Liana De la Rosa Books in Order (Updated March 30, 2026)

Liana De la Rosa writes romance in two clear modes right now. Most of her catalog is historical romance, especially the Victorian-set Luna Sisters books and the earlier Once Upon a Scandal novels, while Mutual Discord marks a move into contemporary romance.

Because of that, the best reading order is not one giant chronology. It is better to read by series, then treat the contemporary novel as a separate branch.

Not every reader should start in the same place

1. Ana María and the Fox is the strongest first pick if you want the books Liana De la Rosa is now most associated with. It opens The Luna Sisters, her Victorian trilogy about three Mexican heiresses in London, and it is the clearest showcase of her current historical-romance style.
2. Readers who prefer an older indie-style historical romance line should begin with To Love a Scandalous Duke. That starts Once Upon a Scandal, a completed four-book series with a more traditional “one couple per book” structure.
3. A shorter route is The Captain’s Midwinter Bride. It opens The Daltons, which is a smaller historical branch and works well if you want to sample De la Rosa without committing to a longer family sequence.
4. For readers more interested in modern romance than historical settings, Mutual Discord is the obvious place to begin. It is described by the author and publisher as her contemporary romance step, and it sits outside the historical series order.

The shape of the catalog

The most useful way to read Liana De la Rosa is this:

1. Pick one historical series and read it in publication order.
2. Keep The Luna Sisters, Once Upon a Scandal, and The Daltons separate from one another unless you are simply reading the whole backlist.
3. Treat Mutual Discord as separate continuity.

That approach matches how the books are grouped on the author’s site and in publisher/catalog listings.

The Luna Sisters

Included

1. Ana María and the Fox (2023): A Mexican heiress in Victorian London falls for a British politician, opening the trilogy with the strongest blend of romance, family dynamics, and political stakes in De la Rosa’s current catalog.
2. Isabel and the Rogue (2024): Isabel takes a more covert role in helping Mexico’s cause, and her story shifts the trilogy toward espionage and a rogueish British hero without leaving the family arc behind.
3. Gabriela and His Grace (2025): The youngest Luna sister chases freedom and adventure, and the trilogy closes with the most openly rebellious heroine of the three.

This is the best series for most new readers because it is recent, easy to verify, and clearly framed as a complete trilogy.

Once Upon a Scandal

Included

1. To Love a Scandalous Duke (2017): Declan returns from exile to uncover his brother’s murder, but his investigation tangles him up with Lady Alethea Swinton and turns the opener into both a romance and a family-scandal mystery.
2. To Resist a Scandalous Rogue (2019): Finlay tries to build a political future while a family secret and his connection to Charlotte threaten the respectable path he thinks he needs.
3. To Tame a Scandalous Lady (2019): Lady Flora disguises herself as an assistant trainer at Amstead Gardens, giving this entry a more unusual stable-and-masquerade setup than the first two books.
4. To Tempt a Scandalous Lord (2021): The fourth book is commonly described as a marriage-of-convenience historical romance with politics and reform in the background, closing the series on another couple-focused arc.

These are safest in publication order, but the series is structured more as connected standalones than one continuous trilogy-style arc. That makes it a flexible second stop after The Luna Sisters. This reading recommendation is an inference from the series format and the individual-book listings.

The Daltons

Included

1. The Captain’s Midwinter Bride (2020): Captain Phillip Dalton comes home from years of naval service to a wife and family who barely know him, turning this novella into a marriage-in-trouble historical romance with a Christmas setting.
2. On a Midsummer Night (2022): Set after the novella and tied to the Dalton family, this book is generally described as a second-chance romance and works best after The Captain’s Midwinter Bride.

This is the shortest complete De la Rosa series path now visible in major catalog sources.

Separate shelf: contemporary romance

Mutual Discord (2026): A history-focused influencer falls for her best friend’s boyfriend in a forbidden friends-to-lovers setup, making this the clear break from De la Rosa’s historical-romance catalog.

This should not be woven into the historical reading order. It is better treated as a new lane.

The reading order I would actually recommend

For most readers, the smoothest path is:

1. Ana María and the Fox
2. Isabel and the Rogue
3. Gabriela and His Grace
4. The Captain’s Midwinter Bride
5. On a Midsummer Night
6. To Love a Scandalous Duke
7. To Resist a Scandalous Rogue
8. To Tame a Scandalous Lady
9. To Tempt a Scandalous Lord
10. Mutual Discord

Why this works: it starts with the most current and most visible historical series, then moves through the shorter historical branch, then the earlier four-book run, and finally the contemporary standalone. That is a recommendation for ease of entry, not an official author-mandated cross-series order.

Do you need a chronological order?

No. Publication order within each series is the useful order here. The books are organized by named series, and the main continuity question is which family or couple-group you are following, not an in-world timeline stretching across all of De la Rosa’s work.

What is newest right now?

As of March 31, 2026 in your timezone, the newest clearly listed Liana De la Rosa book is Mutual Discord, scheduled for August 18, 2026. The latest published historical novel in the main catalog is Gabriela and His Grace from 2025.

Final recommendation

If you only want one starting point, choose Ana María and the Fox. It is the cleanest doorway into Liana De la Rosa’s historical-romance style, and it leads into her strongest clearly defined trilogy. Readers who want an older series first can start with To Love a Scandalous Duke, while readers who only want contemporary romance should go straight to Mutual Discord.