Ruby Scott Reading Order
Awakening of Desire Series
Erotic lesbian romance. Power dynamics. Dominance and submission written with care.
Heat level: high. Series-spanning relationship arc. Reading in order matters more here than in the other series.
Recommended reading order:
- May I Call You Mistress? — How Abby and Victoria begin.
- Darkness of Desire — When trust gets tested.
- Mistress of Desire - — When power and tenderness meet.
- Commitment to Desire — When the stakes get real.
- Desire’s Truth — Where everything they've built has to hold.
- Surrender to Desire — The latest in the series.
Optional additions:
- Desire’s Gift (free e-novella)
Available in English, German, Spanish, and audiobook.
Perfect if you love: Tagan Shepard's intensity, Anna Stone's BDSM romance, Sienna Waters's erotic edge.
The Healing Heart Series
Slow burn lesbian romance. Found family. Ice Queen. Colorado setting.
Heat level: medium, with strong emotional builds. Best for readers who want chemistry that takes its time. Each book centres a different couple.
Recommended reading order:
- Rescuing Hearts — Where healing begins.
- Curious Hearts — Where vulnerability and trust take hold.
- Wild Hearts — Two ice queens collide. Neither one melts first.
- Exposed Hearts — A climber and a rescue trainer. Dangerous attraction in the high country.
Perfect if you love: Harper Bliss's emotional pacing, Lise Gold's slow-burn romance, the warmth of a Lee Winters small-town setting.
Looking for more slow burn? Browse the slow burn collection.
Navigating a late-bloomer realisation? Read What Is Comphet? for the broader context behind these books.
The Art of Deception Series
Lesbian spy thriller. Dangerous attraction. Romance built into the threat.
Heat level: medium, but the tension is what carries you. These are thrillers first, with the love story running underneath.
Recommended reading order:
- The Turning — Where the spy game begins.
- The Reckoning — When old loyalties collide.
- The Fracture - coming soon
Perfect if you love: Aurora Rey's higher-stakes pairings, Anna Burke's espionage romance, Lee Winter's morally complex women.
City General: Medic 1 Series
Sapphic medical romance. Hospital setting. High stakes, high heat.
Heat level: medium to high. Each book centres a different couple within the same hospital community.
Recommended reading order:
- Hot Response — Where the series begins.
- Open Heart — Surgical romance with weight behind it.
- Love Trauma — Trauma medicine, trauma in love.
- Diagnosis Love — A new specialism, a new pairing.
- Trails of the Heart — The pressure cooker of a teaching hospital.
- Healing of the Heart — How the series comes home.
Perfect if you love: Lori Lake's medical settings, Radclyffe's hospital romance, Emily Hayes competence-wlw dynamics.
The Velvet Storm Series
Lesbian thriller. Psychological tension. Romance that costs.
Heat level: lower than the romance series. The fear is the heat.
Recommended reading order:
- The Stranger Within Me — Psychological thriller. Identity, obsession, truth.
- Strangely Familiar — Where the pattern repeats.
Perfect if you love: Karelia Stetz-Waters's darker work, Tana French's atmosphere with sapphic love at the centre.
The Stronger You Series
Sapphic sports romance. Boxing world. Bodies, bruises, and second chances.
Heat level: medium to high.
Recommended reading order:
- Inside Fighter — The opening bell.
- Seconds Out — Between rounds.
- On The Ropes — When everything gets harder.
Perfect if you love: Rachel Spangler's athlete romances, Jae's confident-women dynamic, Clare Lydon's pacing.
The Unexpected Love Series
As Frankie Duncan (softer contemporary lesbian romance)
- First Comes Love — A love story worth waiting for.
- Love In Action — Celebrity romance with real emotional stakes
These are gentler than the Ruby Scott catalogue. No power play, no high stakes. Cosy reads with a sapphic heart. perfect for fans of Harper Bliss.
Standalones & Novellas
Books that live outside the series world. Read in any order.
- Evergreen — Standalone within the world.
- Blood Marks — Sapphic romantasy. Vampires. Slow burn with real teeth.
- No Way Out — Where it ends.
- Reel vs Real — Co-authored with Lise Gold. A film-meets-real-life sapphic romance.
- Her Christmas Escape — A sapphic cruise like no other.
German Translations
Erotic lesbian romance. Power dynamics. Dominance and submission written with care.
Heat level: high. Series-spanning relationship arc. Reading in order matters more here than in the other series.
Spanish Translations
Erotic lesbian romance. Power dynamics. Dominance and submission written with care.
Heat level: high. Series-spanning relationship arc. Reading in order matters more here than in the other series.
Crime by Susie Fleming
A separate body of work for readers who want their sapphic content with a body count. Available in the Crime by Susie Fleming collection.
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