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Helen Hardt Books in Order

Helen Hardt books in order, with series lists, quick summaries, reading-order help, and where to start across her romance, suspense, and paranormal reads.

Last updated: January 16, 2026

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Hearts

by Helen Hardt

2026

With the truth finally within reach, the cost of love becomes brutal. The club’s secrets threaten everyone connected to it, and walking away isn’t an option. In the finale, hearts get broken, and the danger goes all in.

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Captivating Curse

by Helen Hardt

2026

A captivating stranger offers protection, but also pulls her deeper into a web of lies. As danger closes in, romance becomes a risk and a refuge. The only way out is to expose the truth, no matter who it destroys.

Victorious Vice

by Helen Hardt

2025

The fight for justice, and survival, reaches its breaking point as the characters choose sides for good. Love and vengeance collide in a final push to end the violence. Victory comes with a cost no one expected.

Spades

by Helen Hardt

2025

Curiosity pulls her into Aces Underground, an exclusive club where secrets and desire are currency. The man who runs the place is impossible to resist, and impossible to trust. One night turns into a dangerous game.

Seducing You

by Helen Hardt

2025

A new pairing turns the competition into a seduction battle, with high stakes and higher heat. Trust is hard when everyone is hiding something, and the mystery keeps tightening. One wrong move could end more than the romance.

Princess Redeemed

by Helen Hardt

2025

Hannah and Victor face the fallout of the investigation and the forces that want them apart. With vampire and werewolf worlds on edge, love becomes a liability. Redemption won’t come easy, and the next truth could start a war.

Primal Instinct

by Helen Hardt

2025

When primal instincts take over, a guarded heroine and a dangerous man have to decide what rules they’re willing to break. The attraction is immediate, but the threat around them is real. Trust might be the most reckless move.

I Am Salvation

by Helen Hardt

2025

Danger closes in and the line between saving someone and owning them blurs. Love becomes a form of salvation, but it demands sacrifice. In a world built on control, trust is the rarest currency.

Healed Heart

by Helen Hardt

2025

Angie Simpson falls for her anatomy lab professor, Dr. Jason Lansing, and their chemistry is off the charts. When Jason is accused of a violent crime and new details about his wife’s death surface, Angie questions everything. Love and suspicion collide as they search for the truth.

Enticing You

by Helen Hardt

2025

Four billionaire friends escape to a tropical island to search for love, and eight women arrive with secrets of their own. The competition is hot, but something darker is simmering underneath. Romance and mystery collide from the start.

Diamonds

by Helen Hardt

2025

Alissa Maravilla thought she could handle Maddox Hathaway’s world, until she sees what’s hiding beneath Aces Underground. Their passion is electric, but people are begging for help and bodies are piling up. Digging for the truth could get her killed.

Cryptic Curse

by Helen Hardt

2025

A cryptic threat drags two people into a mystery that feels personal, and dangerous. Every clue points back to the sins of powerful families. Solving it might break what’s hanging over their lives, or make it permanent.

Clubs

by Helen Hardt

2025

The deeper they go, the more the club feels like a trap. A new player arrives with a charming smile and a knife-edge agenda. Desire stays hot, but survival means exposing what Aces Underground really is.

Claiming You

by Helen Hardt

2025

As the final couples form, the island becomes a pressure cooker of jealousy, secrets, and danger. A billionaire who’s done playing games decides to claim the woman he wants, but the truth about their pasts could destroy them both.

Chaotic Curse

by Helen Hardt

2025

Chaos erupts when hidden enemies decide it’s time to collect. A couple trying to build a future is forced into a desperate hunt for answers. The curse isn’t magic, it’s consequences, and it’s coming fast.

Captivating You

by Helen Hardt

2025

The island game heats up as connections deepen and rivalries sharpen. One billionaire finds himself captivated by the last woman he expected, and the attraction threatens the rules. Meanwhile, the secrets on the island keep stacking up.

Broken Dream

by Helen Hardt

2025

A shattered dream forces two people to confront what they lost, and what they still want. Their connection is intense, but the mystery around them keeps tightening. Healing requires honesty, and someone is determined to keep the truth hidden.

