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Standalone Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Standalone books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Standalone series? Start with "Duchess in Disguise (As:Caroline Courtney)" (1979) and follow publication order through all 153 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Duchess in Disguise (As:Caroline Courtney)
1979
A Wager For Love (As:Caroline Courtney)
1979
Guardian of the Heart (As:Caroline Courtney)
1979
Love Unmasked (As:Caroline Courtney)
1979
Dangerous Engagement (As:Caroline Courtney)
1979
Love's Masquerade (As:Caroline Courtney)
1980
Love Triumphant (As:Caroline Courtney)
1980
Heart of Honor (As:Caroline Courtney)
1980
Libertine in Love (As:Caroline Courtney)
1980
The Fortunes of Love (As:Caroline Courtney)
1980
The Romantic Rivals (As: Caroline Courtney)
1980
The Ducetti Lair (As: Lydia Hitchcock)
1981
The Tempestuous Affair (As:Caroline Courtney)
1981
Love of My Life (As:Caroline Courtney)
1981
The Concorde Affair (As: Melinda Wright)
1981
A Lover's Victory (As:Caroline Courtney)
1981
Tiger Man / Craving Her Boss's Touch
1981
Marriage Without Love
1981
Abandoned for Love (As:Caroline Courtney)
1981
Destiny's Duchess (As:Caroline Courtney)
1981
Falcon's Prey
1981
The Masquerading Heart (As:Caroline Courtney)
1981
The Courier of Love (As:Caroline Courtney)
1982
Long Cold Winter / His Blackmail Marriage Bargain
1982
Blackmail
1982
The Caged Tiger
1982
The Daring Heart (As:Caroline Courtney)
1982
Love in Waiting (As:Caroline Courtney)
1982
Northern Sunset
1982
Island of the Dawn / The Greek's Runaway Bride
1982
An Unbroken Marriage
1982
Forbidden Love (As:Caroline Courtney)
1982
Bought with His Name
1982
Love at 30,000 Feet (As: Melinda Wright)
1982
Escape from Desire
1982
Daughter of Hassan
1982
The Flawed Marriage
1983
Phantom Marriage
1983
Desire's Captive
1983
The Geneva Touch (As: Lydia Hitchcock)
1983
Rescue Operation / The Tycoon's Forbidden Temptation
1983
A Sudden Engagement
1983
Passionate Protection
1983
Savage Atonement
1983
Flight into Ecstasy (As: Melinda Wright)
1983
Forgotten Passion
1983
Man-Hater
1983
Love's Choices
1984
Response / The Innocent Stefanides Bride
1984
Shadow Marriage
1984
The Inward Storm / Reclaimed by the Ruthless Tycoon
1984
Wanting / When the Magnate Meets His Match
1984
Darker Side of Desire
1984
Rules of the Game
1984
Campaign For Loving
1984
What You Made Me / Claiming His Shock Heir
1985
The Friendship Barrier
1985
The Only One
1985
The Six Month Marriage
1985
Taken Over
1985
Hearts or diamonds (As:Caroline Courtney)
1985
Time Fuse
1985
You Owe Me / The Tycoon She Shouldn't Crave
1985
Exorcism / Propositioned in Paradise
1985
Permission to Love
1985
Fire with Fire / Blackmailed by the Vengeful Tycoon
1985
Injured Innocent
1985
The Hard Man
1985
Prisoner of passion (As:Caroline Courtney)
1985
Dual enchantment (As:Caroline Courtney)
1985
Desire For Revenge
1985
Capable of Feeling / His Untouched Bride
1986
Desire Never Changes / The Convenient Lorimer Wife
1986
A Man Possessed / Return of the Forbidden Tycoon
1986
Research Into Marriage / The Garnett Marriage Pact
1986
Return Match / Second Chance with the Millionaire
1986
A Reason for Marriage
1986
Loving / Bride in Name Only
1986
Stronger Than Yearning
1986
Too Short a Blessing / Reawakened by His Touch
1987
Passionate Relationship / In Her Enemy's Bed
1987
A Savage Adoration / An Innocent's Surrender
1987
For One Night
1987
Substitute Lover / The Seduction Charade
1987
Levelling The Score
1987
Fight for Love / A Scandalous Inheritance
1987
An Expert Teacher / Hired by the Playboy
1987
Payment in Love
1988
Special Treatment / Seduced by the Powerful Boss
1988
Force Of Feeling / A Passionate Awakening
1988
Without Trust / A Scandalous Innocent
1988
Potential Danger / Her Shock Pregnancy Secret
1988
Lovers Touch
1988
To Love, Honor and Betray
1988
Beyond Compare
1989
Equal Opportunities / Bound Together by a Baby
1989
A Reason for Being
1989
So Close and No Closer
1989
Free Spirit / Forbidden Kisses with the Boss
1989
Silver
1989
A Rekindled Passion
1989
Valentine's Night
1989
Bitter Betrayal
1989
Time for Trust
1990
Unspoken Desire
1990
Breaking Away
1990
Rival Attractions
1990
Out of the Night
1990
A Kind of Madness
1990
Second Time Loving
1990
Game Of Love
1990
The Hidden Years
1990
Payment Due
1991
A Forbidden Loving
1991
A Time to Dream
1991
Dangerous Interloper / The Innocent's Secret Temptation
1991
Second-Best Husband
1991
A Cure for Love
1991
Stranger from the Past
1991
Past Passion
1991
Mistaken Adversary
1992
Lesson to Learn
1992
Lingering Shadows / Ruthless Passion
1992
Law of Attraction
1992
Passionate Possession
1992
A Matter of Trust
1992
Tug of Love
1992
For Better for Worse
1993
Yesterday's Echoes
1993
French Leave / Vacation with a Commanding Stranger
1994
Cruel Legacy
1994
Unwanted Wedding
1995
The Trusting Game
1995
Power Games
1995
Her Christmas Fantasy
1996
Mission: Make-Over
1997
Wanting His Child
1999
One Intimate Night
1999
The City Girl Bride
2001
Christmas Eve Wedding
2002
Now Or Never
2003
The Italian Duke's Wife
2006
The Christmas Bride
2006
The Boss's Marriage Arrangement
2008
Virgin for the Billionaire's Taking
2008
A Bride For His Majesty's Pleasure
2009
The Dutiful Wife
2010
A Stormy Spanish Summer
2011
Pride
2011
Passion and the Prince
2011
A Secret Disgrace
2012
Marco's Convenient Wife
2013
Her Passionate Awakening
2019
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