Jade C. Jamison Books in Order (Updated: July 18, 2026)

Jade C. Jamison is an American author of rock-star romance, contemporary romance, romantic suspense, and small-town fiction. Her catalog is extensive, with several older novels later rewritten, retitled, or absorbed into newer series.

The most important distinction is between her fictional universes. The Bullet books and their Feverish spin-off share characters and music-industry history, while the Winchester universe includes the Nicki Sosebee mysteries, Small Town Secrets romances, and other stories set around Winchester, Colorado.

Her newer rock-star series occupy separate continuities. Rocky Mountain Rockstars is not a continuation of Bullet, and Rock Stars on the Rise belongs to the separate Dalton universe.

Choosing the Right First Book

1. There is no single starting point for every Jade C. Jamison reader.
2. Begin with Bullet for her best-known emotionally intense rock-star saga. Start with No News Is Good News for a long romantic-suspense series built around reporter Nicki Sosebee.
3. For a newer series, choose Verses for Rocky Mountain Rockstars or Shake Me for Rock Stars on the Rise. Readers who want self-contained romance can begin with Savage, Wilder Love, or My Boyfriend’s Dad.

The Bullet and Feverish Universe

The Bullet universe follows several rock bands, musicians, partners, and family members. Publication dates overlap because Feverish began as a spin-off before the main Bullet sequence had finished.

For the cleanest continuity, read the original six-book Bullet arc first, continue through Feverish, and finish with the shared epilogue.

Bullet Books in Recommended Order

1. Bullet

Bullet (2013): College student Valerie Quinn becomes emotionally entangled with aspiring musician Ethan Richards, whose talent and charm are inseparable from destructive behavior that threatens them both.

This is the essential beginning of the universe. It introduces Valerie, Ethan, Brad, and the musicians whose choices affect several later books.

Bullet Part 1 and Bullet Part 2

The original Bullet was later divided into two volumes:

Bullet Part 1 (2021 edition): Valerie meets Ethan in college, enters his music-centered social world, and struggles with his habit of pulling her close before shutting her out.

Bullet Part 2 (2021 edition): The second half carries Valerie and Ethan’s volatile relationship through its most damaging choices and toward the conclusion originally contained in the single-volume novel.

Readers should choose either the original complete Bullet or the two-part edition. Reading all three volumes would duplicate the same story.

2. Rock Bottom

Rock Bottom (2013): Ethan’s bandmate and friend Brad receives a central story shaped by addiction, emotional damage, music, and the possibility of rebuilding after reaching a personal low.

The novel develops characters introduced in Bullet. Reading it second preserves the consequences of the opening book.

3. Fully Automatic

Fully Automatic (2014): Another musician within the Bullet circle confronts love, commitment, and the pressures surrounding a band whose growing visibility makes private mistakes harder to contain.

The story changes romantic focus but continues the established rock-star world and its relationships.

4. Christmas Stalkings

Christmas Stalkings (2014): A holiday novella brings danger into what should be a celebratory period, combining a seasonal relationship update with the suspense of an unwanted pursuer.

This is shorter than the principal novels but belongs after Fully Automatic. It is not a general standalone Christmas romance.

5. Slash and Burn

Slash and Burn (2015): A musician whose personal history has encouraged emotional distance faces a relationship capable of breaking through the defenses that touring and fame helped create.

Returning Bullet characters and band connections make this more rewarding after the earlier books.

6. Locked and Loaded

Locked and Loaded (2016): A past relationship resurfaces inside the music world, creating a second-chance romance in which old choices must be confronted before either character can move forward.

This concludes the original core Bullet sequence. It should be read before the later shared-universe epilogue.

Feverish Books in Order

Continuity label: Included – Bullet spin-off

Feverish follows Clay “Jet” Smith, Emily Brinkman, and the band Last Five Seconds. The characters originate in the wider Bullet world, but the spin-off develops its own continuing relationship and band arc.

