Emma Chase writes contemporary romance that falls into distinct mini-worlds: sharp, funny New York romance (Tangled), courtroom romance (The Legal Briefs), modern royalty (Royally), small-town teachers/coaches (Getting Some), and a royal-adjacent spinoff (The Bodyguards).
You don’t need to read everything in one master sequence. The cleanest experience is to pick a series and read it straight through, including its short stories in the right spots.
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The “pick your doorway” guide
- Fastest “this is her voice” start: Tangled
- If you want romantic comedy with heartfelt found-family: Sustained (but start the series at Overruled if you can)
- If you want royalty + banter + palace pressure: Royally Screwed
- If you want small-town, grown-up second chances: Getting Schooled
- If you want a single book with royal-world flavor: Dirty Charmer (spinoff, works alone)
Tangled series (read in order)
This is one core couple’s arc, plus a few “extra scenes” that land best when you already know the relationship.
- Tangled: A cocky corporate shark meets the woman who won’t let him narrate the story unchecked.
- Holy Frigging Matrimony (short story): A friend’s wedding turns into a chaos test of loyalty, restraint, and grown-up commitment.
- Twisted: Career pressure and real feelings collide as the relationship starts demanding grown-up choices.
- Tamed: A charming man hits the wall of “serious,” and love becomes a decision instead of a thrill.
- Tied: Wedding plans magnify every stress point until the couple chooses partnership over pride.
- It’s a Wonderful Tangled Christmas Carol (holiday novella): A Christmas-time reality check forces a workaholic to remember what he’s about to lose.
Safest rule: Read the numbered novels in sequence; slot the short story and holiday novella where listed above.
The Legal Briefs series (read in order)
Each main book focuses on a different couple, but the friend group and emotional carryover make the series feel richer in order.
- Overruled: A defense attorney meets the one woman who refuses to be treated like a convenient habit.
- Sustained: A controlled lawyer’s life is hijacked, in the best way, by a woman with a loud, complicated family world.
- Appealed: A prosecutor and a defense attorney clash as ambition and attraction keep punching holes in professional distance.
- Sidebarred (novella): A “where are they now” wrap-up that revisits the couples once the dust has settled.
Best placement: Read Sidebarred last; it’s built like a closing chapter for the whole series.
Royally series (read in order)
This world has a clear progression: the crown’s pressure, the family’s roles, and the country’s expectations build book to book.
- Royally Screwed: A prince meets an American woman who makes duty feel optional, and that’s the problem.
- Royally Marooned (short story): A contained, romantic detour that works best once you already know the couple.
- Royally Matched: A responsible royal faces love that threatens the neat plan everyone expects him to follow.
- Royally Endowed: A protective outsider finds himself pulled into royal orbit by the one woman who won’t be handled gently.
- Royally Yours: A princess raised to rule confronts the gap between public power and private loneliness.
- Royally Raised (short story): A future look at family life that reframes “happily ever after” as an ongoing job.
- Royally Remembered (companion novella): A later return that’s meant to be read after the full series, when you want emotional closure.
Spoiler warning: Don’t start with Royally Remembered, it assumes you already know everyone’s outcomes.
The Bodyguards (Royally spinoff)
A single, royal-adjacent standalone that hits best after you’ve sampled Royally, but it doesn’t require it.
- Dirty Charmer: A no-nonsense professional is thrown off-balance by a charming bodyguard who treats her rules like suggestions.
Getting Some series (read in order)
Same town, different couples; reading in order helps the community connections feel intentional.
- Getting Schooled: A woman returns home and gets pulled into the orbit of a coach who remembers more than he admits.
- Getting Played: A laid-back man learns that “easy” isn’t the same as “safe” once feelings show up for real.
- Getting Real: A relationship stops hovering at “almost” and finally becomes a choice made out loud.
Anthology appearance (separate continuity)
This is optional, and you can read it anytime.
- Baby, It’s Cold Outside (anthology): A seasonal collection that includes an Emma Chase holiday romance featuring familiar faces from her world.
One clean recommendation that won’t steer you wrong
If you want a structured first run that shows her range without getting tangled across worlds:
- Tangled (to lock in her comedic rhythm)
- Overruled → Sustained → Appealed → Sidebarred (for the friend-group payoff)
- Royally Screwed → Royally Matched → Royally Endowed → Royally Yours (then the shorts/companion if you want more)
- Getting Schooled (as a change of setting and pacing)
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