Ellie Hall Books in Order (Updated March 30, 2026)

Ellie Hall is a USA Today bestselling sweet romance author whose catalog is built around many short, clearly branded series rather than one giant shared continuity. Most of her books are clean, wholesome, Christian faith-friendly romances, and her own reading list presents them by series in recommended order.

That makes this one simpler than it first looks. You do not need a single cross-catalog timeline. You need to pick the right reading lane, then stay in order inside that lane.

Start with the lane that matches your mood

1. A strong first pick for readers who want sweet billionaire romance is Only a Date with a Billionaire. It opens the Only Us sequence and gives you one of the cleanest entry points on Ellie Hall’s own reading list.
2. Readers who prefer small-town family romance should begin with Second Chance in Hawk Ridge Hollow. That starts the Hawkins family line and works well if you want brothers, homecoming energy, and a more rooted series setup.
3. For a more rom-com-forward introduction, try An Unwanted Love Story. It opens the Falling into Happily Ever After books and is one of the clearest places to sample Hall’s lighter, fizzy side.
4. If hockey romance is the reason you are here, start with Stupid Cupid. That is the beginning of the Nebraska Knights holiday hockey run, which later branches into tie-ins and the connected Love in Hockey Town books.
5. Those coming for cowboy romance should start with Rustling the Cowboy’s Heart. It is the first Ritchie Ranch book and the safest way into that long-running western lane.

How the order works

Ellie Hall’s official reading list says the books are arranged in her preferred order for a “deeper, richer experience.” In practice, that means read each series in sequence, but do not worry about weaving all of her series together into one master chronology.

The one place where readers may want to pay closer attention is the hockey material. Nebraska Knights Holiday Hockey Romance comes first, and Love in Hockey Town is explicitly described as a deeper dive into the same story world.

The best overall reading order for most readers

For most new readers, this is the smoothest path:

1. Start with one major lane: Only Us, Hawk Ridge Hollow, Falling into Happily Ever After, Ritchie Ranch, or Nebraska Knights
2. Finish that series in order
3. Move to another lane based on trope, not publication year
4. Keep Love in Hockey Town after or alongside Nebraska Knights if you want the connected hockey world

That approach fits the way Hall herself organizes the catalog and avoids forcing unrelated series into an artificial order.

The full series map in order

The Only Us Sweet Billionaire Series

1. New Year with a Billionaire: A prequel-style opener listed as Book 0.25, useful if you want the earliest entry into the billionaire lane.
2. Only a Date with a Billionaire: The main series begins here, making it the best starting point for most readers.
3. Only a Kiss with a Billionaire: The second book continues the same billionaire-romance line in the recommended sequence.
4. Only a Night with a Billionaire: This keeps the series moving in the same world and should be read third among the main novels.
5. Only Forever with a Billionaire: A later main entry that deepens the emotional payoff of the series order.
6. Only Love with a Billionaire: This continues the line and belongs after the earlier billionaire books.
7. Only Christmas with the Billionaire: A novella-length holiday stop that works best after the core setup is in place.
8. Only New Year with the Billionaire: Another novella that closes out the current Only Us lane most cleanly when read last.

The Hawkins Family / Hawk Ridge Hollow Series

1. Second Chance in Hawk Ridge Hollow: The Hawkins family story starts here and is the right entry point for this small-town branch.
2. Finding Forever in Hawk Ridge Hollow: The family and town dynamics continue in the order Hall recommends.
3. Resort Getaway with a Bodyguard: This title appears in Hall’s official reading list as the third stop in the Hawkins family lane.
4. Going Home to Hawk Ridge Hollow: The homecoming thread continues and lands best after the earlier books.
5. Christmas in Hawk Ridge Hollow: The holiday capstone works best once the family setup is already familiar.

The Blue Bay Beach Series

1. Summer with the Marine: The Blue Bay Beach run opens here with its small-town coastal setup.
2. Summer with the Rock Star: The second book stays in the same breezy summer lane and should follow the opener.
3. Summer with the Billionaire: This keeps the beach-series pattern going and belongs third.
4. Summer with the Cowboy: The fourth entry continues the same series concept in order.
5. Summer with the Carpenter: Another Blue Bay Beach romance that works best after the first four.
6. Summer with the Doctor: This closes the currently listed six-book beach sequence.

