoid commitment.
2. Contention (Expected September 2026): The second Remington sibling’s story continues the family-law theme with another attorney forced to reconsider a deeply skeptical view of love.

Further Remington siblings are expected to receive books, but only the first two titles were officially listed as of July 19, 2026.

Miami Nights Books in Order

Miami Nights follows the Giordino family and its close circle.

The books change couples while continuing family developments, careers, friendships, and the Miami setting.

1. How Much I Feel (2020): Widowed Carmen Giordino becomes involved with surgeon Jason Northrup while helping him improve his public image.
2. How Much I Care (2020): Carmen’s sister Mia and pediatric surgeon Austin Jacobs develop a relationship complicated by family responsibilities and professional demands.
3. How Much I Love (2021): Dee Giordino and Wyatt Blake become the third central couple as friendship, family ties, and long-term choices reshape their connection.
4. Nochebuena (2021): The Giordino family gathers for a holiday novella that updates established couples and celebrates Christmas Eve traditions.
5. How Much I Want (2022): Nico and Sofia’s romance continues the family sequence with another relationship rooted in the Miami community.
6. How Much I Need (2023): Milo receives the final principal romance in the completed series.

Read Nochebuena after the first three novels because it assumes familiarity with their couples.

Treading Water Books in Order

Treading Water is a family drama in which romantic decisions and their consequences move from one generation and couple to another.

The books are closely connected. Coming Home completes a storyline that begins much earlier in the series.

1. Treading Water (2011): Architect Jack Harrington is drawn into a life-changing relationship after an accident leaves Andi Walsh’s family facing grief and uncertainty.
2. Marking Time (2011): Clare Harrington’s family and emotional recovery take center stage as the consequences of the opening novel continue.
3. Starting Over (2011): Brandon and Daphne attempt to build a future while the wider family remains affected by earlier losses and choices.
4. Coming Home (2012): Reid and Kate’s story completes a relationship thread first introduced in Marking Time.
5. Finding Forever (2020): Maggie and Brayden return readers to the Treading Water family for a final romance and later-life update.

Can Coming Home Be Read Alone?

It is not the best approach.

The book was written to finish a story begun in Marking Time, so its emotional foundation depends on the earlier family books.

Gilded Books in Order

The Gilded series consists of historical romances set in the early twentieth century.

The books occupy the same social world but focus on different principal relationships.

1. Duchess by Deception (2019): A woman conceals her identity and becomes involved with a duke in a romance shaped by class, inheritance, and the consequences of deception.
2. Deceived by Desire (2019): A second Gilded Age romance follows new central characters whose attraction is complicated by social status and hidden motives.

Both romances conclude within their volumes, but publication order provides the intended introduction to the historical setting.

Marie Force Standalone Books

Most standalone novels can be read in any order.

Two exceptions require attention: Five Years Gone and One Year Home form a direct duet, while Sex Machine and Sex God share a loose connection despite containing separate romances.

In the Air Tonight

In the Air Tonight (2025): A self-contained contemporary romance develops around an unexpected meeting, public attention, and the possibility of choosing a different life.

It is not connected to Marie Force’s long-running family or political series.

Five Years Gone and One Year Home

1. Five Years Gone (2018): Ava Lucas loses contact with John West after a devastating terrorist attack sends him into military service, beginning a story about grief, uncertainty, and a love interrupted without closure.
2. One Year Home (2019): The consequences of John’s return force Ava and the people around her to confront how much changed during the years he was missing.

These books follow one continuing emotional conflict and should be read in order.

Sex Machine and Sex God

1. Sex Machine (2016): Honey Carmichael and Blake Dempsey move from a long-standing connection into an intensely physical relationship that becomes more emotionally serious than planned.
2. Sex God (2017): Garrett McKinley and Lauren Davies receive a separate romance within a loosely affiliated contemporary setting.

The books can stand alone, but Sex Machine is the better first choice.

Georgia on My Mind

Georgia on My Mind (2011): Three women and three men spend a summer navigating friendship, attraction, and life-changing choices in a complete ensemble romance.

The novel does not lead into a numbered series.

True North

True North (2010): A woman’s return to familiar territory creates a second chance at love while forcing her to reconsider the direction of her life.

This is an independent contemporary romance.

The Fall

The Fall (2014): A sudden fall brings two people together and opens a relationship shaped by recovery, trust, and difficult personal history.

The story is complete in one volume.

The Wreck

The Wreck (2011): A woman living with the trauma of an unsolved accident becomes involved in a romance that may also expose the truth behind the event.

