L.A. Cotton

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  • Bibliography:
    64 Books (12 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2014
  • Latest Book:
    January 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Black Hearts Still Beat

1 - Rush (Nov-2019)
2 - Rise (Feb-2020)
3 - Rule: The Finale (May-2020)
4 - Ruin: The Reprise (Nov-2020)
4.5 - Rock (Jan-2021)
5 - Riot: Hudson Ryker's Story (May-2021)
5.5 - Raze (Jan-2022)

Chastity Falls

1 - Loyalty and Lies (Feb-2015)
2 - Salvation and Secrets (Apr-2015)
3 - Tribulation and Truths (Aug-2015)
3.5 - Affliction (Jun-2017)
4 - Redemption and Regrets (Apr-2016)
4.5 - Penance and Promises (Jan-2017)
5 - Absolution (Feb-2018)

Darling Hill

0.5 - These Dark Hearts (Nov-2021)
1 - These Dirty Lies (Mar-2022)
2 - These Dead Promises (Apr-2022)
3 - These Defiant Souls (Oct-2022)

Fate's Love

1 - Fate's Love (Oct-2014)
2 - Love's Spark (Jan-2015)
3 - Love Collides (Jun-2015)

Lakeshore U

0.5 - Bite the Ice (Oct-2022)
1 - Ice Burn (Jan-2023)
2 - On Thin Ice (Jun-2023)
3 - Beneath the Ice (Oct-2023)
4 - Cold As Ice (Jan-2024)
Break the Ice (Apr-2023)

Liar Liar

1 - Liar Liar (May-2017)
2 - Truth or Dare (May-2017)

Maverick Defense

1 - Deliverance (Mar-2016)

Rixon High

0.5 - Blurred Lines (Mar-2021)
1 - Off-Limits (Mar-2021)
2 - Tragic Lies (Jun-2021)
2.5 - Reckless Games (Sep-2021)
3 - Ruined Hopes (Nov-2021)
4 - Broken Ties (May-2022)
5 - Missed Notes (Aug-2022)
6 - Forever Goals (Jun-2023)

Rixon Raiders

1 - The Trouble With You (Jun-2019)
2 - The Game You Play (Sep-2019)
3 - The Harder You Fall (Jan-2020)
4 - The Endgame Is You (Oct-2020)
4.5 - The Cabin (Dec-2021)

Steinbeck U

0.5 - Trick or Treat (Oct-2020)
1 - On The Rebound (Dec-2020)

Verona Legacy

0.5 - Angel of Tears (Jun-2021)
1 - Prince of Hearts (Jun-2020)
2 - King of Souls (Aug-2020)
3 - Villain of Secrets (Feb-2021)
4 - Savior of Regrets (Aug-2021)

Wicked Bay

1 - Wicked Beginnings (Oct-2017)
2 - Wicked Rules (Jan-2018)
3 - Wicked Lies (Mar-2018)
4 - Wicked Games (Jun-2018)
5 - Wicked Needs (Oct-2018)
5.5 - Wicked Surprise (Dec-2018)
6 - Wicked Hearts (Mar-2019)
7 - Wicked Promises (Jul-2019)
7.5 - Wicked Truths (Jan-2020)
8 - Wicked Forever (Sep-2020)
9 - Wicked Bay: Part 1 (Jul-2020)
10 - Wicked Bay: Part 2 (Jul-2020)

Book List in Order: 64 titles

  • Fate's Love

    Fate's Love - 1

    When you meet that one person in the world meant for you... you should hold onto them. Olivia Bannon walked away. Twice. When 17-year-old Livy meets Ethan, she can’t deny their inexplicable connection. Lost in his dark, intense eyes and smile-to-di...

  • Love's Spark

    Fate's Love - 2

    Twenty-four year old Sharn Macer has spent the last six years looking for love....for that spark. She's failing miserably. After a life changing break up forces her back to her broken home, and into a string of dating disasters, Sharn decides it's ti...

  • Loyalty and Lies

    Chastity Falls - 1

    Eighteen-year-old Savanah Parry just moved three thousand miles across state to escape. The memories…the whispers…the pain. Chastity Falls Academy is supposed to be her fresh start; her salvation. And when Ana meets mysterious Jackson, she begins...

