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Almond Bay

by Meghan Quinn

The Almond Bay series by Meghan Quinn has 3 known books (3 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with The Way I Hate Him (2023). The Path to Loving Him is the latest book with a fully recorded publication date.

Books
3 known books (3 novels)
Published
3
First published
2023
Status
completed
Shelved under
Romance
Start here: The Way I Hate Him (2023) — then read straight through in publication order.
Book one
Cover of The Way I Hate Him
The Way I Hate Him (2023)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. The Way I Hate Him

    Novel
    The Way I Hate Him (2023) opens Almond Bay at 524 pages, setting the Rowley siblings' small-town California saga in motion with an enemies-to-lovers pairing bound by shared history.
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  2. The Reason I Married Him

    Novel
    The Reason I Married Him followed in February 2024, continuing the Rowley family's story with a marriage-of-convenience premise a year after The Way I Hate Him.
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  3. The Path to Loving Him

    Novel
    At 458 pages, The Path to Loving Him (January 2025) closes the trilogy with the last Rowley sibling finding a match, arriving almost a year after The Reason I Married Him.
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Key facts about the Almond Bay series

The Almond Bay series has 3 books on our list. Since all 3 are out now, you can read the whole list today.

Start with The Way I Hate Him, since it opens the publication order in 2023. The Reason I Married Him is book 2, from 2024. The Path to Loving Him is book 3, from 2025.

Each title links to its own page, while the list keeps them in date order. Each book page shows its dates and editions.

The Path to Loving Him is the latest book with a full release date, out on 7 January 2025. Since the catalogue marks the series as complete, we list no next book.

The books came out between 2023 and 2025, while their length runs from 458 to 524 pages. That is a run of 2 years.

Meghan Quinn has 75 books on our list. Additionally, they write Hot-Lanta, Love and Sports and The Jett Girl, plus 16 more series. We shelve the books under small-town romance.

About the Almond Bay series

Almond Bay is a small-town romance series set in a fictional coastal California town, following the Rowley siblings as each finds an unlikely match against a backdrop of family business, old grudges, and hometown gossip. The Way I Hate Him opens with an enemies-to-lovers setup between two people bound by a shared history; The Reason I Married Him complicates a marriage-of-convenience premise with real feelings neither sibling expected; The Path to Loving Him closes the trilogy with the last Rowley finding their own happy ending.

Compared to Meghan Quinn's hockey and workplace romcoms, Almond Bay leans further into small-town, family-saga romance, closer in register to her Cane Brothers billionaire-family series, with a returning cast of siblings, parents, and townsfolk giving later books more emotional weight as the reader already knows the family. The coastal small-town setting gives the series a cozier, slower-paced feel than her sports romances, even as Quinn keeps her signature banter and heat intact.

The series also spun off a connected trilogy, Bridesmaid for Hire, featuring Almond Bay's wedding-planning business and overlapping side characters, for readers who want to stay in the same town and community once the Rowley siblings' stories are done.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in the Almond Bay series?

Three: The Way I Hate Him (2023), The Reason I Married Him (2024), and The Path to Loving Him (2025).

What order should I read the Almond Bay books in?

Publication order: The Way I Hate Him, The Reason I Married Him, then The Path to Loving Him. Each follows a different Rowley sibling.

Is Almond Bay connected to Bridesmaid for Hire?

Yes — Bridesmaid for Hire is a spin-off series set in the same town with overlapping side characters, following the town's wedding-planning business. It's best read after Almond Bay, though each series' books stand alone romantically.

Can I read the Almond Bay books as standalones?

Yes, each follows a different sibling with a complete happily-ever-after. Reading in order adds continuity from the shared family and town, but isn't required.

Is Almond Bay spicy?

Yes, it's a steamy small-town romance in line with Meghan Quinn's typical open-door style.

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