Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Return to Monte Carlo | 2023 | Cate C. Wells | Buy |
| 2 | After the Shut Up Ring | 2024 | Cate C. Wells | Buy |
Cate C. Wells has published two standalone contemporary romance novels outside her main series. Return to Monte Carlo (2023) and After the Shut Up Ring (2024) are self-contained romances that allow Wells to work without the existing character networks and world-building of her series fiction.
Both books follow her general approach to romance — emotionally intense stories with flawed protagonists and happy endings — but without the motorcycle club, werewolf pack, or mafia context of her other work. Return to Monte Carlo’s title suggests an international or glamorous setting distinct from the blue-collar American environments that typically feature in her series.