Julia Kent writes romantic comedy that tends to travel in connected groups: you get a new couple each time, but the side characters keep popping back in, and earlier happy endings are treated as known history. If you like maximum context (and minimal “oh, so that’s who married whom”), you’ll want the intended sequence inside each group.
A note you’ll see in some listings: Shopping for a Billionaire has been republished/renumbered in some editions, so the safest approach is to follow the title order below rather than relying only on volume numbers.
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Pick your entry by vibe
- Big, long-running binge with recurring cast: start with Shopping for a Billionaire
- Small-town chaos with a tight friend circle: start with Random Acts of Crazy
- Modern rom-com standalones that still “feel connected”: start with Fluffy (Do-Over)
- Later-career, wedding/comedy setup: start with Never Plan a Billionaire’s Wedding (Whatever It Takes)
The Shopping world
Shopping for a Billionaire (follow this title sequence)
- Shopping for a Billionaire: A normal day turns into a high-status collision, and Shannon’s life starts collecting chaos on a schedule.
- Shopping for a Billionaire 2: The relationship heats up while real life keeps ambushing them with complications.
- Shopping for a Billionaire 3: Distance, jealousy, and interruptions test whether this couple can keep choosing each other.
- Shopping for a Billionaire 4: Miscommunications and escalating stakes force a reset on what “together” really means.
- Christmas Shopping for a Billionaire: Holiday pressure adds extra fuel to an already messy romance.
- Shopping for a Billionaire’s Fiancée: Engagement energy arrives with fresh problems and very little peace.
- Shopping for a CEO: A new couple steps forward while the familiar cast refuses to behave in the background.
- Shopping for a CEO’s Fiancée: The romance gets more serious, and the “public life” complications get louder.
- Shopping for an Heir: A next-generation/business-adjacent romance picks up with the same fast, funny tone.
- Shopping for a Billionaire’s Honeymoon: Married life begins with zero calm and a lot of learning.
- Shopping for a CEO’s Wife: A snowed-in setup tests how well love holds under pressure.
- Shopping for a Billionaire’s Baby: Family stakes rise, and the couple has to grow up fast, while staying themselves.
(Some series lists place Shopping for a Billionaire’s Wife later in the sequence; editions vary, so treat it as part of the same world and place it where your edition indicates.)
Shopping for a Highlander (a spin-off line from the Shopping world)
- Shopping for a Booty Call: A quick, cheeky prelude that sets tone and introduces the orbit.
- Shopping for a Turkey: A holiday gathering drops an outsider into a Scottish-family storm.
- Shopping for a Highlander: “Fish out of water” becomes “caught in feelings” with a hero who doesn’t do subtle.
- Shopping for a Highlander’s Elopement: Commitment gets real, and the solution involves going very public.
- Shopping for a Highlander’s Baby: The relationship levels up again, with family chaos arriving right on time.
The Do-Over books (Anderhill romances)
- Little Miss Perfect: A high school rivalry moment plants a seed that grows into something much bigger later.
- Fluffy: Ten years later, a mistaken job application turns into the most ridiculous meet-cute imaginable.
- Perky: A confident heroine finds that her “I’ve got this” plan collapses around one specific man.
- Feisty: A heroine who’s done being careful runs straight into feelings she can’t manage.
- Hasty: A fast-moving romance where timing is terrible and chemistry doesn’t care.
- Tasty: A celebratory add-on that revisits the world and pays off relationship milestones.
Love You, Maine (small-town, modern rom-com energy)
- Love You Wrong: A short opener that sets the small-town tone and primes the main stories.
- Love You Right: Enemies-to-lovers turns personal when the “I can’t stand you” mask slips.
- Love You Again: A rescue and a reunion force two people to admit what never really ended.
- Love You More: A cursed-in-love heroine tries to outsmart her own pattern, and fails in the best way.
- Love You Now: A reset romance where one good decision starts rewriting everything else.
Whatever It Takes (weddings, rules, and grown-up chaos)
- Never Plan a Billionaire’s Wedding: Wedding mayhem explodes, and falling for the wrong person becomes the least of the problems.
- Never Fall for the Bride’s Father: A “definitely not” attraction turns into the messiest temptation in the room.
- Never Date the Minister: The rules are clear until the feelings show up and start rewriting them.
- Never Marry the Best Man: A later-life romance proves the biggest surprises aren’t reserved for twenty-somethings.
Office-romcom line
Obedient
- Maliciously Obedient: A new boss situation turns into a power-shift romance with a sharp, funny edge.
- Suspiciously Obedient: Trust issues take center stage as the relationship stops being theoretical.
- Deliciously Obedient: The couple has to face consequences, not just chemistry.
- Christmasly Obedient: Holiday pressure stress-tests commitment, boundaries, and patience.
Earlier connected rom-com world
Random (best read in sequence for running jokes and cameos)
- Random Acts of Crazy: A small-town spark turns into a relationship that refuses to stay tidy.
- Random Acts of Trust: Trust becomes the real romance obstacle, not attraction.
- Random Acts of Fantasy: A “could this work?” romance becomes a “why didn’t we do this sooner?” problem.
- Random Acts of Hope: Hope arrives in a form the heroine didn’t order, and can’t return.
- Randomly Ever After: Big feelings collide with practical life, and someone has to choose.
- Random Acts of Love: Love gets messy when the past still has access to the present.
- Random Acts of LA: The world widens, and the chaos follows.
- Random Acts of Christmas: Holiday energy amplifies every romantic mistake.
- Random on Tour: Las Vegas: A trip turns into a pressure cooker where truth leaks out.
- Random Acts of New Year: Fresh starts hurt when you’re carrying old secrets.
- Random Acts of Baby: A baby storyline raises stakes and forces priorities into the open.
Fantasy/paranormal romance lane
Her Billionaires (series order varies by edition; this is a commonly listed sequence)
- In Your Dreams: A shorter entry that sets the tone and world.
- Her Billionaires: A high-heat setup introduces the core dynamic.
- It’s Complicated: Complications pile up, and feelings become the least negotiable element.
- Completely Complicated: The relationship hits its “either we do this or we don’t” point.
- It’s Always Complicated: The world expands and the stakes follow.
- Eternally Complicated: A later installment that continues the ongoing arc.
A practical reading plan that doesn’t feel like homework
- Choose one big lane: Shopping, Do-Over, Random, or Whatever It Takes.
- Finish that lane before switching (you’ll enjoy the callbacks more).
- Then sample another lane based on what you want next: more workplace comedy (Obedient), more small-town warmth (Love You, Maine), or longer binge energy (Shopping).
Where order matters most
- Shopping for a Billionaire / Shopping for a Highlander: lots of shared cast and “life progress” updates.
- Random: running jokes, friendships, and cameos land better in sequence.
- Do-Over: can be sampled, but the friend group payoff is strongest in order.
Frank is the editor of BookSeries.blog, focusing on publication order, chronological timelines, and spoiler-free reading guides for book series and fictional universes.