LM Fox Books in Order (Updated March 25, 2026)

LM Fox writes contemporary romance, and her catalog falls into two different lanes. One lane is made up of her own clearly labeled series on her official site. The other includes shared-world and anthology-style romance projects that are connected by setting or theme but are not all part of one master continuity.

That distinction matters here. If you want the cleanest reading experience, read the official in-house series in order first, then treat the shared-world novellas and standalones as separate side paths.

The best way to read LM Fox

For most readers, this is the safest route:

1. Read The Bitter Rival books in order.
2. Read The Deprivation Trilogy in publication order, with the prequel novella handled separately.
3. Read The Bianchi Brothers in order.
4. Read The Billionaire Boys Club in order.
5. Pick up the standalones and shared-world small-town books afterward.

That keeps the strongest continuity intact and avoids mixing the more self-contained collaborative projects into the main series flow.

The core LM Fox series

The Bitter Rival series

This is one of the simplest places to start because the continuity is direct and the relationship arc is clearly built across two books.

1. The Bitter Rival (2021): A single mom and an arrogant surgeon move from a one-night connection into a sharper workplace-and-romance conflict, setting up the central couple’s full arc.
2. Sweet Surrender (2023): This sequel follows Sebastian and Bella after the first book, shifting from volatile attraction to commitment, family life, and the question of whether their future can actually hold.

Best reading order: Read these in order, and do not start with book two.

The Deprivation Trilogy

This is the most continuity-sensitive part of LM Fox’s catalog. It has a main trilogy, an epilogue novella, and a prequel novella that was published later.

Publication order

1. Deprivation (2021): Katarina’s mistrust and her attraction to Dr. Nicholas Barnes launch the central emotional and romantic conflict of the series.
2. Fractured (2021): The relationship deepens under pressure, with the series leaning harder into instability, fallout, and the cost of past choices.
3. Stronger (2021): The trilogy’s main arc pushes toward resolution as past and present decisions collide.
4. Moonshot (2022): A prequel novella that adds background to the larger Deprivation story, but works best once you already understand the core trilogy.
5. Deprived No More (2022): An epilogue novella that extends Katarina and Nick’s story after the main trilogy ends.

Recommended reading order for new readers

1. Deprivation
2. Fractured
3. Stronger
4. Deprived No More
5. Moonshot (optional afterward, or before book one only if you specifically want background first)

Why this order works: publication order preserves the emotional buildup, while reading the prequel first may soften some of the trilogy’s intended progression.

The Bianchi Brothers

This is an interconnected series, but each book is built to center a different brother.

1. Luca (2024): A family-shadowed romance opens the series by pairing attraction with inherited damage, secrecy, and the fear of repeating old patterns.
2. The Hunter (2025): The second book turns toward revenge and protection, following a hero driven by family wounds and a mission that threatens both justice and intimacy.

Best reading order: Read in order. Book two is described as an interconnected standalone, but it will land better after Luca.

The Billionaire Boys Club

This series is still expanding, so the main reading rule is simply to follow release order.

1. Dr. Weston (2023): A second-chance romance built around betrayal, grief, and a surgeon hero opens the billionaire branch with a more emotional setup than the title suggests.
2. Mr. Wilde (2026): The next entry moves into tech-billionaire territory and appears positioned as a forbidden, morally gray follow-up within the same club concept.

Best reading order: Start with Dr. Weston. Read Mr. Wilde next once you are reading the newer titles.

Standalones

These books do not require one of the official LM Fox series first.

1. Mr. Second Best (2022): A best friend’s widow romance built around guilt, long-buried love, and the strain of wanting something that already carries emotional damage.
2. Sunflowers and Surrender (2023): A brother’s-best-friend romance that leans into longing, restraint, and a heroine trying to keep forbidden feelings from taking over.

Shared-world and side-path romances

These books are best treated as adjacent reads rather than part of one strict internal LM Fox continuity.

1. Naughty & Nice (2022): A firefighter small-town romance set in Sycamore Mountain, functioning as an early shared-world entry rather than a core official-site series installment.
2. Hot Chicken (2023): A Christmas-in-July beach-town novella about a returning firefighter and a hometown crush, with crossover ties to Naughty & Nice and later blue-collar characters.
3. Hard Hat Hottie (2023): A blue-collar romance pairing an ER heroine with a construction hero, expanding LM Fox’s working-hero lane without requiring a larger series commitment.
4. Chasing Mr. December (2024): A Magnolia Point small-town romance that is best shelved as a separate shared-world read rather than folded into the main official-site series.
5. Snowed In With You (2025): Another Sycamore Mountain title that fits the shared-world branch and is easiest to read as a later standalone set in that community.

