Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French Kiss | 2001 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 2 | Caribbean Caress | 2002 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 3 | The Salvatore Marriage | 2003 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 4 | The Greek’s Bridal Purchase | 2006 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 5 | The Spaniard’s Woman | 2003 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 6 | Permata Di Tarika Bay | 2003 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 7 | The Temptress of Tarika Bay | 2003 | Susan Stephens | N/A |
| 8 | In Separate Bedrooms | 2003 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 9 | The French Count’s Mistress | 2003 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 10 | The Rodrigues Pregnancy | 2004 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 11 | In The Italian’s Bed | 2004 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 12 | The Bedroom Barter | 2004 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 13 | The Passion Bargain | 2004 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 14 | Amante y esposa | 2004 | Susan Stephens | N/A |
| 15 | The Mistress Wife | 2004 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 16 | The Purchased Wife | 2005 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 17 | At the French Baron’s Bidding | 2005 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 18 | Sleeping With A Stranger | 2005 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 19 | The Virgin’s Seduction | 2005 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 20 | Santiago’s Love-Child: A Secret Baby Romance | 2006 | Susan Stephens | N/A |
| 21 | The Italian’s Price | 2006 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 22 | The Jet-Set Seduction | 2006 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 23 | Santiago’s Love-Child | 2006 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
| 24 | Mistress of Convenience | 2012 | Susan Stephens | Buy |
The Foreign Affairs series groups 24 Harlequin romances published between 2001 and 2012 under a travel-themed banner. Every book is set in a foreign locale, with France, Italy, Spain, and the Caribbean appearing most often. French Kiss opens the series, and titles like Caribbean Caress, The French Count’s Mistress, and In the Italian’s Bed make the destination part of the appeal.
The heroes are wealthy men rooted in their home countries, and the heroines are typically outsiders navigating unfamiliar territory, both geographically and romantically. The Rodrigues Pregnancy, Santiago’s Love-Child, and The Italian’s Price are representative of the collection’s style: passionate relationships complicated by cultural differences, secret pregnancies, and power imbalances. The Temptress of Tarika Bay and its companion, Permata Di Tarika Bay, offer a more unusual fictional setting.
The 24 books span over a decade of Harlequin publishing, so readers will notice some shifts in tone between the earliest entries from 2001 and the later books. Each is a standalone romance, and the Foreign Affairs label is primarily a thematic grouping rather than a connected storyline.