Kennedy Ryan

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  • Bibliography:
    24 Books (7 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 2014
  • Latest Book:
    May 2025
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About the Author

Kennedy Ryan grew up in North Carolina, but loves living in Atlanta with her husband (tall - check, dark - check handsome - check), and her handful of a son. Though she knew, like writers often do, that she was supposed to tell stories, the road to fulfillment has been paved with some of everything jobs that kept her family eating and living indoors. With her degree in Journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Go Tar Heels!), she has focused on writing for non-profit organizations and even doing some non-fiction ghost writing. Only in the last few years did she start telling stories again.

In addition to being a devoted wife and mom, she's also passionate about serving families living with Autism. Her son was diagnosed with Autism at the age of two, and she has made it her mission to help as many families as possible find the resources and services they need.

Full Series List in Order

All the King's Men

1 - The Kingmaker (Oct-2019)
2 - The Rebel King (Nov-2019)
3 - Queen Move (Jun-2020)

The Bennetts

1 - When You Are Mine (Jun-2014)
2 - Loving You Always (Oct-2014)
3 - Be Mine Forever (Feb-2015)
4 - Until I'm Yours (Feb-2016)

Grip

0.5 - Flow (Feb-2017)
0.5 - Flow, the Grip Prequel (Mar-2017)
1 - Grip (Mar-2017)
2 - Still (Sep-2017)

Hollywood Renaissance

1 - Reel (Jun-2021)
1.5 - The Close-Up (Sep-2021)

Hoops

1 - Long Shot (Mar-2018)
2 - Block Shot (Sep-2018)
2.5 - Hoops Holiday: A Novella (Dec-2018)
3 - Hook Shot (Mar-2019)

Skyland

1 - Before I Let Go (Nov-2022)
2 - This Could Be Us (Mar-2024)

Soul

1 - My Soul to Keep (Nov-2015)
2 - Down to My Soul (Mar-2016)
3 - Refrain (Aug-2016)

Multi-Author Series List

1001 Dark Nights

The Close-Up (Sep-2021)

Book List in Order: 24 titles

  • When You Are Mine

    The Bennetts - 1

    Forever is a heartbeat away . . . Kerris Moreton knows how to make things work. Bounced from foster home to foster home as a kid, she adapted; when opportunity arose, she thrived. Now, about to open her own business and accept a marriage proposal,...

  • Loving You Always

    The Bennetts - 2

    The man she can never have . . . Kerris Moreton should be the happiest woman in the world: She has a successful business and is about to start the family she's always wanted. But the man of her dreams-the one whose green eyes see straight into he...

  • Be Mine Forever

    The Bennetts - 3

    Can a secret crush . . . Jo Walsh has loved Cameron Mitchell for as long as she can remember. Whether front and center in her life or on the periphery, the tall, brooding artist has made his presence seductively and irresistibly known. But wheneve...

  • My Soul to Keep

    Soul - 1

    It seems the things worth keeping are often the hardest to hold... KAI I had two things in life that mattered. My mother and my music. Mama was taken from me too soon, and now music is all I have left. It’s the thing that’s pushed me right out of...

  • Until I'm Yours

    The Bennetts - 4

    The world knows her face . . . Mean girl. Goddess. Bitch. Supermodel Sofie Baston has earned those labels . . . yet they don't scratch the surface of who she really is. Before she can follow her own dreams, Sophie must do her daughterly duty and r...

  • Down to My Soul

    Soul - 2

    RHYSON She doesn't wear my ring. We never stood before a preacher. The only vows exchanged were between our bodies; between our souls. But she was mine and I was hers until I ruined it. I have to believe that every day, every step, every breath bring...

  • Refrain

    Soul - 3

    People dream of a love that runs deep. So deep it feels like it's always been with you, just waiting for the person who'll own your heart and soul forever. So few ever find it, but for Rhyson Gray and Kai Pearson, happily ever after was only the begi...

  • Flow

    Grip - 0.5

    In 8 years, Marlon James will be one of the brightest rising stars in the music industry. Bristol Gray will be his tough, no-nonsense manager. But when they first meet, she’s a college student finding her way in the world, and he’s an artis...

  • Flow, the Grip Prequel

    Grip - 0.5

    FLOW is the prequel chronicling the week of magical days and nights that will haunt Grip & Bristol for years to come.  In 8 years, Marlon James will be one of the brightest rising stars in the music industry. Bristol Gray will be his tough, no-nons...