Always

by Helen Hardt

2025

The conclusion to a high-heat romantic suspense where the past won’t stay buried. Trust is tested, danger escalates, and love has to prove it can last. Sometimes always is a promise you fight for.

Volatile Vice

by Helen Hardt

2024

The Bellamy and Gallo worlds turn volatile as old grudges ignite and a new couple gets caught in the blast radius. Attraction is easy, staying alive is not. Trusting the wrong person could end everything.

Vengeful Vice

by Helen Hardt

2024

Raven Bellamy survived cancer and wants to live on her own terms, until Vincent Gallo, Jr. returns with a plan to destroy his mafia family from within. Their attraction is fierce, but so is the danger. Love and vengeance collide fast.

The Perils of Patricia

by Helen Hardt

2024

Patricia is determined to be proper, until a tempting man and a string of mishaps pull her into scandal. The more she tries to fix everything, the worse it gets, and the hotter it becomes. A witty, sexy historical romp.

Seductive Sin

by Helen Hardt

2024

Savannah is trapped inside a rival crime family’s mansion and has to outthink her captor. Falcon refuses to let her go and teams up with a skilled friend to get her back. Rescuing her means facing betrayals that could destroy them both.

My Heart Still Beats

by Helen Hardt

2024

A dark, emotionally heavy romance where love is tangled with trauma and survival. When two damaged people collide, the relationship is messy, raw, and intense. This story includes sensitive content and on-page violence, so it’s best approached with care.

I Am Sin

by Helen Hardt

2024

A dark, high-stakes romance where survival means making impossible choices. A woman is pulled into a brutal world ruled by power and secrets, and the man called Sin might be her greatest threat, or her only way out.

Harmony

by Helen Hardt

2024

Bree and Jesse are chasing harmony while his band teeters on the edge and she keeps taking hits meant for others. Their highs are intoxicating, their lows brutal. Love has to survive fame, pressure, and the Steel family’s complicated world.

Encore

by Helen Hardt

2024

After a near tragedy, Brianna Steel and Jesse Pike realize they’re meant to be together. The event also shakes David Simpson and Madeline Pike in unexpected ways. On tour and far from home, both couples have to decide what they really want.

Blossom

by Helen Hardt

2024

Two people who have been burned learn what it takes to blossom into something steady. Secrets still have teeth, and trust doesn’t come free. Love is the reward, if they can survive the truth.

Sweet Sin

by Helen Hardt

2023

Falcon and Savannah fall deeper while threats from her past close in. He’d sacrifice anything to keep her safe, even his freedom. Love is sweet, but everything around them is poisoned by secrets.

Savage Sin

by Helen Hardt

2023

Falcon Bellamy spent years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, and freedom doesn’t feel simple. His parole officer, Savannah Gallo, is off-limits, but their chemistry is explosive. Secrets collide, and danger follows them into bed.

Phoenix

by Helen Hardt

2023

A man known as Phoenix takes a protection job that turns personal fast. The woman he’s guarding is fierce, wounded, and in real danger. As they dig into what happened on the island, feelings become the next risk.

Opal

by Helen Hardt

2023

Kelly has survived years of captivity and isn’t interested in being handled. Ex-Navy SEAL Leif Ramsey, known as Phoenix, is hired as her security and expects an easy job. Sparks fly as they confront trauma, anger, and a threat that won’t go away.

Melody

by Helen Hardt

2023

Music threads through a new Steel-era romance as two people try to build something steady in a chaotic life. Attraction is the easy part, staying in tune is harder. Old wounds and new pressure make every choice count.

Fortune

by Helen Hardt

2023

A twist of fortune changes everything for two people who thought they knew the rules. As family pressure and lingering secrets rise, their relationship becomes the one steady thing. Unless the past steals it first.

Destiny

by Helen Hardt

2023

Destiny is what it feels like when you meet someone who fits, even when the timing is awful. In the Steel world, love comes with baggage and danger. This chapter blends romance with the slow drip of unanswered questions.

