Z.L. Arkadie

Z.L. Arkadie or Zuleika Arkadie is an American woman writer in fantasy and romance genres. Born and raised in southern California, Zuleika has a Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism and a Master’s degree in Communication Studies from California State University, Los Angeles. Zuleika considers herself a sensual and emotional author who aims to reach the reader’s pulse.

The best place to start is the Parched series, the earliest of Z.L. Arkadie's multi-book series: it opens with Parched (2011) and runs to 10 books across 2011–2015, ending with Forget Me Never (Part 2) (2015). Z.L. Arkadie's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Z.L. Arkadie has 53 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2011 and 2025. 52 of them belong to 12 named series — the largest being the Love in the USA, The Lords series with 11 books — and 1 is a standalone title, collection or anthology.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Z.L. Arkadie's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Parched (2011–2015, 10 books), Love in the USA, The Lords (2014–2020, 11 books) and Daisy & Belmont (2014, 2 books), plus 9 more.

This guide splits Z.L. Arkadie's 53 books into 12 named series and 1 title that stands alone or appear only in collections: Love in the USA, The Lords (11 books, 2014–2020); Parched (10 books, 2011–2015); Dark Billionaire Jasper Christmas (4 books, 2019); The Freed Billionaire Spencer Christmas (4 books, 2019–2020); The Sterlings (4 books, 2018–2020), plus 7 further series.