Jessa Joy writes short, steamy contemporary romance with curvy heroines, possessive alpha heroes, small towns, holidays, billionaires, firefighters, mountain men, bikers, and paranormal twists.

Her books are mostly fast standalone romances, but several series share the Snowflake Falls world. That means strict order is not always required, but reading within each series keeps recurring places, families, and character references cleaner.
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The safest first book is Christmas with the Guy Next Door for the Snowflake Falls world, Curvy Girl and the Grump Next Door for the Curvy Girls Date series, or His Flame for the Snowflake Falls Fire Department series.
Continuity map
Jessa Joy’s catalog is easiest to divide into four groups:
- Snowflake Falls world: Holiday Romance in Snowflake Falls, Curvy Girls Date, Snowflake Falls Fire Department, Curvy Girl Holidays, and several related shared-world stories.
- Ember Heart Ridge world: Ember Heart Ridge Search and Rescue and the connected High Vale biker material.
- Early short-series romances: Newhope Romance, Billionaire Security Squad, and Langstone Brothers.
- Shared-world and multi-author entries: Standalone Jessa Joy stories written for collaborative romance projects.
Read named series in order. Read shared-world stories only when you are following that specific multi-author project or when the trope appeals to you.
Holiday Romance in Snowflake Falls books in order
This is the central Snowflake Falls sequence. The books are interconnected standalones, but publication order is the cleanest route.
- Snowed in with the Guy Next Door (2021): A Snowflake Falls prequel-style enemies-to-lovers holiday romance where a city heroine and the man next door get trapped in Christmas proximity.
- Christmas with the Guy Next Door (2020): A grumpy-sunshine Christmas romance that introduces Snowflake Falls through a holiday-hating hero and the curvy woman next door.
- Trapped with the Guy Next Door (2020): A second-chance Christmas romance where a heroine returns home after losing almost everything and finds her old crush next door.
- New Year with the Guy Next Door (2020): A New Year romance with military energy, party chaos, and an opposites-attract couple forced into the same holiday orbit.
- Valentine’s Day with the Guy Next Door (2021): A Romeo-and-Juliet-inspired Valentine romance where family tension and flower-shop timing frame the couple’s happy ending.
- Fourth of July with the Guy Next Door (2021): A friends-to-lovers Independence Day romance where a fake-fiancée plan turns long friendship into something permanent.
- Vacation Nanny for the Billionaire Guy Next Door (2021): A billionaire single-dad romance where a desperate job opportunity becomes a close-proximity relationship.
- Fall with the Guy Next Door (2021): A second-chance mountain romance where an inherited cabin puts the heroine beside the man who once hurt her.
- Halloween with the Guy Next Door (2021): A spooky-season Snowflake Falls romance where a mysterious neighbor becomes part of the heroine’s escape from her past.
- Under the Mistletoe with the Guy Next Door (2021): A second-chance cop romance where returning to Snowflake Falls brings old feelings and hidden truths back into focus.
- Valentine’s Fake Fiancee for the Rock Star Next Door (2022): A fake-fiancée romance where a struggling heroine is pulled into a rock star’s life for Valentine’s Day.
- Labor Day with the Guy Next Door (2022): A midlife reverse grumpy-sunshine romance where a woman starting over in Snowflake Falls finds connection with a blue-collar neighbor.
- Easter with the Guy Next Door (2023): A fresh-start Easter romance where a heroine escaping a troubled past meets a protective carpenter beside the church.
- St Patrick’s Day with the Guy Next Door (2024): A small-town repair romance where an inherited cabin and a grumpy Irish neighbor bring renovation and attraction together.
- Pumpkin Spice and the Guy Next Door (2024): A fall romance where a heroine hiding from her problems works in Snowflake Falls and draws the attention of a growly mountain man.
- Spring with the Guy Next Door (2025): A fresh-start spring romance where a heroine sent to Snowflake Falls clashes with the grumpy mountain man next door.
- Cinnamon Rolls and the Guy Next Door (2025): A fall-festival romance where a baker trying to win a prize tangles with the bad-boy biker next door.
- Road Trip with the Guy Next Door (2026): A forced-proximity road-trip romance where a broken-down car leaves the heroine sharing both a drive and a bed with her grumpy neighbor.
- Galentine’s Day with the Guy Next Door (2027): An upcoming Snowflake Falls romance about a planned man-free weekend interrupted by a grumpy mountain man next door.