Chance

by Helen Hardt

2023

The next generation steps forward as a new couple takes a chance on love while the Steel family’s past still echoes. Mystery and danger remain close, but the heart of the story is learning to trust again. One choice changes everything.

Broken

by Helen Hardt

2023

The final piece of a billionaire family’s story, where past betrayals come due and love gets tested under pressure. Two people who have been broken in different ways have to decide if they can build something honest, together.

Blush

by Helen Hardt

2023

A woman steps into the Black Rose world looking for a reset, and finds a man who offers temptation, and trouble. Their attraction is immediate, but both are carrying secrets. One wrong choice could blow up everything they’re building.

Bloom

by Helen Hardt

2023

She thought she was finally blooming into the life she wanted, until a man appears with answers she didn’t ask for. Their attraction is complicated, and so is the danger around them. Starting over means facing what happened.

Amethyst

by Helen Hardt

2023

A short, emotional story of a survivor coming home and learning how to live in her own skin again. It’s about recovery, found family, and the first fragile steps toward love after captivity. Quietly intense and hopeful.

Under

by Helen Hardt

2022

The second chapter of a dark romance where control, fear, and desire all tangle together. As threats rise, the couple is forced to go deeper into the shadows to protect each other. Trust becomes the only currency that matters.

Smolder

by Helen Hardt

2022

A smoldering connection becomes impossible to ignore, even as new clues threaten the fragile peace around the Steels. Someone wants the truth buried. The closer they get, the hotter, and more dangerous, it becomes.

Scorch

by Helen Hardt

2022

When the pressure around the Steel family hits a breaking point, love doesn’t get to be simple. A new relationship is scorched by suspicion, danger, and long-buried secrets. The only way out is through, and it hurts.

Scarred

by Helen Hardt

2022

A billionaire heir is scarred by the past and determined to stay in control. The woman who challenges him sees through his defenses and demands the truth. Their romance is hot, messy, and tied to secrets money can’t fix.

Raven

by Helen Hardt

2022

Known as Raven during her captivity, she’s learning how to live again, and how to trust anyone. A man with his own scars offers safety, but the past isn’t finished hunting her. Love feels like a risk worth taking.

Princess Fallen

by Helen Hardt

2022

Half-human Hannah Bates is ordered by her vampire king father to seduce alpha werewolf Victor Rogan, a murder suspect. What starts as duty turns into a dangerous pull neither can ignore. With supernatural politics and murder in play, betrayal could cost her everything.

Garnet

by Helen Hardt

2022

A survivor trying to start over meets a man who is protective, patient, and not afraid of her sharp edges. As they rebuild, new threats and old memories press in. Their relationship becomes a lifeline, and a target.

Flawed

by Helen Hardt

2022

A billionaire heir who believes he’s too flawed for love meets the one person willing to fight for him, and for herself. Their chemistry is intense, but the stakes go beyond romance. Healing means facing what broke them.

Flare

by Helen Hardt

2022

Rory Pike never planned to fall for Brock Steel, a notorious womanizer with a complicated family. She wants stability, he lives for the moment, and both are hiding problems. When their pasts collide, the Steel mysteries deepen.

Cooking with Hardt & Soul

by Helen Hardt

2022

A warm, practical collection that brings comfort-food energy to the page. Expect approachable recipes and an easygoing, home-kitchen vibe. It’s built for cooks who want hearty results without a lot of fuss.

Buck

by Helen Hardt

2022

She wants to disappear, he’s running from his own history, and a remote island town looks like a fresh start. But danger follows them in, and their growing bond is tested by fear. Sometimes safety is something you build together.

Blaze

by Helen Hardt

2022

A blaze of attraction flares between two people with strong reasons to keep their distance. The Steel family’s long shadow turns every mistake into a risk. When secrets resurface, they have to decide what they’re willing to burn for love.

Spark

by Helen Hardt

2021

A spark ignites when two people who’ve been through hell find each other at the right moment. Their chemistry is instant, but danger still shadows the Steel name. Trust is the first step toward something real.

