Emily Rath Books in Order (Updated July 1, 2026)

Emily Rath writes romance and fantasy across several separate reading lanes: poly and queer-inclusive hockey romance, Regency why-choose romance, MM Omegaverse, Finnish mythology-inspired fantasy, and paranormal romance.

The reading order depends on which side of her catalog you want first. Jacksonville Rays is her largest connected romance world. Second Sons is the cleanest place to start if you want her earliest published series. North Is the Night begins a separate fantasy duet.

For most romance readers, start with That One Night and then Pucking Around. For strict author-wide publication order, start with Beautiful Things.

Choose your doorway

1. Start with That One Night if you want the smoothest entry into the Jacksonville Rays hockey books.
2. Start with Pucking Around if you prefer to begin with the first full-length Jacksonville Rays novel.
3. Start with Beautiful Things if you want Emily Rath’s books in original publication order.
4. Start with North Is the Night if you only want the fantasy side of her catalog.
5. Start with Whiskey & Sin only if you want a standalone MM Omegaverse romance outside the main series.

The Jacksonville Rays Hockey Romance series

1. That One Night (2023): A prequel novella about Rachel and Jake’s no-names night together, setting up the emotional spark that leads directly into Pucking Around.
2. Pucking Around (2023): Rachel Price joins the Jacksonville Rays as a doctor and becomes entangled with three players, launching the core why-choose hockey romance arc.
3. Pucking Ever After: Volume 1 (2023): A bonus HEA novella for the Pucking Around group, best read after the main novel because it assumes you know the relationship.
4. Pucking Wild (2023): Tess and Ryan’s reverse-age-gap hockey romance shifts the series to a new couple while keeping the Rays world active around them.
5. Pucking Ever After: Volume 2 (2023): A second bonus HEA volume with later material connected to the Jacksonville Rays cast, best read after Pucking Wild to avoid character and relationship spoilers.
6. Pucking Sweet (2024): Poppy, Lukas, and Colton’s workplace hockey romance turns the series toward a new MMF dynamic and a more complicated team-adjacent relationship.
7. Pucking Strong (2025): Teddy and Henrik’s MM hockey romance uses a fake-marriage and single-guardian setup while continuing the Rays ensemble structure.
8. Pucking Free (expected 2027): The fifth main Jacksonville Rays novel is listed as the final book in the series, but readers should treat exact timing as subject to publisher and author updates until release.
9. Pucking Ever After: Volume 3 (coming soon): An announced HEA novella entry, not yet placed firmly because the exact story focus and timeline have not been fully confirmed.
10. Pucking Ever After: Volume 4 (coming soon): An announced bonus-volume entry, best held outside the required reading order until final details are available.
11. Pucking Ever After: Volume 5 (coming soon): An announced HEA volume, likely intended for post-main-series bonus reading rather than as a starting point.

Read the Jacksonville Rays books in series order. The novels have their own central romances, but the team cast, relationship references, and bonus novellas make order important.

The Second Sons Regency Romance series

1. Beautiful Things (2022): Rosalie Harrow enters a Regency house-party setting and draws the attention of three men, beginning the slow-burn Rosalie duet.
2. His Grace, The Duke (2022): Rosalie’s story continues into the wedding and relationship consequences of book one, so this should not be read before Beautiful Things.
3. Alcott Hall (2023): Lady Madeline’s standalone spin-off follows a new Regency why-choose romance while staying connected to the Second Sons world.

Read Beautiful Things and His Grace, The Duke as a duet. Alcott Hall is more standalone, but it belongs after the duet because it grows out of the same Regency continuity.

The Tuonela Finnish Fantasy Duet

1. North Is the Night (2024): Siiri and Aina’s Finnish mythology-inspired fantasy begins the duet with separated best friends, gods, the underworld, and a survival-driven quest.
2. South Is the Sea (coming soon): The planned conclusion to the Tuonela duet is listed by the author, but a stable public release date was not confirmed for this update.

Do not read the Tuonela books out of order. This is a fantasy duet, not a set of interchangeable standalones.

The Devour Me Paranormal Romance series

1. Devour Me (expected August 4, 2026): A paranormal why-choose romance set on Burr Island, involving a wraith, a witch, a human historian, magic, and darker supernatural danger.
2. Untitled Devour Me Book 2 (planned): A second book is listed for the series, but no title or stable story details were confirmed.
3. Untitled Devour Me Book 3 (planned): A third book is listed for the series, but it should remain a placeholder until the author or publisher confirms title and release information.

