The Heart of a Duke Books in Order
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Last updated: June 11, 2026
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Publication Order
23 books
For Love of the Duke
by Christi Caldwell
2014
Widowed and grieving, Jasper, Duke of Bainbridge, has shut himself away from the world. Then Lady Katherine Adamson offers him an outrageous bargain, and their marriage arrangement slowly becomes something neither of them can control.
In Need of a Knight
by Christi Caldwell
2014
Lady Aldora Adamson needs a respectable marriage to save her family from ruin. Instead of a safe marquess, she finds herself drawn to his scandal-marked younger brother, Lord Michael Knightly, a far more dangerous choice for her heart.
Loved by a Duke
by Christi Caldwell
2015
Lady Daisy Meadows has loved the Duke of Crawford for years, even while he insists on seeing her as a girl from his past. One season changes everything, and Daisy must decide whether the duke can finally become worthy of her devotion.
More Than a Duke
by Christi Caldwell
2015
Lady Anne Adamson enlists notorious rogue Harry, Earl of Stanhope, to teach her how to win a duke. It is a terrible plan for two people already carrying old hurt, and an even worse one once the wrong man starts feeling right.
The Heart of a Scoundrel
by Christi Caldwell
2015
Edmund Deering, Marquess of Rutland, plans to use an innocent young woman in his revenge against the family that once humiliated him. Miss Phoebe Barrett ruins that cold-blooded plan by becoming impossible for him to treat as a pawn.
The Love of a Rogue
by Christi Caldwell
2015
Jilted and wiser, Lady Imogen Moore plans to choose a safe, proper husband. Then she meets Alex Edgerton, her friend's reckless brother, and discovers that love is far less manageable than any sensible scheme.
To Love a Lord
by Christi Caldwell
2015
Finishing school instructor Jane Munroe wants nothing to do with titled men, especially arrogant ones. Then a post in the Marquess of Waverley's household reveals a far more vulnerable man beneath Gabriel Edgerton's polish.
To Wed His Christmas Lady
by Christi Caldwell
2015
Lady Cara and William Hargrove begin the Christmas season at odds, each carrying disappointments of their own. Forced into close company, they discover the holidays can offer not just peace, but the risky promise of a fresh start.
One Winter with a Baron
by Christi Caldwell
2016
A winter setting, close quarters, and a wary baron make this a compact Caldwell romance full of seasonal longing. Snow and circumstance force two guarded people to face feelings they would rather leave buried.
The Lure of a Rake
by Christi Caldwell
2016
Lady Genevieve Farendale returns to London determined to rebuild her life after public heartbreak. Cedric Falcot, Marquess of St. Albans, is exactly the sort of seductive rake she should avoid, which makes resisting him nearly impossible.
To Redeem a Rake
by Christi Caldwell
2016
A man with a thoroughly earned bad reputation meets the woman who sees the possibility of something better in him. Redemption, in Caldwell's hands, is never easy, especially when the heart is involved.
To Trust a Rogue
by Christi Caldwell
2016
Marcus Gray has spent years hiding behind a rakish reputation, but Eleanor Collins knows the man beneath it. When she returns to his life, their painful history makes trust both the hardest and most necessary part of falling in love.
To Woo a Widow
by Christi Caldwell
2016
Widowed Philippa Gage has no desire to risk another marriage. Miles Brookfield offers patience instead of pressure, but winning a careful widow's trust may prove harder than any formal courtship.
Beguiled by a Baron
by Christi Caldwell
2017
A clever heroine and a baron who is not nearly as untouchable as he seems are thrown together by social pressure and private need. Their attraction deepens into the kind of trouble neither expected to welcome.
To Enchant a Wicked Duke
by Christi Caldwell
2017
A dangerous duke with a formidable reputation meets the woman bold enough to unsettle him. Scandal, desire, and long-held defenses make this a romance about whether even a wicked man can choose something better.
To Tempt a Scoundrel
by Christi Caldwell
2017
Rhys Brookfield has earned his bad reputation, and Lady Alice Winterbourne knows better than to trust a man like him. But their chemistry turns temptation into something deeper, and much harder to walk away from.
To Hold a Lady's Secret
by Christi Caldwell
2020
A fiercely guarded heroine and the man who sees more than she intends are pulled into a romance shaped by family pressure and concealed truths. Loving her means protecting the secret she most fears revealing.
Defying the Duke
by Christi Caldwell
2022
Lady Lettie Brookfield is resigned to a practical match until Anthony, Duke of Granville, returns to her life. He is her brother's former friend and a man carrying an old betrayal, which makes their attraction impossible to ignore and hard to forgive.
Devil by Daylight
by Christi Caldwell
2022
This darker Heart of a Duke entry pairs a heroine carrying real vulnerability with a hero who has spent too long hiding in plain sight. Their love story asks whether daylight can reach the places both would rather keep shadowed.
The Devil and the Debutante
by Christi Caldwell
2022
A young debutante with more backbone than society expects meets a marquess whose darker edges are impossible to miss. The book leans into temptation, family pressure, and the thrill of a very unsuitable match.
To Catch a Viscount
by Christi Caldwell
2022
Jilted at the altar, Marcia Collins decides respectability has not done much for her and turns to notorious rogue Andrew Barrett for help exploring forbidden pleasures. Their friendship turns dangerous once love joins the game.
To Marry Her Marquess
by Christi Caldwell
2022
Caroline Brookfield and Wynn Masterson are drawn into a romance where family ties, expectations, and old vulnerabilities all matter. Caldwell gives the courtship warmth, friction, and a strong sense of earned devotion.
My Heart Forever
by Christi Caldwell
2023
Lionel Meadows has spent years wandering as a ghost, cut off from the life he lost. Then Evie sees him, speaks to him, and turns a haunting into one of Caldwell's strangest and sweetest love stories.
Series background & context
The Heart of a Duke is the series most readers point to when they talk about Christi Caldwell's interconnected world. It is long, busy, and full of familiar faces, and it runs on one of her favorite ideas, wounded people finding love when they least expect it. The loose thread linking the earliest books is a fabled pendant said to help a woman win the heart of a duke, but the real engine is the network of families, friendships, betrayals, and second chances that spread outward from that starting point.
This is a Regency series full of titled heroes, dukes, marquesses, rogues, and rakes, but the emotional center is almost always the women. They are practical, sharp, bruised by experience, or simply tired of being managed. Caldwell lets them want more than a good match. They want safety, independence, truth, or a life that feels like their own.
The men, meanwhile, tend to arrive with a problem. Some are grieving. Some are hiding behind reputations they have carefully built. Some have made serious mistakes and do not believe they deserve forgiveness. Books like For Love of the Duke, More Than a Duke, To Trust a Rogue, and Defying the Duke show the pattern well. The romance is rarely easy, and that is the appeal.
Expect lots of crossover. Siblings reappear. Children of earlier couples eventually get books of their own. A passing scene in one novel might set up a major emotional payoff several books later.
It is a big world.
If you like settling into a series that rewards reading in order, this is probably Caldwell's richest one. You get glittering drawing rooms, country estates, Christmas interludes, ruined reputations, and the steady sense that everyone in this world is only a few introductions away from everyone else.
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