Layla Hagen Books in Order (Updated March 30, 2026)

Layla Hagen writes contemporary romance, usually built around families, siblings, or close friend circles.

Most of her books can be read as individual romances for the featured couple, but the series work best in order because later books reveal earlier pairings, shifting family dynamics, and the emotional progression of the wider cast.

Where to Start

The best place to begin is Your Irresistible Love (2016).

It opens The Bennett Family, which is the clearest introduction to Layla Hagen’s connected-romance style. If you start there, you get the strongest sense of how she structures family series, brings recurring characters back, and builds emotional continuity from one book to the next.

If You Like That, Read Next

If The Bennett Family works for you, the next best move is:

1. The Connor Family
2. Very Irresistible Bachelors
3. Gallaghers
4. The Maxwell Brothers
5. Whitley Brothers
6. Leblanc Brothers
7. Sterling Brothers

That path keeps you in the main lane of Hagen’s interconnected contemporary romances. Her earlier Lost books and standalones are better treated as separate branches rather than required setup for the later family-centered series.

The Full Publication Order

Lost

Included

1. Lost in Us (2014): A second-chance romance that begins Hagen’s earliest series and introduces a more emotional, turbulent style than the later family-focused books.
2. Found in Us (2014): The story continues the central relationship fallout and recovery, so it works best read directly after the first book.
3. Caught in Us (2015): The trilogy concludes by resolving the long-running emotional arc and closing the series’ central tensions.

Optional

4. Lost (2015): A short prequel-style entry often listed as 0.5, useful as extra context but not essential before the main trilogy.

Standalone

Separate continuity

Withering Hope (2015): A more isolated and intense romance with a survival angle, best read as its own standalone rather than part of the family-series flow.

The Bennett Family

Included

1. Your Irresistible Love (2016): Sebastian Bennett’s story opens the Bennett world and sets the pattern for Hagen’s later interconnected family romances.
2. Your Captivating Love (2016): The second Bennett book expands the sibling dynamic and shows why this series is better in order than at random.
3. Your Forever Love (2016): Another Bennett romance that strengthens the family structure and makes the shared cast feel more central.
4. Your Inescapable Love (2016): This entry deepens the connected-world effect, rewarding readers who already know the earlier relationships.
5. Your Tempting Love (2017): A couple-focused romance that becomes richer because the Bennett family is already fully established.
6. Your Alluring Love (2017): The series continues its warm family-driven rhythm, with returning siblings adding continuity around the main romance.
7. Your Fierce Love (2017): One of the later Bennett books, where reading in order matters more because prior couples are firmly woven into the story world.
8. Your One True Love (2017): This entry builds on everything established earlier and works best once the family history already feels familiar.
9. Your Endless Love (2018): By this point the series has strong cumulative payoff, blending a new romance with a fully developed family backdrop.
10. Your Christmas Love (2019): A holiday-focused Bennett story that lands best after the main sequence because it assumes you already know the family well.

The Connor Family

Included

1. Anything for You (2018): This starts the Connor series and introduces another family-centered run where each book follows a different romance.
2. Wild with You (2018): The second Connor book expands the recurring cast and strengthens the sense of a linked family world.
3. Meant for You (2018): A relationship-driven installment that fits the standalone-couple model but gains extra value from earlier family context.
4. Only With You (2019): The series continues building emotional continuity through sibling appearances and growing family familiarity.
5. Fighting for You (2019): A later Connor book that works better after the earlier romances because it reveals where previous couples have ended up.
6. Always With You (2019): The Connor series closes with the strongest payoff for readers who followed the full family arc in order.

Very Irresistible Bachelors

Included

1. You’re the One (2020): This opens a new connected-romance series with a fresh social circle and Hagen’s familiar one-couple-per-book structure.
2. Just One Kiss (2020): The second book grows the shared cast and starts building the group dynamic that gives the series its continuity.
3. One Perfect Touch (2020): A middle entry that works on its own as a romance but becomes stronger when read as part of the developing series.
4. One Beautiful Promise (2020): The social and emotional overlap between books becomes more visible here, so sequence matters more.
5. My One and Only (2021): The series wraps up with the fullest payoff for readers who already know the whole group.

Gallaghers

Included

1. Say You’re Mine (2021): A short-family-series opener that quickly establishes the Gallagher dynamic and its close interconnected feel.
2. When You’re Mine (2021): The second book continues the family setup while keeping the central romance accessible and self-contained.
3. Because You’re Mine (2021): The trilogy ends with the strongest emotional effect for readers who stayed with the Gallaghers from the start.