1. Feverish

Feverish (2013): Emily joins her guitarist boyfriend Clay on tour as his personal assistant, where jealousy, attention from other men, and the pressures of life on the road expose weaknesses in their trust.

The story is sometimes placed inside broad Bullet lists, but it is more clearly the opening Feverish installment.

1.5. Boiling Point

Boiling Point (2021): Clay and Emily’s relationship reaches another pressure point as accumulated jealousy and unresolved tension threaten the stability they have tried to build.

This novella belongs after Feverish. It bridges the opening story and the darker developments of the later spin-off.

2. Scorched

Scorched (2017): A relationship within the Last Five Seconds circle develops across an age difference and complicated personal circumstances, widening the spin-off beyond Clay and Emily.

Familiarity with the band improves the reading experience, even though the central romantic conflict receives its own focus.

3. Inferno

Inferno (2020): Last Five Seconds faces another emotionally volatile romance in which desire, damaged trust, and the realities of the band’s lifestyle intensify the conflict.

The book continues the Feverish world rather than beginning an unrelated rock-star series.

4. Slow Burn

Slow Burn (2021): A relationship that has developed gradually within the band’s orbit finally becomes central, with emotional restraint giving way to choices that can no longer be postponed.

Read it after Inferno to preserve the progression of the ensemble.

Epilogue: Three Weddings and a Baby

Three Weddings and a Baby (2023): The couples connected to Last Five Seconds move into weddings, parenthood, and later-life commitments, with Hannah providing part of the perspective on the group’s future.

This is a shared-universe epilogue rather than a fresh entry point. It is best saved until the Bullet and Feverish relationships are familiar.

The Best Bullet-Universe Route

For a full continuity read, use:

1. Bullet
2. Rock Bottom
3. Fully Automatic
4. Christmas Stalkings
5. Slash and Burn
6. Locked and Loaded
7. Feverish
8. Boiling Point
9. Scorched
10. Inferno
11. Slow Burn
12. Three Weddings and a Baby

Because Feverish was originally published early, strict release order would place it before several core Bullet books. The route above is more useful for new readers because it keeps the primary series together before moving fully into the spin-off.

Nicki Sosebee Books in Order

Continuity label: Included – long-running romantic-suspense series

Nicki Sosebee is a reporter in Winchester, Colorado. Her investigations, career growth, friendships, and romantic relationships continue from book to book, making this one of Jamison’s least standalone-friendly series.

Several books were later retitled. The newer titles below are followed by their former names so readers do not purchase duplicate editions.

1. No News Is Good News

No News Is Good News (2013; formerly Got the Life): Nicki begins balancing reporting assignments with an emotionally complicated personal life, establishing the friendships and romantic tensions that drive the series.

Start here rather than with the later-published prequel. The principal relationship arc unfolds in numbered order.

2. Bad News Travels Fast

Bad News Travels Fast (2013; formerly Dead): Nicki’s interview with a county commissioner leads to a murder investigation after an office assistant is found dead, placing the young reporter in the path of a killer.

The case develops her investigative instincts while continuing her unresolved feelings for best friend Sean.

3. All the News That’s Fit to Print

All the News That’s Fit to Print (2011; formerly No Place to Hide): Nicki pursues another dangerous Winchester story while learning that reporting the truth can expose both professional corruption and private vulnerabilities.

Although the original edition predates the first two current titles, follow the official numbering rather than rearranging by displayed year.

4. In the News

In the News (2020 edition; formerly Right Now): A series of downtown robberies appears minor until Nicki discovers a larger threat capable of damaging the entire community.

The investigation is paired with continuing romantic complications and an age-gap relationship element.

5. Spreading the News

Spreading the News (2020 edition; formerly One More Time): Nicki’s reporting draws her further into Winchester’s hidden crimes while the personal consequences of earlier choices become increasingly difficult to avoid.

This is part of the same continuing arc and should not be selected as a standalone newsroom romance.