Curvy Girls Date books in order
This series is set around curvy heroines and the obsessed men next door. The stories are standalone-style, but order helps with the broader Snowflake Falls rhythm.
- Curvy Girl and the Grump Next Door (2023): A grumpy-neighbor romance where a heroine returning from the city clashes with a man who cannot stop noticing her.
- Curvy Girl and the Bad Boy Next Door (2023): An MC-president romance where a single mom’s fresh start is complicated by a dangerous, protective biker next door.
- Curvy Girl and the Single Dad Next Door (2023): A billionaire single-dad romance where the heroine’s infuriating neighbor also becomes her boss.
- Curvy Girl and the Mountain Man Next Door (2023): A mountain-man rescue romance where the heroine’s messy life changes when the huge man next door steps in.
- Curvy Girl and the Military Guy Next Door (2023): A second-chance military romance where the man who left for service returns and moves in next door.
- Curvy Girl and the Cowboy Next Door (2023): A cowboy-veteran romance where a curvy model enters a ranch world and meets a gruff, protective hero.
- Curvy Girl and the Billionaire Next Door (2023): A fake-boyfriend billionaire romance where the heroine’s grumpy neighbor becomes more than a pretend date.
- Curvy Girl and the Monster Next Door (2023): A Halloween paranormal romance where the heroine discovers that her mysterious neighbor may be a demon in disguise.
- Curvy Girl and the Boss Next Door (2024): A workplace-neighbor romance where a heroine’s crush on her grumpy boss becomes harder to ignore when he moves next door.
- Curvy Girl and the Firefighter Next Door (2024): A firefighter romance where a hot-mess heroine falls for the respected older hero living beside her.
- Curvy Girl and the Sheriff Next Door (2024): A brother’s-best-friend sheriff romance where authority, protection, and long-standing familiarity become romantic pressure.
- Curvy Girl and the Shifter Next Door (2024): A shifter romance where a brooding neighbor nicknamed Grizz may be more bear-like than anyone realizes.
- Curvy Girl and the Navy SEAL Next Door (2025): A protective Navy SEAL romance where a recovering heroine finds her independence challenged by the older man next door.
- Curvy Girl and the Werewolf Next Door (2025): A Halloween werewolf romance where hospital-nightshift unease and a protective neighbor create paranormal danger.
- Curvy Girl and the Biker Next Door (2026): A biker romance where a rule-following heroine is drawn to the tattooed bad boy everyone warns her to avoid.
- Curvy Girl and the Demon Next Door (2026): An upcoming Halloween demon romance where the heroine learns her grumpy neighbor is supernatural and dangerous to want.
Snowflake Falls Fire Department books in order
This firefighter series is made of interconnected standalones. Read in order for the firehouse circle.
- His Flame (2024): A scarred fire chief and the shy curvy woman feeding his crew open the Snowflake Falls Fire Department series.
- His Heat (2024): An ex-military firefighter meets a younger runaway bride who comes to Snowflake Falls to escape a forced path.
- His Fire (2024): A gruff firefighter romance where the heroine discovers the hero’s distance may have been hiding obsession rather than indifference.
- His Passion (2024): A high-school-crush romance where a broken ankle leaves the heroine dependent on the man she least expected to care for her.
- His Desire (2024): A snowstorm rescue romance where a missing foster dog sends the heroine into danger and brings her to a mountain rescue firefighter.
- His Obsession (2025): A firefighter-protection romance where a bakery owner’s dream turns dangerous and the hero becomes her safest shelter.
Curvy Girl Holidays books in order
These are holiday romances set in or around Snowflake Falls. They can be read as seasonal standalones.
- Melted by the Firefighter (2025): A holiday firefighter romance where returning home and accidentally starting a kitchen fire brings the heroine face-to-face with an unexpected rescuer.
- Unwrapped by the Grump (2025): A Christmas landlord romance where a cheerful tenant and a grumpy holiday-hating hero are stuck in the same festive orbit.
- Holidays with the Mountain Man (2025): A snowed-in mountain-man romance where a photography assignment becomes one-bed forced proximity.
Ember Heart Ridge Search and Rescue books in order
This series follows the six Blake brothers. The official series page describes each book as focusing on a different brother, so order is useful but each romance has its own couple.
- Her Hero (2025): A mountain rescue romance where the heroine is saved by a grumpy rescuer and then finds out he is her new boss.
- Her Rescuer (2025): An ex-military helicopter-pilot romance where rescue leads to a mountain cabin, a storm, and only one bed.
