Annabelle Anders Books in Order (Updated March 25, 2026)

Annabelle Anders writes historical romance with several connected Regency-era lines, plus a smaller contemporary thread. The safest way to read her is not by strict publication across the whole catalog, but by choosing one series and staying inside it until you finish that run.

For most readers, the best place to begin is The Rakes of Rotten Row if you want a newer, clearly structured historical series, or Devilish Debutantes if you want an earlier entry point into her backlist. The contemporary Love books are separate and should not be mixed into her Regency continuity.

Where to start first

1. If you want one dependable entry point, start with Hanover Square Spare. It opens a fully identifiable six-book series and sits in the middle of her career, when her series structure is especially easy to follow.
2. If you want to start earlier, begin with Hell Hath No Fury. That is a clean way into one of her best-known early historical series.
3. If you want the newest ongoing line, start with The Duke That I Lost. That series is still in progress, so it is best for readers comfortable catching up and then waiting.

The best reading strategy

Annabelle Anders is easiest to read by series publication order. Her books often work as individual romances, but the connected families, returning side characters, and expanding social world read more smoothly when you keep each series together.

Do not try to build one giant chronological order across every title. That approach mixes complete series, ongoing series, collaborations, and separate continuities in a way that adds confusion without adding clarity.

Annabelle Anders books by series

The Rakes of Rotten Row

Included – best starting place for most readers

1. Hanover Square Spare (2023): A marriage-minded earl and an overlooked duke’s daughter enter a practical arrangement that opens the six-rake storyline with class pressure, family duty, and a strong series foundation.
2. Piccadilly Player (2023): A more socially polished rake finds his romantic plans complicated as the series widens its circle and deepens the shared friend-group continuity.
3. Fleet Street Scoundrel (2023): A scandal-driven setup pushes the series toward higher public stakes, with reputation and loyalty becoming more central.
4. Pall Mall Peer (2024): A racing-obsessed marquess who thinks he has mastered everything except love gets one of the series’ more duty-versus-desire conflicts.
5. Bond Street Bachelor (2024): The continuing Rotten Row circle brings another rake into a courtship shaped by family obligation and social performance.
6. Regent Street Rogue (2025): A fake betrothal, a damaged reputation, and a baby on the doorstep bring the series to its most openly dramatic and restorative finish.

This is the easiest completed Annabelle Anders series to recommend first because the order is clear and the continuity is straightforward.

Devilish Debutantes

Included – early historical series

1. Hell Hath No Fury (2017): The first debutante-centered romance introduces the sharper emotional style of Anders’s earlier Regency books and starts the series on a strong opposites-and-pressure note.
2. Hell in a Hand Basket (2018): The series expands its social circle while keeping the same mix of heat, wit, and society-level complications.
3. Hell’s Belle (2018): A third devilish heroine pushes the line further into the series’ playful but emotionally earnest identity.
4. Hell of a Lady (2018): The fourth main installment rounds out the central debutante run with another romance shaped by status, attraction, and social risk.

Optional with this series:

5. Hell Hath Frozen Over (date not fully confirmed from the main series page): A Christmas novella tied to Hell in a Hand Basket, best treated as an extra rather than a mandatory next step.
6. To Hell and Back (date not fully confirmed from the main series page): Commonly listed with the Devilish Debutantes material and best handled as optional series-related reading.
7. Hell’s Wedding Bells (date not fully confirmed from the main series page): Another series-adjacent extra that looks supplemental rather than essential.

If you want the earliest strong entry into Annabelle Anders’s historical work, start here.

Lord Love a Lady

Included – completed historical series

1. Nobody’s Lady (2018): The series opens with a heroine navigating love and status from a vulnerable social position, establishing the series’ more earnest romantic tone.
2. A Lady’s Prerogative (2018): A second society romance builds on the same world, with personal choice pressing against expectation.
3. Lady Saves the Duke (2019): The series shifts into a more rescue-and-reversal mode, giving the heroine unusual leverage in the central relationship.
4. Lady at Last (2019): Long-delayed emotional possibility finally takes shape in a book built around timing and second chances.
5. Lady Be Good (2019): A house-party style setup brings attraction and reputation into direct conflict.
6. Lady and the Rake (2020): The final book closes the series with a pairing that leans into risk, longing, and society’s limits.

This is a good choice for readers who want a fully completed six-book run without jumping into the larger later series.

The Perfect Regency

Included – compact four-book series

1. The Perfect Debutante (2019): An arranged-marriage setup launches the series with outward polish hiding private trouble beneath the surface.
2. The Perfect Spinster (2019): A heroine resigned to the shelf gets a romance built around self-worth, missed chances, and a seemingly unattainable hero.
3. The Perfect Christmas (2019): A holiday entry folds seasonal warmth into the same family-and-society framework.
4. The Perfect Arrangement (2020): The last book completes the quartet with another courtship shaped by convenience, expectation, and emotional discovery.

This is one of the neatest places to start if you want a shorter commitment.

Regency Cocky Gents

Included – longer historical run

1. Cocky Earl (2020): A transatlantic historical romance starts the series with a bold, self-possessed heroine meeting exactly the kind of arrogant lord she expected to dislike.
2. Cocky Baron (2020): The second book continues the late-1800s setting with another confident hero getting thoroughly unsettled by love.
3. Cocky Mister (2020): The series broadens its social range beyond titled men while keeping the same swagger-versus-romance energy.
4. Cocky Brother (2021): Family ties move closer to the center as the shared world begins to feel more interlinked.
5. Cocky Viscount (2021): Another proud aristocrat meets the woman who refuses to let rank do the work for him.
6. Cocky Marquess (2021): The series continues its pattern of cocky heroes being forced into emotional honesty.
7. Cocky Butler (2021): A class-difference variation refreshes the series while still fitting the same larger continuity.
8. Merry Miss (2022): A holiday-related entry commonly listed with this series and best read after the earlier books.
9. Cocky Soldier (2024): The series returns after a gap with another hero whose confidence is no defense against a determined heroine.
10. Cocky Lord (2024): A later continuation that works best once you already know the series’ social world and recurring style.

