Juani Books in Order (Updated April 10, 2026)

Juani is an urban romance and street-lit author from Irvington, New Jersey, now based in Atlanta.

The public author pages I checked show a compact backlist rather than a huge multi-series universe, so the best guide here is to separate the books that are clearly numbered from the books that are better treated as standalones or side stories.

The quick answer

If you want the cleanest way into Juani’s catalog, start with Love Galore: When They Ask About Us. It is the most visible Juani title on Amazon, Goodreads shows it as the author’s most popular book, and Amazon labels Love Galore as a three-book series.

After that, the safest reading path is:

1. Love Galore
2. Have You Made Love Lately
3. Cocaine Heartbreak
4. the standalones and side books

That order puts the clearest series first and leaves the less formally labeled books for later.

What actually needs to be read in order

Not every Juani title appears to belong to one shared continuity. The books that most clearly need sequence are the ones that are explicitly numbered on Amazon or Goodreads. Those are the books worth prioritizing first.

Love Galore series

This is the clearest starting line in Juani’s bibliography and the easiest place for a new reader to begin.

1. Love Galore: When They Ask About Us (year not cleanly verified from the public snippets checked): The opening relationship drama centered on Zayla and Chauncey, and the safest first stop for anyone who wants Juani’s best-known series.
2. Love Galore 2: When They Ask About Us (year not cleanly verified from the public snippets checked): Brings back the Jacobs circle with revenge, fallout, and multiple relationship threads, so it works best immediately after book one.
3. Love Galore 3: Is Love Enough (2025 current Amazon edition): The series finale, with Jace chasing answers after Zara is found badly hurt, making it the book to save for last.

Have You Made Love Lately

This is the most clearly traceable Juani duology after Love Galore.

1. Have You Made Love Lately (2020): Opens a messier adult-relationship setup built around a wealthy man juggling multiple partners before Koren enters the picture and destabilizes everything.
2. Have You Made Love Lately 2 (2020): The direct continuation, and Amazon explicitly identifies it as book two of two.

Cocaine Heartbreak

This is another short sequence that is best read straight through.

1. Cocaine Heartbreak (year not cleanly verified from the public snippets checked): Starts with Ariel Sweeny trying to talk herself through the damage caused by a long, painful relationship, setting up the emotional collapse that carries the pair.
2. Cocaine Heartbreak 2 (2020): Picks up after that heartbreak and follows the aftermath as Ariel tries to move on while Shea deals with what he broke.

The books best treated as side reads

These books are visible on Juani’s Goodreads and Amazon pages, but they are not as cleanly presented as numbered series. That does not make them unimportant. It just means they are easier to read after the core sequences above.

• Heavy Love: Holding Down A Real One (2025 current Amazon edition): A loyalty-and-circle romance about who stays close when life stops being easy, and a good next read once you know Juani’s style.
• Long Way Down: A Tainted Love Story (year not cleanly verified from the public snippets checked): A tainted-love setup that readers on Goodreads often describe as protective, emotional, and high-drama rather than part of a firmly numbered series.
• The Thing About Us: A Love Galore Spin-Off (year not cleanly verified from the public snippets checked): This one is clearly labeled as a Love Galore spin-off, so it is smartest after the main trilogy rather than before it.
• Not Another Heartbreak (year not cleanly verified from the public snippets checked): Public catalog pages confirm the title, but I did not find enough stable series labeling to place it inside a numbered sequence with confidence.

Recommended reading order

Here is the order I would actually hand to a new reader:

1. Love Galore: When They Ask About Us: The strongest gateway book and the clearest start to Juani’s most visible series.
2. Love Galore 2: When They Ask About Us: Continues the family and relationship fallout without resetting the world.
3. Love Galore 3: Is Love Enough: Finishes the trilogy and should stay in the third slot.
4. The Thing About Us: A Love Galore Spin-Off: Best read here, once the core trilogy is already in place.
5. Have You Made Love Lately: A good second series once you know you want more relationship-heavy drama.
6. Have You Made Love Lately 2: The required follow-up if you start that duology.
7. Cocaine Heartbreak: A separate emotional lane that works well after the earlier books.
8. Cocaine Heartbreak 2: The natural continuation.
9. Heavy Love: Holding Down A Real One: A good later sample once you have the author’s tone and pacing.
10. Long Way Down: A Tainted Love Story: Best treated as an additional standalone-style read after the more clearly labeled series.

Where to start, depending on what you want

Start with Love Galore if you want the book most readers seem to find first. Start with Have You Made Love Lately if you want a shorter two-book commitment. Start with Heavy Love only if you already know you are comfortable entering Juani through a less clearly sequenced title.

Latest release status

Public pages confirm that Juani is still active, but the release trail is not tidy enough to state a fully reliable newest-book line for every title without overclaiming. What I can say confidently is that Amazon currently shows a 2025 Kindle edition date for Love Galore 3: Is Love Enough and a 2025 Kindle edition date for Heavy Love: Holding Down A Real One, while the author’s Facebook presence also showed active posting and release-style promotion in late 2025.

FAQs

What is the best Juani book to start with?

Love Galore: When They Ask About Us is the best starting point because it is the most prominent title on the author’s Amazon page and the opening book of the clearest trilogy.

Do Juani’s books all belong to one universe?

Not clearly from the public sources checked. A few books are plainly numbered or labeled as spin-offs, but the full catalog is better treated as a mix of short series and adjacent standalones.

Should I read The Thing About Us before Love Galore?

No. It is labeled as a Love Galore spin-off, so it makes more sense after the trilogy.

Is Heavy Love part of Love Galore?

I would not state that as a firm fact. Reader discussion suggests crossover energy, but the public pages I checked do not label it as an official numbered continuation, so it is safer to treat it as adjacent rather than required.

Final recommendation

Juani is easiest to read in compact clusters, not as one giant master bibliography. Read Love Galore first, then move to Have You Made Love Lately and Cocaine Heartbreak, and only after that dip into the side titles.