- Her Savior (2025): A mail-order-bride escape romance where the man who arrives is not the stranger the heroine expected to marry.
- Her Protector (2025): A brother’s-best-friend protection romance where an inherited cabin, hidden gold rumors, and danger bring the couple together.
- Her Guardian (2025): A fake-fiancée protection romance where an ex-military medic moves the heroine into his mountain cabin for safety.
- Her Salvation (2025): A wounded-hero second-chance romance where a man believed dead returns when the heroine is in danger.
Seven Brides for Seven Bikers books in order
This biker series is set in the same broad world as Snowflake Falls and Ember Heart. Read in numbered order.
- Bad Boy Biker’s Bride (2026): A runaway-bride MC romance where the heroine flees her wedding and lands in the arms of a former cage fighter biker.
- Grumpy Biker’s Bride (2026): An upcoming ex-military biker romance where a bride meant for another man is claimed by the grumpy biker who finds her first.
- Possessive Biker’s Bride (2026): An upcoming single-mom biker romance that continues the runaway-bride and protective-MC structure.
Newhope Romance books in order
Some current official pages display only books two and three, but older catalog sources preserve A Curvy Fresh Start as book one. Read the three-book order below for the cleanest sequence.
- A Curvy Fresh Start (2021): A small-town fresh-start romance where a heroine swears off relationships after leaving the city and meets the builder next door.
- Sculpting Her Curves (2021): An enemies-to-lovers personal-trainer romance where free gym sessions put the heroine face-to-face with an old rival.
- A Curvy Island Escape (2021): A second-chance vacation romance where a heroine recovering from betrayal meets the billionaire first love she never forgot.
Billionaire Security Squad books in order
This is a short romantic-suspense/billionaire-protector series. Read in order because the security-squad setup connects the men.
- Billionaire Security Squad 1 (2021): Carlo leads a billionaire-backed security crew and becomes protective of Tara before she understands the danger around her.
- Billionaire Security Squad 2 (2021): Erin’s attraction to a new man at work pulls her into the security-squad world and its protective-hero stakes.
- Billionaire Security Squad 3 (2021): Dante’s survival and Giana’s role in reaching him give the final story a rescue-and-protection frame.
Langstone Brothers books in order
This gym-centered series follows the Langstone brothers and their circle.
- Breaking His Resolutions (2022): A personal-trainer romance where Cole opens a gym with his brothers and immediately breaks his own rule about dating clients.
- Making Him Sweat (2022): A brother’s-best-friend romance where a heroine starting over in Darlinton runs into a personal trainer she should not want.
- Snatching His Attention (2022): A friends-to-lovers gym romance where Juni hides her feelings for Ivar while working beside him every day.
- Lifting Her Up (2022): A best-friend’s-sister romance where an ex-military hero starting over at the gym falls for the woman he is supposed to leave alone.
Love for the Holidays books in order
This holiday grouping collects seasonal standalones from Jessa Joy’s broader catalog. They do not need to be read before Snowflake Falls, but they fit the same short, festive romance style.
- My Holiday Surprise (2022): A second-chance workplace Christmas romance where two former enemies are paired together at a new job.
- Searing with Sven (2022): A billionaire-chef enemies-to-lovers holiday romance where a restaurant legacy and a new boss create heat.
- Lost with my Dad’s Best Friend (2022): A stranded-in-the-mountains romance where a heroine and her dad’s best friend face a snowstorm together.
- The Playboy’s Topaz (2023): A fake-fiancée billionaire romance where a cash-strapped heroine agrees to help a playboy for a weekend and risks real attachment.
Standalone novels
These can be read separately unless a retailer groups them into a temporary collection.
- My Beastly Boss (2022): A Beauty-and-the-Beast-style billionaire boss romance where a curvy heroine signs a contract to help save her father’s company.
- Teaching the Alien (2022): A short alien romance where a heroine having the worst day of her life meets a huge alien who changes everything.
- Wrong Number, Right Grumpy Guy Next Door (2026): An upcoming grumpy-neighbor romance tied by title to the wrong-number setup but not currently listed as part of a major Jessa-only series.
Shared-world and multi-author series entries
These are Jessa Joy stories written for collaborative romance projects. Read them as optional unless you are following that specific shared world.
- Getting Cozy with the Innkeeper (2022): A Pink Collar Temp Agency romance where a city heroine inherits an inn in Snowflake Falls and meets a cinnamon-roll helper.
- Love, Honor, Sacrifice (2022): A Heart of a Wounded Hero romance where a mountain man living in isolation begins to care about a curvy heroine.