6. Breaking News

Breaking News (2020; formerly Lost): A new case forces Nicki to search for answers while uncertainty in her private life makes it harder to decide whom she can trust.

The title marks a later stage in her development from local reporter to persistent investigator.

7. Bad News First

Bad News First (2020 edition; formerly Innocent Bystander): Nicki becomes involved in another dangerous Winchester case where proximity to the truth places an apparently uninvolved person, and Nicki herself, at risk.

Earlier relationship outcomes are assumed, so the seventh position matters.

8. Newsworthy

Newsworthy (2020; formerly Blind): Nicki investigates a story shaped by concealment and misdirection, discovering that what attracts public attention may not reveal the full truth.

Her romantic and professional histories continue directly from the preceding books.

9. Yesterday’s News

Yesterday’s News (2020 edition; formerly Fake): Old emotional conflicts and misleading appearances return as Nicki tries to separate genuine evidence from carefully constructed deception.

This installment is particularly dependent on the established Nicki, Sean, and Jesse dynamics.

10. News from the Front

News from the Front (2020; formerly Lies): Nicki moves closer to uncovering the corruption beneath Winchester’s public surface, but every new answer reveals another layer of dishonesty.

The broader conspiracy becomes more important here, making the final books increasingly sequential.

11. Making News

Making News (2020; formerly Dead Bodies Everywhere): A serial killer begins murdering young adults in Winchester, and Nicki discovers that the town’s corruption extends beyond a single crime or suspect.

This is a major escalation in the suspense arc. It should be read only after the earlier investigations have established the people and institutions involved.

12. Bearer of Bad News

Bearer of Bad News (2020; formerly Wake Up): After losing someone close to her, Nicki must decide whether exposing the truth is worth endangering everyone she loves.

Being followed convinces her that the people behind Winchester’s corruption may be preparing to silence her permanently.

13. Front Page News

Front Page News (2020): Nicki’s long investigation and personal story move toward resolution as the corruption she has pursued can no longer remain hidden from the wider community.

This is the payoff to the main thirteen-book sequence and should not be read early.

Read Last: Bad Ass

Bad Ass (2021): Sean narrates a prequel-era wedding trip with Nicki and a set of earlier vignettes showing how Sean, Jesse, and Nicki became intertwined.

Chronologically, it occurs before much of the series. The author recommends treating it as “dessert,” and that is the better choice because Sean’s perspective carries more weight after the main arc.

Small Town Secrets Books in Order

Continuity label: Included – Winchester universe

These books are connected romances set in Winchester, Colorado. Several are rewritten versions of older standalones, with added details that tie them into one shared small-town setting.

The romances generally follow different couples, but publication order provides the clearest community development.

1. Love and Lies

Love and Lies (2020): Newly divorced Casey returns reluctantly to Winchester and meets drummer Scott Wardell, whose attraction is complicated by his ex, an unsettling friend, and secrets neither of them has fully addressed.

Parts of the story were previously published in Then Kiss Me. The newer edition is the version integrated into Small Town Secrets.

2. Love and Sorrow

Love and Sorrow (2021): A woman trying to manage family responsibilities and personal disappointment is given another chance at connection inside the Winchester community.

This is a rewritten edition of the earlier novel Worst Mother. Readers should choose one version rather than count them as separate stories.

3. Love and Romance

Love and Romance (2021): A relationship develops between characters whose expectations about romance conflict with the practical realities of work, family, and living in a close-knit town.

The book expands the Winchester cast while keeping its main romantic arc complete.

4. Love and Redemption

Love and Redemption (2021): A character burdened by earlier mistakes seeks a path toward forgiveness and lasting love, but redemption requires responsibility rather than a simple fresh start.

This novel was previously published as Fabric of Night before being rewritten for the shared series.

5. Love and Music

Love and Music (2020): A former relationship returns through the world of musicians and performance, creating a second-chance romance in which the past cannot be separated from the songs tied to it.