The Ritchie Ranch Cowboy Series

1. Rustling the Cowboy’s Heart: The best place to begin if you want Ellie Hall’s cowboy books first.
2. Lassoing the Cowboy’s Heart: The ranch series continues in direct sequence here.
3. Trusting the Cowboy’s Heart: This builds on the same ranch setup and should be read third.
4. Kissing the Christmas Cowboy: A holiday-centered ranch entry that still fits the main order.
5. Loving the Cowboy’s Heart: The ongoing ranch and relationship threads continue here.
6. Charming the Cowboy’s Heart: A later ranch installment that belongs after the earlier emotional groundwork.
7. Saving the Cowboy’s Heart: This continues the long-running cowboy lane near the end of the sequence.
8. Wrangling the Cowboy’s Heart: Read this after the prior ranch books for the fullest series progression.

Falling into Happily Ever After

1. An Unwanted Love Story: The rom-com line begins here and is one of Hall’s cleanest all-purpose starting points.
2. An Unexpected Love Story: The second book continues the same bright romantic-comedy rhythm.
3. An Unlikely Love Story: This keeps the series moving in Hall’s recommended order.
4. An Accidental Love Story: The fourth book extends the same love-story framing.
5. An Impossible Love Story: The penultimate entry builds on the established tone and structure.
6. An Unconventional Christmas Love Story: The holiday finale works best after the first five books.

Dare to Love / Forever Marriage Match

1. Dare to Love My Grumpy Boss: This starts the five-friends romantic-comedy setup and is the right door into the series.
2. Dare to Love the Guy Next Door: The second book keeps the dare-marriage premise moving.
3. Dare to Love My Fake Husband: The fake-marriage energy becomes central here, so the order helps.
4. Dare to Love the Guy I Hate: This continues the same friend-group lane with enemies-to-lovers tension.
5. Dare to Love My Best Friend: The final book pays off the series best when read last.

Home Sweet Home

1. Mr. & Mrs. Fix-It Find Love: The Home Sweet Home sequence opens here with renovation and small-town rom-com energy.
2. Designing Happily Ever After: The second book continues the fixer-upper flavor of the series.
3. The DIY Kissing Project: This keeps the home-and-romance thread moving in order.
4. The True Romance Renovation: The renovation theme stays central, making publication order the cleanest choice.
5. Extreme Heart Makeover: The emotional remodeling angle continues here.
6. Building What’s Meant to Be: This closes the currently listed Home Sweet Home sequence.

The Costa Brothers Christmas Series

1. Tommy & Merry and the 12 Days of Christmas: The Costa family Christmas lane starts here.
2. Bruno & Gloria and the 5 Golden Rings: The family holiday sequence continues with the next sibling-centered romance.
3. Luca & Ivy and the 4 Calling Birds: The Christmas comfort-romance pattern builds book by book.
4. Gio & Joy and the 3 French Hens: This continues the Costa family’s festive order.
5. Paulo & Noella and the 2 Turtle Doves: The holiday countdown structure keeps rolling here.
6. Nico & Hope and the Partridge in the Pear Tree: The currently listed Costa sequence ends here.

The Love List Series

1. The Swoon List: A good first pick if you want bad-boy-jock reform-school rom-com first.
2. The Not Love List: The second book continues the same football-and-sparks premise.
3. The Crush List: The central reform-school setup develops further here.
4. The Kiss List: This belongs after the first three for the cleanest series progression.
5. The Naughty or Nice List: The current main run closes here.
6. The Love List Lineup: This 2026 volume is a collection rather than a new starting point, so treat it as optional.

Love, Laughs & Mystery in Coco Key

1. The Romance Situation: The Coco Key blend of brothers, family tension, and mystery starts here.
2. The Romance Fiasco: The second book continues the treasure-and-family thread.
3. The Romance Game: The broader Coco Key setup expands here.
4. The Romance Gambit: This keeps the same mystery-romance lane moving in order.
5. The Christmas Romance Wish: The holiday entry works best after the first four books.

On the Hunt for Love

1. The Grump and the Girl Next Door: Start here if you want southern small-town romance with a scavenger-hunt angle.
2. The Bitter Heir and the Beauty: The second book continues the themed sequence.
3. The Secret Son and the Sweetheart: Another connected stop in the same lane.
4. The Ex-Best Friend and the Fake Fiancée: The relationship-history angle becomes central here.
5. The Best Friend’s Brother and the Brain: This continues the small-town scavenger-hunt run.
6. Don’t You Forget About Tea: Best treated as a tie-in extra rather than the place to start.

