Ruby Scott Books in Order (Updated March 14, 2026)

Ruby Scott writes lesbian romance across several distinct lanes: erotic romance, slow-burn contemporary romance, medical romance, sports romance, thriller, and a newer romantasy branch. The cleanest way to read her work is by series first, then by publication order within each series.

For most new readers, the best starting points are easy to separate by taste. Start with Rescuing Hearts if you want emotional slow-burn romance, May I Call You Mistress? if you want the erotic-romance side, or The Turning if you want suspense first.

Read by lane, not by one giant list

Ruby Scott’s official store currently groups her books into Awakening of Desire, Healing Hearts, The Art of Deception, City General: Medic 1, The Velvet Storm, The Stronger You, and Standalones. That matters because these are separate continuities, and they are not all trying to do the same thing.

The sensual lane: Awakening of Desire

This is the clearest “read in order” series in her catalog. It follows the same emotional and relationship world, so publication order is the safest path, especially because public databases do not all place the later books consistently.

1. May I Call You Mistress? (2022): The opener introduces the series’ central blend of power, longing, and emotional surrender, making it the right entry point for readers who want Ruby Scott’s most overtly erotic lane.
2. Darkness of Desire (2022): The second book deepens the emotional and erotic stakes around the same core world, so it lands best after book one.
3. Mistress of Desire (2022): The third book pushes the series further into healing, truth, and relationship fallout rather than working as a clean standalone.
4. Commitment to Desire (2023): A later-stage relationship novel that shifts toward questions of certainty, marriage, and what devotion looks like after the first rush of transformation.
5. Surrender to Desire (2025): A Christmas-set addition to the same universe, focused on new characters but explicitly continuing inside Victoria and Abby’s wider world.
6. Desire’s Truth (2025): The current latest book in the series, positioned as another continuation of the same erotic-romantic universe.

Reading note: Some listings number the 2025 titles differently, but publication order is the least confusing way through this series.

The slow-burn romance lane: Healing Hearts

This is the gentlest and most emotionally grounded Ruby Scott starting point. Her own “new to my books” page points readers toward this series if they want slow-burn, emotionally intense romance.

1. Rescuing Hearts (2022): A slow-burn opener built to showcase the more tender side of Ruby Scott’s work, and the safest place for romance-first readers to begin.
2. Curious Hearts (2025): A quieter, character-led follow-up about rebuilding, guardedness, and connection, best read after book one even if each romance resolves on its own.
3. Wild Hearts (2026): The newest Healing Hearts novel, positioned as book three and best saved until the earlier emotional groundwork is in place.

Best use of order: This is a series where the books may be approachable individually, but publication order still gives the cleanest emotional progression.

The hospital lane: City General: Medic 1

Ruby Scott’s official collection describes these as standalones, but they still sit inside one shared hospital setting. That means you can jump around, though publication order remains the neatest route for readers who want the whole run.

1. Hot Response (2020): The first City General novel opens the medical-romance setting with emergency pressure, care work, and fast emotional stakes.
2. Open Heart (2020): The second book shifts to a new central pairing while staying in the same hospital world.
3. Love Trauma (2020): A later hospital romance that leans into professional friction and emotional vulnerability under pressure.
4. Diagnosis Love (2020): Another City General pairing that keeps the same medical setting but changes the emotional dynamic.
5. Trails of the Heart (2021): The fifth novel broadens the series while still using the same standalone-in-a-shared-world structure.
6. Healing of the Heart (2021): The sixth book closes the currently listed Medic 1 lineup and fits best after the earlier books if you want the full setting to unfold naturally.

Reading note: This is the most flexible Ruby Scott series. If premise matters more than continuity for you, this is the one where skipping around makes the most sense.

The sports lane: The Stronger You

This is a compact three-book sports-romance series set around a women’s gym. Read it straight through.

1. Inside Fighter (2020): The series opener establishes the gym setting and the “strength, healing, and love” identity of the trilogy.
2. Seconds Out (2021): The second book keeps the same sports-and-recovery world moving, and it works best once the first has introduced the emotional ecosystem.
3. On the Ropes (2021): The third book brings the trilogy to its current endpoint with another fighter-centered romance under pressure.

The thriller lanes

The Velvet Storm

A short supernatural-thriller duo with romance at its core.

1. The Stranger Within Me (2021): The first book opens the series with identity instability, impossible crimes, and a darker suspense tone.
2. Strangely Familiar (2021): The second book continues the same world directly, so it should not be read first.

The Art of Deception

This is the newer spy-thriller branch and one of Ruby Scott’s own suggested starting points for readers who want darker material.

1. The Turning (2025): A lesbian spy thriller built around danger, seduction, and political intrigue, and the best suspense-first place to start.
2. The Reckoning (2026): The sequel escalates the same conflict into trafficking, corporate power, and geopolitical fallout, so it is firmly a book-two read.

Standalones and separate books

These are the books that do not currently sit inside one of the main numbered series on Ruby Scott’s store.

1. Evergreen (2020): A standalone slow-burn winter romance and one of the earlier non-series books in the current catalog.
2. Her Christmas Escape (2021): A festive novella set on an all-women Christmas cruise, mixing holiday charm with a softer romcom rhythm.
3. Reel vs Real (2025): A contemporary sapphic novel about image, authenticity, and two couples pulled into the same emotional reckoning.
4. Blood Marks (2025): A sapphic romantasy and vampire romance, making it the clearest fantasy-leaning standalone in her current lineup.

Separate note: Some public listings show Reel vs Real with Lise Gold attached, while Ruby Scott’s own store sells it as part of her standalone catalog. I would treat it as a Ruby Scott standalone on her site first, with a co-credit note only where databases surface it.

The best Ruby Scott reading order for most readers

If you want one practical route without bouncing too hard between subgenres, this is the cleanest path:

1. Rescuing Hearts
2. Curious Hearts
3. Wild Hearts
4. May I Call You Mistress?
5. Darkness of Desire
6. Mistress of Desire
7. Commitment to Desire
8. Surrender to Desire
9. Desire’s Truth
10. The Turning
11. The Reckoning

That route starts with her most accessible emotional romance, then moves into the more explicit interconnected series, and finishes with the thriller branch once you already have a feel for her style.

Where to start, depending on what you want

Choose Rescuing Hearts if you want slow-burn romance and the softest entry point.

Choose May I Call You Mistress? if you want the erotic-romance side that a lot of readers associate with Ruby Scott.

Choose Hot Response if you want a hospital setting and the flexibility to sample standalone-style books inside a shared world.

Choose The Turning if you want the darkest, most suspense-heavy version of her work.

Latest release status

As of March 14, 2026, the newest Ruby Scott books clearly surfaced in current listings are The Reckoning (January 2026) and Wild Hearts (February 2026). That makes The Art of Deception and Healing Hearts the two most current series to watch first.

Final recommendation

For most readers, start with Rescuing Hearts if you want the smoothest introduction, or May I Call You Mistress? if you already know you want Ruby Scott’s more erotic lane.

That gives you the cleanest entry into the right branch of her catalog instead of dropping into the middle of a series that is aiming for a completely different mood.