Lisa Kleypas

This marks the first novel in 'The Hathaways' series, a collection of five novels in total from Lisa Kleypas with her typical genre of historically themed romance. Regarding the Hathaways, a family who are suddenly elevated into the ranks of aristocracy thanks to a large inheritance, Kleypas introduces the novel's heroine in the form of Amelia Hathaway. Before it seemed to be a lot easier when she was simply tending to her siblings needs.

The best place to start is the Blydon series, the earliest of Lisa Kleypas's multi-book series: it opens with Dancing at Midnight (1995) and runs to 4 books across 1995–2003, ending with Where's My Hero? (2003). Lisa Kleypas's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Lisa Kleypas has 58 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1987 and 2026. 45 of them belong to 12 named series — the largest being The Ravenels series with 7 books — and 13 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Lisa Kleypas's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Berkeley-Falkner (1987–1988, 2 books), Vallerands (1992, 2 books) and The Gamblers (1993–1994, 2 books), plus 9 more.

This guide splits Lisa Kleypas's 58 books into 12 named series and 13 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Ravenels (7 books, 2015–2021); The Hathaways (6 books, 2007–2010); Wallflowers (6 books, 2004–2008); Friday Harbor (4 books, 2010–2013); Travis (4 books, 2007–2015), plus 7 further series.