Nebraska Knights Holiday Hockey Romance

1. Stupid Cupid: The best entry point for readers coming for Ellie Hall’s hockey books.
2. Redd, Whit & Blue: The festive hockey-romcom tone continues here.
3. The Kiss Class: The third Nebraska Knights book deepens the team-centered world.
4. Margo & the Faux Good Luck Beau: This keeps the same holiday hockey lane going.
5. The Ex Puck Bunny: The series continues with another team-world romance.
6. Love at Teamsgiving: The seasonal and team threads keep building here.
7. New Year’s Ever After: This follows naturally from the earlier holiday entries.
8. A Fool for April: A later Nebraska Knights title that extends the series into spring.
9. The Pumpkin Spice Proposal Pact: Another later seasonal hockey entry that belongs after the earlier books.
10. Love at First Skate: A tie-in, best read after the core Nebraska Knights books or alongside the connected hockey world.
11. Skating & Fake Dating: Another tie-in that is standalone-friendly but stronger with the hockey world already in place.

Love in Hockey Town

1. His Jersey: This connected hockey-world series begins here.
2. My Wife: The second book deepens the same story world.
3. Her Goal: The third main entry continues the linked hockey setting.
4. Our Marry Little Christmas: A holiday stop in the same connected world, best saved until after the first three.

SoCal Summer Kisses

1. We Go Together: A bite-sized beachy rom-com opener.
2. The One I Want: The second short summer romance follows naturally here.
3. Hopelessly Devoted: This continues the sunny seasonal run.
4. Endless Summer Nights: The currently listed fourth entry keeps the same lightweight beach-romcom mood.

Love Ablaze

1. Sparks & Recreation: This appears as the clearest listed entry point into Ellie Hall’s firefighter romance lane.
2. Friends or Flames: The second firefighter romance follows the established series setup.
3. Fire in the Heart: The firehouse-romance thread continues here.
4. Romance Reignited: A later series entry that belongs after the first three.
5. Twinkling Fights Aglow: The holiday-flavored closer works best at the end.
6. Kindling Kissmas: This title appears on Hall’s books page as part of the Love Ablaze group and is best treated as a related entry in the same lane.

If you only want three places to begin

1. Start with Only a Date with a Billionaire if you want the broadest, easiest Ellie Hall entry point.
2. Pick An Unwanted Love Story if you want straight rom-com without needing a stronger family or sports framework.
3. Choose Stupid Cupid if hockey is the draw and you may want to continue into the connected hockey books later.

Does chronological order matter?

Not across the full bibliography.

Series order matters. Cross-series chronology usually does not. Ellie Hall’s own site organizes the catalog by themed sequences and recommends reading within those series for the richer experience.

Latest release status

Ellie Hall’s official books and reading-list pages currently show several newer additions in the hockey and firefighter parts of the catalog, including A Fool for April, The Pumpkin Spice Proposal Pact, Skating & Fake Dating, and the Love Ablaze line. Because the official site does not present one clean dated chronology for every recent title on-page, the safest current statement is that her catalog is still actively expanding across those lanes rather than one single flagship series.

Questions readers usually ask

What is the first Ellie Hall book to read?

For a general start, Only a Date with a Billionaire is the safest recommendation. For hockey readers, go with Stupid Cupid instead.

Can Ellie Hall books be read as standalones?

Many can, but her official reading list still gives a preferred order within each series, and that is the best route if you want the fullest payoff.

Which Ellie Hall series is best for small-town romance?

Hawk Ridge Hollow, Home Sweet Home, Ritchie Ranch, and On the Hunt for Love are all strong small-town lanes, with Second Chance in Hawk Ridge Hollow being the easiest first pick.

Which Ellie Hall series should hockey readers start with?

Start with Nebraska Knights Holiday Hockey Romance, then move to Love in Hockey Town if you want more from the same story world.

Final recommendation

If you want the cleanest answer, begin with Only a Date with a Billionaire, An Unwanted Love Story, or Stupid Cupid, depending on whether you want billionaire romance, rom-com, or hockey. After that, stay inside one Ellie Hall series at a time and use her official reading-list order rather than trying to build a giant cross-catalog timeline.