C.R. Jane Books in Order (Updated April 2, 2026)

C.R. Jane writes across a few clearly different shelves: dark sports romance, dark contemporary romance, reverse-harem contemporary, and reverse-harem paranormal romance. That matters here because her catalog is not best read as one giant mandatory master order. The safer rule is simpler: pick the lane you want, then read that series straight through in order.

C.R. Jane Books in Order (Updated April 2, 2026)

For new readers, the main split is easy. If you want the book line most readers now know her for, start with The Pucking Wrong Number. If you want her earlier paranormal reverse-harem work, start with First Impressions or School of Broken Souls. If you want a dark contemporary why-choose line, start with Remember Us This Way or Make Me Lie.

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The cleanest starting points

Start here for dark sports romance

The Pucking Wrong Number (2023): A wrong-text hockey romance with C.R. Jane’s now-signature obsessive, morally gray hero energy and the clearest mainstream entry point into her current catalog.

Start here for football romance

The Wrong Quarterback (2024): A possessive sports romance that launches the football-focused sister series to Pucking Wrong.

Start here for dark contemporary reverse harem

Remember Us This Way (2019): A second-chance rockstar why-choose romance that works well if you want emotion, reunion tension, and a complete trilogy path.

Start here for darker elite-academy reverse harem

Make Me Lie (2021): A secret-society setup with a darker, more dangerous tone and one of the strongest series hooks in her RH contemporary shelf.

Start here for paranormal reverse harem

  1. First Impressions (2018): The opening book of Fated Wings, and one of the earliest places to enter C.R. Jane’s paranormal side.
  2. School of Broken Souls (2019): A supernatural academy opener that gives you a cleaner school-based entry if that trope is your priority.

Recommended reading order for most readers

Because the catalog is split across subgenres, the most useful overall order is by series, not by total publication date.

A practical reader-first path looks like this:

  1. The Pucking Wrong Series
  2. The Wrong Player
  3. The Sound of Us
  4. Rich Demons of Darkwood
  5. Then branch into the paranormal series based on trope preference

That order is not required for continuity across the whole bibliography. It is simply the easiest path through the books readers are most likely to look for first.

The Pucking Wrong Series

This is the most obvious modern starting lane and the one most likely to define C.R. Jane for new readers now.

  1. The Pucking Wrong Number (2023): A wrong-number hockey romance that introduces the obsessed antihero style this branch of the catalog leans into hard.
  2. The Pucking Wrong Guy (2024): Keeps the hockey-world formula but shifts the spotlight to a new central pairing and fresh possessive chaos.
  3. A Pucking Wrong Christmas (2024): A holiday novella that fits best after the first two books because it returns to this world rather than starting one.
  4. The Pucking Wrong Date (2024): Expands the series with another dark sports-romance setup built around fixation, pursuit, and emotional intensity.
  5. The Pucking Wrong Man (2024): Continues the line with a new couple while keeping the series’ now-familiar obsessive romantic tone.
  6. The Pucking Wrong Rookie (2025): The current endpoint of the main hockey line and best saved for after the earlier books in the series.

The Wrong Player

This is the football counterpart for readers who liked Pucking Wrong and want the same kind of dark, possessive sports romance in a new arena.

  1. The Wrong Quarterback (2024): A football romance opener that introduces the tone and expectations for this sister series.
  2. The Wrong Play (2025): Builds directly on the series concept with another sports-centered dark romance built for readers already on board with the vibe.
  3. The Wrong Catch (2026): The upcoming third book, currently listed for April 14, 2026, making it the next key release for readers following this branch.

Reverse-harem contemporary romance

The Sound of Us

  1. Remember Us This Way (2019): A second-chance rockstar why-choose romance that opens with history, hurt, and reunion rather than instant attraction alone.
  2. Remember You This Way (2019): The emotional fallout widens as the relationship dynamic becomes harder to avoid and harder to untangle.
  3. Remember Me This Way (2019): The trilogy finale turns memory, regret, and longing into the final payoff for the series.
  4. The Sound of Us: Complete Collection (2021): An omnibus edition for convenience, but not a separate continuity step.

