Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiss Me That Way | 2016 | Laura Trentham | Buy |
| 2 | Then He Kissed Me | 2016 | Laura Trentham | Buy |
| 3 | Till I Kissed You | 2016 | Laura Trentham | Buy |
| 4 | Candy Cane Christmas | 2016 | Laura Trentham | N/A |
| 5 | Leave the Night On: A Fake Dating Romance | 2017 | Laura Trentham | N/A |
| 6 | Light Up the Night | 2017 | Laura Trentham | Buy |
| 7 | Leave The Night On | 2017 | Laura Trentham | Buy |
| 8 | When the Stars Come Out | 2018 | Laura Trentham | Buy |
| 9 | Set the Night on Fire | 2018 | Laura Trentham | Buy |
Laura Trentham’s Cottonbloom series is set in a fictional town split between Louisiana and Mississippi by a river. That geographic divide creates a social one too, with the two sides of town carrying different reputations and economic realities. Each of the nine books follows a couple whose romance crosses some version of that divide, whether it is literal, social, or personal.
The series ran from 2016 to 2018 and includes a holiday novella, Candy Cane Christmas, alongside the full-length novels. Trentham writes the Southern setting with specificity, from the humidity to the food to the way neighbors keep track of each other’s business. The romances are warm without being saccharine, and the recurring cast of characters gives readers a reason to follow the series from Kiss Me That Way through Set the Night on Fire.