Alisha Williams Books in Order (Updated March 12, 2026)

Alisha Williams writes mostly interconnected romance series rather than one single master continuity. The practical way to read her is by lane: start with one series, finish that arc, then move sideways into another. Her catalog leans heavily toward academy romance, why choose, omegaverse, and darker contemporary setups, with several newer standalones and shared-world projects around the edges.

What matters most is not global publication order. What matters is staying in order inside each series, because the relationship dynamics and emotional reveals tend to build book to book.

How the bibliography breaks down

There are three especially clear entry lanes.

The first is the earlier completed academy and prep runs, where you can start with a neat trilogy or quartet and get a full arc without worrying about cross-series homework.

The second is the darker crew and empire books, which are more continuity-heavy and work best once you know you like her style.

The third is the newer one-offs, co-writes, and launch titles, which are easier to sample individually but are not the best place to understand the backbone of her catalog.

For most new readers, the safest entry is Calling Wood, because it is short, complete, and clearly separated from the larger later catalog.

The best reading order for most readers

If you want one practical path through the core Alisha Williams catalog, read this way:

1. We Are Worthy (2022): The first Calling Wood book opens one of her cleanest early relationship arcs and gives you a straightforward entry into her style.
2. We Are Destiny (2022): The second book continues the same emotional thread rather than resetting with a fresh couple.
3. Knot Going Anywhere (2022): The third Calling Wood book completes the set and works best as the payoff to the first two.
4. Hidden Secrets (2022): Silver Valley University opens another early academy line, shifting into a prep-and-campus setting with fresh continuity.
5. Secrets Revealed (2022): The second Silver Valley book widens the trust issues and group dynamics already in motion.
6. Secrets Embraced (2022): The trilogy close resolves the main Silver Valley arc and is best read without gaps.
7. Second Chances (2021): Emerald Lake Prep starts a longer four-book run with a stronger recovery-and-reckoning feel.
8. Into the Unknown: The second Emerald Lake book pushes the cast deeper into the consequences set up in book one.
9. Shattered Pieces: The third book is where the emotional damage and relationship testing really become the point.
10. Redemption Found: The fourth book closes the Emerald Lake sequence with the expected reconciliation and payoff beats.
11. Tainted Wings (2022): Angelic Academy begins another four-book academy arc with supernatural elements.
12. Tainted Bonds (2023): The second book deepens the relationship network and the larger academy conflict.
13. Tainted Hearts: The third installment continues the same core arc rather than functioning like a loose companion.
14. Tainted Souls: The fourth book closes the Angelic Academy run.

That route starts with the shorter, cleaner series before moving into the bigger quartets.

Series in order

Calling Wood

This is the easiest place to begin if you want a compact completed series.

1. We Are Worthy (2022): The opener establishes the emotional and relational baseline for the full Calling Wood arc.
2. We Are Destiny (2022): Book two builds directly on the first book’s relationship progress, so it should not be skipped.
3. Knot Going Anywhere (2022): The finale lands best after the first two because it functions as resolution, not reset.

Silver Valley University

Another tidy early trilogy, and a good second stop after Calling Wood.

1. Hidden Secrets (2022): The series opens with a fresh university setting and the secrecy-driven relationship tension that defines the trilogy.
2. Secrets Revealed (2022): The middle book turns private damage into shared fallout, expanding what the first book only hints at.
3. Secrets Embraced (2022): The trilogy closer is the emotional payoff volume, so it belongs last with no detours.

Emerald Lake Prep

A four-book prep sequence with a more bruised, rebuilding energy.

1. Second Chances (2021): The opener sets the tone for a longer redemption-driven academy arc.
2. Into the Unknown: The second book keeps the same continuity moving and raises the uncertainty around where the relationships are heading.
3. Shattered Pieces: The third book is the fracture point, where earlier cracks become impossible to ignore.
4. Redemption Found: The finale is exactly what the title suggests, closing the series through repair and earned resolution.

Angelic Academy

This is one of the clearer completed supernatural-academy runs in her catalog.

1. Tainted Wings (2022): The first book introduces the academy, the attraction pattern, and the darker supernatural framing.
2. Tainted Bonds (2023): The follow-up takes the interpersonal bonds from setup into active conflict.
3. Tainted Hearts: The third book intensifies the emotional loyalty tests already baked into the series.
4. Tainted Souls: The fourth book closes the Angelic Academy arc and is best saved until the prior bonds are fully in place.

Black Venom Crew

A darker four-book sequence that is better once you already know her rhythm.