Rich Demons of Darkwood

  1. Make Me Lie (2021): A dark secret-society opener with a heroine already marked by notoriety and danger before the romance fully ignites.
  2. Make Me Beg (2022): The psychological pressure and relationship power balance intensify as the series digs deeper into manipulation and loyalty.
  3. Make Me Burn (2022): The stakes rise again, with the series pushing further into obsession and dark-campus escalation.
  4. Make Me Yours (2023): The emotional possessiveness at the center of the series becomes even less avoidable and more defining.
  5. Make Me Queen (2023): The finale closes the series by cashing in the power, devotion, and threat structure built from book one.

Breathe Me Duet

  1. Breathe Me (2020): A duet opener built around high emotional dependence and a darker relationship setup than the title first suggests.
  2. Breathe You (2020): The second half resolves the duet’s emotional and romantic carryover, so it should be read immediately after book one.

Stupid Boys

  1. Heartbreak Lover (2020): A dark contemporary why-choose opener centered on emotional damage and attraction that does not stay simple.
  2. Heartbreak Prince (2020): Continues the duet and works best only after the first book’s relationship framework is already in place.

Rich Demons of Hockey

  1. No Pucking Way (2023): A crossover-feeling sports why-choose setup that mixes the dark-romance approach with hockey-world energy.
  2. Our Pucking Way (2024): Continues and completes the duet, so this is not a standalone entry point.

Reverse-harem paranormal romance

Fated Wings

This is one of the earliest and biggest paranormal branches in the catalog.

  1. First Impressions (2018): The series opener and the best first stop for readers who want C.R. Jane’s earlier paranormal voice.
  2. Forgotten Specters (2018): Deepens the supernatural setup and moves the central relationship arc forward.
  3. The Fallen One (2018): Pushes the lore and romantic stakes further into the series’ darker fantasy lane.
  4. Forbidden Queens (2018): Keeps expanding the world and the relationship web rather than resetting the story.
  5. Faded Realms (2018): A later-series entry that assumes you already know the world and core dynamics.
  6. Faithless Dreams (2019): Continues the long arc with heavier emotional and fantasy-series payoff.
  7. Fabled Kingdoms (2020): The main-line conclusion point for the core story.
  8. Forever Hearts (2023): A later return to the series world, best treated as an after-the-main-run follow-up rather than the place to begin.

Darkest Curse

  1. Forget Me (2018): A dark paranormal opener built around repetition, memory, and multiple dangerous love interests.
  2. Love Me (2018): The continuation and conclusion, meant to be read directly after book one.

Academy of Souls

  1. School of Broken Souls (2019): A supernatural academy romance that opens the Raven Academy setting with immediate danger and confinement.
  2. School of Broken Hearts (2019): Continues the academy arc and relationship development without resetting the story.
  3. School of Broken Dreams (2020): The mythology and emotional stakes widen as the series keeps building.
  4. School of Broken Wings (2020): The finale closes the academy sequence and is best read only after the first three.

Thief of Hearts

  1. Siren Condemned (2020): A paranormal-prison opener that launches this co-written series with a trapped, high-stakes setup.
  2. Siren Sacrificed (2020): Raises the cost of survival and commitment in the series’ underwater-supernatural lane.
  3. Siren Awakened (2020): Pushes the mythology and power structure further forward.
  4. Siren Redeemed (2021): The finale resolves the series arc and should be read last within the quartet.

The Fallen World

  1. Bound (2021): Opens a darker paranormal sequence with a survival-heavy relationship setup.
  2. Broken (2021): Continues the world’s damage-and-devotion pattern rather than shifting to a fresh standalone story.
  3. Betrayed (2021): Trust fractures become central as the series moves toward its endgame.
  4. Belong (2021): The conclusion focuses on loyalty, claim, and final emotional alignment.

Monster & Me

  1. Monster’s Temptation (2022): A darker paranormal romance opener built around captivity, longing, and a dangerous bond.
  2. Monster’s Obsession (2022): Continues the duet and pays off the first book’s possessive setup.

Real Alphas Bite

  1. Real Alphas Bite (2021): A rejected-mate paranormal romance with a darker pack dynamic and shared-world connections.
  2. Real Alphas Mate (2022): The follow-up pushes the bond and pack claims into a more committed endgame.