- Hot Boss Summer (2022): A Hot H.E.A. Summer romance where a new job puts the heroine on a beach with her billionaire boss.
- Finding Her Tempo (2022): A Rock My World romance where a younger employee goes on tour with a secretive rock star.
- Leonora’s Manster (2022): A Make a Manster Halloween romance where a witchy heroine falls for a man who does not believe in magic.
- My Holiday Surprise (2022): Also listed in holiday groupings, this second-chance workplace Christmas romance belongs to the Curves for Christmas 2022 project.
- Searing with Sven (2022): Also part of the holiday grouping, this chef romance belongs to the Home Cooked Holidays project.
- Lost with my Dad’s Best Friend (2022): Also part of the holiday grouping, this stranded mountain romance belongs to the Stranded at Christmas project.
- My Dashing Holidate (2022): A Snowflakes and Holidates entry that should be treated as optional holiday shared-world material.
- His Curvy Secret (2023): A Club Curves romance where a billionaire brother’s best friend becomes the heroine’s off-limits focus.
- The Playboy’s Topaz (2023): A Jewel of the Month entry where a fake-fiancée deal with a famous playboy becomes emotionally risky.
- Stalked by the Scorpio (2023): A Spicy Astrology romance where a bossy billionaire becomes fixated after one night.
- Raising Her Roof (2023): A Good With His Hands romance where a heroine escaping embarrassment in Snowflake Falls meets a blue-collar hero.
- Wheel of Fortune (2023): A Love Games romance where a desperate heroine’s psychic talents and game-show plan bring her near a mysterious older man.
- Fir Real (2023): A Black Timber Peak Mountain Men entry and optional mountain-man shared-world read.
- Back for You (2023): A Second Chance Sweethearts romance where a billionaire returns to the small town and the woman he left behind.
- Curvy Girl and the Grumpy Santa (2023): A Mistletoe Love romance where a brother’s-best-friend Santa figure becomes the heroine’s holiday complication.
- Rocked by the Bad Boy (2024): An All the Jingle Ladies romance where a Christmas-averse heroine meets a former bad-boy rock manager.
- Bred by the Enemy (2024): A Baby Breeder Session 2 entry with MC-lite enemies-to-lovers tension and a heroine caught by her brother’s rival.
- Axing For Trouble (2024): A Good With His Hands: Season 2 romance where an ex-military woodsman meets a curvy heroine hiding a secret.
- His Curvy Fake Bride (2024): A Dearly Beloved fake-marriage romance where a billionaire grump needs a temporary wife and the arrangement turns real.
- Dad Bod’s Candy Cane (2024): A Dad Bod Christmas romance where a returning heroine is drawn to her brother’s grumpy firefighter best friend.
- Tricky Situationship (2024): An It’s Complicated romance where a cleaning lady gets locked in a safe room with her grumpy billionaire boss.
- His Curvy Prize (2025): A Sweetheart County Fair romance where an older cowboy decides the heroine selling cotton candy is the prize he wants.
- Wrong Number, Right Biker (2025): A Wrong Number, Right Guy romance where a mistaken text brings a grumpy biker to the stranded heroine’s rescue.
- Spiced Up by Sawyer (2025): A Mountain Men Fall Harder romance where a work trip and a fall in a small town put the heroine in a grumpy mountain man’s arms.
- Hot Biker’s Hug (2026): A Seven Nights to Mr. Right romance where a charity-hug event accidentally puts the heroine in front of a dangerous protective biker.
- Guarded by the Mountain Man (2026): A Wildwood Alphas romance where a mountain-man protector becomes the central danger-and-safety figure.
Collections and bundles
Collections are optional buying formats. They should not be treated as new story positions unless they contain bonus epilogues or exclusive material you specifically want.
- Snowflake Falls Romance Bundle (2021): Collects early Snowflake Falls holiday romances, usually starting with Christmas with the Guy Next Door, Trapped with the Guy Next Door, and New Year with the Guy Next Door.
- Happy Holidays Starter Pack (2021): A Snowflake Falls starter bundle that introduces the holiday small-town setting and its recurring characters.
- Guy Next Door Romance Collection (2022): A larger Snowflake Falls collection gathering multiple “Guy Next Door” holiday romances.
- Snowflake Falls: Books 1-10 (2022): A collection of the first ten Snowflake Falls stories, useful for binge reading but not a separate continuity step.