Reckoning

by Helen Hardt

2021

The Wolfe siblings reach a reckoning as the secrets around their father’s death finally surface. Love and loyalty are tested under pressure, and the danger gets personal. Someone has to pay for what happened, and no one is innocent.

Rake

by Helen Hardt

2021

A charming rake with money and swagger meets the one person who sees right through him. While the Wolfe family’s mystery tightens, he’s forced to choose between the life he built and the truth he’s been dodging.

Moonstone

by Helen Hardt

2021

Once held captive on a tropical island under the name Moonstone, Katelyn is finally free and trying to rebuild. Luke Johnson is keeping his own secrets and needs to stay invisible. Their connection offers hope, but danger hasn’t disappeared.

Freed

by Helen Hardt

2021

Freedom is supposed to feel good, but the Steels learn it can also be terrifying. As a new couple fights for a future, the past keeps reaching in to drag them back. Solving the mystery might be the only way to be truly freed.

Follow Me Under

by Helen Hardt

2021

Skye and Braden dive deeper into a world of secrets, manipulation, and obsession. As the stakes rise, someone is watching and pulling strings. Staying together means facing the darkness head-on, and risking everything.

Follow Me Always

by Helen Hardt

2021

Skye and Braden fight for a future while the threats closing in refuse to let go. Trust is fragile, and the past keeps returning with teeth. This final chapter asks whether love can survive what they’ve learned.

Flame

by Helen Hardt

2021

A slow burn turns into a full flame as the Steel world pulls another couple into its orbit. They want a clean start, but family secrets refuse to stay quiet. Passion is easy, safety is not.

Escape: Billionaire Island

by Helen Hardt

2021

Artist Emily Moreno is running from a controlling lover when her ex-Navy SEAL brother takes her to an art colony on a private tropical island owned by the Wolfe family. A new man offers safety and temptation, but her past isn’t done chasing her.

Darkly

by Helen Hardt

2021

A dark romantic suspense about a young assistant pulled into the glamorous, dangerous world of social media fame, and the billionaire who wants her. Obsession and secrets turn every choice into a risk.

Cherished

by Helen Hardt

2021

In the aftermath of old crimes, the Steel family tries to claim happiness, but new threats still surface. A cherished relationship is tested by secrets and fear. Love feels steady, until someone decides to break it.

Runaway

by Helen Hardt

2020

A woman on the run finds refuge in the Wolfe orbit, but nothing about this family is safe. As the mystery tightens, attraction turns into something harder to walk away from. Staying might be the most dangerous choice.

Recluse

by Helen Hardt

2020

A Wolfe sibling who prefers to stay hidden is forced into the spotlight when the murder investigation heats up. A woman with her own reasons to distrust the family gets pulled close. Their connection is intense, and so is the threat.

Rebel

by Helen Hardt

2020

When Rock Wolfe returns to New York for his billionaire father’s will, he expects trouble, not a scorching attraction to estate attorney Lacey Ward. With his father’s murder hanging over them, secrets and danger stalk every move they make.

Legacy

by Helen Hardt

2020

A legacy of lies and buried crimes threatens to poison the Steel family’s future. While passions deepen, someone is determined to keep the truth hidden. The Steels fight for love and justice, even when the cost is personal.

Insatiable

by Helen Hardt

2020

The Steel saga turns even darker as new secrets surface and old wounds refuse to heal. Love is insatiable, but so is the pull of revenge. The family has to choose between moving on and burning it all down.

Follow Me Darkly

by Helen Hardt

2020

Skye Manning leaves her Kansas farm for Boston and lands a job with influencer Addison Ames. She didn’t plan on falling for billionaire Braden Black, or stepping into his dark world. Fame, obsession, and danger follow them both.

Fate

by Helen Hardt

2020

The past isn’t done with the Steels, and what looks like fate keeps dragging them back into danger. As the mystery widens, a new relationship sparks under pressure. Answers feel close, and so does heartbreak.

Descent

by Helen Hardt

2020

A new clue pulls the Steel family into a descent they can’t control, and the danger becomes physical. Romance and suspense collide as someone close to them faces a terrifying choice. The deeper they dig, the less safe they are.