  • Salvation and Secrets

    Chastity Falls - 2

    Chastity Falls was supposed to be Ana Parry’s fresh start. But what started as her salvation soon became her undoing. Four months after losing the very thing that gave her reason again, Ana is back at Chastity Falls. Holding on by a thread and tryi...

  • Love Collides

    Fate's Love - 3

    Staci Jameson is independent to a fault. But after growing up in the shadow of an overprotective family, and being let down by the only person that promised to always be there for her, Staci locked away her heart and vowed only to rely on herself. Un...

  • Tribulation and Truths

    Chastity Falls - 3

    When Ana revealed her suspicions to Jackson about the circumstances surrounding his father’s death, she never expected it to be the catalyst for a series of events that could change everything. It was supposed to save him, not push him away. But no...

  • Lucky Penny

    I was his lucky Penny. He was my light in the dark, hope in despair. Our bond was one of survival, friendship... first love. But then we were ripped apart and Blake Weston became the memory I turned to when everything else in my life fell apart. Seve...

  • Deliverance

    Maverick Defense - 1

    Joy Mathers has spent the last three years numb. From her past, her present, and her inevitable future. She was supposed to escape the deadbeat town of Chancing, but now it’s her prison, and she couldn’t leave…even if she wanted to. For the las...

  • Redemption and Regrets

    Chastity Falls - 4

    Four years ago, I had everything. All it took was the snap of his fingers and he ripped it out from under me. Betrayed, by my own father.His enemies want me dead and old allies want me back in their ranks to help take what's owed. And while I’m try...



  • Penance and Promises

    Chastity Falls - 4.5

    The stunning conclusion to the angsty, addictive New Adult college romance series from L. A. Cotton.Seven years ago, Ana Parry walked into Chastity Falls Academy and changed the lives of Jackson Pierce and Braiden Donohue. Her arrival set into m...

  • Liar Liar

    Liar Liar - 1

    Escaping to Credence was supposed to be Becca's shot at a new life, but some secrets refuse to stay hidden, and now that the truth is out, everything changes.Everything.The people she thought she could trust lied. The guy she thought cared about her ...

  • Truth or Dare

    Liar Liar - 2

    Escaping to Credence was supposed to be Becca's shot at a new life, but some secrets refuse to stay hidden, and now that the truth is out, everything changes. Everything. The people she thought she could trust lied. The guy she thought cared about he...

  • Affliction

    Chastity Falls - 3.5

    Days of humiliation, times of affliction and disaster: nine sermons for restoring favor with an angry God, 1696-1727by Mather, CottonPublished 1970Topics Congregational churches, Sermons, American....

  • Wicked Beginnings

    Wicked Bay - 1

    An edgy, angsty, addictive YA/NA crossover series from L. A. Cotton, author of the Chastity Falls series. Sometimes wrong feels so right... When seventeen-year-old Eloise Stone finds herself halfway across the world, moving into her uncle's pool ...

  • Wicked Rules

    Wicked Bay - 2

    The edgy, angsty, addictive YA/NA crossover series from L. A. Cotton continues... Let the games begin... Lo Stone should be used to change by now. It's been her life for the last year, but how much can a girl take before the cracks begin to show? S...

  • Absolution

    Chastity Falls - 5

    It’s supposed to be a job like any other. Get in. Do the deal. Get out. But when Dennis Hayes spots her across the room, he’s sure he must be seeing things. It can’t be Cassie Malson, the only girl he ever loved. Still loves. Because four years...

  • Wicked Lies

    Wicked Bay - 3

    The third book in the bestselling Wicked Bay series from L A CottonTo the outside world, seventeen-year-old Kyle Stone has it all. A future playing the sport he loves, money and status, and his forever girl by his side. But Kyle’s good at pretendi...

  • Wicked Games

    Wicked Bay - 4

    The edgy, angsty, addictive YA/NA crossover series from L. A. Cotton continues... They thought the fight was over... All Maverick Prince ever wanted was to play basketball in college. So starting for the Steinbeck Scorpions should be a dream come t...

