Marram Bay Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Summer Secrets at the Apple Blossom Deli / Falling for You |
2018 |
Buy |
| Love and Lies at the Village Christmas Shop / Snow Love Lost |
2018 |
Buy |
| Make or Break at the Lighthouse B&B / Met Your Match |
2020 |
Buy |
Nicole Wilde Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| One Way or Another / Between a Rockstar and a Hard Place |
2012 |
Buy |
| If We Ever Meet Again |
2013 |
N/A |
| If We Ever Meet Again / How Not To Be Starstruck / Love On Tour |
2014 |
Buy |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| One Wild Night |
2024 |
Buy |
| Without a Hitch |
2025 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Bad Bridesmaid / Always the Bridesmaid |
2014 |
Buy |
| Drive Me Crazy |
2015 |
Buy |
| Truth Or Date |
2016 |
Buy |
| It’s Not You, It’s Them |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Accidental Honeymoon |
2017 |
Buy |
| You Can’t Hurry Love / How Not to be a Bride / Never the Bride |
2017 |
Buy |
| The Time of Our Lives |
2019 |
Buy |
| Honeymoon For One |
2019 |
Buy |
| My Great Ex-Scape |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Plus One Pact |
2020 |
Buy |
| Stuck On You |
2020 |
Buy |
| Two Night Stand |
2020 |
Buy |
| Faking It |
2021 |
Buy |
| Life’s A Beach |
2021 |
Buy |
| Will They, Won’t They? |
2021 |
Buy |
| No Ex Before Marriage |
2022 |
Buy |
| The Meet Cute Method |
2022 |
Buy |
| Single All The Way |
2022 |
Buy |
| The Date Escape / Just Date and See |
2022 |
Buy |
| Your Place or Mine? |
2023 |
Buy |
| Better Off Wed |
2023 |
Buy |
| Long Time No Sea |
2023 |
Buy |
| The Faking Game / Fake it Or Leave It |
2023 |
Buy |
| Enemies to Lovers / Trouble In Paradise |
2024 |
Buy |
| Ex in the City |
2024 |
Buy |
| The Suite Life |
2024 |
Buy |
| It’s All Sun and Games |
2024 |
Buy |
| You Had Me at Chateau |
2024 |
Buy |
| One of the Boys |
2024 |
Buy |
| Wish You Weren’t Here |
2025 |
Buy |
| Too Hot to Handle |
2025 |
Buy |
| Going Overboard |
2025 |
Buy |
| A Lot to Unpack |
2025 |
Buy |
| A Shore Thing |
2026 |
Buy |
| Wed or Alive |
2026 |
Buy |
Portia MacIntosh has been writing romantic comedies since 2012 and has built a huge catalogue in that time. With 43 books and counting, she is one of the most prolific rom-com authors working in the UK today. Her titles alone tell you what to expect: My Great Ex-Scape, Stuck On You, It’s All Sun and Games, and Wed or Alive all signal the kind of playful, pun-filled approach she takes to the genre.
MacIntosh started with the Nicole Wilde series, set in the music industry, before shifting to standalones that became her bread and butter. She also wrote the Marram Bay trilogy, a set of linked romances in a coastal village. But the vast majority of her output is standalone novels, each one a self-contained story about a woman dealing with some combination of bad exes, awkward dates, surprise travel, and the wrong man turning out to be the right one.
Her books are quick reads that lean into humor and heart rather than heavy drama. The settings rotate through beach holidays, country houses, city flats, and European getaways. MacIntosh has found a reliable formula that her readers clearly love, and she publishes at a pace that keeps them well supplied.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Portia MacIntosh written?
Portia MacIntosh has written 43 books across four series.
What was Portia MacIntosh's first book?
Portia MacIntosh’s first book is One Way or Another / Between a Rockstar and a Hard Place, published in 2012.
What are Portia MacIntosh's books like?
Her books are light, funny contemporary romances with punny titles and relatable heroines. They are often set in holiday destinations, at weddings, or in situations where the main character’s love life has gone sideways in an entertaining way. If you enjoy feel-good beach reads with a British sense of humor, MacIntosh is a strong pick.