Meghan Quinn writes contemporary romance and romantic comedies that often live in connected sets, friends, siblings, teammates, or a shared town. Inside a set, later books tend to wink at earlier couples, so order protects surprises.

If you only read one sentence: pick a set below, read it straight through, then switch to something else.
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Start with the vibe you want
- Sports rom-com with big publicity chaos: start with Just For the Cameras
- Small-town romance with bite and heart: start with The Way I Hate Him
- Hockey romances with a shared cast: start with Kiss and Don’t Tell
- Billionaire rom-coms with sibling energy: start with A Not So Meet Cute
- One-and-done laugh-out-loud: try any title in the Standalone Romantic Comedies section
Bay Area Players
(Three sports rom-coms; only book 1 is currently titled publicly.)
- Just For the Cameras: A controlled pro athlete and a sunny zookeeper get pushed into a PR setup that refuses to stay pretend.
Next books: additional installments are planned, but their titles/details aren’t consistently listed yet, so this guide won’t guess.
Kringletown Christmas
(Read in order for the best payoff on returning characters.)
- How My Neighbor Stole Christmas: A holiday feud turns personal when annoyance starts looking a lot like chemistry.
- Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal: A second holiday romance proves the town’s chaos is contagious, and so is falling in love.
Almond Bay
(A small-town trio; each book stands alone, but the community threads land better in sequence.)
- The Way I Hate Him: Two people who clash by default discover the problem might be proximity, not compatibility.
- The Reason I Married Him: A marriage that started for practical reasons grows complicated when feelings show up uninvited.
- The Path to Loving Him: A guarded heart learns that consistency can be romantic, and terrifying.
Bridesmaid Series
(A rom-com spin-off set in the Almond Bay orbit.)
- Bridesmaid for Hire: A professional “wedding helper” meets the one person determined to ruin her carefully managed system.
- Bridesmaid Undercover: A wedding job turns covert, forcing teamwork with someone who won’t stop pushing buttons.
- Bridesmaid by Chance: A surprise role drops a heroine into wedding chaos where the best plan is finally telling the truth.
The Vancouver Agitators
(Hockey romances with recurring teammates; read in order.)
- Kiss and Don’t Tell: A team’s golden boy collides with the one woman immune to his charm.
- Those Three Little Words: A life curveball forces two people to redefine what “ready” means.
- Right Man, Right Time: A connection that should be easy becomes the hardest thing to handle with dignity.
- He’s Not My Type: A “not a chance” attraction keeps proving itself stubbornly real.
- So This Is War: Rivalry turns personal when winning stops being the point.
Cane Brothers
(Billionaire rom-coms with sibling overlap; read in order.)
- A Not So Meet Cute: A fake setup spirals when two schemers discover they actually like the version they’re pretending to be.
- So Not Meant to Be: Two people determined to stay unattached keep acting like commitment is a dare.
- Untying the Knot: A marriage hits a breaking point, and the only way forward is finally saying the quiet parts out loud.
- A Long Time Coming: Lifelong closeness turns into the kind of longing that can’t stay “just friends” anymore.
Royal Romances
(Short set; read in order.)
- Royally Not Ready: A heroine on the edge of royal life discovers the hardest rules are the emotional ones.
- Royally in Trouble: Duty and desire collide when the public story doesn’t match what’s happening in private.
The Brentwood Boys
(Baseball romances that share a world; best read in order to avoid couple spoilers.)
- The Locker Room: A player’s world gets flipped when the one person he can’t charm insists on honesty.
- The Dugout: Forced proximity turns into emotional exposure neither side planned for.
- The Lineup: Attraction becomes inconvenient when professional boundaries start feeling optional.
- The Trade: A shake-up off the field forces two people to renegotiate what they want.
- The Change Up: A new dynamic rewrites an old assumption about who belongs together.
- The Setup: A planned arrangement turns into the one thing that feels unexpectedly safe.
- The Strike Out: A risk that looks reckless on paper becomes the most sincere choice.
- The Perfect Catch: A relationship clicks into place when pride stops blocking the obvious.
Port Snow Series
(Small-town romances; read in order for returning characters.)