  • Wicked Needs

    Wicked Bay - 5

    The edgy, angsty, addictive YA/NA crossover series from L. A. Cotton continues...It’s a fine line between love and hate.Bitch ... Ice Queen ... Frigid.Macey Prince is no stranger to a nickname or two. The words once hurt, now they’re her armor...



  • Wicked Surprise

    Wicked Bay - 5.5

    The edgy, angsty, addictive YA/NA crossover series from L A Cotton continues with this holiday novella...It's Christmas, and the Stone-Princes are off to Lake Tahoe for the holidays. All they want is a family vacation without drama ... but what will ...

  • Wicked Hearts

    Wicked Bay - 6

    The edgy, angsty, addictive YA/NA crossover series from L A Cotton continues...Some hearts are too broken to fix.Kiera Lessinger’s whole life is a lie. Attend high school with her rich friends, check. Act sickeningly in love with her goofball-of-a-...

  • The Trouble With You

    Rixon Raiders - 1

    From the author of the Wicked Bay series, comes an angsty YA/NA enemies-to-lovers romance. Cocky football players, school rivalry, and the girls who get in their way. Get ready … The Raiders are coming!Hailee Raine only has to survive one more yea...

  • Wicked Promises

    Wicked Bay - 7

    The edgy, angsty, addictive YA/NA crossover series from L A Cotton continues...Forever is a long time.Summer Stone-Prince has her whole life mapped out. Attend college with her childhood sweetheart. Graduate. Get married and live happily-ever-after. ...

  • The Game You Play

    Rixon Raiders - 2

    Cocky football players, school rivalry, and the girls who get in their way. Get ready … The Raiders are back!Felicity Giles has a list.Lose her virginity.Meet her knight-in-shining-armor and fall in love.Have the best senior year a girl can have. T...

  • Rush

    Black Hearts Still Beat - 1

    An emotional, angsty, rockstar romance from the bestselling author of The Trouble With You and Wicked Beginnings.The sweetheart of Country is about to show the bad boys of Rock, it only takes a single beat for everything to change.Evangeline Walker ...

  • The Harder You Fall

    Rixon Raiders - 3

    Cocky football players, school rivalry, and the girls who get in their way. Get ready … The Raiders are back for one final play!Mya Hernandez has scars.The kind that run deep and leave marks.Rixon is only supposed to be a temporary place to hide, b...

  • Wicked Truths

    Wicked Bay - 7.5

    An angsty and emotional single parent romance set in the bestselling Wicked Bay seriesThe truth hurts...Vinnie Ford has spent the last two years running from his past. So when a family tragedy takes him back to his hometown of Wicked Bay, he knows i...

  • Rise

    Black Hearts Still Beat - 2

    Among the early and successful Combatants of Witchcraft in England was Sir Robert Filmer. This Gentleman, though he out-went Machiavel himself in Arguments to uphold Despotism, yet he entered a pretty effectual Demurrer against the Prerogative of the...

  • Rule: The Finale

    Black Hearts Still Beat - 3

    Eva and Rafe's story concludes in this emotional, angsty rock star romance from the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Rixon Raiders series. Rafe Hunter thought he was destined for two ...



  • Prince of Hearts

    Verona Legacy - 1

    An angsty college mafia romance from USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Rixon Raiders series. Arianne Capizola is her father's daughter.Humble. Hardworking. Honest.She'd rather spend her days helping at the local shelter...

  • Wicked Bay: Part 1

    Wicked Bay - 9

    Rich bad boys, a town full of secrets, and a family who will do anything to protect the ones they love… This box set includes the first four books in the highly-addictive Wicked Bay series from bestselling author, L A Cotton. Follow the&n...

  • Wicked Bay: Part 2

    Wicked Bay - 10

    Rich bad boys, a town full of secrets, and a family who will do anything to protect the ones they love… This box set includes the books 5 - 8 in the highly-addictive Wicked Bay series from bestselling author, L A Cotton.Follow the St...

