Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never Is a Very Long Time | 2017 | Donna McDonald | Buy |
| 2 | Never Say Never | 2017 | Donna McDonald | Buy |
| 3 | Never a Dull Moment | 2017 | Donna McDonald | Buy |
| 4 | Never Ever Satisfied | 2017 | Donna McDonald | Buy |
| 5 | Never Be Her Hero | 2017 | Donna McDonald | Buy |
| 6 | Never Try to Explain | 2018 | Donna McDonald | Buy |
| 7 | Never Look Back | 2018 | Donna McDonald | Buy |
| 8 | Never Ever Been Better | 2019 | Donna McDonald | Buy |
| 9 | Never Too Old To Date | 2020 | Donna McDonald | Buy |
| 10 | Never Stop Believing | 2020 | Donna McDonald | Buy |
| 11 | Never Give Up | 2022 | Donna McDonald | Buy |
| 12 | Never Ever Forget | 2022 | Donna McDonald | Buy |
| 13 | Never Can Tell | 2023 | Donna McDonald | Buy |
| 14 | Never Get Enough | 2024 | Donna McDonald | Buy |
| 15 | Never Kiss Santa | 2024 | Donna McDonald | Buy |
The Perfect Date by Donna McDonald is her longest contemporary romance series, with fifteen books published between 2017 and 2024. Every title starts with “Never,” creating a distinctive naming pattern that runs from Never Is a Very Long Time through Never Kiss Santa. The series focuses on mature women navigating the dating world, with each book telling a standalone love story.
Like McDonald’s Never Too Late series, The Perfect Date centers on heroines who are past their twenties and thirties. The books are warm, funny, and grounded in the realities of dating at a later stage of life. With new entries still being published as recently as 2024, this is one of McDonald’s most active ongoing series.