Full LM Fox publication order

If you want to read everything by release sequence instead of by series, this is the most practical map:

1. The Bitter Rival (2021): A one-night-stand-to-workplace romance that begins one of Fox’s clearest continuing relationship arcs.
2. Deprivation (2021): The opening act of Fox’s most continuity-heavy trilogy, built around distrust and irresistible attraction.
3. Fractured (2021): The middle volume raises the emotional instability and consequences surrounding the trilogy’s central couple.
4. Stronger (2021): The trilogy’s main resolution volume, where prior choices begin to close in.
5. Mr. Second Best (2022): A grief-shadowed standalone centered on loving someone who was once out of reach.
6. Moonshot (2022): A prequel novella to the Deprivation world, best used as supplemental reading.
7. Deprived No More (2022): The epilogue novella that extends the Deprivation couple’s story after the trilogy proper.
8. Naughty & Nice (2022): A firefighter small-town romance in the Sycamore Mountain shared world.
9. Sweet Surrender (2023): The follow-up to The Bitter Rival, continuing Sebastian and Bella’s relationship arc.
10. Dr. Weston (2023): The first Billionaire Boys Club novel, mixing second-chance romance with betrayal recovery.
11. Sunflowers and Surrender (2023): A forbidden brother’s-best-friend romance with a softer standalone structure.
12. Hot Chicken (2023): A holiday-in-summer novella that brings firefighter and hometown-crush energy into a beach-town setting.
13. Hard Hat Hottie (2023): A blue-collar romance that shifts from firefighter energy to construction and hospital crossover.
14. Luca (2024): The opening Bianchi Brothers novel, balancing family darkness with protective romance.
15. Chasing Mr. December (2024): A later small-town shared-world romance, separate from the main in-house series.
16. The Hunter (2025): The second Bianchi Brothers novel, more revenge-driven and darker in tone.
17. Snowed In With You (2025): A later Sycamore Mountain entry best approached as a connected standalone.
18. Mr. Wilde (2026): The next Billionaire Boys Club book, extending the billionaire branch with a newer hero and a more morally gray setup.

Do you need a chronological order?

Not really.

LM Fox is much easier to read by series order and publication order than by trying to force one in-world chronology across every project. That is especially true because some books are part of shared-world collaborations rather than one continuous author-only universe.

Best starting points

Choose based on what kind of reading experience you want:

1. Start with The Bitter Rival if you want the clearest two-book relationship arc.
2. Start with Deprivation if you want the most continuity-heavy emotional series.
3. Start with Luca if you want a newer family-based interconnected series.
4. Start with Mr. Second Best if you want a standalone first.
5. Start with Dr. Weston if the billionaire line is your main interest.

Latest release status

At the time of writing (March 25, 2026), Snowed In With You is one of the latest clearly released LM Fox titles, while Mr. Wilde is listed as the next Billionaire Boys Club release and is positioned as an imminent 2026 title. There are also retailer and catalog traces of additional newer books, but the official site is still the most stable guide for the main series structure, so it is best not to force uncertain future titles into the core order yet.

FAQ

Do LM Fox books need to be read in order?

Only the major series do. The standalones and shared-world projects are much more flexible.

Which LM Fox series is the most connected?

The Deprivation Trilogy is the least flexible and should be read in order.

Can I start with The Hunter?

You can, but Luca is the better entry point because the Bianchi Brothers books are interconnected.

Is Moonshot required before Deprivation?

No. It is better treated as supplemental reading for most new readers.

Are all of LM Fox’s small-town books one single series?

Not cleanly. Some belong to shared worlds or collaborative settings, so they are best handled as related side reads rather than one strict internal sequence.

Final answer

For most readers, the best LM Fox reading path is:

The Bitter Rival series → The Deprivation Trilogy → The Bianchi Brothers → The Billionaire Boys Club → standalones and shared-world small-town books.

That keeps the strongest continuity clear and avoids over-connecting books that are better treated as flexible side reads.