  • King of Souls

    Verona Legacy - 2

    The highly anticipated conclusion to Nicco & Ari's duet in USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton's angsty college mafia romance duet. Arianne Capizola is living a lie.Angry. Abandoned. Afraid.She'd rather spend her...

  • Wicked Forever

    Wicked Bay - 8

    The conclusion to the edgy, angsty, addictive YA/NA crossover series from L A Cotton... It only takes a second for everything to change. Lo and Maverick weren't expected to go the distance, yet they proved everyone wrong. But when thei...

  • The Endgame Is You

    Rixon Raiders - 4

    Play hard ... Fight hard ... Love hard. The time has come for Cameron, Jason, and Asher to hang up their Rixon Raider jerseys and head off to college with the girls they love.But will their relationships stand the test of college life, new frien...

  • Trick or Treat

    Steinbeck U - 0.5

    Calliope James would rather live life through a lens than in the spotlight. So when she reluctantly agrees to go with her best friend to a party, she doesn't expect to find herself on the other side of the camera. Zachary Messiah left Bay V...

  • Ruin: The Reprise

    Black Hearts Still Beat - 4

    An emotional, angsty rock star romance from the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton.Working for America's hottest rock band should be a dream come true for Phoebe Halstead.And it would be, if it wasn't for lead singer, Lev...

  • On The Rebound

    Steinbeck U - 1

    An angsty enemies-to-lovers sports romance from USA Today bestselling author L A Cotton They say your first love leaves a mark.  For Calliope James it didn't only leave a mark, it tore out her heart and left it bleeding on th...

  • Rock

    Black Hearts Still Beat - 4.5

    She's their new intern... he's their lead singer. Phoebe Halstead knows it's a bad idea saying yes to Levi Hunter, front man for the world's hottest rock band. But it's only one night... What could possibly go wrong? * Rock was previou...



  • Villain of Secrets

    Verona Legacy - 3

    USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton's angsty college mafia romance series continues with Enzo Marchetti's story... Nora Abato is the kind of girl people gravitate to. Sassy. Selfless. Stubborn. She know...

  • Blurred Lines

    Rixon High - 0.5

    From USA Today bestselling author L A Cotton, comes an enemies-to-lovers sports romance. Angst... drama... friendship... and football. Will you survive senior year? Miley Fuller has life all mapped out. But when the first day of senior year...

  • Off-Limits

    Rixon High - 1

    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton, comes an opposites-attract sports romance. Angst... drama... friendship... and football. Will you survive senior year?  Lily Ford has always been a wallflower. ...

  • Riot: Hudson Ryker's Story

    Black Hearts Still Beat - 5

    USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton's angsty, emotional rock star romance series continues with Hudson Ryker's story...Touring with America's hottest rock band should be a dream come true for Molly Steinberg.But she never ...

  • Angel of Tears

    Verona Legacy - 0.5

    Matteo Bellatoni is only passing through town. He doesn't expect to find himself playing hero late at night. Caitlin O'Connell is running from life. It's hardly any surprise when she finds herself in an alley with a man who wants to hu...

  • Tragic Lies

    Rixon High - 2

    From USA Today bestselling author L A Cotton, comes a forbidden age-gap romance. Angst... drama... friendship... and football. Will you survive senior year? Peyton Myers has always been the life of the party. But behind her smile ...

  • Savior of Regrets

    Verona Legacy - 4

    USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton's angsty college mafia romance series continues with Matteo Bellatoni's story... Caitlin O'Connell hides the scars of her past. Lost. Alone. Afraid. When sh...

  • Reckless Games

    Rixon High - 2.5

    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton, comes an enemies-to-lovers romance. Angst... drama... friendship... and football. Will you survive senior year?Carrie-Anne Trombley has always been invisible.Bu...

  • Ruined Hopes

    Rixon High - 3

    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton comes an emotional enemies-to-lovers romance. Angst... drama... friendship... and football. Will you survive senior year? Ashleigh Chase has always had big ...

  • These Dark Hearts

    Darling Hill - 0.5

    USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton brings readers an angsty and gritty new adult romance prequel.Harleigh Wren Maguire has loved Phoenix Wilder for as long as she can remember.He's everything she isn't.Brave.Reckless.One-...