The Maxwell Brothers

Included

1. Promise Me Forever (2021): This begins the Maxwell series and introduces another family-led romance sequence built around recurring brothers.
2. Hold Me Forever (2022): The second Maxwell book adds depth to the shared family world and makes the series feel more interconnected.
3. Show Me Forever (2022): A middle-series entry where the returning cast begins to matter almost as much as the featured couple.
4. Kiss Me Forever (2022): The Maxwell family continuity keeps deepening, rewarding readers who read straight through.
5. Love Me Forever (2022): Another brother’s romance that gains emotional weight because the wider family history is already in place.
6. Give Me Forever (2023): A later-series installment with more callbacks, more relationship crossover, and more spoilers for earlier books.
7. Tempt Me Forever (2023): The series is now firmly cumulative, making publication order the safest reading choice.
8. Cherish Me Forever (2023): The Maxwell run closes with the biggest family payoff, especially for readers who followed every brother in order.

Whitley Brothers

Included

1. Matchmaking the CEO (2022): The Whitley series begins with a family-business romance setup that becomes one of Hagen’s longest connected runs.
2. Kissing the CEO (2023): The second book develops both the central romance and the broader sibling dynamic introduced in the opener.
3. Matchmaking the Rival (2023): This widens the social and emotional web, making the series feel more continuous from book to book.
4. Falling for the CEO (2023): A later Whitley romance that works better once the brothers and their existing relationships are already familiar.
5. Flirting With the CEO (2023): The recurring-cast appeal becomes more important here, so this is not the best point for a first read.
6. Enchanting the CEO (2024): The family and business threads keep building, with more payoff for readers following the series in sequence.
7. Taming the CEO (2024): This entry leans even more on established sibling and relationship history.
8. Loving the CEO (2024): By this point the Whitley books function best as one continuous family reading experience.
9. Forever With the CEO (2025): The series closes with the fullest emotional reward for readers who read the entire Whitley sequence in order.

Leblanc Brothers

Included

1. The Flirt (2024): This opens the Leblanc series with another classic Hagen setup: one couple in focus, backed by a larger family structure.
2. The Charmer (2024): The second book builds the shared world and strengthens the sibling continuity around the new romance.
3. The Grump (2024): A personality-driven entry that works alone but reads better with the earlier Leblanc background already in place.
4. The Match (2025): The series continues to expand through recurring brothers and growing family crossover.
5. The Rebel (2025): A later Leblanc book that depends more heavily on the reader already knowing the family dynamic.
6. The Single Dad (2026): One of the newest Leblanc books, continuing the series’ interconnected-romance style and family progression.

Sterling Brothers

Included

1. Stolen Kisses (2025): The Sterling series begins with a fresh family setup and starts the newest major branch of Hagen’s catalog.
2. Forbidden Kisses (2025): The second book builds on the first with stronger continuity and more visible emotional crossover.
3. Secret Kisses (2025): The family world grows more established, making publication order the safest reading approach.
4. Midnight Kisses (2026): A newer Sterling installment that assumes some familiarity with the earlier couples and sibling dynamics.
5. Reckless Kisses (2026): A forthcoming Sterling entry listed after Midnight Kisses, positioned as the next step in the series.

Another Standalone to Read Separately

Separate continuity

Breaking His Rules (2026): A separately listed contemporary romance that is best treated as standalone unless future books connect it more clearly to an existing series.

Do You Need to Read Them Chronologically?

Not really.

For Layla Hagen, publication order is the best order because the main concern is not timeline complexity. It is continuity through siblings, recurring appearances, and the way later books quietly reveal the outcomes of earlier romances.

A strict chronological order does not add much here. In most cases, it is more useful to preserve introductions and relationship reveals by staying with the release order inside each series.

A Good Reading Path for Most Readers

If you want the smoothest experience, read her books like this:

1. Start with The Bennett Family
2. Move to The Connor Family
3. Continue with Very Irresistible Bachelors
4. Read Gallaghers
5. Then The Maxwell Brothers
6. Then Whitley Brothers
7. Then Leblanc Brothers
8. Then Sterling Brothers
9. Read Withering Hope, Breaking His Rules, and Lost separately

This path keeps you in the strongest version of Hagen’s family-and-friend-group romance style.

Prefer to Begin Earlier?

If you want to see the full development of her work from the beginning, start here instead:

1. Lost in Us
2. Continue the Lost series
3. Read Withering Hope
4. Then begin The Bennett Family
5. Continue forward by series publication order

That approach is perfectly valid, but for most readers it is not the most representative starting point.

Which Series Should You Try First?

That depends on what you want most:

For the classic Layla Hagen experience

Start with The Bennett Family

For a shorter early series

Start with Lost

For a standalone first

Start with Withering Hope

For the newest family run

Start with Stolen Kisses

Latest Release Status

As of March 30, 2026, Midnight Kisses (2026) is among the newest released entries in the catalog, and Reckless Kisses (2026) is listed as the next Sterling Brothers title. Breaking His Rules (2026) is also listed separately from the main family series.

Final Recommendation

If you only read one Layla Hagen book to test her style, make it Your Irresistible Love. If that works for you, continue through The Bennett Family in order and then move forward series by series.