Start Devour Me only after it is released. The later books should not be treated as reading-order entries yet because they are still untitled.

Standalone Emily Rath book

• Whiskey & Sin (2022): A standalone MM Omegaverse romance about Silas, an unbonded omega on the run, and a small-town healing arc outside Rath’s main series continuities.

Read Whiskey & Sin whenever you want a separate romance. It is not required for Second Sons, Jacksonville Rays, Tuonela, or Devour Me.

Optional anthology and bonus material

• The Love Archives: Bonus Scenes & Excerpts for Palestine (2024): A multi-author romance anthology that includes Emily Rath bonus material, best treated as optional completionist reading rather than a required series step.

This anthology is not necessary for any main Emily Rath series. Use it only if you are collecting every Emily Rath-related item.

Emily Rath books in publication order

1. Beautiful Things (2022): The first Second Sons book begins Rosalie’s Regency why-choose duet and is the earliest core entry in Rath’s catalog.
2. His Grace, The Duke (2022): The second Second Sons book completes Rosalie’s duet and should be read directly after Beautiful Things.
3. Whiskey & Sin (2022): A standalone MM Omegaverse romance, separate from the Regency and hockey worlds.
4. Alcott Hall (2023): A Second Sons spin-off for Lady Madeline, connected to the Regency series but built around a new romance.
5. That One Night (2023): The Jacksonville Rays prequel novella, best placed before Pucking Around.
6. Pucking Around (2023): The first full Jacksonville Rays novel and the central launch point for the hockey romance world.
7. Pucking Ever After: Volume 1 (2023): Bonus HEA material for the Pucking Around relationship group.
8. Pucking Wild (2023): The second main Jacksonville Rays novel, shifting focus to Tess and Ryan.
9. Pucking Ever After: Volume 2 (2023): Bonus HEA material that belongs after Pucking Wild.
10. The Love Archives: Bonus Scenes & Excerpts for Palestine (2024): Optional anthology material with an Emily Rath contribution.
11. Pucking Sweet (2024): The third main Jacksonville Rays novel, centered on Poppy, Lukas, and Colton.
12. North Is the Night (2024): The first Tuonela fantasy novel and the beginning of a separate mythic fantasy duet.
13. Pucking Strong (2025): The fourth main Jacksonville Rays novel, centered on Teddy and Henrik.
14. Devour Me (expected August 4, 2026): The first planned book in Rath’s paranormal romance series.
15. South Is the Sea (coming soon): The planned second Tuonela book, not yet firm enough for exact publication placement.
16. Pucking Free (expected 2027): The planned fifth and final main Jacksonville Rays book.
17. Pucking Ever After: Volume 3 (coming soon): Announced bonus content, not yet fixed in the practical order.
18. Pucking Ever After: Volume 4 (coming soon): Announced bonus content, best left provisional.
19. Pucking Ever After: Volume 5 (coming soon): Announced bonus content, best read only after final placement is confirmed.

This order is useful for completists. New readers will usually have a cleaner experience by choosing one series first instead of moving across genres every few books.

Best reading path for a new Emily Rath reader

1. That One Night (2023): Read this first if you are beginning with Jacksonville Rays, because it gives Rachel and Jake’s first meeting before the main novel.
2. Pucking Around (2023): Continue here for the first full-length Rays book and the core relationship that made the series a major entry point.
3. Pucking Ever After: Volume 1 (2023): Read after Pucking Around because it is bonus HEA content, not setup material.
4. Pucking Wild (2023): Move to Tess and Ryan’s story once the first Rays relationship arc is established.
5. Pucking Ever After: Volume 2 (2023): Read after Pucking Wild because it contains later bonus material for established characters.
6. Pucking Sweet (2024): Continue with the third main Rays novel to keep the team-world progression intact.
7. Pucking Strong (2025): Read next for Teddy and Henrik’s story and the latest released main Jacksonville Rays novel.
8. Pucking Free (expected 2027): Place this after Pucking Strong once it is released.
9. Beautiful Things (2022): Shift to Second Sons when you want Regency romance, beginning Rosalie’s duet.
10. His Grace, The Duke (2022): Read immediately after Beautiful Things because it completes Rosalie’s arc.
11. Alcott Hall (2023): Read after the duet for Lady Madeline’s connected standalone.
12. Whiskey & Sin (2022): Add this whenever you want Rath’s standalone MM Omegaverse romance.
13. North Is the Night (2024): Begin the fantasy side here when you are ready for a separate mythology-based story.
14. South Is the Sea (coming soon): Read after North Is the Night once released.
15. Devour Me (expected August 4, 2026): Start the paranormal romance series here after publication.
16. The Love Archives: Bonus Scenes & Excerpts for Palestine (2024): Save this for optional bonus reading.