Real Wolves Bite / Kingdom of Wolves lane

This branch sits inside the larger multi-author Kingdom of Wolves world, so the main thing to know is that C.R. Jane and Mila Young’s internal order matters most.

  1. Wild Moon (2021): The entry point for the C.R. Jane/Mila Young rejected-mate sequence inside the larger wolf world.
  2. Wild Heart (2021): Continues the same relationship and pack-world tensions.
  3. Wild Girl (2021): Pushes the emotional and supernatural conflict further.
  4. Wild Love (2021): A later-series turn that continues the same ongoing arc.
  5. Wild Soul (2022): The story keeps escalating rather than resetting.
  6. Wild Kiss (2022): The endpoint of this C.R. Jane/Mila Young run within the broader shared universe.

Other notable books and side lanes

  1. Ruining Dahlia (2022): C.R. Jane’s contribution to the multi-author Mafia Wars project, best treated as a separate standalone-within-project read rather than part of one of her own internal series.
  2. The Devil’s Gate MC: Rapture (date cross-listed in official catalog): A motorcycle-club entry that sits outside the main sports and RH paths.
  3. Huge Title / Hades Redemption (official site listing): This appears on the official paranormal page as the series entry point, but the accessible metadata is less clean than for the better-documented series above, so it is safest to treat it as a separate paranormal lane rather than a primary starting recommendation.
  4. Shadows of Sparta (2026): A dark romantasy title currently promoted on the official site as a major upcoming release, but it is separate from the existing hockey and RH series shelves.

Publication order for the main solo and lead series

This is the broad-strokes publication path for the main C.R. Jane reading lanes most readers look for first.

2018

  1. First Impressions (2018): The start of Fated Wings and one of the earliest clear entry points in the catalog.
  2. Forgotten Specters (2018): Continues Fated Wings.
  3. The Fallen One (2018): Fated Wings book three.
  4. Forbidden Queens (2018): Fated Wings book four.
  5. Faded Realms (2018): Fated Wings book five.
  6. Forget Me (2018): Opens Darkest Curse.
  7. Love Me (2018): Concludes Darkest Curse.

2019

  1. Faithless Dreams (2019): Continues Fated Wings.
  2. School of Broken Souls (2019): Opens Academy of Souls.
  3. School of Broken Hearts (2019): Continues Academy of Souls.
  4. Remember Us This Way (2019): Opens The Sound of Us.
  5. Remember You This Way (2019): Continues The Sound of Us.
  6. Remember Me This Way (2019): Finishes The Sound of Us.

2020

  1. Fabled Kingdoms (2020): Main-line Fated Wings conclusion.
  2. School of Broken Dreams (2020): Academy of Souls book three.
  3. School of Broken Wings (2020): Academy of Souls finale.
  4. Breathe Me (2020): Opens the duet.
  5. Breathe You (2020): Closes the duet.
  6. Heartbreak Lover (2020): Opens Stupid Boys.
  7. Heartbreak Prince (2020): Finishes Stupid Boys.
  8. Siren Condemned (2020): Opens Thief of Hearts.
  9. Siren Sacrificed (2020): Continues Thief of Hearts.
  10. Siren Awakened (2020): Thief of Hearts book three.

2021

  1. Siren Redeemed (2021): Thief of Hearts finale.
  2. Make Me Lie (2021): Opens Rich Demons of Darkwood.
  3. Bound (2021): Opens The Fallen World.
  4. Broken (2021): Continues The Fallen World.
  5. Betrayed (2021): The Fallen World book three.
  6. Belong (2021): The Fallen World finale.
  7. Wild Moon (2021): Opens the C.R. Jane/Mila Young Kingdom of Wolves run.
  8. Wild Heart (2021): Continues it.
  9. Wild Girl (2021): Continues it.
  10. Wild Love (2021): Continues it.
  11. Real Alphas Bite (2021): Opens the duet.