Awakened

by Helen Hardt

2020

After everything the Steels have survived, a shocking revelation awakens new questions about who can be trusted. A fresh love story blooms in the middle of the chaos. The family races to stay ahead of enemies who know too much.

Attraction

by Helen Hardt

2020

Attraction pulls two wary people together in the middle of a situation neither can control. Their chemistry is instant, but so are the complications. When secrets surface, they have to decide whether to run, or fight for each other.

Unmasked

by Helen Hardt

2019

A deadly secret comes to light, and the vampire world stops pretending Erin is just collateral. Dante is willing to burn everything down to protect her. Erin has to decide who she really is in a world built on masks.

Undefeated

by Helen Hardt

2019

The fight around Erin and Dante turns into an all-out war for control. Alliances shift, betrayals sting, and survival requires sacrifice. Their bond is tested in every possible way, but giving up isn’t an option.

Reunited

by Helen Hardt

2019

A former couple is pushed back into each other’s lives by family and unfinished business. Old hurts flare, but so does the chemistry that never really died. Rebuilding trust is harder than falling in love the first time.

Ravenous

by Helen Hardt

2019

The Steels chase the truth as their circle expands and the stakes climb. Desire is ravenous, but so is the need for justice. Every clue brings them closer to answers, and to the next threat waiting in the dark.

Cougar Chronicles

by Helen Hardt

2019

A spicy collection that brings together the playful age-gap romances of the Cougar Chronicles. Older heroines, younger heroes, and chemistry that refuses to behave. Perfect for a quick, fun binge.

Breathless

by Helen Hardt

2019

With old enemies still lurking, the Steel family can’t quite relax. A new twist in the long-running mystery puts someone they love in danger. Passion doesn’t leave much room for fear, and the saga keeps racing forward.

Blood Bond: 15

by Helen Hardt

2019

The saga barrels toward its climax as alliances snap and final choices are made. Love, loyalty, and survival all collide at once. If there’s a future on the other side, it has to be fought for.

Blood Bond: 14

by Helen Hardt

2019

Enemies close in from multiple sides, and the line between justice and revenge blurs. The characters are forced to face what they’ve become. The bond remains the anchor in a world built to break them.

Blood Bond: 13

by Helen Hardt

2019

Old wounds reopen as the past collides with the present. The bond holds, but everything else is falling apart. The only way forward is through betrayal, truth, and a dangerous kind of hope.

Blood Bond: 12

by Helen Hardt

2019

With the endgame in sight, every decision becomes irreversible. Love is tested by duty, power, and the pull of blood. This volume delivers big confrontations without letting go of the romance.

Blood Bond: 11

by Helen Hardt

2019

A fragile peace cracks when an unexpected player makes a move. The bond that once felt like salvation starts to look like a target. To protect what they have, they have to strike first.

Blood Bond: 10

by Helen Hardt

2019

The conflict escalates and the vampire court is forced to reveal its true priorities. The characters have to decide who they’re willing to betray, and who they will fight for. Passion and peril walk hand in hand.

Blood Bond: 9

by Helen Hardt

2019

A dangerous secret is unearthed, turning allies into suspects. The bond at the center of the saga is the only constant in a shifting war. The closer they get to answers, the more the stakes feel final.

Blood Bond: 8

by Helen Hardt

2019

Past sins come due, and the fight turns brutal. Love is still the one thing that keeps them grounded, even when nothing about their world is. This installment pushes the Blood Bond story into darker territory.

Blood Bond: 7

by Helen Hardt

2019

A new wave of threats targets the bonded pair and everyone they care about. The vampire world tightens its grip, and survival demands hard choices. The bond grows stronger, even as trust is tested.

Blood Bond: 6

by Helen Hardt

2019

The Blood Bond saga continues with more supernatural politics, dangerous cravings, and a bond that refuses to loosen. Allies and enemies blur, and the cost of power gets higher. A steamy, cliff-edge chapter in the series.

Unraveled

by Helen Hardt

2018

Ryan and Ruby are in love, but unresolved questions still hang over them. Two figures from their pasts arrive and everything destabilizes. With the Steel brothers closing ranks, they race for answers before time runs out.