  • The Cabin

    Rixon Raiders - 4.5

    When Jason Ford's teammate offers him the chance to spend the weekend at his friend's cabin, he can't say no to the rare opportunity of some quality time alone with his girl.After all, it's the holiday season, and all he wants for Christmas ... is he...

  • Raze

    Black Hearts Still Beat - 5.5

    She's his biggest fan... he's the bad boy drummer who wants her.Molly Steinberg knows Hudson Ryker is the kind of guy who will obliterate your heart and do it with a smirk. But it's one night with her rock star crush. She'd be a f...

  • These Dirty Lies

    Darling Hill - 1

    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton comes an angsty and gritty romance duet.Harleigh Wren Maguire is broken.At least, that's what it feels like, a puzzle whose pieces no longer fit right.She knows one thing though:...

  • These Dead Promises

    Darling Hill - 2

    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton comes the conclusion to Nix and Harleigh's story.Phoenix Wilder is fighting.For the girl he loves and the future he isn't sure he deserves.But he'll do it for her.His Birdie.His anc...

  • Broken Ties

    Rixon High - 4

    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton comes a slow burn, friends-to-lovers romance. Angst... drama... friendship... and football. Will you survive senior year?Poppy Ford has been in love with her best friend foreve...

  • Missed Notes

    Rixon High - 5

    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton comes an emotional brother's best friend romance. Angst... drama... friendship... and football. Will you survive senior year?Sofia Bennet has always im...

  • Bite the Ice

    Lakeshore U - 0.5

    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Rixon Raiders comes a brand new sports romance series. Lakeshore U, where hockey is religion, and the players are gods. Are you ready to fall in love with a Laker? When Ella H...

  • These Defiant Souls

    Darling Hill - 3

    An emotional, angsty, and gritty high school romance from USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton.Celeste Rowe is lucky.At least, that's what everyone thinks. Rich, beautiful, and smart, she has it all.She knows one thing thou...

  • Ice Burn

    Lakeshore U - 1

    When ice and sunshine collide, someone is bound to end up burned... When Dayna Benson moves home, she doesn't expect to feel so torn. On the one hand, she's glad to be back in Dupont Beach. But it means parting ways with her boyfriend and facing...

  • Break the Ice

    Lakeshore U

    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton comes a brother's best friend sports romance. Lakeshore U, where hockey is religion, and the players are gods.  Are you ready to fall in love with a Laker?When Aurora Hart move...

  • Forever Goals

    Rixon High - 6

    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton comes the conclusion to the Rixon High series.  Angst... drama... friendship... and football. Are you ready for one final play?Kaiden Thatcher has everything he's ever wanted.T...

  • On Thin Ice

    Lakeshore U - 2

    An emotional and angsty grumpy x sunshine hockey romance from USA Today and WSJ bestselling author L A Cotton. Are you ready to fall in love with a Laker? When Harper Dixon discovers her father is the Lakeshore U Lakers new a...

  • Beneath the Ice

    Lakeshore U - 3

    An emotional and angsty hockey romance from USA Today and WSJ bestselling author L A Cotton.  Are you ready to fall in love with a Laker? When Connor Morgan wants something, he goes after it and doesn't stop until he get...

  • The Verona Legacy

    Over 400,000 words of angsty and addictive romance... fall in love with the men of the Marchetti crime family.La famiglia prima di tutto.The Family comes first.Four words the Marchetti crime family lives, breathes, and dies by.But when the heir to th...

  • Cold As Ice

    Lakeshore U - 4

    An angsty single mom hockey romance from USA Today and WSJ bestselling author L A Cotton.  Are you ready to fall in love with a Laker? When Madison Reynolds accepts a dare to hit on the cute guy sitting alone at the bar,...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

L.A. Cotton has published 64 books.

L.A. Cotton does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Cold As Ice, was published in January 2024.

The first book by L.A. Cotton, Fate's Love, was published in October 2014.

Yes. L.A. Cotton has 12 series.
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