2022

  1. Make Me Beg (2022): Rich Demons of Darkwood book two.
  2. Make Me Burn (2022): Rich Demons of Darkwood book three.
  3. Monster’s Temptation (2022): Opens Monster & Me.
  4. Monster’s Obsession (2022): Closes Monster & Me.
  5. Real Alphas Mate (2022): Concludes Real Alphas Bite.
  6. Wild Soul (2022): Later Kingdom of Wolves entry.
  7. Wild Kiss (2022): Final C.R. Jane/Mila Young Kingdom of Wolves entry.
  8. Ruining Dahlia (2022): Separate Mafia Wars contribution.

2023

  1. The Pucking Wrong Number (2023): Opens the breakout hockey line.
  2. No Pucking Way (2023): Opens Rich Demons of Hockey.
  3. Make Me Yours (2023): Rich Demons of Darkwood book four.
  4. Make Me Queen (2023): Rich Demons of Darkwood finale.
  5. Forever Hearts (2023): Return to Fated Wings.

2024

  1. The Pucking Wrong Guy (2024): Pucking Wrong book two.
  2. A Pucking Wrong Christmas (2024): Holiday novella in the same series.
  3. The Pucking Wrong Date (2024): Main-series continuation.
  4. The Pucking Wrong Man (2024): Main-series continuation.
  5. The Wrong Quarterback (2024): Opens The Wrong Player.
  6. Our Pucking Way (2024): Finishes Rich Demons of Hockey.

2025

  1. The Pucking Wrong Rookie (2025): Current endpoint of Pucking Wrong.
  2. The Wrong Play (2025): The Wrong Player book two.

2026

  1. The Wrong Catch (2026): Upcoming The Wrong Player book three, currently listed for April 14, 2026.
  2. Don’t Say Mafia (2026): Opens The Wrong Made Men.
  3. Shadows of Sparta (2026): A separate dark romantasy release being actively promoted on the official site.

Do you need to read C.R. Jane in strict publication order?

No. Series order matters much more than full-catalog order.

That is especially true here because her catalog is split by subgenre and by co-written versus solo lines. A paranormal reverse-harem reader does not need to clear the hockey books first, and a hockey reader does not need to begin back in Fated Wings unless they want the author’s earliest work.

Best starting books by taste

  1. For hockey romance, start with The Pucking Wrong Number.
  2. For football romance, start with The Wrong Quarterback.
  3. For rockstar why-choose, start with Remember Us This Way.
  4. For dark elite-society why-choose, start with Make Me Lie.
  5. For academy paranormal romance, start with School of Broken Souls.
  6. For earlier paranormal fantasy, start with First Impressions.

Latest release status

The most immediately relevant upcoming C.R. Jane release I confirmed is The Wrong Catch, scheduled for April 14, 2026. The official site is also promoting Shadows of Sparta and other coming-soon material, while Goodreads additionally lists Don’t Say Mafia as the start of The Wrong Made Men in 2026. The safest current reading takeaway is that the hockey-and-football side of the catalog is still actively expanding, with The Wrong Catch being the clearest next stop for existing readers.

FAQs

What is the first C.R. Jane book?

First Impressions (2018) is one of the earliest clearly documented C.R. Jane series openers and the first book in Fated Wings.

What is C.R. Jane’s most popular series?

The strongest current answer is The Pucking Wrong Series, which has become the clearest breakout line in her catalog.

Do C.R. Jane’s books connect across all series?

Not in one single continuity chain. The books are better treated as separate series lanes grouped by trope and subgenre.

What should I read after The Pucking Wrong Number?

Read The Pucking Wrong Guy, then A Pucking Wrong Christmas, then continue through the rest of the series in order.

What is the newest C.R. Jane book?

For upcoming release status, The Wrong Catch is the clearest officially dated next book I confirmed, with a listed release date of April 14, 2026.

Final recommendation

For most readers, the best C.R. Jane path is:

  1. The Pucking Wrong Number
  2. Continue the Pucking Wrong series in order
  3. Move to The Wrong Quarterback and the Wrong Player series
  4. Then branch into Remember Us This Way or Make Me Lie based on whether you want emotional rockstar RH or darker elite-society RH
  5. Save the paranormal lines for a separate mood, not as required homework for the sports romance books
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