Aven Ellis writes feel-good romantic comedies that cluster into sports series (hockey, baseball, basketball, soccer, F1) and a royal/modern-aristocrat lane. Most books are couple-focused, so you can dip in anywhere, but each series reads best in its own sequence because side characters and friend-group jokes carry forward.

This guide is built like a menu: pick a lane, then follow the numbered order under that lane.
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Choose your entry ticket
- Royal rom-com with modern fairy-tale energy: start with Modern Royals #1
- Hockey + food/fashion/feelings: start with Rinkside in the Rockies #1 (or its prequel novella)
- Baseball rom-coms with a connected team cast: start with Washington DC Soaring Eagles #1
- Texas hockey series (early Ellis): start with Dallas Demons #1
- Sports-network / Miami setting: start with Miami Sports #1
- Standalone “try the voice first”: start with Green Tea Latte to Go or Surviving the Rachel
The royal and aristocrat lane
Modern Royals (read in order)
- A Royal Shade of Blue: An art-history student stumbles into a private connection that turns out to have public consequences.
- The Princess Pose: A princess who wants purpose over pageantry collides with a charming commoner who complicates her plan.
- Royal Icing: A down-to-earth baker is pulled into royal-wedding chaos, and toward the one man she shouldn’t want.
- Pitch to Palace: A bookish princess and a famous athlete discover that chemistry is louder than reputation.
- A Prince Among Men: The “rebel” of the royal orbit faces a love story that demands he finally grow up.
Modern Aristocrats (read in order)
- Love, the Viscount, & Me: A nanny’s carefully written rules unravel when her employer becomes personally distracting.
- Lord of the Manor: A modern lord and a practical heroine spar over control, class, and what a real partnership looks like.
Hockey rom-coms
Rinkside in the Rockies (read in order)
0.5. Hold the Lift (novella): A stuck elevator creates instant proximity and an unexpected spark with a British hockey player.
- Sugar and Ice: A dessert-focused heroine swears off heartbreak, then meets a hockey star who makes vows feel negotiable.
- Reality Blurred: A public breakup makes love feel dangerous, until a new hockey romance offers a different script.
- Outscored: A bubbly seasonal stylist and a fiery team captain clash, with holiday chaos doing most of the matchmaking.
- A French Connection: A commitment-shy heroine meets a charming Frenchman who won’t accept “two dates max” as a life plan.
Dallas Demons (read in order)
- Waiting for Prince Harry / Home Ice: A hockey crush collides with real-life opportunity when the hero becomes more than a fantasy.
- The Definition of Icing: A driven heroine tries to be taken seriously while a hockey player keeps testing her focus.
- Breakout: A behind-the-scenes hockey job turns into the kind of romance you can’t edit out of your life.
- On Thin Ice: A hometown dream and an old flame return at once, forcing the heroine to choose what she really wants.
- Playing Defense: A protective hero and a determined heroine learn that “keeping distance” is not the same as being safe.
Chicago on Ice (best read by series number)
Note: some publication dates appear out of sequence on bibliographic listings, so the **cleanest continuity is the numbered order below.
- The Aubrey Rules: A rules-and-routines heroine meets the man most likely to get her to break every one.
- Trivial Pursuits: A flirty hockey defenseman challenges a cautious heroine to risk more than she planned.
- Save the Date: A calendar full of events becomes a pressure cooker when romance shows up uninvited.
- The Bottom Line: A miserable “dream job” setup flips when a new connection offers a better kind of ambition.
Baseball rom-coms
Washington DC Soaring Eagles (read in order)
- Squeeze Play: A fresh start in D.C. gets complicated when a baseball player becomes the first person to really see her.
- Swing and a Miss: An embarrassing first meeting turns into a slow-building romance that refuses to stay awkward.
- A Complete Game: Two people with very different callings find common ground, helped along by a pair of chaos-agent ferrets.
- Caught Looking: A fake relationship looks perfect on paper until real feelings start showing up on camera.
Miami and global-sports lane
Miami Sports (read in order)
- Miami Hoops: A messy first impression with an NBA star becomes the start of a surprisingly tender connection.
- Miami Ice: A fake-dating deal with a pro hockey player turns into the kind of relationship neither can keep “pretend.”
- Misconduct in Miami: The coach’s daughter tries to live by strict rules, then falls for the kind of man who breaks them.
Stonebridge United (currently one book)
- Play On: A “soccer estate” setup turns romantic when a serious footballer meets a heroine who’s tired of flittering away her life.
Love in the Paddock (currently one book)
- Lights Out: An up-and-coming sports reporter stumbles into a secret relationship with a Formula 1 driver, and a very public career problem.
British Isles Billionaires (read in order)
- Connectivity: A modern, London-leaning romance where an unexpected connection becomes a real-life pivot point.
- Connectivity 2.0: A sequel-era revisit that tests whether a spark can survive real timing and real baggage.
- Making Spirits Bright: A holiday romance where festive pressure turns feelings into a decision.
- Out of Play: A powerful sports executive meets the one person who makes his control feel fragile.
- Closing the Deal: A lifelong rivalry vibe turns electric when “history” becomes the main obstacle to love.
Standalones and separate continuity reads
These are not tied to the series above in a way that requires sequencing.
- Green Tea Latte to Go: A rom-com built around personal “rules,” small joys, and the moment a crush stops being hypothetical.
- Surviving the Rachel: A post-breakup reset turns into a comedy of errors that forces the heroine to rebuild her confidence.
- Chronicles of a Lincoln Park Fashionista: A big-city reinvention story where style, ambition, and romance collide in everyday chaos.
If you want a tidy “read everything” plan
Read one lane at a time to avoid tonal whiplash:
- Modern Royals → Modern Aristocrats
- Rinkside in the Rockies → Dallas Demons → Chicago on Ice
- Washington DC Soaring Eagles
- Miami Sports → Stonebridge United → Love in the Paddock
- British Isles Billionaires
- Standalones (any time, anywhere)
If you want, I can also turn this into a checklist version (same order, just tighter formatting for tracking).
Frank is the editor of BookSeries.blog, focusing on publication order, chronological timelines, and spoiler-free reading guides for book series and fictional universes.

