Melissa De La Cruz

Melissa De La Cruz is known as one of America’s most prolific authors of her time. Born in 1971 in the Philippines, and later immigrating to the United States, her life’s story is truly one of American success. She is best known for some of her earlier works, like the Au Pair series of novels, and the Blue Blood series.

The best place to start is the Beach Lane series, the earliest of Melissa De La Cruz's multi-book series: it opens with The Au Pairs / Beach Lane (2004) and runs to 4 books across 2004–2007, ending with Crazy Hot (2007). Melissa De La Cruz's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Melissa De La Cruz has 105 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2001 and 2027. 73 of them belong to 27 named series — the largest being the Blue Bloods series with 11 books — and 32 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. Melissa De La Cruz's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Beach Lane (2004–2007, 4 books), Blue Bloods (2006–2023, 11 books) and Ashleys (2007–2008, 4 books), plus 24 more.

This guide splits Melissa De La Cruz's 105 books into 27 named series and 32 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Blue Bloods (11 books, 2006–2023); Descendants (6 books, 2015–2026); Beauchamp Family (5 books, 2011–2013); Chronicles Of Never After (5 books, 2020–2024); Ashleys (4 books, 2007–2008), plus 22 further series.