Kat Baxter Books in Order (Updated May 30, 2026)

Kat Baxter writes short, steamy contemporary romance, rom-com, curvy-girl romance, cowboy romance, small-town romance, sports romance, holiday romance, military romance, monster romance, shifter romance, and alien romance.

Her books are not one single timeline. The easiest way to read her is by shelf: Saddle Creek, Curvy Ever After, Hot Texas Nights, football romances, holiday books, monster/shifter/alien books, or newer billionaire/cowboy series.

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For most new readers, the best starting point is Real Men Love Curves for the early curvy-romance style, Lone Star Ex-Con for the Saddle Creek cowboy world, or Zane for the Bad Boys of Saddle Creek line.

Quick Shelf Guide

Read Curvy Ever After first if you want the short, sweet, high-heat Kat Baxter style in its simplest form.
Read Saddle Creek, TX: The Crawfords first if you want cowboy, ranch, and small-town family romance.
Read Bad Boys of Saddle Creek if you want friends-with-benefits, fake dating, and small-town bad-boy romance.
Read Austin Armadillos if you want football romance.
Read Monsters, Shifters and Aliens… oh, my! if you want the paranormal and creature-romance side.
Read Billionaire Cowboys if you want the newest ongoing series.

Curvy Ever After Books in Order

The Curvy Ever After books are a good first stop. They are short, fast, curvy-girl romances and do not require outside continuity.

Real Men Love Curves (2020): A curvy-girl romance that establishes Baxter’s quick, sweet, steamy style with a direct happily-ever-after focus.
Real Men Love Curls (2020): A follow-up curvy romance that keeps the same short-format heat while shifting to a new couple.
Real Men Love Charms (2020): A boss-assistant and fake-relationship romance with a curvy heroine and a fast path toward commitment.

Hot Texas Nights Books in Order

Hot Texas Nights is one of Baxter’s broader contemporary-romance series. Read it in order if you want the series to move naturally through friends, holidays, billionaires, and short-term arrangements.

Knocking Up His Best Friend (2020): A best-friends romance where a pregnancy setup turns friendship into a permanent relationship.
Fakesgiving (2020): A Thanksgiving fake-relationship romance built around holiday pressure, forced proximity, and fast emotional payoff.
Billionaire on the Beach (2021): A billionaire romance with a beach setting and a short, high-heat vacation-style setup.
Marry Christmas (2021): A holiday romance where marriage and Christmas timing push the couple toward a quick forever.
Rules of the Friend-Zone (2021): A friend-zone romance about crossing the line between safe friendship and full romantic commitment.
Short-Term Shag (2022): A hot-nerd rom-com where a supposedly temporary arrangement becomes harder to keep temporary.
Built to Last (2023): A construction-worker romance with fake-relationship and brother’s-best-friend elements.

Austin Armadillos Books in Order

The Austin Armadillos books are football romances with curvy heroines and instalove energy. Public listings sometimes sort the Halloween title differently by date, but the author’s printable booklist numbers the order below.

Sugar and Spice (2021): The football-romance opener combines a curvy heroine, a one-night-stand setup, and an instant connection.
Curve Ball (2021): A football romance with nanny and soulmate elements, keeping the series focused on curvy heroines and quick commitment.
I Kissed A Ghoul (2021): A Halloween-flavored football romance involving a brother’s-best-friend setup and a curvy heroine.
On His Naughty List (2021): A holiday football romance that uses Christmas timing and one-night-stand heat to finish the Armadillos sequence.

Payne Family Holidays Books in Order

The Payne Family Holidays books are short holiday romances. They can be read separately, but the two-book order is simple.

Joy and Payne (2020): A Christmas romance with a curvy heroine and a family-holiday setup.
Kiss Me (2021): A holiday romance with an older-man, younger-woman dynamic and a quick emotional turn.

Starr Siblings / Sand Dollar Christmas Books in Order

The Starr holiday books overlap with the broader Sand Dollar Christmas listing on some bibliography sites. Use this order if you want the cleanest holiday sequence.

