Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Unexpected Father | 1997 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 2 | Expectant Mistress | 1998 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 3 | Riccardo’s Secret Child | 1998 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 4 | The Yuletide Child | 1998 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 5 | The Baby Secret | 1998 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 6 | Accidental Baby | 1999 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 7 | The Playboy’s Baby | 1999 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 8 | The Unexpected Baby | 1999 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 9 | The Boss’s Baby | 1999 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 10 | The Baby Verdict | 1999 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 11 | Having Leo’s Child | 1999 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 12 | Having His Babies | 1999 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 13 | The Pregnant Bride | 2000 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 14 | The Baby Scandal | 2000 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 15 | The Paternity Claim | 2000 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 16 | Expecting His Baby | 2001 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 17 | For the Babies’ Sakes | 2002 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 18 | Constantino’s Pregnant Bride | 2003 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 19 | The Spaniard’s Baby Bargain | 2004 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 20 | The Brabanti Baby | 2004 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 21 | The Italian’s Secretary Bride | 2004 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 22 | The Italian’s Secret Baby | 2004 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 23 | Their Secret Baby | 2004 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 24 | His Pregnancy Ultimatum | 2004 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 25 | The Rich Man’s Virgin | 2005 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 26 | His Pregnancy Bargain | 2005 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 27 | The Sicilian’s Defiant Mistress | 2005 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 28 | The Spaniard’s Pregnancy Proposal | 2006 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 29 | Accidentally Pregnant, Conveniently Wed | 2006 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 30 | The Carides Pregnancy | 2006 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 31 | Chosen as the Frenchman’s Bride | 2006 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 32 | Pregnant by the Millionaire | 2007 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 33 | The Italian Billionaire’s Christmas Miracle | 2007 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 34 | Di Cesare’s Pregnant Mistress | 2008 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 35 | The Salvatore Marriage Deal | 2008 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 36 | Dante’s Twins | 2012 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
| 37 | The Italian Boss’s Secret Child | 2013 | Rita Bradshaw | Buy |
The Expecting series gathers thirty-seven of Rita Bradshaw’s Harlequin romances that center on pregnancy, babies, and unexpected parenthood. Published between 1997 and 2013, titles like The Unexpected Father, Expectant Mistress, and Having Leo’s Child use the baby trope to force emotional reckoning between couples who might otherwise keep their distance.
The series includes entries set across Mediterranean and Latin American locales — The Spaniard’s Baby Bargain, Di Cesare’s Pregnant Mistress, The Italian Billionaire’s Christmas Miracle — reflecting Harlequin’s international settings while keeping the pregnancy storyline at the center.