Clare Connelly Books in Order

Where to Start Reading Clare Connelly

With a prolific output spanning over 130 novels, finding the perfect entry point into Clare Connelly's world of high-stakes passion, protective alpha heroes, and glamorous locales can feel overwhelming. Fortunately, her work is highly structured, and most books can be read as standalones. If you want the quintessential Connelly experience, there are two primary places to begin:

• The Harlequin Presents Route: Start with Cinderella's Night in Venice (part of the Signed, Sealed, Seduced trilogy). It perfectly showcases her ability to blend classic fairy-tale tropes with modern sensuality and exotic settings.
• The Indie Series Route: Start with the Evermore series, beginning with The Sheikh's Baby Bargain or the fan-favorite third book, Claiming His Secret Baby. This series highlights her trademark secret-baby drama and high-intensity emotional angst.

The Evermore Series

The Evermore series is one of Connelly's most popular self-published collections. These stories focus heavily on billionaires, sudden pregnancies, and emotional redemption. While each romance is self-contained, they are best enjoyed in order of publication to see recurring characters:

1. The Sheikh's Baby Bargain (2018)
2. The Greek's Virgin Captive (2018)
3. Claiming His Secret Baby (2018)
4. Her Surprise Baby Christmas (2018)
5. The Sheikh's Inherited Bride (2019)
6. The Billionaire's Untouched Bride (2019)

The Montebellos

For readers who love sweeping family drama, forbidden romance, and summer flings, The Montebellos is a multi-generational saga set in luxurious locations. Unlike some of her other series, this one benefits greatly from being read in chronological order due to overlapping family dynamics:

1. Regret Me Not (2019)
2. Just This One Summer (2019)
3. Loving the Enemy (2020)
4. Nothing Lasts Forever (2020)
5. It Started With A Lie (2020)
6. Beautifully Broken (2020)
7. The Sheikh's Baby Surprise (2021)

Outrageous Sheikhs and Royal Sagas

Connelly frequently writes desert romances and royal intrigue. She has grouped these into several thematic series. While they can be read out of order, following the publication order preserves the geographic and political world-building of these fictional kingdoms.

Royals of Delani

A short, high-drama duology set in the fictional kingdom of Delani:

1. The Sheikh's Secret Baby (2016)
2. The Princess's Forbidden Lover (2016)

Clare Connelly Sheikhs

A collection of standalone desert romances filled with captive and hostage tropes:

1. The Sheikh's Virgin Hostage (2014)
2. One Night with The Sheikh (2014)
3. At the Sheikh's Command (2015)
4. Bartered to the Sheikh (2015)
5. Bound to the Sheikh (2016)
6. Stolen by the Desert King (2017)

The Sheikhs' Brides

Another thematic collection focusing on convenience marriages and dramatic betrayals:

1. The Sheikh's Contract Bride (2017)
2. The Sheikh's Stolen Bride (2017)
3. The Sheikh's Million Dollar Bride (2017)
4. The Sheikh's Unsuitable Bride (2021)

The Billionaires Club & Singapore Christmas Sagas

For readers looking for short, snappy contemporary romance collections, Clare Connelly has written several duologies and quartets centered on wealthy friend groups.

The Billionaires Club

A four-book series that follows a tight-knit club of wealthy men facing unexpected love deals:

1. The Debt (2019)
2. The Risk (2019)
3. The Proposition (2019)
4. The Deal (2019)

Billion-Dollar Singapore Christmas

A festive two-book holiday romance series set against the glamorous backdrop of Singapore:

1. An Heir Claimed by Christmas (2020)
2. No Strings Christmas: A Hot Holiday Romance (2020)

Understanding Multi-Author Collaborative Series

As a prominent Harlequin Presents author, Clare Connelly has contributed to several massive, multi-author continuity series. When looking at these lists, readers should know they do not need to read the entire series to understand Connelly's books, though the overarching plots do connect.

Secrets of the A-List

This 12-episode family mystery and romance saga was written collaboratively by multiple Harlequin authors. The books must be read in order to follow the overarching mystery of the Marshall family patriarch's coma. Clare Connelly wrote Episode 2 of this series.

Secret Heirs of Billionaires

Unlike Secrets of the A-List, this is a loose continuity series of standalone novels linked by the shared theme of secret children. Connelly has contributed multiple books to this collection (such as Shock Heir for the King and Cinderella's Scandalous Secret). You can read her contributions entirely as standalones without touching the books written by other authors.

Practical Reading Advice & Caveats

When diving into Clare Connelly's catalog, keep these tips in mind:

• Standalone Flexibility: Category romance is designed to be highly accessible. With the exception of serialized sagas like Secrets of the A-List, you can pick up almost any book that catches your eye and enjoy a complete story with a guaranteed happy ending.
• Indie vs. Traditional: Connelly publishes both independently (through self-publishing) and traditionally (through Harlequin Presents and Tule Publishing). Her indie books tend to feature slightly higher levels of steam and longer pages, while her Harlequin titles are tightly paced and high-drama.
• Holiday Releases: Connelly has a large collection of Christmas-themed romances (such as The Casacelli Family Saga). These are perfect seasonal reads but don't require any prior knowledge of her other books.