The book is a rewritten version of MADversary. The Small Town Secrets edition shifts the story into the current Winchester continuity.

6. Love and Lust

Love and Lust (2020): Physical attraction complicates a relationship already shaped by unequal expectations, difficult choices, and the consequences of treating desire as simpler than commitment.

The earlier version was published as Stating His Case. Do not count both editions.

7. Love and Darkness

Love and Darkness (2021): A divorced mother and established writer tries to rebuild her life while an age-gap romance and serious emotional struggles pull her toward both hope and danger.

This is a rewritten version of To Save Him, with additional Winchester connections added for the series edition.

8. Love and Deceit

Love and Deceit (2020): A romance formed under incomplete or misleading circumstances is tested when hidden motives and past decisions become impossible to conceal.

It remains part of the Winchester community, but its central couple receives a complete main arc.

9. Love and Christmas

Love and Christmas (2021): Winchester’s holiday season provides the setting for a romance about loneliness, second chances, and deciding what kind of future is worth choosing.

Read it after the earlier books when possible because the shared town and returning faces are part of its appeal.

Earlier Titles Replaced by Small Town Secrets Editions

The following older books should not be added as extra installments:

• Then Kiss Me was partly reworked into Love and Lies.
• Worst Mother became Love and Sorrow.
• Fabric of Night became Love and Redemption.
• MADversary became Love and Music.
• Stating His Case became Love and Lust.
• To Save Him became Love and Darkness.

The newer versions are the safest choice because they reflect the author’s revised Winchester continuity.

Tangled Web Rockstar Romance Books in Order

The Tangled Web books follow musicians, romantic partners, and tattoo-centered relationships. Older titles and newer additions now form a six-book sequence.

1. Tangled Web

Tangled Web (2011): A woman becomes caught in an emotionally complicated relationship connected to the rock-music world, where desire and competing loyalties make every choice more difficult.

This establishes the early cast and relationship history used by later books.

2. Everything But

Everything But (2012): The music-centered circle continues through a relationship that seems to contain everything except the security and honesty the characters need.

Read it second to preserve the developing network of connections.

3. Barely Tattooed

Barely Tattooed (2014; formerly Punctured, Bruised, and Barely Tattooed): A younger woman enters an age-gap romance connected to tattoo culture, emotional damage, and the challenge of trusting someone with more life experience.

The retitled and original editions are the same core book.

4. Seal All Exits

Seal All Exits (2014): A woman looking for a way out of her existing circumstances instead finds herself emotionally trapped between attraction, obligation, and the consequences of earlier decisions.

It continues the Tangled Web cast rather than beginning a new universe.

5. Totally Off Limits

Totally Off Limits (2022): A relationship develops where personal history or social boundaries make the attraction seem forbidden, bringing the older Tangled Web world into a later stage.

Returning context matters, so it should remain after the original four books.

6. Under the Ink

Under the Ink (2023): A tattoo-connected romance reveals what lies beneath a character’s guarded exterior, using the established series world to explore vulnerability and commitment.

This is the latest confirmed Tangled Web installment.

Vagabonds Trilogy in Order

The Vagabonds trilogy follows an all-female rock band. The books form one connected music-industry journey and should be read together.

1. On the Run

On the Run (2015): A young woman joins the emerging band Vagabonds and enters a demanding life of rehearsals, touring, ambition, and relationships complicated by the pursuit of success.

The novel establishes the band members and their professional goals.

2. On the Road

On the Road (2015): Vagabonds begins experiencing the realities of touring, where close quarters, performance pressure, and romantic complications test the group’s unity.

This directly develops the career and relationship threads from Book 1.

3. On the Rocks

On the Rocks (2015): The band’s future reaches a crisis as personal conflict and the costs of the rock-star lifestyle threaten what the members have built.

Read it last for the resolution of the trilogy’s music and relationship arcs.