The book combines contemporary romance with suspense but is not part of Fatal.

Everyone Loves a Hero

Everyone Loves a Hero (2011): A pilot celebrated for an act of heroism meets a woman who sees the complications behind his public reputation.

The romance concludes without a sequel.

Love at First Flight

Love at First Flight (2009): Two people involved in other relationships meet during regular flights and must decide whether their growing connection is worth changing their lives.

This is one of Marie Force’s earliest published standalone romances.

Line of Scrimmage

Line of Scrimmage (2008): Professional football player Ryan Sanderson returns to his estranged wife shortly before their divorce becomes final and asks for one last chance to save the marriage.

The novel is a complete marriage-reconciliation romance.

Boxed Sets, Collections, and Compendiums

Marie Force’s catalogue contains numerous boxed sets. These collections replace their individual contents; they do not extend the series.

Gansett Island Collections

Gansett Island Books 1-14: Contains the first major section of the island series.

Gansett Island Books 15-28: Contains the later section of the series.

Gansett Island Compendiums: Reference guides rather than new romances.

Fatal Collections

Fatal is available in several groupings, including smaller and larger multi-book sets.

Check the included titles before purchasing because a collection may overlap with books already owned.

First Family Collection

First Family Books 1-8: Contains State of Affairs through State of Alert.

Books nine and later must be obtained separately unless a newer expanded collection is released.

Wild Widows Collection

Wild Widows Books 1-4: Contains the first four group romances but not Someone to Remember.

Quantum Collections

Quantum boxed sets collect the early books in several configurations, including Flynn and Natalie’s opening trilogy.

Check the included titles before purchasing because the first three books are often packaged together.

Other Complete-Series Sets

The Treading Water, Miami Nights, Butler, Vermont, Gilded, and Five Years Gone series have also appeared in collected editions.

A boxed-set publication date reflects the package, not a new story date.

Marie Force Books in Chronological Order

A single fictional chronology across all Marie Force books would not be useful because Gansett Island, Vermont, Washington, Hollywood, Miami, and the standalone novels occupy different continuities.

Chronological reading matters only within connected groups.

Sam and Nick Chronology

1. One Night with You
2. Fatal series
3. First Family series
4. Wild Widows as a parallel spin-off after its Fatal setup

This is the strictest order in Marie Force’s catalogue because Sam and Nick’s marriage, family, investigations, and political life advance continuously.

Vermont Chronology

1. Green Mountain
2. Butler, Vermont

The second title represents a continuation, not a reboot.

Quantum and Remington Chronology

1. Quantum
2. Remington Family Law

The Remington series shares the Hollywood world but introduces a new family, making Quantum helpful rather than mandatory.

Five Years Gone Chronology

1. Five Years Gone
2. One Year Home

The second book is a direct continuation and should never be read first.

Recommended Marie Force Reading Plans

Plan One: The Complete Romantic-Suspense Journey

1. Read One Night with You.
2. Complete the Fatal series.
3. Continue directly into First Family.
4. Add Wild Widows after learning Roni’s history.

This route offers the greatest continuity payoff but also requires the largest commitment to one couple.

Plan Two: The Community-Romance Journey

1. Begin Gansett Island with Maid for Love.
2. Follow the official sequence through the latest listed book.
3. Add the Christmas and full-cast books in their listed positions.
4. Use the compendiums only when you need a cast refresher.

This route changes central couples while maintaining one evolving island community.

Plan Three: The Vermont Family Journey

1. Complete Green Mountain.
2. Continue directly into Butler, Vermont.
3. Do not skip You’ll Be Mine if you want Will and Cameron’s wedding.

This is the best route for readers who prefer a large family saga without the murder investigations of Fatal.

Plan Four: The Hollywood Route

1. Read the first three Quantum books as one trilogy.
2. Continue through the companion romances.
3. Add Momentous when released.
4. Begin Remington Family Law with Acrimonious.

This preserves the shared entertainment-industry setting.

Plan Five: The Short-Series Route

Choose one:

• Treading Water: Five connected family dramas.
• Miami Nights: Main family romances and a holiday story.
• Gilded: Two historical romances.
• Five Years Gone: One direct two-book emotional story.
• Downeast: A prequel and one main novel.

Latest Marie Force Book

As of July 19, 2026, Acrimonious is listed as Marie Force’s newest available novel and the opening book of the Remington Family Law series.

The next confirmed release is Contention, the second Remington Family Law novel, scheduled for September 2026.

