Cassia Leo Books in Order

Where to Start: Your Best Entry Points

Cassia Leo is a master of high-angst contemporary romance, rock star journeys, dark romantic suspense, and even lighthearted office rom-coms. With over forty novels in her catalog, deciding where to start can be daunting. We recommend two distinct starting points depending on your mood:

• For Emotional Rockstar Drama: Start with the Shattered Hearts series. Beginning with the prequel novella Forever Ours provides the foundation for her most famous rock star romance, following guitarist Chris Knight and Claire.
• For a Lighter, Steamy Rom-Com: Start with the Beastly Bosses series, beginning with Raise Your Game. This office romance is packed with banter, a fake-marriage plot, and a much lighter tone than her suspenseful or high-drama series.

The Shattered Hearts Series

This is Cassia Leo's signature rock star romance series. It features a deep foster-sibling bond, music industry struggles, second chances, and intense emotional hurdles. While the books were published starting in 2013, the author and fans highly recommend a chronological reading order rather than publication order to experience the timeline as it naturally unfolds.

Chronological Reading Order

1. Forever Ours (2014) - Prequel Novella
2. Relentless (2013) - Book 1
3. Pieces of You (2013) - Book 2
4. Bring Me Home (2013) - Book 3
5. Abandon (2014) - Book 4
6. Chasing Abby (2014) - Book 5
7. Ripped (2015) - Book 6

Reading Advice: While Forever Ours was published after Relentless, reading it first is vital. It establishes the childhood and teenage foster-sibling connection between Claire and Chris, giving the dramatic events of the main trilogy significantly more weight and emotional resonance.

The Power Players & Knox Series

The Power Players series features wealthy, commanding alpha heroes in interconnected standalone romances. However, the reading order is complicated by how the character Knox was introduced. His story was originally published as a serialized trilogy (Knox: Volumes 1-3) before being compiled as a single entry in the main series.

Publication & Reading Order

1. Luke (2013)
2. Knox (2014) - Can be read as the single novel Knox or via the serialized parts Knox: Volume 1, Knox: Volume 2, and Knox: Volume 3.
3. Cash (2018)
4. Chase (2019)
5. King (2019)

The Story of Us Series

This is a deeply emotional, forbidden second-chance romance following the tumultuous journey of Aurora "Rory" Charles and Houston Cavanaugh. Aurora has been in love with Houston, her best friend's older brother, since childhood. This series must be read in strict order as it tells one continuous story across the main trilogy, concluded by a companion epilogue novella set in Portland.

Reading Order

1. The Way We Fall (2015)
2. The Way We Break (2015)
3. The Way We Rise (2015)
4. To Portland, With Love (2016) - Epilogue Novella (Book 3.5)

The Evergreen Series

For readers who enjoy raw emotion, grief, healing, and deep secrets, the Evergreen series is a powerful contemporary romance saga. The core story follows a highly emotional path across three main volumes, followed by a fourth installment.

Reading Order

1. Dirt (2017)
2. Seed (2018)
3. Bloom (2018)
4. Shoot for the Heart (2020)

The Beastly Bosses Series

If you prefer witty banter, fake relationships, and workplace tension, this series offers a lighter approach to contemporary romance. Unlike her high-angst emotional dramas, these can be read easily as standalones, though they are best enjoyed in order of release.

Reading Order

1. Raise Your Game (2018)
2. Raise the Heat (2021)
3. Raise the Stakes (2024)

Unmasked (Dark Romantic Suspense)

The Unmasked series is a dark, gripping romantic suspense story that follows a protagonist named Alex who witnesses a murder. It was published as a three-part serial and should be read sequentially. Many modern editions collect these three volumes together into a single omnibus.

Reading Order

1. Unmasked: Volume One (2014)
2. Unmasked: Volume Two (2014)
3. Unmasked: Volume Three (2014)

Collaborative Projects and Standalone Novels

In addition to her primary universes, Cassia Leo has written several standalone contemporary romances and contributed to multi-author collaborative projects.

Cards of Love Collaboration

The Cards of Love project is a collaborative series where multiple romance authors wrote standalone novels inspired by Tarot cards. While the collection lists many titles, Cassia Leo's sole contribution to this project is the novel Temperance (2018). Other titles in the project, such as The Moon (by Sierra Simone) or The Hanged Man (by Clarissa Wild), were written by other authors.

Standalone Novels

These books do not require any prior reading and can be enjoyed at any time:

• Black Box (2014)
• Her Guardian (2017)
• The Heiress (2017)
• Break (2018) - A rock star romance featuring musician Ben Hayes.
• Amber Sky (2019)