Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lady in the Gilded Cage | 2019 | Abby Ayles | Buy |
| 2 | The Earl’s Wager for a Lady’s Heart | 2019 | Abby Ayles | Buy |
| 3 | Melting a Duke’s Winter Heart | 2019 | Abby Ayles | Buy |
| 4 | A Guiding Light For The Lost Earl | 2019 | Abby Ayles | Buy |
| 5 | A Loving Duke For The Shy Duchess | 2019 | Abby Ayles | Buy |
| 6 | The Earl Behind the Mask | 2020 | Abby Ayles | Buy |
| 7 | Freed by the Love of an Earl | 2020 | Abby Ayles | Buy |
| 8 | A Reluctant Bride for the Baron | 2020 | Abby Ayles | Buy |
| 9 | A Christmas Worth Remembering | 2020 | Abby Ayles | Buy |
Keys to a Lockridge Heart spans nine books published between 2019 and 2020, following the members of the Lockridge family as they each find romantic partners. The series title hints at the central idea: each Lockridge has a guarded heart, and each book is about the person who finds the key to opening it.
This is one of Abby Ayles’ longer interconnected series, and the family dynamic gives it more depth than a standalone romance. Readers get to see how each couple’s story affects the rest of the family, and characters from earlier books turn up in later ones as the Lockridge household grows and changes.