1. Little Bird (2023): The opener starts the crew-based arc with a protective-dangerous tone and a more openly dark edge.
2. Venomous Queen: Book two hardens the power dynamics and makes the series feel less like setup and more like territory war.
3. Dark Soldiers: The third entry pushes the pressure onto loyalty, survival, and who actually controls the board.
4. Deadliest Throne: The finale is the crown-and-consequence payoff for the whole Black Venom run.

Blood Empire

Another complete quartet, and one of the cleaner darker-romance lanes.

1. Rising Queen (2021): The series begins with ascent, status tension, and the promise of a larger power struggle.
2. Crowned Queen (2022): The second book shifts from gaining position to surviving it.
3. Savage Queen: Book three is the escalation volume, where rule and violence stop pretending to be separate things.
4. Reigning Queen: The finale completes the empire arc by turning survival into actual rule.

Solidarity Academy

This is a co-written series with Amber Nicole, so it is best treated as a separate lane from Alisha Williams’s solo backbone.

1. Knock ’Em Down: The opener starts the academy arc with a more collaborative authorial voice and a bigger ensemble feel.
2. Raise ’Em Up: The second book extends the same internal dynamics rather than changing direction.
3. Take ’Em Out: Book three is the pressure-cooker installment where alliances matter most.
4. Hold ’Em Tight: The finale closes the quartet and is best read as the capstone to the previous three.

Wickedverse

Short and easy to fit between longer series.

1. Knot That Easy: The opener launches the Wickedverse pair with the expected knot-heavy romantic tension.
2. Deadly Sweet: The second book keeps the same lane but with a darker, sharper edge.

Boys of Kingston Academy

A compact three-book academy run.

1. Tantalizing Kings: The opener sets up the academy hierarchy and the attraction/power imbalance at the center of the series.
2. Tormented Kings: The middle book makes the emotional pressure more explicit and more costly.
3. Triumphant Kings: The third book is the payoff volume, resolving the central academy arc.

A Forbidden Game

A shorter duet and a reasonable side route once you know you like her style.

1. A Game of Choice: The first book opens the duet with competition and relationship tension as the main engine.
2. A Game of Love: The second book turns the premise from selection into commitment and consequence.

Snow Valley Omegas

A one-book lane.

1. My Knotty Mountain Men: A standalone omegaverse read that works as a sample rather than a major continuity commitment.

Boys of Rose Briar Hill

Currently a shorter series and one of the more recent clearly grouped entries visible on Goodreads.

1. Broken Prince: The opener starts the Rose Briar Hill line with a more intense prep-school emotional setup.
2. Damaged Prince: The second book continues that same damage-and-repair thread rather than branching into a fresh arc.

Standalones, co-writes, and newer edge titles

These are real Alisha Williams books, but they are not the clearest place to build a full reading order.

Hooked on Him is a standalone-style romance and reads like a side sample rather than a catalog anchor.

Teach Me and Beg for It are co-written with Jenn Bullard, so they fit better as separate collaboration reads than as part of a solo-series order.

Fantastic Fiction also shows newer and upcoming titles including Let Me Show You (March 2026), Pucking With The Enemy (June 2026), He’s The One That I Want (December 2026), and Well Behaved in Wickedverse (January 2027). Those are useful for release tracking, but they are not yet the best basis for a stable long-form reading order page because some are too new or still upcoming.

Publication order vs. series order

For Alisha Williams, publication order is less useful than series order.

That is because her catalog is not one giant shared universe with strict crossover logic. It is a set of parallel series, many of them complete, that are easier to enjoy one arc at a time. Publication order can bounce you from academy romance to darker crew books to collaborations too fast. Series order keeps the emotional arcs intact.

Where to start

Start with We Are Worthy if you want the cleanest beginner path.

Start with Second Chances if you want a longer prep series right away.

Start with Tainted Wings if you want supernatural academy romance from the beginning.

Start with Little Bird only if you already know you want one of the darker crew-centered lines.

Latest release status

The most stable current picture is this: Goodreads shows a large active bibliography with 98 works and multiple completed series, while Fantastic Fiction lists several 2026 and 2027 titles on the horizon. That makes Alisha Williams an actively publishing author whose backlist is already broad, but whose newest edge titles are still better treated as release-watch items than as fixed reading-order essentials.

Conclusion

The best Alisha Williams reading order is not “everything by date.” It is one completed lane at a time.

For most readers, the smoothest path is:
Calling Wood → Silver Valley University → Emerald Lake Prep → Angelic Academy, then move into Black Venom Crew or Blood Empire once you want the darker side of the catalog.