Unhinged

by Helen Hardt

2018

Erin is still learning the rules of vampire politics, and Dante is running out of ways to protect her. As their bond deepens, secrets in his world surface. Trust comes hard when the stakes are immortal.

Undaunted

by Helen Hardt

2018

The blood bond grows stronger, and so do the threats around Erin and Dante. To survive, Erin has to find courage inside a ruthless supernatural court. Love is the one thing neither of them can afford, and can’t avoid.

Unchained

by Helen Hardt

2018

Vampire prince Dante Gabriel has never craved human blood, until Erin Hamilton. The pull between them is dangerous, and enemies are watching. Erin is forced into a hidden world where a blood bond can mean power, or ruin.

Misadventures with a Rock Star

by Helen Hardt

2018

A rock star with a reputation meets the one person who won’t be dazzled by fame. Their hookup is supposed to be a one-time misadventure, until feelings and real complications crash the party. A fast, steamy standalone.

Twisted

by Helen Hardt

2017

Ryan is rattled by what he’s learned and doesn’t know who to trust, not even the woman he loves. Ruby is determined to end the mysteries tying them both down. The deeper she digs, the more twisted and dangerous it gets.

Surrender

by Helen Hardt

2017

Jonah loves Melanie, but he refuses to commit until the Steel mystery is solved. Melanie wants a promise he can’t give, and danger keeps circling closer. Together they chase the truth, even when it costs them peace.

Shattered

by Helen Hardt

2017

Ryan Steel is finally ready to breathe, until a long-buried secret shatters his life. Detective Ruby Lee has her own dark past and a hunger for truth. Their attraction is fierce, and so are the consequences.

Misadventures of a Good Wife

by Helen Hardt

2017

A woman with a picture-perfect life realizes it’s not enough, and one risky decision cracks everything open. Desire turns into a wake-up call, and choices come with consequences. A fast, steamy standalone about honesty and change.

Daughters of the Prairie

by Helen Hardt

2017

A frontier-set historical romance that follows women shaped by the prairie and the dangers around them. Grit, survival, and hard-won love drive the story forward. Expect passion, peril, and the pull of home in a harsh world.

Burn

by Helen Hardt

2017

Jonah keeps digging into the Steel family’s past while falling hard for Melanie. She’s smart and driven, but her own demons aren’t done with her. When a new threat surfaces, their relationship is tested by fear and loyalty.

The Explosion

by Helen Hardt

2016

One careless decision sets off an explosion of attraction, consequences, and secrets. In this quick, steamy romance, two people find themselves locked together after a moment that should’ve been simple. Nothing stays small for long.

Tempting Dusty

by Helen Hardt

2016

Dusty O’Donovan needs the prize money from riding an untamable bull to save her family’s ranch. Bull owner Zach McCray says it’s too dangerous, but he can’t resist her. Secrets and desire make every choice risky.

Teasing Annie

by Helen Hardt

2016

Fresh off a brutal divorce, Dallas McCray thinks he wants a sweet, safe kind of love. Then Annie DeSimone, a newly arrived veterinarian with her own baggage, walks into town. Attraction is easy, trust takes work.

Tantalizing Maria

by Helen Hardt

2016

Maria doesn’t do vulnerability, and the man she’s drawn to is the last person she should trust. As their connection heats up, old wounds and small-town secrets threaten to ruin them. She has to decide what she’s willing to risk.

Taking Catie

by Helen Hardt

2016

Catie Bay has crushed on older Chad McCray for years, and one awkward attempt to seduce him sends her running. Now she’s back, older and braver, and Chad can’t pretend he doesn’t want her. Their history complicates everything.

Sophie's Voice

by Helen Hardt

2016

Sophie has learned to keep quiet about what she wants, until a man who truly listens makes her reconsider. Their romance is tender and steamy, but the past still has a hold on her. Finding her voice is the real fight.

Possession

by Helen Hardt

2016

Talon wants a future with Jade, but healing means facing the worst parts of his past. Jade’s investigation draws attention from enemies tied to old crimes. Their love burns hot, but staying together might put them in the crosshairs.

