Krista Ritchie Books in Order (Updated March 25, 2026)

Krista Ritchie’s catalog is co-written with Becca Ritchie, and the most important thing to know is that the Addicted / Calloway Sisters books are now treated by the authors as one complete Addicted series, while Like Us is its own full continuous timeline.

Outside those, several newer series are designed to be separate on-ramps.

The real decision: where do you enter?

There are four sensible starting points.

1. Start with Addicted to You if you want the core saga and the family history that everything is measured against. The official reading order still begins there.
2. Start with Kiss the Sky if you want the strongest alternate entry into that same world. The authors explicitly say it works as a jumping-off point even for readers who have not read anything prior.
3. Start with Damaged Like Us if you want the next-generation celebrity-and-bodyguard series. It can be read without the earlier novels, but it is a true series and works best from book 1.
4. Start with Dishonestly Yours if you want the newer, darker con-artist trilogy. The authors describe Webs We Weave as a true series that must be read in order.

1) Addicted series in the official reading order

This is the backbone. The authors’ current reading-order page folds the old Addicted and Calloway Sisters labels together into one ten-book sequence, and that is the safest way to read it now.

1. Addicted to You (2013): Lily and Loren begin the saga with childhood-friends-to-lovers intensity, addiction at the center, and the emotional foundation for the entire family world.
2. Ricochet (2013): The fallout continues with Lily and Lo still in crisis mode, making this more of a direct emotional continuation than a side step.
3. Addicted for Now (2013): Recovery, fame pressure, and family complications widen the scope, while still keeping Lily and Lo as the series anchor.
4. Kiss the Sky (2014): Rose and Connor take over the spotlight in a sharp rivals-to-lovers romance that also functions as the cleanest alternate entry into the Addicted world.
5. Hothouse Flower (2014): Daisy and Ryke shift the tone toward a more openly forbidden, emotionally fragile romance, expanding the family story without breaking the main arc.
6. Thrive (2014): This shorter installment returns to Lily and Lo and works best in slot, because it bridges emotional beats before the next major push.
7. Addicted After All (2014): Lily and Lo’s arc reaches its full-scale payoff, with the pressures of recovery, identity, and public life all hitting at once.
8. Fuel the Fire (2015): Rose and Connor move into a more adult, ambition-heavy phase, with control, career, and family legacy driving the romance forward.
9. Long Way Down (2015): Daisy and Ryke’s later book deepens the cost of their relationship and gives their branch of the saga its larger emotional resolution.
10. Some Kind of Perfect (2016): A finale novel for the whole core group, bringing the three couples together for the real closing movement of the original saga.

Best recommendation

Read all ten in that order. That is the authors’ own current recommendation, and it avoids the older confusion of splitting Addicted and Calloway into separate tracks.

2) Like Us series

This is not a loose spinoff. The authors call it a true series, one continuous timeline, with POVs changing across books, so publication order matters. They also note that Charming Like Us works especially well as a standalone taste of the world.

1. Damaged Like Us (2017): Maximoff and Farrow open the next generation with celebrity scrutiny, bodyguard tension, and the new family era taking shape.
2. Lovers Like Us (2017): Their relationship deepens under more pressure, making this a direct continuation rather than a casual second entry.
3. Alphas Like Us (2018): Maximoff and Farrow’s trilogy closes with bigger family stakes and a stronger sense of the larger ensemble.
4. Tangled Like Us (2019): Jane and Thatcher take over, shifting the tone toward a more complicated, guarded dynamic inside the same timeline.
5. Sinful Like Us (2019): Their relationship escalates while the overlapping family and media pressures become harder to ignore.
6. Headstrong Like Us (2019): The series returns to Maximoff and Farrow, so prior events matter and publication order really pays off here.
7. Charming Like Us (2020): Oscar and Jack get a complete romance in one book, and the authors specifically flag this as a strong sample point if you want the Like Us tone without committing to all thirteen books first.
8. Wild Like Us (2020): Akara, Sulli, and Banks begin a multi-book arc that pushes the series into one of its most discussed relationship structures.
9. Fearless Like Us (2021): That arc continues with the emotional and practical consequences becoming much more central.
10. Infamous Like Us (2021): The trilogy-level payoff arrives here, but only lands properly if the previous books were read in order.
11. Misfits Like Us (2022): Luna and Donnelly begin the final major run of the series, with a different emotional texture but the same shared timeline.
12. Unlucky Like Us (2023): Their story widens with more pressure from family history and public life.
13. Nobody Like Us (2024): The series finale closes the final central romance and the broader next-generation sequence.

