Alexa Woods Books in Order (Updated March 14, 2026)

Alexa Woods writes sapphic contemporary romance, usually in fast, trope-forward books built around fake dating, arranged relationships, holiday setups, billionaire tension, and age-gap dynamics. She is easier to read than her catalog first appears, because most of the confusion comes from how many short series and standalones were released close together, especially from 2022 onward.

The practical rule is simple: read the connected series in order, but do not force the whole bibliography into one shared universe. Most of the books are better treated as separate romance lanes.

The bookshelf map

If you want the clearest series-first route, start with Arranged to Love.

If you want the best compact modern route, start with All Her Little Secrets.

If you want the currently active series, start with Trapped with Her and continue through Trapped Ice Queens in order.

If you want the broadest introduction to her style, read a few standalones first, then move into the series.

Master publication order

Early standalones

1. Finding Her Treasure (2020): Alexa Woods’s first published novel and an early standalone, best read as a clean entry into her contemporary sapphic style.
2. Matchmaker’s Choice (2020): Another early standalone, positioned as a self-contained romance rather than the start of a larger continuity.
3. Her Pretend Christmas Date (2020): A holiday standalone that already shows Woods’s interest in fake-relationship setups.
4. Strictly Business (2021): A standalone contemporary romance that sits between the earliest holiday work and the much busier 2022 release wave.
5. Forget Me Not (2021): A standalone romance, commonly surfaced in Woods’s mid-early catalog and best treated as separate from the later series.
6. The Paid Wife (2021): One of her most visible early standalones, built around a marriage-of-convenience style hook.
7. Falling for My Bully (2021): A standalone sapphic bully romance that pushes the catalog a little sharper than the softer holiday books.

The Escort

8. That One Night in Vegas (2021): The only clearly listed book in The Escort, so for now it works as both a standalone and the sole entry in a one-book series.

Arranged to Love

9. Her Collateral Bride (2022): Book one of Arranged to Love, opening Woods’s most substantial early series with the arranged-relationship premise front and center.
10. Her Reluctant Wife (2022): Book two keeps the same arranged-marriage lane but shifts the emotional balance toward resistance and obligation.
11. Her Pretend Fiancée (2022): Book three blends the series framework with a fake-engagement hook.
12. Her Captive Bride (2022): Book four darkens the emotional pressure slightly through the language of confinement and forced proximity.
13. Her Forbidden Affair (2022): Book five moves the series toward secrecy and taboo rather than formal arrangement alone.
14. Her Irresistible Target (2022): Book six broadens the tone a little, making pursuit and attraction feel more active than contractual.
15. Her Beautiful Liar (2022): Book seven closes the series with deception and revelation at the center of the romance dynamic.

TwinSoul Dating App

16. Perfect Fake Match (2022): Book one of TwinSoul Dating App, launching the series with app-based matchmaking and a fake-relationship setup.
17. Match on Loan (2022): Book two keeps the dating-app frame while shifting into a temporary or convenience-based romantic arrangement.
18. Unlikely Match (2022): Book three leans into mismatch energy, making the pairing itself part of the story’s tension.
19. Stolen Match (2022): Book four closes the series by turning the match idea into something more disruptive and contested.

2022 standalones

20. Love Off Limits (2022): A standalone contemporary romance that fits Woods’s familiar “desire meets a hard boundary” pattern.
21. Hot on Her Heels (2022): A standalone that signals a more pursuit-driven, high-friction setup.
22. Leave Me Breathless (2022): A standalone romance positioned as a more emotionally charged one-off rather than a series title.
23. MArry Christmas Nanny (2022): A holiday standalone with age-gap and nanny tropes built directly into the package.

Bonds and Assets

with Sienna Harper

24. Unprofessionally Hers (2023): Book one of Bonds and Assets, opening the co-written trilogy with a workplace or professional-boundary hook.
25. Playing Hers (2023): Book two keeps the co-written continuity going, with the title suggesting a more strategic or performative relationship dynamic.
26. Unconditionally Hers (2023): Book three closes the trilogy on the most commitment-forward note of the set.