  • Grip

    Grip - 1

    ***This is not a cliffhanger.*** Resisting an irresistible force wears you down and turns you out. I know. I've been doing it for years. I may not have a musical gift of my own, but I've got a nose for talent and an eye for the extraor...

  • Still

    Grip - 2

    **STILL is the conclusion of Grip & Bristol's emotional journey. You must read FLOW, the prequel, and GRIP, book 1 before beginning STILL** I'll be there. Through thick and thin. Ride or die. You can count on me. The promises pe...

  • Long Shot

    Hoops - 1

    A FORBIDDEN LOVE SET IN THE EXPLOSIVE WORLD OF THE NBA... Think you know what it's like being a baller's girl? You don't. My fairy tale is upside down. A happily never after. I kissed the prince and he turned into a fraud. I was a fool, and h...

  • Block Shot

    Hoops - 2

    A STANDALONE second chance, enemies-to-lovers romance set in the cutthroat world of sports management. They're two sharks in a fish tank... JARED If I had a dollar for every time Banner Morales made my heart skip a beat... The heart everyone ...

  • Hoops Holiday: A Novella

    Hoops - 2.5

    MacKenzie Decker was a question Avery never got to ask, much less answer. They met when she was a young reporter fueled by ambition, and the ink on Deck's first NBA contract was barely dry. Years later, they've climbed so high and lost so much, bu...

  • Swipe

  • Hook Shot

    Hoops - 3

    A deeply emotional standalone romance set in the worlds of professional basketball and high fashion. .Divorced. Single dad. Traded to a losing squad.Cheated on, betrayed, exposed.

  • The Kingmaker

    All the King's Men - 1

    Power. Passion. Betrayal. Raised to rule, bred to lead and weaned on a diet of ruthless ambition. In a world of haves and have nots, my family has it all, and I want nothing to do with it. My path takes me far from home and paints me as the bla...

  • The Rebel King

    All the King's Men - 2

    From beloved, RITA-award-winning author Kennedy Ryan comes the gripping, passionate finale of the All the King's Men duology.Though surrender is what Maxim Cade demanded of Lennix Hunter’s body and heart, she had other plans. They were fast-burning...

  • Queen Move

    All the King's Men - 3

    The boy who always felt like mine is now the man I can't have… Dig a little and you'll find photos of me in the bathtub with Ezra Stern. Get your mind out of the gutter. We were six months old. Pry and one of us might confess we saved...



  • Reel

    Hollywood Renaissance - 1

    Award-Winning Wall Street Journal bestselling author Kennedy Ryan launches a brand-new series with a Hollywood tale of wild ambition, artistic obsession, and unrelenting love. One moment in the spotlight... For months I stood by, an understudy ...

  • The Close-Up

    Hollywood Renaissance - 1.5
    1001 Dark Nights

    Set in the dynamic worlds of professional basketball and entertainment, two of Kennedy Ryan's most critically-acclaimed series-HOOPs and Hollywood Renaissance-collide in this tale of forbidden romance. I met Nazareth Armstrong when I was eighteen yea...

  • Before I Let Go

    Skyland - 1

    “Real, raw, magnificent -- Before I Let Go is the beautiful angst I love to read.” -- Colleen Hoover, #1 New York Times bestselling author Their love was supposed to last forever. But when life delivered blow after devastating blow, Ya...

  • This Could Be Us

    Skyland - 2

    “Heart-searing, sensual, and life affirming.” ―EMILY HENRY, #1 New York Times bestselling author An instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller, featured on The Today Show and CBS Mornings. Glamour: Best Books for B...

  • Can't Get Enough

    “Kennedy Ryan pours her whole soul into everything she writes, and it makes for books that are heart-searing, sensual, and life affirming.” ―EMILY HENRY Hendrix Barry lives a fabulous life. She has phenomenal friends, a loving family, and a thr...

Award-Winning Books by Kennedy Ryan

Long Shot
2019 Rita Award -- Contemporary Romance: Long


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kennedy Ryan has published 24 books.

The next book by Kennedy Ryan, Can't Get Enough, will be published in May 2025.

The first book by Kennedy Ryan, When You Are Mine, was published in June 2014.

Yes. Kennedy Ryan has 7 series.
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