Gingerbread Kisses (2019): Kat Baxter’s first listed romance, a Christmas story with curvy-girl and holiday-romance elements.
Mistletoe Surprise (2020): A second holiday romance that keeps the Christmas setting and the quick, sweet heat of the early catalogue.
Sand Dollar Christmas (2020): A holiday entry commonly listed with the Sand Dollar Christmas sequence; treat it as part of the same seasonal reading lane.

Windsor Securities Books in Order

The Windsor Securities books mix curvy-girl romance with military, security, cowboy, nerd, and second-chance setups. Curves and Cradles is numbered as a prequel or book .5 in some places, but it was published later, so new readers can read it after the main four.

Curves and Cars (2021): A military-flavored curvy romance that opens the Windsor Securities line.
Curves and Coding (2021): A bad-boy nerd romance that adds a tech angle to the security-world setup.
Curves and Cowboys (2021): A cowboy romance inside the Windsor Securities grouping.
Curves and Crushes (2021): A second-chance romance involving a high-school crush and the curvy-romance framework.
Curves and Cradles (2023): A later prequel-style or bonus entry with a one-night-stand and SEAL-romance setup.

Hart Sisters Books in Order

The Hart Sisters books are short contemporary romances. They can be read as a two-book pair.

Big, Bearded and Brilliant (2021): A mountain-man romance with a curvy heroine and a husky, bearded hero.
Redeeming the Hitman (2021): A hitman romance with an older-man dynamic and a redemption-centered title.

McLeod Sisters Books in Order

The McLeod Sisters books are rom-coms with curvy heroines and light, trope-forward setups.

Let’s Taco ’Bout Love (2021): A contemporary rom-com with food-title humor and the start of the McLeod Sisters sequence.
You’ve Got Male (2021): A frienemies-to-lovers rom-com that keeps the McLeod family line moving.
Bachelor #10 (2021): A grumpy-sunshine, age-gap romance with a bachelor-themed holiday/shared-world hook.

Blackmore Siblings Books in Order

The Blackmore Siblings books are short contemporary romances. They should be read separately from the Saddle Creek books.

601 Twilight Lane (2021): A brother’s-best-friend and accidentally-married romance that also appears in the Cherry Falls shared world.
War and Roses (2021): A military romance with a curvy heroine and a war/roses contrast built into the title.

Guidry Siblings Books in Order

The Guidry Siblings books lean toward military and protective romance. One title is co-written with Emma Lee Jayne.

Covert Curves (2022): A military romance with forbidden-romance and forced-proximity elements.
Scars & Stripes (2022): A wounded-hero military romance centered on healing, attraction, and emotional recovery.
Cajuns. Love. Curves. (2023): A curvy-girl military romance co-written with Emma Lee Jayne and tied to the Guidry family grouping.

Turner Siblings Books in Order

The Turner Siblings books are standalone-friendly but sit well together because of the sibling grouping.

Romancing the Mountain Man (2022): A grumpy-meets-sunshine mountain-man romance with curvy-girl appeal.
Man’s Best Friend (2022): A dog-lovers fake-relationship romance with a husky hero and a curvy heroine.

Saddle Creek, TX: The Crawfords Books in Order

The Crawfords are the strongest entry point into Baxter’s Saddle Creek world. Read them in order because the family and town setting become more familiar with each book.

Lone Star Ex-Con (2022): A marriage-of-convenience ranch romance that opens the Crawford family line.
Lone Star Husband (2022): A ranch romance with a husky hero and curvy heroine, continuing the Crawford small-town setting.
Lone Star Boss (2022): An age-gap, forced-proximity ranch romance involving workplace and family pressure.
Lone Star Playboy (2022): An opposites-attract Crawford romance that softens the playboy title through a small-town love story.
Lone Star Best Friend (2022): A friends-to-lovers ranch romance and one of the easier midpoint entries in the Crawford sequence.
Lone Star Sheriff (2022): A fake-relationship small-town romance involving the sheriff side of Saddle Creek.
A Crawford Family Christmas (2025): A Christmas follow-up with family, extended-epilogue energy, and a return to the Crawford couples.

Bad Boys of Saddle Creek Books in Order

Bad Boys of Saddle Creek is a compact three-book series. It works well after the Crawfords if you want to stay in Saddle Creek.

