Cora Day writes romantic suspense, paranormal romance, sci-fi alien romance, and motorcycle-club romance. Her books are organized into a few separate reading lanes rather than one shared universe.
The most natural first stop is Grimm County Haven. It introduces her Grimm County Lawmen series, which is currently her clearest completed series.
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The Short Reading Map
- Read Grimm County Lawmen first for small-town romantic suspense with fairy-tale retelling elements.
- Read Exiled Reapers MC if you want motorcycle-club romantic suspense.
- Read Disturbing the Peace if you want Cora Day’s contribution to a multi-author alien-romance series.
- Read Spread ’Em as a standalone paranormal romance, especially if you want the expanded version of her anthology story.
Cora Day Books in Publication Order
- Grimm County Haven (2023): Marina hides from her mafia-boss father in Grimm County, where Sheriff Christian Andrews becomes both an investigation risk and a possible protector.
- Grimm County Grump (2023): Rose runs to Grimm County after an ex refuses to let go, while Deputy Nick’s guarded, private life is disrupted by her need for safety.
- Grimm County Chemistry (2024): Hunter and Snow’s romance mixes crime-lab uncertainty, political pressure, and danger tied to Snow’s public-family background.
- Grimm County Wishes (2024): Al and Jeannie’s friends-to-lovers story brings the Grimm County Lawmen series to its finale through reality-TV pressure, old feelings, and outside danger.
- Twisted Shifters (2024): A multi-author anthology that originally included Cora Day’s story Spread ’Em, making it optional now that the story has its own expanded edition.
- Disturbing the Peace (2025): Peace believes she is auditioning for a sci-fi film, but the setup turns into an alien abduction and gladiator-planet survival romance.
- Spread ’Em (2025): Rebecca’s spreadsheet assistant becomes much more than software after a solar storm gives the AI a body and turns a tech experiment into paranormal romance.
- Bear (2025): Lexie’s catering job pulls her into the Exiled Reapers MC orbit, where Bear must choose between club rules and protecting the woman who unsettles him.
- Stitch (2026): An Exiled Reapers MC prequel novella connected to Stitch and Ivy; treat this as optional because it is not consistently listed in the major bibliography pages.
- Maverick (2026): Kat comes home temporarily to help her father, but Maverick’s place next door turns a family obligation into a romance complicated by club danger.
Grimm County Lawmen Books in Order
The Grimm County Lawmen books are romantic suspense novels built around Grimm County deputies, danger, and modern fairy-tale retelling elements. They can be read as standalones, but the complete-series experience works best in order.
- Grimm County Haven (2023): A Little Mermaid-inspired romantic suspense opener where Marina’s hidden identity and Christian’s sheriff instincts collide in a small town under pressure.
- Grimm County Grump (2023): A Beauty and the Beast-inspired romance where Rose needs protection from an escalating threat and Nick must decide whether to let someone past his defenses.
- Grimm County Chemistry (2024): A Snow White-inspired story where Hunter’s temporary law-enforcement role and Snow’s political-family burden meet a threat that turns personal.
- Grimm County Wishes (2024): An Aladdin-inspired finale where Al’s reality-show opportunity and Jeannie’s loyalty create the series’ final friends-to-lovers arc.
Exiled Reapers MC Books in Order
Exiled Reapers MC is Cora Day’s motorcycle-club romantic suspense series. Read the numbered books in order because club threats and character connections build across the line.
- Bear (2025): A caterer crosses paths with the Exiled Reapers’ enforcer, and a club attack turns attraction into a protection-heavy romance.
- Maverick (2026): The club’s vice president becomes entangled with the woman next door while she cares for her father and danger circles the property.
- Tracker (2027): An upcoming Exiled Reapers MC book about Juniper, a librarian with a secret side project, and Tracker, a biker recovering from the fallout of a club attack.
Optional Exiled Reapers MC Prequel
- Stitch (2026): A short prequel tied to the Exiled Reapers world; read it as bonus material rather than as a required step in the main sequence.
I Come in Peace Books by Cora Day
I Come in Peace is a multi-author alien-romance series with standalone romances and an overarching mystery. Cora Day wrote the first book.
- Disturbing the Peace (2025): Peace is taken from Earth and sold to a gladiator planet, where pretending to be an alien prince’s mate becomes her best survival strategy.