Rocky Mountain Rockstars Books in Order

Continuity label: Included – newer connected rock-star series

Rocky Mountain Rockstars follows a separate group of musicians and partners. It is not a Bullet sequel despite sharing Colorado and rock-music themes.

1. Verses

Verses (2024): A musician’s emotional life becomes inseparable from the words and music he creates, opening a new connected series about attraction, ambition, and performing in Colorado.

This is the correct entry point for the band and its recurring cast.

2. Harmony

Harmony (2024): A new central couple must find common ground despite personal differences and the disruptive demands of the music world.

Earlier characters continue around the romance, making the second position preferable.

3. Rhythm

Rhythm (2024): Another relationship within the band’s circle develops around timing, chemistry, and the challenge of aligning private needs with a public music career.

The group’s previous romantic outcomes may be visible in the background.

4. Melody

Melody (2025): The fourth romance brings music, emotional history, and the established Rocky Mountain cast together as another character searches for a lasting relationship.

It is the latest confirmed installment in this series.

Rock Stars on the Rise Books in Order

Continuity label: Included – Dalton universe

This newer series follows rising musicians and is connected to the Dalton universe rather than Winchester or Bullet. The books should be read in numbered order.

1. Shake Me

Shake Me (2025): A developing musician and the person who disrupts his emotional control begin the series with a romance tied to ambition, performance, and a life not yet secured by fame.

The book introduces the characters and professional world supporting the later installments.

2. Shame Me

Shame Me (2025): A relationship is tested by shame, secrecy, and the fear that personal history will become impossible to hide as the characters move closer to public attention.

It continues the series community while changing the principal romantic focus.

3. Save Me

Save Me (2026): A character in the band’s orbit confronts emotional danger and the limits of being rescued by another person, making love dependent on personal responsibility as well as devotion.

The third book carries forward the group’s growing career and recurring relationships.

4. Shade Me

Shade Me (2026): Hidden motives and emotional gray areas shape another rising-rock-star romance, where attraction cannot erase doubts about what each person is withholding.

It was published in April 2026 and belongs after Save Me.

5. Shape Me

Shape Me (2026): The fifth installment examines how love, fame, and pressure can influence a person’s identity without allowing one partner to control who the other becomes.

It followed Shade Me in May 2026 and is the newest confirmed book in the series.

My Billionaire Enemy Books in Order

These contemporary romances center on conflict with wealthy, powerful partners. They form a separate trilogy from Jamison’s rock-star worlds.

1. A Thin Line

A Thin Line (2025): Attraction and hostility exist side by side when the heroine becomes involved with a billionaire she has strong reasons to distrust.

The book establishes the social and romantic circle used by the trilogy.

2. On Thin Ice

On Thin Ice (2025): A high-risk relationship develops under unstable circumstances, forcing the couple to decide whether attraction can survive damaged trust and unequal power.

Read it after A Thin Line for the recurring context.

3. Thick and Thin

Thick and Thin (2025): The trilogy closes with a romance that tests whether commitment can survive the pressures attached to wealth, reputation, and difficult personal history.

This is the final confirmed My Billionaire Enemy book.

Wishes Books in Order

The Wishes series has an unusual publication history. Be Careful What You Wish For appeared years before the currently numbered opening and third books.

Follow the current series order rather than publication date.

1. Just One Wish

Just One Wish (2026): One emotionally important wish changes the heroine’s direction and begins a romance where the hoped-for outcome carries consequences she did not anticipate.

This is now listed as the official first book.

2. Be Careful What You Wish For

Be Careful What You Wish For (2014): A wish connected to love and the music world comes true in a form that creates complications rather than the uncomplicated happiness the characters expected.

Although published much earlier, it occupies the second position in the current sequence.

3. If Wishes Were Horses

If Wishes Were Horses (2026): The series continues with another relationship shaped by longing, imperfect expectations, and the discovery that wanting something is not the same as being prepared for it.

This is the third confirmed Wishes book and was released in July 2026.