Obsession

by Helen Hardt

2016

Jade is in love with Talon, but he’s pushed her out. When her job gives her a reason to dig into the Steel brothers, she uncovers secrets Talon would do anything to keep buried. Desire pulls them together, danger closes in.

Melt

by Helen Hardt

2016

Jonah Steel carries crushing guilt over what happened to his brother. His search for answers leads him to therapist Melanie Carmichael, who has regrets of her own. As their connection deepens, the family mystery takes a darker turn.

Craving

by Helen Hardt

2016

Left at the altar, Jade Roberts escapes to her best friend’s ranch and falls for Talon Steel, a gorgeous cowboy with a brutal past. Their chemistry is instant, but the Steel family’s secrets threaten to tear them apart.

Sealed with Love

by Helen Hardt

2015

A sealed letter, a long-held secret, and two people forced to face what they never said out loud. This short romance leans into second chances and the sweetness, and messiness, of finally being honest.

Lady Alexandra's Lover

by Helen Hardt

2015

Lady Alexandra is expected to marry well, not fall for the wrong man. When a forbidden lover offers the freedom she craves, she risks everything, her name, her future, and her heart. A steamy historical romance.

Her Two Lovers

by Helen Hardt

2015

Torn between two men who want very different things, she tries to keep her heart out of it. The arrangement is thrilling, until jealousy and real emotion show up. Someone is going to get hurt if they don’t choose a path.

Got Style?

by Helen Hardt

2015

A light, flirty standalone with makeover energy and a confidence boost at its core. When attraction crashes into personal reinvention, the lines blur fast. It’s a quick read with heat, humor, and heart.

Destination Desire

by Helen Hardt

2015

A getaway meant to be simple turns complicated when desire follows her to a new destination. With no room for messy feelings, she agrees to keep it casual. Of course, the chemistry doesn’t listen.

Rose in Bloom

by Helen Hardt

2014

Rose is ready to claim her own desires, even if society expects her to stay quiet. A man who knows exactly how to tempt her makes it harder to be sensible. As scandal threatens, passion turns into something deeper.

Lily and the Duke

by Helen Hardt

2014

In a world of strict rules and sharper gossip, Lily finds herself drawn to a duke with a dangerous reputation. Their attraction could ruin her, but walking away might be worse. A sexy historical romance with real consequences.

Cowboy Lust

by Helen Hardt

2014

A craving, a risky affair, and a cowboy who doesn’t do half measures. When two people collide at the worst possible moment, they have to decide whether lust is enough, or if it’s the start of something real.

Trusting Sydney

by Helen Hardt

2013

Sydney doesn’t trust easily, and she has good reasons. When a man who wants more than a fling offers her safety, she has to decide whether to risk the truth. One mistake could cost them both what they’re building.

Treasuring Amber

by Helen Hardt

2012

Amber has spent years putting everyone else first, and she isn’t looking for a rescue. Then a protective man steps in at exactly the wrong, or right, moment. Together they uncover what she really needs, and what she’s afraid to want.

The Outlaw's Angel

by Helen Hardt

2012

On the frontier, a woman with nothing left to lose makes a bargain with an outlaw who isn’t as heartless as his reputation. Danger closes in fast, and their survival depends on trusting each other.

Taming Angelina

by Helen Hardt

2012

Angelina is determined to stay in control of her life, even if that means keeping her heart locked down. A man who sees past her defenses challenges every rule. Their attraction is hot, but trust is the real battle.

Song of the Raven

by Helen Hardt

2012

In a lawless stretch of the West, a woman known as Raven fights for her freedom and the life she wants. A determined man offers protection, but the past is closing in. Their choices carry a price, and so does love.

Lessons of the Heart

by Helen Hardt

2012

A guarded heroine and a man carrying his own scars find unexpected comfort on the prairie. As threats rise around them, they have to learn what love looks like when the world is harsh and the rules are thin.

Cowboy Passion

by Helen Hardt

2012

Sydney Buchanan has a debt to repay and a wedding to plan, but one night with Sam O’Donovan won’t leave her alone. Sam wants more than another taste. Sydney has to choose between the life she promised and the man she can’t forget.