Zane (2023): A friends-with-benefits, curvy-girl rom-com that opens the bad-boy side of Saddle Creek.
Micah (2023): A second Saddle Creek bad-boy romance with the same small-town and friends-with-benefits energy.
Will (2023): A fake-relationship western romance that closes the three-book Bad Boys of Saddle Creek run.

Saddle Creek, TX: The Whitmores Books in Order

The Whitmores are another Saddle Creek family line. Publication order is best because the family setting is clearer that way.

Protect My Heart (2023): A brother’s-best-friend cowboy romance built around protection, attraction, and family closeness.
Ignite My Heart (2023): A firefighter romance with a reverse grumpy-sunshine dynamic.
Redeem My Heart (2024): A wounded-hero cowboy romance centered on healing and second chances.
Awaken My Heart (2024): An age-gap cowboy romance with an older-man, younger-woman setup.

Mountain Men of Saddle Creek Books in Order

The Mountain Men of Saddle Creek books are grumpy-hero romances. Read them in order if you want the mountain-man tone to build naturally.

The Grumpy Recluse’s Wager (2023): A grumpy-neighbor, sunshine-romance opener with a curvy heroine and a reclusive hero.
The Grouchy Lumberjack’s Bride (2023): A frenemies-to-lovers marriage-of-convenience romance with a lumberjack hero.
The Gruff Loner’s Bargain (2024): A gruff-hero romance that continues the mountain-man pattern through a bargain setup.
The Growly Outcast’s Promise (2024): A marriage-pact romance with an outcast hero and a promise that becomes permanent.

Hotties of Saddle Creek Books in Order

The Hotties of Saddle Creek books are short, cheeky small-town romances.

Mr. McStudmuffin (2024): The opener uses a playful title and Saddle Creek heat to launch the Hotties line.
Mr. McHunky (2025): A second Saddle Creek hottie romance with a short, direct rom-com setup.
Mr. McBeefcake (2025): The third Hotties book keeps the same playful title pattern and small-town heat.

Saddle Creek, TX: Standalones in Order

These are Saddle Creek-related or Saddle Creek-adjacent standalones. Some also appear in multi-author shared worlds, but they are easiest to track here.

Getting Handsy With the Manicurist (2022): A forbidden-love rom-com built around a manicurist premise and curvy-girl romance.
Covert Curves (2022): A military forced-proximity romance that also belongs with the Guidry Siblings.
Scars and Stripes (2022): A wounded-hero military romance about recovery and connection.
Sticky Sweet (2022): A summer romance with unrequited-love energy and curvy-girl sweetness.
Snowed in With the Grump (2022): A holiday forced-proximity romance with a grumpy hero and snowed-in setup.
Candy Coated Curves (2022): A Christmas-age-gap romance with a husky hero and curvy heroine.
Handling His Briefs (2023): A boss-assistant rom-com with friends-with-benefits and instalove elements.
A Very Cheeky Christmas (2023): A Christmas rom-com with cheeky title humor and seasonal heat.
Grumpy Santa (2023): A Christmas novella with a grumpy hero and holiday-romance payoff.
Love at First Write (2024): A military pen-pal romance with mistaken-identity elements.
Hot Shot (2024): A reverse-age-gap sports romance with a one-night stand and accidental pregnancy.
Midnight Snack (2024): A Midnight Falls-style paranormal or spooky-season romance, best treated as a standalone seasonal entry.
Doctor’s Orders (2024): An age-gap workplace romance with a doctor, a one-night stand, and small-town complications.
Coming for Her Grumpy Boss (2025): A Christmas workplace romance with boss-assistant tension, fake dating, and small-town heat.
Big, Burly Bodyguard (2026): A bodyguard road-trip romance involving royalty, mistaken identity, and forbidden attraction.

Dog Tags Books in Order

The Dog Tags books are military-themed romances with pun-based titles. They are best read in the numbered order.

Jack of Hearts (2025): A military-romance opener with a card-title pun and the start of the Dog Tags sequence.
Fools Rush Flynn (2025): A follow-up Dog Tags romance built around Flynn and a rush-into-love setup.
Quid Pro Beau (2025): A military-romance entry with a punny title and a relationship built around exchange, bargain, or favor dynamics.
Love ’em or Liam (2025): A Liam-centered Dog Tags romance with Baxter’s usual quick-commitment style.
Happily Evan After (2025): An Evan-centered romance that signals a fairy-tale-style happy ending.
Ready, Willing and Abel (2025): An Abel-centered Dog Tags entry with a title built around readiness and commitment.
Romero and Juliette (2025): A military-romance title playing on star-crossed romance while keeping the Dog Tags structure.