Matchmaker Books in Order

Matchmaker is a reality-television romance sequence. The books develop one entertainment format and the relationships created or manipulated through it.

1. Looking for Love

Looking for Love (2018): Struggling actress Claire agrees to become the pursued woman on a reality dating show, only to discover that the five selected men and the producers’ plans leave her with less control than promised.

This introduces the show, its pressures, and the first major romantic conflict.

2. Steamy Kisses

Steamy Kisses (2018): The reality-television world continues as attraction intensifies under conditions designed to turn private emotion into public entertainment.

The second book assumes familiarity with the show’s methods and earlier participants.

3. First Comes Love

First Comes Love (2019): Another stage of the Matchmaker experience asks whether a relationship formed for cameras can become genuine once its participants confront real-life consequences.

Read it before the marriage-focused conclusion.

4. Then Comes Marriage

Then Comes Marriage (2019): The series moves beyond choosing a partner to the harder question of whether a televised romance can support an enduring commitment.

This concludes the four-book Matchmaker sequence.

Pretense and Promises Books in Order

These romantic comedies focus on relationships formed through performance, deception, or agreements that become emotionally real.

1. Charade

Charade (2017): A false or performative relationship begins for practical reasons, but maintaining the pretense becomes harder when genuine attraction develops.

The book establishes the playful but emotionally consequential tone of the series.

2. Shenanigans

Shenanigans (2019): Another romance grows from a situation involving mischief, misleading appearances, and plans that become more complicated than their creators intended.

It can follow its own couple, but reading Charade first preserves the connected context.

Heat Books in Order

1. Heat

Heat (2018): A high-intensity romantic attraction develops through a serialized story in which desire, conflict, and changing emotional expectations build across the individual parts.

Some editions divide the story into shorter installments.

2. Friction

Friction (2022): A new romance uses clashing personalities and persistent tension to generate attraction within the same broadly connected romantic-comedy line.

It follows Heat but centers on its own principal conflict.

Heat: The Complete Series

Heat: The Complete Series (2018): This edition collects the serialized portions of Heat into one volume.

It is not an additional story. Read either the separate parts or the complete edition.

Dirty Boys Books

Dirty Boys

Dirty Boys (2021): A collected set of bad-boy rock-star romances brings together multiple music-centered stories rather than introducing a single new continuous plot.

Dirty Boys 2

Dirty Boys 2 (2022): A second collection packages additional rocker romances featuring difficult musicians, intense attraction, and women who challenge their behavior.

Treat both books as collections. Some material may overlap with separately available stories or other series editions.

Rock and Roll Romance and Revised Editions

The original Rock and Roll Romance sequence contained two books:

1. MADversary
2. Then Kiss Me

Both have since been incorporated into newer Winchester editions.

MADversary (2012): A music-centered second-chance relationship formed the original version of the story later rewritten as Love and Music.

Then Kiss Me (2012): A divorced woman’s return home and involvement with a local musician provided material later revised into Love and Lies.

New readers should use Love and Music and Love and Lies. The originals are best treated as legacy editions.

Codie Snow Books in Order

1. Fool Me Once

Fool Me Once (2016): Investigator Codie Snow becomes involved in a romantic-suspense case where deception makes it difficult to distinguish a victim, a suspect, and someone manipulating the investigation.

It is the first confirmed Codie Snow book. Additional installments have been discussed, but no second published title is currently established.

Standalone Jade C. Jamison Novels

These books can be read without completing one of the major series.

Finger Bang

Finger Bang (2014): An explicit contemporary romance develops from strong physical attraction, using provocative humor and sexual confidence as the starting point for a more complicated connection.

It is not part of Bullet despite Jamison’s prominence in rock-star romance.

Savage

Savage (2015): A second-chance relationship forces former lovers to confront the hurt and unresolved desire left behind by their earlier separation.

The novel is independent and works well for readers who want one complete story.