Standalone Cora Day Books
These books are not required for Grimm County Lawmen or Exiled Reapers MC.
- Spread ’Em (2025): A standalone paranormal romance about an AI spreadsheet assistant who gains a body after a solar storm and must find a way to stay with the woman he was built to help.
Collections and Boxed Sets
Collections are useful for convenience, but they should not be counted as new novels unless they contain new story material.
- Twisted Shifters (2024): A multi-author anthology that originally included Spread ’Em, now less essential because Spread ’Em has a later standalone edition with a new epilogue.
- Grimm County Lawmen: The Complete Series (2024): An omnibus collecting the four Grimm County Lawmen books, useful for readers who want the full completed series in one volume.
Recommended Cora Day Reading Order
This order gives new readers the cleanest path without jumping between subgenres too quickly.
- Grimm County Haven (2023): Start here because it introduces Cora Day’s most complete series and establishes the Grimm County romantic-suspense style.
- Grimm County Grump (2023): Continue here to keep the Grimm County deputies and fairy-tale-retelling pattern in order.
- Grimm County Chemistry (2024): Read third because it builds on the established town and law-enforcement setting.
- Grimm County Wishes (2024): Finish the completed Grimm County sequence here before moving into a different continuity.
- Bear (2025): Shift to Exiled Reapers MC with the first main club romance.
- Maverick (2026): Continue the motorcycle-club line with the second main Exiled Reapers romance.
- Stitch (2026): Read this only if you have access to it and want extra Exiled Reapers background.
- Disturbing the Peace (2025): Move here for Cora Day’s alien-romance contribution to a separate multi-author continuity.
- Spread ’Em (2025): Save this standalone for whenever you want a short, playful paranormal romance outside the main series.
- Twisted Shifters (2024): Treat this as optional if you want the original anthology context for Spread ’Em or the other authors’ stories.
Chronological Order
There is no verified master chronology that combines all Cora Day books.
- For Grimm County Lawmen, read the books in publication order.
- For Exiled Reapers MC, read Bear, then Maverick, then Tracker when it is released. Stitch is a prequel, but because its availability and listing status are less stable, it is better handled as optional bonus material.
- For I Come in Peace, Cora Day’s entry is Disturbing the Peace, book one of the multi-author series.
Latest Cora Day Book
The latest confirmed Cora Day book is Maverick, published in May 2026.
The next listed Exiled Reapers MC book is Tracker, currently shown for 2027. Its listing notes that the release date may move, so treat the date as provisional rather than final.
FAQs
What is the first Cora Day book?
The first confirmed Cora Day novel is Grimm County Haven, published in 2023.
What Cora Day book should I read first?
Start with Grimm County Haven. It opens her completed Grimm County Lawmen series and gives the clearest introduction to her romantic-suspense style.
Are the Grimm County Lawmen books standalones?
Yes. They can be read individually, but publication order is better because the series has a slow build toward the final book’s payoff.
Is Grimm County Lawmen complete?
Yes. The main Grimm County Lawmen sequence contains four books and has a complete-series omnibus.
Should I read Bear before Maverick?
Yes. Bear is the first Exiled Reapers MC book, and Maverick is book two.
Is Stitch required before Bear?
No. Stitch appears to be a prequel novella, but it is not consistently listed across the main bibliography sources. Treat it as optional.
Is Disturbing the Peace connected to Cora Day’s other books?
No. It belongs to I Come in Peace, a multi-author alien-romance series, not to Grimm County Lawmen or Exiled Reapers MC.
Is Spread ’Em part of Twisted Shifters?
Yes. Spread ’Em was originally published in the Twisted Shifters anthology. The later standalone edition includes a new epilogue.
What is Cora Day’s next book?
Tracker is the next listed Exiled Reapers MC title, currently shown for 2027. Because the listing says the date may move, it should be treated as upcoming but not fixed.
Conclusion
Read Grimm County Haven first if you want the clearest entry into Cora Day’s work. Continue through the four Grimm County Lawmen books, then move to Bear and Maverick for the Exiled Reapers MC series.
Keep Disturbing the Peace, Spread ’Em, and Twisted Shifters separate from those main series. They belong to different reading lanes and do not need to be forced into one shared timeline.
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