Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irreplaceable | 2018 | Kate Hawthorne | Buy |
| 2 | A Thousand Lifetimes | 2019 | Kate Hawthorne | Buy |
| 3 | Unfettered | 2019 | Kate Hawthorne | Buy |
| 4 | May the Best Man Win | 2020 | Kate Hawthorne | Buy |
| 5 | Dreams | 2020 | Kate Hawthorne | Buy |
| 6 | Blood in the Water | 2021 | Kate Hawthorne | Buy |
| 7 | Rebound | 2022 | Kate Hawthorne | Buy |
| 8 | One for the Road | 2023 | Kate Hawthorne | Buy |
| 9 | A One-Time Thing | 2025 | Kate Hawthorne | Buy |
Kate Hawthorne’s nine standalone novels cover a wide range of MM romance styles. Her earliest standalone, Irreplaceable (2018), was followed by A Thousand Lifetimes and Unfettered in 2019, then May the Best Man Win and Dreams in 2020.
Blood in the Water (2021) shows her darker side, while Rebound (2022) and One for the Road (2023) offer different flavors of contemporary romance. A One-Time Thing (2025) is her most recent standalone. For readers exploring Kate Hawthorne for the first time, the standalones are a good way to sample different aspects of her writing without starting a full series.