My Boyfriend’s Dad

My Boyfriend’s Dad (2018): A forbidden age-gap attraction develops between a young woman and the father of the man she has been dating, creating conflict around loyalty, power, and social boundaries.

This is a standalone rather than the beginning of a family series.

Quarantined with the Billionaire

Quarantined with the Billionaire (2020): Forced proximity traps the heroine with an older wealthy man, turning isolation and unequal circumstances into a relationship neither can easily avoid.

The book can be read independently.

In a Haze

In a Haze (2020): A romantic-suspense plot places the heroine in a state of uncertainty where memory, perception, or concealed information makes trust dangerous.

It is separate from Nicki Sosebee and Codie Snow.

Wilder Love

Wilder Love (2023): An age-gap rock-star romance develops around a musician and a woman whose connection challenges expectations about experience, public life, and what a lasting relationship should look like.

The novel belongs to the Obsidian universe but currently functions as a complete entry point.

Break the Girl

Break the Girl (2026): A darker romance within the Obsidian universe examines emotional damage, control, and whether an intense connection can survive without destroying the people involved.

It follows Wilder Love within that broader universe, though its central story has a distinct focus.

Collections and Anthology Appearances

The following books should remain outside the numbered series count.

Pink Shades of Words (2015): A multi-author collection containing work by Jamison alongside stories from other writers.

Nuts About You (2017): A multi-author romance anthology rather than a new Jade C. Jamison series installment.

Rock Out Together (2025): A shared rock-star romance collection containing contributions from multiple authors.

Love in the Limelight (2025): A multi-author collection centered on public figures, performers, or relationships exposed to attention.

A collection may include a story later available elsewhere. Count the individual Jamison story only when identifying her unique fiction.

Boxed Sets You Should Not Count as New Books

Jamison has issued several convenient collected editions:

• The Bullet Series: Books 1-3
• The Bullet Series: Books 4-6
• Later Bullet and Feverish bundles
• The Vagabonds Trilogy
• Matchmaker: Books 1-4
• Small Town Secrets Box Set #1
• Small Town Secrets Box Set #2
• Dirty Boys
• Dirty Boys 2

These do not add new positions. Follow the order of the individual novels inside each collection.

Does Jade C. Jamison Have a Chronological Order?

Most of her series do not need a separate chronological arrangement.

The Nicki Sosebee prequel Bad Ass occurs earlier than the main sequence, but it is better read after Book 13 because Sean’s perspective depends on the reader understanding his later relationships.

The Bullet and Feverish publication timelines overlap. A strict chronology is difficult to establish reliably, and switching constantly between series provides little benefit. Completing the six core Bullet books before reading Feverish is the clearest new-reader route.

Recommended Jade C. Jamison Reading Plan

A complete catalog read is easier when divided by universe.

Route One: The Rock-Star Foundation

1. Bullet
2. Rock Bottom
3. Fully Automatic
4. Christmas Stalkings
5. Slash and Burn
6. Locked and Loaded
7. Feverish
8. Boiling Point
9. Scorched
10. Inferno
11. Slow Burn
12. Three Weddings and a Baby

This route provides the strongest introduction to Jamison’s emotionally raw music-centered fiction.

Route Two: Winchester

1. Read the thirteen main Nicki Sosebee books.
2. Finish with Bad Ass.
3. Continue into Small Town Secrets from Love and Lies through Love and Christmas.

The two series have different lead characters and genres, but Winchester provides a shared regional framework.

Route Three: Later Rock-Star Series

Read each series separately:

• Vagabonds: On the Run, On the Road, On the Rocks
• Rocky Mountain Rockstars: Verses, Harmony, Rhythm, Melody
• Rock Stars on the Rise: Shake Me, Shame Me, Save Me, Shade Me, Shape Me

No crossover reading order between these series has been confirmed as necessary.

Route Four: Shorter Contemporary Series

Complete Matchmaker, Pretense and Promises, My Billionaire Enemy, and the currently published Wishes books in their own numbered orders.