Read this series in listed order. It is longer than some of her other lines, and jumping around will blur the sense of progression.

Miss Primm’s Secret School for Budding Bluestockings

Included – school-centered historical continuity

1. Trapped With the Duke (2021): A teacher and a duke begin the series by establishing the school, its values, and the tension between propriety and genuine partnership.
2. Educated by the Earl (2021): A strict assistant headmistress and an earl push the school’s ideals into a more personal, romantic contest.
3. Pretending to be a Debutante (2022): A teacher impersonates a student and falls for the student’s betrothed, making this one of the series’ clearest examples of why order helps.
4. Rescued by the Rake (2022): A former student turned teacher meets a rakish captain in a romance that keeps the school’s mentorship thread active.
5. Make-Believe With the Marquess (date not fully confirmed in the same way as books 1-4): A fake-fiancée arrangement becomes entangled with vandalism at the school, shifting the series toward a stronger internal mystery thread.
6. Advising the Viscount (date not fully confirmed in the same way as books 1-4): A science-minded teacher and a viscount with a humiliating secret carry the series further into school-connected personal stakes.
7. Schooled By the Bastard (date not fully confirmed in the same way as books 1-4): Augusta Primm’s story appears to extend the school arc into one of its most personal and institution-focused romances.

This is one of the more continuity-sensitive Annabelle Anders series because the school itself is part of the ongoing story.

Scoundrels with Secrets

Included – newest ongoing historical series

1. The Duke That I Lost (2025): A revised and expanded novel built from an earlier shorter version opens a new six-man series about old mistakes, hidden truths, and possible redemption.
2. The Baron’s Open Arms (2026): The second book is listed as available for preorder and continues the new series with a brother’s-best-friend and off-limits setup.

This is the newest line, but it is not complete yet. Read it if you want to stay current.

The Love Series

Separate continuity – contemporary romance

1. The Love Bus (date confirmed on the official published-books page, but not surfaced with the same detailed series metadata in my search): A travel-linked contemporary romance begins this separate modern thread.
2. The Love Ship (2025): A marriage-in-crisis cruise-ship romance works as a standalone but is positioned as even better after The Love Bus.

These books should be kept separate from the Regency series.

Other clearly separate titles

Separate continuity or outside the main solo-series path

1. Miss Fortune’s First Kiss (2019): A governess, a widowed earl, and a fortune-telling setup place this in the multi-author Fortunes of Fate world rather than in Anders’s main in-house series structure.

Recommended reading order for most readers

For a new reader who wants the smoothest path through Annabelle Anders, this is the order I would use:

1. Hanover Square Spare (2023): The cleanest modern entry point into her historical catalog.
2. Piccadilly Player (2023): Best read immediately after book one to preserve the shared-circle momentum.
3. Fleet Street Scoundrel (2023): Keeps the Rotten Row continuity intact as the stakes sharpen.
4. Pall Mall Peer (2024): Continues the series with one of the clearest duty-versus-love setups.
5. Bond Street Bachelor (2024): Best read in sequence as the friend group nears its endgame.
6. Regent Street Rogue (2025): Finishes the series and gives you a full sense of Anders at this stage of her career.
7. Hell Hath No Fury (2017): Then move backward to an earlier completed historical line.
8. Hell in a Hand Basket (2018): Continues the debutante-centered run.
9. Hell’s Belle (2018): Keeps the same emotional and social rhythm.
10. Hell of a Lady (2018): Closes the main Devilish Debutantes arc.
11. The Duke That I Lost (2025): Only after that would I move to the newest ongoing series.
12. The Baron’s Open Arms (2026): Read when available.

That route avoids the sprawling feel of tackling everything in strict publication order.

Is there a chronological order?

Not one that improves the reading experience.

Annabelle Anders’s books are organized much better by series order than by an all-books timeline. Even when the books share a Regency setting, they do not form one single continuity that needs global chronological sorting.

Latest release status

The newest clearly featured Annabelle Anders historical line is Scoundrels with Secrets, with The Duke That I Lost already out and The Baron’s Open Arms listed as coming soon on the official site. The official home page also features The Love Ship as a recent contemporary release connected to The Love Bus.

FAQs

What is the best Annabelle Anders book to start with?

Hanover Square Spare is the safest all-around starting point.

Which Annabelle Anders series should I read first?

Start with The Rakes of Rotten Row for the clearest completed modern entry point, or Devilish Debutantes for an earlier-series introduction.

Do Annabelle Anders books need to be read in order?

Inside each series, yes. Across different series, no.

Are the contemporary books connected to the Regency books?

No. The Love Bus and The Love Ship are separate continuity.

What is Annabelle Anders’s newest series?

Scoundrels with Secrets is the newest clearly identified series on the official site.

Final recommendation

• Start with Hanover Square Spare if you want the most balanced first experience.
• Start with Hell Hath No Fury if you want to begin near the start of her historical backlist.
• Start with The Duke That I Lost only if you are happy entering an ongoing series rather than a finished one.