- That Second Chance: A fresh start brings back the one person tied to the mistake she never stopped thinking about.
- That Forever Girl: A steady love story grows out of messy timing and stubborn hope.
- That Secret Crush: Years of quiet wanting finally gets a chance to be heard.
- That Swoony Feeling: A slow-burn connection turns inevitable once the truth is admitted.
Dating by Numbers
(Standalone-style premises with recurring energy; read in order.)
- Three Blind Dates: A dating experiment turns into a surprisingly honest look at what she actually wants.
- Two Wedding Crashers: A chaotic plan to crash weddings becomes a crash course in feelings.
- Back in the Game: A comeback attempt forces closeness with the one person who sees through the performance.
- One Baby Daddy: An unexpected fatherhood twist turns attraction into real-world responsibility.
Binghamton Series
(Connected romantic comedies; read in order.)
- Co-Wrecker: A relationship collision forces everyone to admit what they’ve been pretending not to want.
- My Best Friend’s Ex: Loyalty gets tested when chemistry shows up in the worst possible packaging.
- Tangled Twosome: A messy situation demands grown-up choices, while the heart behaves like a chaos agent.
- The Other Brother: The “wrong brother” problem becomes the “right person” solution.
Blue Line Duet
(Read in order.)
- The Upside of Falling: A guarded heroine and a determined hero stumble into a connection that refuses to stay casual.
- The Downside of Love: Love gets heavier when the future shows up with real consequences.
Perfect Duet
(Read in order; designed as a follow-up pair.)
- The Left Side of Perfect: A near-perfect love story cracks when reality demands sacrifice.
- The Right Side of Forever: Healing arrives slowly, built from choices made on hard days.
Stroked Series
(Read in order.)
- Stroked: A fast, steamy sports romance where pride is the biggest obstacle.
- Stroked Long: The relationship deepens when the surface-level heat stops being enough.
- Stroked Hard: Commitment gets real when both people finally stop running their own playbooks.
Jett Girl Series
(Read in order; romantic suspense-leaning intensity.)
- Bourbon Sins: Desire collides with danger when trust is the most expensive currency.
- Bourbon Deceit: Secrets multiply, and the wrong truth at the wrong time can ruin everything.
- Bourbon Kingdom: Power and protection blur until love becomes the only stable ground.
- Bourbon Truths: The past catches up, and the final cost is paid in honesty.
Love and Sports Series
(Read in order.)
- Fair Catch: A football romance where the real game is learning how to be vulnerable.
- Double Coverage: Attraction becomes complicated when everyone is watching and nobody feels safe.
- Three and Out: A final chance forces a choice between pride and the relationship that could actually last.
Hot-Lanta Series
(Read in order; her early baseball series.)
- Caught Looking: A high-heat romance where temptation shows up at exactly the wrong time.
- Playing the Field: A player’s confidence meets the one person who doesn’t buy the act.
- Warning Track: A looming mistake threatens the relationship before it’s even defined.
- Hit and Run: The consequences land, and love has to decide whether it’s durable.
Standalone Romantic Comedies
(These are safe to read anytime.)
- Newly Exposed: A too-public moment forces two people into uncomfortable honesty.
- The Mother Road: A road trip turns into a moving target of grudges, laughter, and attraction.
- The Modern Gentleman: A “how-to” approach to love fails the second feelings get involved.
- The Wedding Game: Competitive wedding chaos turns into competitive yearning.
- The Highland Fling: A trip meant to be fun becomes inconveniently meaningful.
- Runaway Groomsman: A wedding escape pairs two people who should not work, but do.
- Vacation Wars: A rivalry vacation turns romantic when neither side can stop escalating.
- Till Summer Do Us Part: A summery arrangement becomes a real relationship while both insist it’s temporary.
Short seasonal extra
(Optional; read anytime.)
- Resting Scrooge Face: A holiday romance where grumpiness is the first love language.
A no-stress reading plan
- Choose one: Vancouver Agitators (hockey) or Cane Brothers (billionaire rom-com).
- When you finish, switch to a different flavor: Almond Bay (small town) or Brentwood Boys (baseball).
- Sprinkle in standalones whenever you want a clean break.
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