Tijan Books in Order (Updated 2026-02-14)

Tijan’s bibliography is easiest to navigate if you treat it like four separate shelves, not one long line. A lot of titles do talk to each other through cameos, shared families, and timeline nods, but you don’t need to read everything ever written to enjoy a single story.

Below is a shelf-first order guide with one original “what this book delivers” line for every title listed.

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The 30-second decision

If you want the biggest, most interconnected experience: start with Fallen Crest High (then stay in that lane).
If you want mafia romance: start with Carter Reed (or A Dirty Business for the New York mafia lane).
If you want a tight 3-book arc: start with Crew (but it lands better after Fallen Crest).
If you want a modern, trad-published trilogy: start with The Insiders.

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Shelf 1: Fallen Crest / Roussou Universe

This is the long-running “home base” with the most crossovers. The author’s own guidance is clear: new readers should begin with Fallen Crest High, not the prequel.

Core Fallen Crest run (read in order)

1. Fallen Crest High: A grieving teen is dropped into a private-school power struggle and finds protection in two brothers with a reputation.
2. Fallen Crest Family: The couple becomes official, and the fallout spreads as the town decides who gets to stay on top.
3. Fallen Crest Public: A new school means new enemies, and the same old loyalty tests turn sharper in public.
4. Fallen Fourth Down: Football, status, and rivalry collide as the circle tightens around the main trio.
5. Fallen Crest University: College expands the battleground, and growing up doesn’t make the threats smaller.
6. Logan Kade: The story shifts to Logan’s lens, showing what “the quieter brother” has been carrying all along.
7. Fallen Crest Home: Coming back to Fallen Crest pulls everyone into the kind of conflict you can’t outgrow.
8. Fallen Crest Forever: The core relationships are forced to define “forever” under pressure, not in peace.
9. Fallen Crest Nightmare: A darker turn that leans into fear, vulnerability, and the cost of being targeted.
10. Fallen Crest Campout: A “group dynamics” installment where old rivalries flare in close quarters.

Fallen Crest extras and optional additions (best after you know the main cast)

• Mason (prequel novella): A closer look at Mason’s wiring and history, designed to deepen his character after you’ve met him in book one.
• Fallen Crest Christmas (holiday novella): A seasonal pause that works like a breather between bigger conflicts.
• Fallen Crest Alternative Version (optional/alternate): A “what-if” style alternate path that’s best treated as supplemental, not required.

The late-timeline capstone

• Kade: A grown-up return that pulls the universe forward again, centered on an older perspective and the reality that Fallen Crest never stays calm.

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Shelf 2: Crew / Roussou Lane

This is set “after” Fallen Crest in timeline terms, but it functions as its own story engine. The cleanest experience is still: Fallen Crest first, then Crew.

1. Crew: A girl raised inside a criminal system tries to survive loyalty politics while deciding who she really is.
2. Crew Princess: Power shifts, protection gets complicated, and the cost of being “Crew” becomes personal.
3. Always Crew: The arc closes with hard choices about identity, devotion, and what freedom actually looks like.

Crew-world side books (read anytime after you’ve started Crew)

• Kess: A protective assignment turns intimate, and secrets inside the system stop being abstract.
• Rich Prick: A standalone-style romance that still benefits from knowing the wider world’s social gravity.

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Shelf 3: Mafia Corner

This shelf splits into two lanes: Carter Reed (its own duet) and Kings of New York (a numbered series). These lanes don’t require Fallen Crest.

Carter Reed (read in order)

1. Carter Reed: A woman runs from a brutal night and calls the one name tied to her past, and the mafia answers.
2. Carter Reed 2: The relationship deepens while the danger stops being a looming threat and becomes a daily reality.

Bennett Mafia (read in order)

1. Bennett Mafia: A mafia-adjacent romance built on leverage, loyalty, and a relationship that refuses to stay clean.
2. Jonah Bennett (novella): A shorter add-on that works like a character-focused “extra chapter” for the Bennett world.

Kings of New York (read in order)

1. A Dirty Business: A parole officer’s life collides with a mafia heir, and chemistry becomes a liability.
2. A Cruel Arrangement: A deal meant to control the mess turns into the mess, and nobody gets to stay detached.
3. A Captive Situation: The power imbalance tightens, forcing choices that can’t be undone quietly.
4. A Hateful Negotiation: A slow-burn pressure-cooker romance where negotiation is just another word for war.

Other mafia standalones (no required order)

• Cole: A mafia-flavored romance that leans into danger, loyalty, and a hero who operates like a weapon.
• Canary: A woman enters the mafia world to reach what she’s lost, and ends up owned by a man who plays for keeps.

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Shelf 4: New Adult / Contemporary Standalones

These are designed to work on their own. If you only want “one book to test the vibe,” pick from here.

• Hate to Love You: A fresh start plan collapses the moment the one person who triggers her defenses refuses to stay away.
• Ryan’s Bed: An accidental moment becomes a sanctuary, and the relationship grows in the quiet space between wounds.
• A Christmas Song (novella): A holiday-centered side story that branches from the Ryan’s Bed world through connected characters.
• The Boy I Grew Up With: A past connection resurfaces with adult consequences, forcing both leads to face what they avoided.
• Teardrop Shot: A sharp, funny, slow-burn sports romance built around forced proximity and escalating respect.
• Enemies: Lifelong resentment turns volatile when grief, history, and attraction collide at the worst possible time.
• Nate: A woman who needs a billionaire out of her life is forced back into his orbit when stakes get personal.

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Shelf 5: The Insiders Trilogy

This is a contained trilogy with a single overarching arc. Read straight through.

1. The Insiders: A woman is pulled into a powerful, secretive circle where desire and danger come bundled.
2. The Damaged: Survival becomes recovery, and the relationships are tested by what the enemy already knows.
3. The Revenge: The story pays off its long setup with consequences, retaliation, and final-line decisions.

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A practical “best order” if you want maximum payoff with minimal chaos

1. Fallen Crest High → Fallen Crest Forever (core foundation)
2. Crew → Always Crew (next-generation lane)
3. Carter Reed 1-2 (mafia duet)
4. The Insiders 1-3 (tight trilogy)
5. Add standalones whenever you want a palate cleanser