- Billionaire Security Squad Bundle (2021): Collects the three Billionaire Security Squad stories in their internal order.
- Curvy Girl Collection / Curvy Girls Date Books 1-6 (2023): Collects the first six Curvy Girls Date books, from Curvy Girl and the Grump Next Door through Curvy Girl and the Cowboy Next Door.
- Curvy Girl Romances (2024): A ten-book Curvy Girls Date collection; read the included individual stories in series order.
- Hot (2025): Collects the six Snowflake Falls Fire Department books and includes bonus epilogue material.
- Found (2026): Collects the six Ember Heart Ridge Search and Rescue stories about the Blake brothers.
- Curvy Christmas Collection (2025): Collects the Love for the Holidays stories, including My Holiday Surprise, Searing with Sven, Lost with my Dad’s Best Friend, and The Playboy’s Topaz.
Chronological order
A full chronological order is not recommended.
Jessa Joy’s books are short, couple-focused romances with recurring towns and shared-world labels, not a single plot timeline. Publication order inside each series is clearer than trying to merge Snowflake Falls, Ember Heart Ridge, multi-author series, collections, and one-off standalones.
Use chronological order only when a series page gives a numbered sequence.
Recommended reading order
For the cleanest Snowflake Falls route:
- Christmas with the Guy Next Door
- Continue Holiday Romance in Snowflake Falls through Road Trip with the Guy Next Door
- Read Curvy Girl and the Grump Next Door through Curvy Girl and the Demon Next Door
- Read His Flame through His Obsession
- Add Curvy Girl Holidays when you want seasonal side stories.
For Ember Heart Ridge:
- Her Hero
- Her Rescuer
- Her Savior
- Her Protector
- Her Guardian
- Her Salvation
- Then read Bad Boy Biker’s Bride and the later Seven Brides for Seven Bikers books.
For early Jessa Joy:
- A Curvy Fresh Start
- Sculpting Her Curves
- A Curvy Island Escape
- Billionaire Security Squad 1
- Billionaire Security Squad 2
- Billionaire Security Squad 3
- Breaking His Resolutions
For casual reading, choose by trope. Most books are designed to deliver a complete short romance without needing a long backlist first.
Latest release status
As of May 29, 2026, the latest confirmed released Jessa Joy story I found is Bad Boy Biker’s Bride, published May 14, 2026 as book 1 of Seven Brides for Seven Bikers.
The next confirmed upcoming titles are Grumpy Biker’s Bride in June 2026, Possessive Biker’s Bride in July 2026, Wrong Number, Right Grumpy Guy Next Door in August 2026, Guarded by the Mountain Man in September 2026, Curvy Girl and the Demon Next Door on October 1, 2026, and Galentine’s Day with the Guy Next Door in February 2027.
FAQ
Do Jessa Joy books need to be read in order?
Only inside connected series. Most stories focus on one couple and can be read alone, but order helps with Snowflake Falls, Ember Heart Ridge, and the firefighter or biker series.
What Jessa Joy book should I start with?
Start with Christmas with the Guy Next Door for Snowflake Falls, Curvy Girl and the Grump Next Door for Curvy Girls Date, or His Flame for firefighter romance.
Are Jessa Joy’s books all connected?
No. Many share Snowflake Falls or similar short-romance tropes, but the catalog includes separate series, shared-world entries, collections, and standalones.
Is Snowflake Falls the main world?
Yes. Snowflake Falls is the most recurring setting and supports the holiday romances, Curvy Girls Date books, firefighter books, and several related short reads.
Are Curvy Girls Date books standalone?
Yes, they are best treated as interconnected standalones. Reading them in order still keeps the recurring Snowflake Falls feel cleaner.
Should I read collections as separate books?
No. Collections are bundles. Read the individual stories in the order listed above unless you want the convenience of an omnibus.
Is Ember Heart Ridge connected to Snowflake Falls?
It is part of Jessa Joy’s nearby small-town/mountain-romance world. The stories can be read separately, but the biker series is described as set in the same world as Ember Heart and Snowflake Falls.
Conclusion
Jessa Joy is easiest to read by world and series.
Begin with Christmas with the Guy Next Door if you want Snowflake Falls from the start. Begin with Curvy Girl and the Grump Next Door if you want the most popular curvy-neighbor sequence. Begin with Her Hero if you want the Ember Heart Ridge search-and-rescue series.
Frank is the editor of BookSeries.blog, focusing on publication order, chronological timelines, and spoiler-free reading guides for book series and fictional universes.

