The Lure of Shoreline Cove Reading Order

The Lure of Shoreline Cove is a cozy small-town wolf shifter romance series. Each book follows one of the six Martyr brothers and the witch or she-wolf who turns his life upside down. The books run through one year in the Cove, from one summer to the next.

The reading order

1. Hooked on a Wolf Ian and Lavender
2. Leave the Light On Henley and Dionne
3. Leader of the Pack Leon and Julianna
4. Wish Upon a Wolf Ryker and Winnie
5. Book 5 Coming soon
6. Book 6 Coming soon

Book by book

1. Hooked on a Wolf

Lavender Heartley is a kitchen witch, and anyone who eats her food tells the truth. It has gotten her fired from four kitchens. Her last chance is The Fishery, run by Ian Martyr, who jokes about everything and has not been in the sea for twenty-two years. One bowl of her chowder and the jokes stop working. Set in summer.

Tropes: sunshine hero with a secret hurt, workplace romance, new girl in town.

2. Leave the Light On

Dionne Brady blows every bulb she walks past. Henley Martyr keeps the one light in town that runs on a flame, and says about forty words a day. A storm strands her at his lighthouse for three days. There is one bed. Set in fall.

Tropes: grumpy and sunshine, stormbound, one bed.

3. Leader of the Pack

Julianna Horner is a lone she-wolf with a six-year-old daughter and a room at the Inn for one week. Leon Martyr has taken care of everyone since he was fourteen, and nobody has ever taken care of him. Her daughter picks him on the first afternoon. Set at Christmas, in the snow.

Tropes: single mom, the caretaker who gets cared for, protective hero.

4. Wish Upon a Wolf

Winnie Abbott owns the town bookshop and hands people the book they need. Ryker Martyr has bought a book from her every week for six years and said about ten words to her. He fell first. She has no idea. Set in winter, around Valentine's Day.

Tropes: bad boy and good girl, he fell first, secret pining.

5. Book 5 Coming soon

Matias, the youngest Martyr and the one who can't be caught, is next. The title, the heroine and the story stay under wraps until release day.

6. Book 6 Coming soon

The series finale belongs to Brian, the eldest, who walked away. Everything else about it is locked until the book is out.

Do you have to read them in order?

No. Every book is a complete romance with its own couple and its own happily ever after. A new reader gets the setup in a paragraph, wherever they start.

Reading in order has its rewards, though. One year passes in the Cove across the six books. Couples from earlier books turn up happy in the background, the Sunday dinner table at Martyr's Rest gets fuller, and the three old witches who run the betting pool on which brother falls next keep moving their chalk. One thread runs under all six: the seal the brothers' parents put on the bay is wearing thin, and it fails at midsummer.

If one trope is calling you, start there. The trope guide will point you to the right brother.

How spicy is it?

Open door. Each book has three love scenes, staged on the page and not faded out. About 4 out of 5 on the spice scale. The tone is tender and funny more than rough, and the heroine always has a say in what happens next. No cheating, in any book.

What else to expect

• Fated mates. In the Cove they say his wolf's picked. The wolf always knows before the man does.
• Found family. Six big brothers, one long table, and room made for every heroine.
• Witches and she-wolves. Every heroine has magic she has been told is too much.
• A town with everyday magic. A chalkboard that rewrites itself, Inn keys that run warm, bookshop shelves that rearrange overnight.
• A guaranteed HEA. Every book, every couple.

Where to read

The whole series is in Kindle Unlimited. Start with Hooked on a Wolf, or see all six on the books page.

Already a few books in? The series timeline lays out everything in order, and keeps spoilers locked until you say how far you've read.