Monsters, Shifters and Aliens… oh, my! Books in Order

This is the paranormal and creature-romance side of the catalogue. The books do not all share one plot, but they belong on the same shelf.

His Heartbeat (2022): A zombie rom-com and one of Baxter’s most visible paranormal romance entries.
Harry’s Beast (2023): A satyr romance with curvy-girl and monster-romance elements.
Marcus (2024): A bear-shifter romance that moves the shelf from monster rom-com into shifter territory.
Dad Bod: Vampire (2024): A vampire rom-com with dad-bod, monster-romance, and instalove elements.
Dad Bod Gorgon (2024): A co-written monster romance involving a gorgon hero and the Dad Bod Monster shared-world frame.
Mated to the Grumpy Alien (2024): A co-written alien romance with a grumpy alien hero and fated-mate-style appeal.
Zombies, Satyrs and Vampires, Oh My! (2025): A collection-style paranormal romance entry gathering Baxter’s cozy, steamy monster-romance side.

Fated Mates of the Persæn Rebellion Books in Order

This alien-romance series is co-written with Emma Lee Jayne. Public listings confirm the three-book structure, but detailed public information is thinner than for Baxter’s contemporary series.

Stolen By Her Alien Mate Book 1 (2024): The alien-rebellion opener introduces the Persæn mate setup and should be read first.
Stolen By Her Alien Mate Book 2 (2025): The second alien-mate entry continues the Persæn Rebellion structure.
Stolen By Her Alien Mate Book 3 (2025): The third listed Persæn Rebellion book follows the first two and should not be treated as an entry point.

HOT Holidays Books in Order

The HOT Holidays books are short holiday romances. They are separate from the broader Christmas titles unless you are doing a full seasonal read.

Baby, It’s Hot Inside (2023): A Christmas rom-com and holiday romance with a short, steamy setup.
Baby, It’s Hotter Inside (2024): A follow-up holiday romance that continues the HOT Holidays title pattern.

Billionaire Cowboys Books in Order

Billionaire Cowboys is Baxter’s newest major ongoing series. Read in order because the book numbers are clear and the 2026 releases build through the cowboy-billionaire line.

Ever Mine (2025): The first Billionaire Cowboys romance, introducing the newer rich-cowboy shelf.
Never Enough (2026): The second book continues the billionaire-cowboy setup with fake-it and second-chance-style pressure.
Until You (2026): The third Billionaire Cowboys book keeps the newer series moving toward another all-in romance.
Give In (2026): Heath’s story and the latest confirmed released Kat Baxter book at this update.
All In (2026): The fifth Billionaire Cowboys book, currently listed as upcoming after Give In.

Big Wood Books in Order

These newer Big Wood titles should be kept separate until their series have more confirmed releases.

Big Trouble (2025): A Single Dads of Big Wood shared-world entry with single-dad and small-town romance appeal.
Big Santa (2026): A Big Wood Christmas opener scheduled as a holiday romance.
Barrett (2026): The first listed Big Boys of Big Wood book and a future starting point for that new series.

Standalone Kat Baxter Books

These can be read at any time unless a reader is tracking every title by publication date.

Knight Ride (2021): A biker and motorcycle-club romance with ex-military elements.
Virgin Cowboy (2021): A cowboy mail-order-bride and runaway-bride romance.
Shut Up and Kiss Me (2022): A sports and holiday romance with curvy-girl appeal.
Playing For Keeps (2022): A gamer romance with a hot-nerd setup and a shy curvy heroine.
Soldiers Love Curves (2023): A military-romance title that belongs outside the main numbered series.
His Favorite Melody (2024): A co-written romance with Hope Ford, best treated as an optional standalone.
Accidentally Marrying the Billionaire (2026): A billionaire marriage romance from the Accidentally Marrying shared-world line.
Welcome to Saddle Creek (2026): A short introductory or bonus Saddle Creek entry rather than a required full novel.

