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ⓘ About Jay Hogan
Jay Hogan is an author out of New Zealand. She writes character driven romance and romantic suspense novels. They were a 2020 Lambda Literary finalist is the Gay Romance category. She was also the winner of the 2021 New Zealand Romance Book of the Year for Off Balance. Earlier in her life, Jay worked as a critical care nurse, nurse educator and counselor. She has traveled extensively in her life and lived in many countries, but is now mostly settled in New Zealand with her Maine Coon cat and a Cocker Spaniel. Off Balance is the first book in the Painted Bay series. Judah Madden leaves the small town he grew up in New Zealand in hopes of following a dream to become an international ballet star.
All Book Series by Jay Hogan
The Greening of Thaddeus Grey
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2026
Featherbed: Bonus Epilogue
Book 3 of 23 · published 2021 Anthology · Annabeth Albert
Unforgettable: Bonus Epilogue
Book 19 of 23 · published 2021 Anthology · Marley Valentine
Undone: Bonus Epilogue
Latest in the series · book 23 of 23 · published 2021 Anthology · Leslie McAdam
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Jay Hogan?
Jay Hogan is an author out of New Zealand. She writes character driven romance and romantic suspense novels. They were a 2020 Lambda Literary finalist is the Gay Romance category.
Which Jay Hogan series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Auckland Med. series, the earliest of Jay Hogan's multi-book series: it opens with First Impressions (2018) and runs to 5 books across 2018–2021, ending with You Are Cordially Invited (2021). Jay Hogan's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Jay Hogan written?
Jay Hogan has 48 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2018 and 2026. 45 of them belong to 7 named series — the largest being the Auckland Med. series with 5 books — and 3 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Jay Hogan's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Jay Hogan's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Auckland Med. (2018–2021, 5 books), Southern Lights (2020–2021, 4 books) and Painted Bay (2020–2022, 3 books), plus 3 more.
How are Jay Hogan's books organised into series?
This guide splits Jay Hogan's 48 books into 7 named series and 3 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Auckland Med. (5 books, 2018–2021); A Mackenzie Country Story (4 books, 2023–2024); Southern Lights (4 books, 2020–2021); Fisher & Church (3 books, 2025–2026); Painted Bay (3 books, 2020–2022), plus 2 further series.