This route puts the most interconnected current romance series first, then moves into Rath’s earlier Regency series, then separates the standalone, fantasy, paranormal, and anthology material.

Chronological order

There is no useful author-wide chronological order because the series occupy different genres and continuities.

For Jacksonville Rays, the timeline begins with That One Night, then moves through the main novels and HEA novellas in series order.

For Second Sons, read Beautiful Things, then His Grace, The Duke, then Alcott Hall.

For Tuonela, read North Is the Night before South Is the Sea.

For Devour Me, begin with Devour Me once it is available.

Which books are required?

The required Jacksonville Rays path is:

1. That One Night (2023): Optional by format, but strongly useful before Pucking Around.
2. Pucking Around (2023): Required for the main Rays world.
3. Pucking Wild (2023): Required if continuing the full series.
4. Pucking Sweet (2024): Required for the main series progression.
5. Pucking Strong (2025): Required for the released main sequence.
6. Pucking Free (expected 2027): Required once released if you want the complete main Rays arc.

The Pucking Ever After volumes are bonus HEA novellas. They are best read in placement order, but they are not the best starting point.

The required Second Sons path is:

1. Beautiful Things (2022): Required before book two.
2. His Grace, The Duke (2022): Required to complete Rosalie’s duet.
3. Alcott Hall (2023): Optional if you only want Rosalie, but required for the full Second Sons series.

The required Tuonela path is:

1. North Is the Night (2024): Required first book of the fantasy duet.
2. South Is the Sea (coming soon): Required conclusion once released.

Latest release status

At the time of writing, such as July 1, 2026, the latest new-story Emily Rath novel is Pucking Strong, published in 2025.

The next confirmed new Emily Rath book is Devour Me, expected August 4, 2026.

South Is the Sea, Pucking Free, and Pucking Ever After: Volumes 3-5 are announced or listed as forthcoming, but they should remain provisional until final publication details are stable.

FAQ

What is the first Emily Rath book?

The first Emily Rath book is Beautiful Things, originally published in 2022.

What Emily Rath book should I read first?

Read That One Night first if you are starting with Jacksonville Rays. Read Beautiful Things first if you want strict author-wide publication order.

Should I read That One Night before Pucking Around?

Yes, for the smoothest experience. That One Night is a prequel novella and gives useful context for Rachel and Jake before Pucking Around.

Are the Jacksonville Rays books standalone?

They are connected standalones with recurring characters and bonus material. You can follow individual romances, but the best experience is series order.

Do I need to read Pucking Ever After?

Not before the main novels. The Pucking Ever After books are bonus HEA novellas and should be read after the novels they follow.

Are Beautiful Things and His Grace, The Duke connected?

Yes. They form Rosalie’s duet, so read Beautiful Things before His Grace, The Duke.

Is Alcott Hall standalone?

Mostly, yes. Alcott Hall is a Second Sons spin-off centered on Lady Madeline, but it works best after the first two books.

Is Whiskey & Sin connected to Emily Rath’s other books?

No required connection was confirmed. Treat Whiskey & Sin as a standalone MM Omegaverse novel.

Is North Is the Night romance or fantasy?

It is best treated as adult fantasy with romantic elements. It is separate from Rath’s hockey and Regency romance series.

Is Devour Me out yet?

No. As of this update, Devour Me is expected on August 4, 2026.

What is Emily Rath’s latest book?

The latest released new-story novel is Pucking Strong. The next expected new release is Devour Me.

Final guidance

For the clearest Emily Rath reading order, begin with That One Night, then read the Jacksonville Rays books in sequence through Pucking Strong.

After that, read Beautiful Things, His Grace, The Duke, and Alcott Hall for the Second Sons Regency line. Keep Whiskey & Sin as a standalone, read North Is the Night separately for fantasy, and wait for Devour Me, South Is the Sea, Pucking Free, and the later Pucking Ever After volumes as they release.