3) Bad Reputation Duet

This one is much easier to place than it looks. The authors say it is a standalone duet, so you do not need any other books first. There is also a collected Bad Reputation edition, but for first-time readers they recommend starting with the two individual books.

1. Whatever It Takes (2020): Garrison and Willow begin with a bad-boy-next-door and shy-new-girl setup that leans into dark pasts and long emotional tension.
2. Wherever You Are (2020): Their romance continues directly, so this is a true second half rather than a companion novel.

Collector’s note: Bad Reputation is essentially a recomposed chronological reading experience with bonus material, not a new third story.

4) Circus Is Family / Aerial Ethereal universe

The naming here can trip readers up. Public catalogs often use Aerial Ethereal, while the official site now frames this lane as Circus Is Family and explains that the books are standalone romances set in the same Vegas-acrobat world. They can be read separately, though publication order is the cleanest path.

1. Amour Amour (2014): The first Vegas-acrobat romance opens the performance world and establishes the high-risk, physically demanding setting.
2. Infini (2017): A second standalone in the same universe, expanding the family-and-performance world rather than continuing one couple’s exact plot.
3. The Failed Audition (2021): A later entry in the same acrobat universe, keeping the circus-family energy but with a newer couple focus.
4. The Secret Ex-Boyfriend (2021): Another standalone in that sizzling Vegas-acrobat world, best read after the earlier books if you want the setting to feel fullest.

5) Webs We Weave

This is the newer dark contemporary trilogy about two families raised as con artists. The authors describe it as a true series, say readers should start with Dishonestly Yours, and confirm that Dangerously Ours is the final book.

1. Dishonestly Yours (2024): The trilogy opens in Victoria, Connecticut, with morally gray grifters, old bonds, and the first major twist of the series.
2. Destructively Mine (2025): The middle book deepens the shared-history tension and keeps the con-family ensemble central.
3. Dangerously Ours (2026): The concluding novel brings back the long, messy central history and closes the trilogy’s romance and found-family arc.

6) Cobalt Empire

This is the newest family series. The official site says it follows seven siblings in New York City, and the FAQ says there will be six novels. Unlike Addicted or Webs We Weave, these are interconnected standalones that do not have to be read in order, though the authors still recommend beginning with Burn Bright.

1. Burn Bright (2025): Ben Cobalt and Harriet Fisher launch the series with college romance, siblings everywhere, and a secret-heavy move to New York City.
2. Silver Sweet (2026): A MM rockstar romance centered on Tom’s story, expanding the family while keeping the same loyalty-and-chaos energy.
3. Loathed Love (2026): Public listings show this as book 3, but the official site currently gives less story detail than for the first two, so it is best treated as a confirmed upcoming third installment rather than a fully mapped read yet.

Recommended reading paths

The full core experience

1. Addicted to You
2. Continue through the ten-book official Addicted order
3. Damaged Like Us
4. Continue through Like Us in order

That path preserves the full family build, and it matches how the authors now separate the core saga from its next-generation continuation.

The shortest best entry

1. Kiss the Sky
2. Continue with the rest of Addicted if you want more

This works because the authors explicitly single it out as a valid jumping-off point.

The newer-reader path

1. Dishonestly Yours
2. Destructively Mine
3. Dangerously Ours
4. Burn Bright

That route gives you the modern Berkley/Bloom-era feel without starting in the older college-addiction saga.

Latest release status

As of March 25, 2026, the newest confirmed upcoming Krista-and-Becca Ritchie release is Dangerously Ours on May 12, 2026, followed by Silver Sweet on August 4, 2026 and Loathed Love on November 10, 2026. The authors’ FAQ also says Cobalt Empire is planned as a six-book series.

Bottom line

For most readers, the best Krista Ritchie reading order is still the official one: Addicted first, Like Us second. Read Webs We Weave in strict order, treat Bad Reputation as its own duet, and use Cobalt Empire as a newer family-series entry when you want something less continuity-heavy.