Other announced books include:

• State of Unrest (2026): The next First Family novel continuing Sam and Nick’s White House years.
• Momentous (2026): The next Quantum novel and Olivia’s story, with no firmly confirmed release date at the time of this update.

Release schedules can change, so undated announcements should not be assigned a specific day until the author confirms it.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Marie Force Book Should I Read First?

Start with Maid for Love for community-based contemporary romance.

Choose Fatal Affair for romantic suspense, All You Need Is Love for a family saga, or Virtuous for erotic Hollywood romance.

What Is Marie Force’s First Published Novel?

Line of Scrimmage, published in 2008, is the earliest novel in her current published bibliography.

The first Treading Water manuscripts were written earlier, but their eventual publication history differs from the order in which Marie Force originally wrote them.

Are All Marie Force Books Connected?

No.

Fatal continues into First Family and spins off into Wild Widows. Green Mountain continues into Butler, Vermont. Quantum shares its Hollywood setting with Remington Family Law.

Gansett Island, Miami Nights, Treading Water, Gilded, and most standalones remain separate.

Should I Read One Night with You Before Fatal Affair?

It is the chronological starting point, but either placement works.

Read it first to experience Sam and Nick’s initial meeting directly. Read it after Fatal Affair when you prefer the first novel’s gradual revelation of their shared history.

Does Fatal Continue Into First Family?

Yes.

State of Affairs begins after Fatal Fraud and continues the same marriage, family, supporting cast, and larger political story.

Can I Start With State of Affairs?

The immediate White House situation is explained, but it is not a good first-series entry.

The book assumes knowledge of the Fatal novels, Sam and Nick’s marriage, their children, Sam’s police team, and Nick’s political rise.

Is Wild Widows Part of Fatal?

It is a spin-off rather than another Sam-and-Nick title.

Roni Connolly comes from Fatal, and the circumstances behind her widowhood are major spoilers for that series.

Do the Gansett Island Books Have to Be Read in Order?

Yes, for the best experience.

A new reader can usually follow the featured romance, but later books openly discuss earlier weddings, children, breakups, reconciliations, and family changes.

Is Gansett Island Complete?

The latest official sequence should be followed rather than relying on informal numbering from retailers or boxed sets.

Why Does the Gansett Island Numbering Look Irregular?

Novellas, episode books, holiday stories, and full-cast installments are incorporated into the official sequence in ways that do not always match a simple count of every cover.

Use the author’s order rather than renumbering the series yourself.

Are Green Mountain and Butler, Vermont the Same Series?

They are consecutive phases of the same family continuity.

Read Green Mountain before beginning Every Little Thing.

Is Let It Be a Prequel?

It tells Lincoln and Molly Abbott’s earlier love story, but it was published inside the Butler, Vermont sequence.

Read it in publication order because its framing and family context depend on the previous books.

Are the First Three Quantum Books About the Same Couple?

Yes.

Virtuous, Valorous, and Victorious follow Flynn and Natalie and form a direct trilogy.

Was Quantum Written Under Another Name?

Some editions identify the author as M.S. Force.

M.S. Force and Marie Force are the same author, and those editions belong to the same Quantum sequence.

Is Remington Family Law Connected to Quantum?

Yes, through the Hollywood setting.

It introduces the Remington siblings and a new family-law premise, so readers can begin with Acrimonious without completing Quantum.

Are Five Years Gone and One Year Home Standalones?

No.

One Year Home directly continues the emotional and relationship consequences of Five Years Gone.

Are Sex Machine and Sex God a Duet?

They are loosely affiliated but follow different couples.

Read Sex Machine first for the intended publication order, though each romance has its own conclusion.

Are the Compendiums New Novels?

No.

The Gansett Island and Fatal compendiums are reference guides containing series information rather than new principal stories.

Do Marie Force’s Series Change Couples?

It depends on the series.

Gansett Island, Vermont, Miami Nights, Quantum after book three, and Wild Widows change couples. Fatal and First Family continue Sam and Nick throughout.

Final Reading Recommendation

The best general introduction to Marie Force is Maid for Love, particularly for readers who enjoy a new central romance in every book while previous couples remain part of an expanding community.

Readers seeking suspense should begin with One Night with You or Fatal Affair, complete Fatal, and then continue into First Family without treating State of Affairs as a reset.

For a family-centered alternative, begin with All You Need Is Love and follow the Abbott family from Green Mountain into Butler, Vermont.

The main continuity warning is simple: series-name changes do not always mean story changes. Fatal becomes First Family, Green Mountain becomes Butler, Vermont, and Quantum leads naturally into the shared Hollywood setting of Remington Family Law.