All Her Little Secrets

27. Undercover Nanny (2023): Book one of All Her Little Secrets, and one of Woods’s clearest hooks for readers who like family-adjacent romantic suspense setups.
28. Undercover Bride (2023): Book two continues the undercover framework while shifting the central disguise or role into marriage territory.
29. Undercover Daughter (2023): Book three changes the family-position framing again, but stays inside the same secret-driven continuity.
30. Undercover Twins (2023): Book four closes the series by raising the family stakes and keeping the undercover thread intact.

Later standalones

31. Power Play (2024): A standalone contemporary romance that sits in the later catalog and is often surfaced among her more visible recent books.
32. The Billionaire’s Christmas Nanny (2024): A holiday standalone combining billionaire and nanny tropes, and a good example of Woods’s later trope-stacking style.
33. Twice Off-Limits (2025): A 2025 standalone described as a best friend’s mom sapphic romance, and best treated as separate from the named series.
34. Playing Perfect (2025): A 2025 standalone described as an age-gap sapphic romance.
35. Pretending for Christmas (2025): A holiday standalone built around dual layers of pretending, with one woman hiding the truth and the other hiding her identity.

Trapped Ice Queens

36. Trapped with Her (2025): Book one of Trapped Ice Queens, opening the current active series with an age-gap sapphic setup.
37. Trapped with the Rival (2026): Book two shifts the series into forced proximity and enemies-to-lovers territory.
38. Trapped in the Tropics (2026): Book three is the currently listed follow-up and appears to close the trilogy with another trapped-together setup in a new setting.

What actually needs to be read in order

Arranged to Love

This is one of the safest starting points because it is complete, clearly numbered, and internally consistent.

1. Her Collateral Bride
2. Her Reluctant Wife
3. Her Pretend Fiancée
4. Her Captive Bride
5. Her Forbidden Affair
6. Her Irresistible Target
7. Her Beautiful Liar

Best for readers who want fake, forced, or arranged relationship structures and do not mind a longer run.

TwinSoul Dating App

This is the neatest short high-concept series in the catalog.

1. Perfect Fake Match
2. Match on Loan
3. Unlikely Match
4. Stolen Match

Best for readers who want a modern matchmaking premise without committing to seven books.

Bonds and Assets

This trilogy is co-written with Sienna Harper and should be kept together.

1. Unprofessionally Hers
2. Playing Hers
3. Unconditionally Hers

Best for readers who want a compact co-authored lane with a workplace-flavored setup.

All Her Little Secrets

This is probably the best “contained series” option for readers who want continuity without the longer 2022 binge.

1. Undercover Nanny
2. Undercover Bride
3. Undercover Daughter
4. Undercover Twins

Best for readers who like hidden-identity or undercover hooks tied to family roles.

Trapped Ice Queens

This is the current active series and the one most worth watching now.

1. Trapped with Her
2. Trapped with the Rival
3. Trapped in the Tropics

Best for readers who want the newest books first.

Best reading paths

If you want one clear starting point

Start with Undercover Nanny. It gives you a strong hook, a manageable series length, and a good sense of Woods’s later style.

If you want the most complete series experience

Start with Her Collateral Bride and read all of Arranged to Love in order.

If you want the newest books

Start with Trapped with Her and stay in Trapped Ice Queens.

If you want a mixed sampler

Try this route:

1. The Paid Wife
2. Undercover Nanny
3. Her Collateral Bride
4. Perfect Fake Match
5. Trapped with Her

That gives you a strong standalone, two different series modes, and the newest active continuity.

Does Alexa Woods need to be read in full publication order?

Not really.

Publication order is useful for completists, but most readers are better served by choosing a lane. The strongest dividing lines in this catalog are series structure and trope preference, not one giant continuity.

Latest release status

Alexa Woods is still publishing actively. Public bibliography pages show Trapped with the Rival as released in February 2026, with Trapped in the Tropics already listed as the next Trapped Ice Queens book in March 2026. The recent standalones Pretending for Christmas and Playing Perfect also suggest that she is continuing to publish both series books and one-off romances side by side.

Final recommendation

If you want the least confusing first read, begin with Undercover Nanny.

If you want the strongest long series, begin with Her Collateral Bride.

If you want the current live release lane, begin with Trapped with Her and read forward.

Verification notes

Alexa Woods is publicly described as a romance author based in Massachusetts who writes sapphic romance, and Goodreads identifies The Paid Wife as her most popular book among the editions shown there.