Alisha Rai Books in Order (Updated 2026-02-03)

Alisha Rai writes contemporary romance (and some paranormal romance), plus a YA novel. Her books are easiest to enjoy when you treat each named series as its own lane and read that lane straight through, because later couples and friend-group outcomes often get mentioned casually.

Below is a verified, reader-first map: what’s connected, what’s standalone, and the simplest places to jump in.

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Pick your entry point by vibe

• Want modern rom-com with apps, fame, and banter? Start with The Right Swipe.
• Want family drama + high heat + big feelings? Start with Hate to Want You.
• Want a one-book adventure romance? Start with Partners in Crime.
• Want YA with viral fame and real-world stakes? Start with While You Were Dreaming.

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The “read these in order” shelves

Modern Love series (in order)

1. The Right Swipe (2019): A dating-app creator and a former athlete keep clashing until the line between business and desire disappears.
2. Girl Gone Viral (2020): A camera-shy woman is shoved into the spotlight, and the bodyguard who understands privacy becomes impossible to ignore.
3. First Comes Like (2021): A fake-dating setup spirals when online attention turns personal and the pretending starts to feel like relief.

Why order helps: recurring friends and outcomes show up in later books.

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Forbidden Hearts series (in order)

1. Hate to Want You (2017): Two heirs to feuding families keep breaking the rules, and eventually have to decide whether love is worth ending the war.
2. Wrong to Need You (2017): A guarded man with responsibilities and a woman ready to claim more than crumbs collide over what commitment should look like.
3. Hurts to Love You (2018): A “bad idea” attraction turns serious when old wounds and new loyalties demand honesty.

Why order helps: relationship resolutions and family fallout carry forward.

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Pleasure series (in order)

1. Glutton for Pleasure (2010): A long-held fantasy erupts into a messy reality when desire stops staying safely in her head.
2. Serving Pleasure (2015): A woman who’s done playing nice chooses what she wants and forces the truth into the open.

Note: this is earlier, higher-heat romance; it reads very differently from the later rom-coms.

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Karimi Siblings (in order)

1. Veiled Seduction (2011): Attraction and suspicion tangle as a woman pushes past surface charm to find what’s real.
2. Veiled Desire (2015): A sibling’s story that deepens the family dynamic and raises the emotional stakes around trust.

(You may see alternate titles attached to this set in some catalogs; the story order above is the point.)

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Fantasy series (co-written with C Prestige) (in order)

1. Be My Fantasy (2016): A high-heat setup turns into a genuine bond when the fantasy starts changing the rules.
2. Stay My Fantasy (2016): The follow-up leans into what happens after the initial spark, when feelings refuse to remain “just a game.”

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ShadowLands (currently one listed book)

1. Night Whispers (2013): A paranormal-leaning romance where danger and desire keep feeding the same fire.

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Standalone novels and separate continuities

These can be read whenever you want. They do not require the series above.

• Cabin Fever (2010): A woman living in isolation is forced to confront connection when a wounded stranger changes her carefully controlled solitude.
• Hot as Hades (2021): A myth-inspired romance where a forced refuge and mutual distrust turn into the one alliance neither expected to need.
• Partners in Crime (2022): An exes-to-allies road-trip chase turns romantic when survival requires teamwork and the past won’t stay buried.

Young adult (separate from the adult romances)

• While You Were Dreaming (2023): A teen’s life flips after a viral moment, and fake dating becomes a dangerous place to tell the truth.

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What’s next

• Enemies to Lovers (April 2026): A con woman and a lawman are forced into an uneasy partnership on a cross-country run where the grift turns personal.

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A clean “do this, then that” reading plan

If you want momentum without spoilers:

1. Modern Love (The Right Swipe → Girl Gone Viral → First Comes Like)
2. Forbidden Hearts (Hate to Want You → Wrong to Need You → Hurts to Love You)
3. Partners in Crime (standalone palate cleanser)
4. While You Were Dreaming whenever you want YA
5. Dip into earlier/high-heat backlist series (Pleasure, Karimi Siblings, Fantasy) if you’re curious

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FAQs

Do I have to read everything by publication date?
No. Read within a series in order, and treat everything else as flexible.

Which books are most spoiler-sensitive?
Forbidden Hearts and Modern Love, because later books assume you know earlier couples.

If I only read one, which is the safest sample?
Partners in Crime is the simplest one-book test drive because it stands alone and shows her modern voice.

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Bottom line

Start with The Right Swipe (modern rom-com) or Hate to Want You (family-drama romance), and keep that series in order. Use Partners in Crime when you want a single, complete adventure romance.