The standalone novels can be inserted anywhere.

Latest Jade C. Jamison Book

As of July 18, 2026, the newest confirmed Jade C. Jamison release is If Wishes Were Horses, the third Wishes book.

If Wishes Were Horses (2026): A new romance examines what happens when a deeply held wish begins to take form but brings obligations and complications that fantasy had left out.

It follows Just One Wish and Be Careful What You Wish For in the current series order.

Earlier in 2026, Jamison also released Save Me, Shade Me, and Shape Me in the Rock Stars on the Rise series, as well as the standalone or universe-linked novel Break the Girl.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best Jade C. Jamison book to start with?

Bullet (2013): Valerie Quinn’s relationship with troubled musician Ethan Richards begins Jamison’s best-known rock-star universe and introduces several characters who later receive their own stories.

Choose No News Is Good News instead when romantic suspense is the main interest.

Should Bullet be read as one book or two?

Either format works.

The original Bullet contains the full story. Bullet Part 1 and Bullet Part 2 divide that same novel into two volumes, so readers should not purchase all versions expecting three separate stories.

Is Feverish part of the Bullet series?

It is a Bullet spin-off centered on Clay “Jet” Smith, Emily Brinkman, and Last Five Seconds.

The characters and music world overlap, but Feverish has its own internal sequence.

When should I read Three Weddings and a Baby?

Read it after the Bullet and Feverish books.

It serves as an epilogue for established couples and reveals marriages, parenthood, and future developments.

Do the Nicki Sosebee books need to be read in order?

Yes. Nicki’s investigations, relationships, and the corruption in Winchester develop across the full series.

Later books reveal personal and criminal outcomes from earlier installments.

Should Bad Ass be read first because it is a prequel?

No. Read it after Front Page News.

Its scenes occur earlier, but Sean’s viewpoint is designed to have more meaning after readers understand the main relationship arc.

Why do the Nicki Sosebee books have two titles?

Many were republished with news-themed titles.

For example, Dead became Bad News Travels Fast, Right Now became In the News, and Dead Bodies Everywhere became Making News. These are revised or retitled editions, not additional installments.

Are Small Town Secrets books new stories?

Some are newly organized or revised editions of earlier novels.

Love and Music replaces MADversary, while Love and Darkness is the revised version of To Save Him. The newer editions include connections designed to place the books in one Winchester series.

Is Rocky Mountain Rockstars connected to Bullet?

No required connection has been confirmed.

Both are rock-star romance series by the same author, but they should be treated as separate continuities.

Is Rock Stars on the Rise connected to Bullet?

No. Rock Stars on the Rise belongs to the Dalton universe.

Begin it with Shake Me without reading Bullet first.

What order should the Wishes books be read in?

Read Just One Wish, Be Careful What You Wish For, and If Wishes Were Horses.

This differs from publication order because the second book originally appeared years before the current first and third installments.

Is Fool Me Once part of a completed series?

It is Codie Snow Book 1, but no second published installment is currently confirmed.

Readers should approach it as the available opening of an unfinished or inactive series.

Are Jamison’s boxed sets additional books?

No. They collect existing novels or shorter works.

Count the stories inside a box set, not the box-set title itself.

Conclusion

The most reliable introduction to Jade C. Jamison is Bullet, followed by the remaining core Bullet novels and then the Feverish spin-off. That route preserves the development of the musicians, relationships, and bands that established her rock-star catalog.

For suspense, begin with No News Is Good News and keep all thirteen Nicki Sosebee books in order before reading the prequel Bad Ass. Readers interested in her revised small-town romances should begin Small Town Secrets with Love and Lies and avoid counting the older source editions as additional books.

Her newer series stand on their own. Start Rocky Mountain Rockstars with Verses, Rock Stars on the Rise with Shake Me, and the currently arranged Wishes sequence with Just One Wish.