Robyn DeHart Cross-Listing

The Virgin Widow (2024): This is listed under Robyn DeHart in some catalogues and should be treated as separate from the Kat Baxter contemporary-romance reading order.

Kat Baxter is a pseudonym connected to the author’s wider writing career, but readers looking for the Kat Baxter catalogue should not fold Robyn DeHart historical titles into the main Kat Baxter order.

Collections and Boxed Sets

Collections are format options. Do not count them as new novels unless they contain material you do not already own.

Curvy Ever After Boxed Set (2020): Collects the three Curvy Ever After books.
Crawford Cowboys: Books 1-3 (2022): Collects the first three Crawford family romances.
Crawford Cowboys: Books 4-6 (2022): Collects the second half of the original Crawford sequence.
Windsor Securities Boxed Set (2023): Collects the Windsor Securities romances.
Touchdown Boxed Set (2023): Collects the Austin Armadillos football romances.
Curvy Love / Curvy Love Boxed Set (2023): Collects the McLeod Sisters romances.
Dear Pen Pal (2024): A collection or anthology-format title tied to pen-pal romance material.
Curvy Love Vol. 2 (2024): A later curvy-romance collection.
The Galentine’s Guide to Happy Endings (2025): A collection of three Galentine Chronicle stories with curvy heroines and cinnamon-roll heroes.

Chronological Order

There is no useful single chronological order for all Kat Baxter books.

Use series order inside each shelf. The most continuity-friendly approach is:

Read Curvy Ever After for the early style.

Read Hot Texas Nights and Austin Armadillos for contemporary and sports romance.

Read the Saddle Creek groups in this order: The Crawfords, Bad Boys of Saddle Creek, The Whitmores, Mountain Men of Saddle Creek, Hotties of Saddle Creek, then Dog Tags.

Read Billionaire Cowboys in numbered order.

Read monster, shifter, alien, holiday, and shared-world entries separately.

Latest Kat Baxter Book

The latest confirmed released Kat Baxter book is Give In, book four of Billionaire Cowboys, published May 19, 2026.

The next confirmed upcoming title is All In, book five of Billionaire Cowboys, currently listed for June 23, 2026. Later upcoming listings include Big Santa and Barrett, both currently listed for late 2026.

FAQs

What is the first Kat Baxter book?

The first listed Kat Baxter book is Gingerbread Kisses, published in 2019.

What Kat Baxter book should I read first?

Start with Real Men Love Curves for the simplest introduction. Start with Lone Star Ex-Con if you want Saddle Creek cowboy romance.

Are Kat Baxter’s books connected?

Some are connected by family, town, or shared setting, but the whole catalogue is not one timeline.

Are the Saddle Creek books all one series?

They are better treated as related shelves inside one town setting. Read The Crawfords, Bad Boys of Saddle Creek, The Whitmores, Mountain Men of Saddle Creek, Hotties of Saddle Creek, and Dog Tags as separate series.

Can I read Kat Baxter out of order?

Usually, yes. Most books are short standalones or connected standalones. Series order is still cleaner.

Is Billionaire Cowboys complete?

Not yet as of this update. Give In is released, and All In is the next listed book.

Is The Virgin Widow a Kat Baxter book?

It is cross-listed in some bibliographies under the author’s wider name history, but it is a Robyn DeHart title. Treat it as separate from the Kat Baxter romance order.

Are the boxed sets new stories?

Usually no. Boxed sets collect existing books. Use them for convenience, not as separate reading-order entries.

Which Kat Baxter books are paranormal?

Start with His Heartbeat, Harry’s Beast, Marcus, Dad Bod: Vampire, Dad Bod Gorgon, and Mated to the Grumpy Alien.

Conclusion

Kat Baxter is easiest to read by shelf, not by one full publication timeline.

For the best first route, read Curvy Ever After, then Hot Texas Nights, then the major Saddle Creek series. After that, move to Dog Tags, Billionaire Cowboys, the holiday books, and the monster/shifter/alien romances as preferred.

Keep shared-world entries, boxed sets, and Robyn DeHart cross-listings separate from the main Kat Baxter order.

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