Cowboy Heat

by Helen Hardt

2011

A hot cowboy romance where pride and desire collide under wide-open skies. Two stubborn people fight what they feel until the tension becomes impossible to ignore. Secrets and loyalty make every choice complicated.

Calendar Boy

by Helen Hardt

2010

When an older heroine swears off complications, a younger man refuses to be treated like a fling. Their chemistry is easy, the timing isn’t, and both have to decide what a real relationship would cost.

The Cowboy and the Cougar

by Helen Hardt

2009

A confident older woman and a tempting cowboy agree to keep it casual, until small-town expectations and real feelings raise the stakes. Now they have to decide what they’re willing to risk for something that feels right.

Got Wolf, Volume One

by Helen Hardt

2009

A quick, steamy paranormal read that leans into werewolf heat, danger, and irresistible attraction. It’s built for fast pacing and big chemistry, with a romance that snaps into place even when the world is unpredictable.

Where should I start?

If you want a long, twisty romantic suspense saga: CravingObsessionPossession
If you want small-town rodeo romance: Tempting DustyTeasing AnnieTaking Catie
If you want steamy vampire romance: UnchainedUnhingedUndaunted
If you want billionaire romance with a mystery thread: RebelRecluseRunaway
If you want dark influencer-era suspense: Follow Me DarklyFollow Me UnderFollow Me Always

Author bio

Helen Hardt was born in a small town in Ohio and raised in a Columbus suburb. Her love of stories started early, sparked by the books her mother read to her at bedtime and the first story she wrote at age six.

That kid-with-a-notebook energy still shows up on every page.

She studied political science and creative writing at St. Olaf College, then earned a law degree at the University of Denver. For years she worked as an attorney, a career that rewards precision, persistence, and an almost stubborn attention to words. If you’ve ever smiled at a perfectly placed comma in one of her scenes, that grammar-geek side is doing its thing.

Writing, though, was always the other track running underneath the day job. As her life got busy, she kept returning to fiction in stolen hours, building worlds where desire could be messy and people could still choose each other. Romance became her sweet spot because it lets her combine big feelings with real momentum and, when she wants, a looming sense of danger.

Her stories don’t just simmer, they tend to detonate.

A lot of readers meet her through the Steel Brothers Saga, which opens with Craving and introduces the Steel family on Colorado’s western slope. The books are high heat, but the hook is the long thread of secrets, missing pieces, and the fallout of old trauma. It’s the kind of series that’s easy to binge because every answer seems to raise a new question.

If you want something smaller and more small-town, the rodeo world of Tempting Dusty drops you into ranch life, grit, and attraction that’s complicated by pride and family loyalty. If billionaire drama is more your thing, the Wolfes of Manhattan books begin with Rebel, a will reading, a murder, and a family full of sharp edges. For paranormal romance, the Blood Bond saga starts with Unchained and leans into vampires, power, and bonds that feel equal parts fate and threat. And for modern romantic suspense with an internet-age twist, Follow Me Darkly throws an assistant, an influencer, and a billionaire into a relationship where obsession has teeth.

Across subgenres, a few patterns keep showing up: protective heroes who don’t always know how to be gentle, heroines who push back hard, and relationships that have to earn trust rather than assume it. Family matters, both the kind you’re born into and the kind you build when things go sideways. Even when the situations get dark, she keeps the emotional center clear, two people trying to figure out what they can forgive and what they can’t ignore.

Hardt also writes historical romance, sometimes in shorter bursts, and she’s comfortable moving between sprawling sagas and quick standalones. She’s collaborated with other romance authors as well, which fits her love of big, addictive setups. The common thread is that she writes for readers who like heat on the page and a plot that keeps turning.

Outside the books, she’s an attorney, a black belt in Taekwondo, and an unapologetic appreciator of fine red wine and Ben and Jerry’s ice cream. She writes from her home in Colorado, where she lives with her family. And she’s still chasing that feeling she first found as a kid, the moment a story takes over and you can’t wait to see what happens next.

Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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