Erica Ridley Books in Order: The Complete Reading Guide

Ridley's catalogue is enormous — she has written well over thirty Regency romances across many series — but these three are the pillars, and they conveniently form a loose arc from her early wounded-warrior romances to the found-family capers she is famous for now. Every book stands alone with its own couple and happy ending; within each series, siblings and friends recur, so publication order is the smoothest ride.

Dukes of War in order

Soldiers home from Waterloo, and the women who put them back together. Shorter, emotional, binge-friendly.

1. The Viscount's Tempting Minx — The introductory novella that sets up the series' circle of friends.
2. The Earl's Defiant Wallflower — A battle-scarred earl and an American wallflower the ton refuses to take seriously. Their mistake.
3. The Captain's Bluestocking Mistress — A reclusive captain and a bluestocking on a mission storm each other's defenses.
4. The Major's Faux Fiancée — A fake engagement to save a childhood friend turns extremely real.
5. The Brigadier's Runaway Bride — A groom returns from war to find his bride gone — and goes after her.
6. The Pirate's Tempting Stowaway — A privateer, a determined stowaway, and the open sea.
7. The Duke's Accidental Wife — The series caps off with a duke, a scandal, and a marriage neither planned.

Rogues to Riches in order

Cinderella stories in both directions — commoners rising, lords falling, everyone landing in love.

1. Lord of Chance (2017) — A hasty Scottish "marriage" over a game of chance turns out to be rather more binding than either party intended.
2. Lord of Pleasure (2017) — A masked ball, a wager, and a hero determined to charm his way into respectability.
3. Lord of Night (2017) — A by-day/by-night double life collides with an heiress who notices everything.
4. Lord of Temptation (2018) — A brooding hero with a past meets a heroine who refuses to be scared off.
5. Lord of Secrets (2018) — Secrets, obviously — and a romance that unravels them one by one.
6. Lord of Vice (2018) — The series' gaming-hell romance, where the house finally loses.
7. Lord of the Masquerade (2021) — A later-added finale: one last masquerade, one last unmasking.

The Wild Wynchesters in order

The crown jewels. Baron Vanderbean adopted a houseful of orphans and raised them into Regency London's unofficial fixers — each sibling gets a caper and a love story. Read in order; the family is the point.

1. The Governess Gambit (2020) — The free prequel novella: one governess post, several Wynchesters, zero chance of things going to plan.
2. The Duke Heist (2021) — Chloe Wynchester means to steal back a painting and accidentally makes off with a duke instead. The book that launched a thousand recommendations.
3. The Perks of Loving a Wallflower (2021) — Master-of-disguise Tommy Wynchester and a proper bluestocking crack codes and conventions alike. A joyful sapphic Regency romance.
4. Nobody's Princess (2022) — Graham Wynchester is convinced a mysterious woman needs rescuing. The warrior in question has other ideas.
5. My Rogue to Ruin (2023) — The family's artist-forger meets her match in a gentleman entangled in a counterfeiting scheme.
6. Hot Earl Summer (2024) — A sword-wielding Wynchester, a castle, and an earl who did not plan on any of this.
7. A Waltz on the Wild Side (2025) — The newest Wynchester romance — one more sibling waltzes into a happily-ever-after.

Ridley also publishes bonus novellas and epilogues connected to the Wynchesters (the "Heist Club" stories among them) — lovely extras, but nothing you need for the main arc.

Where to start

Ninety-nine times out of a hundred: The Duke Heist. It is the modern fan favorite, the found-family warmth is immediate, and every later book builds on the siblings you meet there. Start with The Earl's Defiant Wallflower if you prefer more traditional, emotional Regency romance — or with Lord of Chance if you want the Cinderella-flavored middle era. Wherever you begin, the Wynchesters will be waiting at the end like a reward.