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Caught Up in Love

by Lauren Blakely

The Caught Up in Love series by Lauren Blakely has 4 books and is best read in publication order, starting with The Second Chance Plan (2020).

Books
4 books
First published
2019
Status
completed
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Start here: The Second Chance Plan (2020) — then read straight through in publication order.

Book one

Cover of The Second Chance Plan, the first book in Caught Up in Love

The Second Chance Plan (2020)

Reading order

The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.

  1. The Second Chance Plan

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  2. The Pretending Plot

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  3. The Private Rehearsal

    Novel

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  4. The Dating Proposal

    Novel

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About the Caught Up in Love series

Caught Up in Love is an early Lauren Blakely contemporary romance series following a circle of friends whose fake-dating and second-chance schemes keep tangling into real relationships. The Second Chance Plan, The Pretending Plot and The Private Rehearsal originally released in 2013 under the titles Caught Up in Us, Pretending He's Mine and Playing with Her Heart, before Blakely revised and re-released all three under their current titles in 2020. The Dating Proposal (2019) later joined the series with a new couple.

As one of Blakely's earlier series, Caught Up in Love established the fake-relationship and friends-to-lovers tropes she returned to often across her later catalog, and its 2020 retitling reflects a broader wave of backlist rebranding she carried out across several early series around that time.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in the Caught Up in Love series?

Four: The Second Chance Plan, The Pretending Plot and The Private Rehearsal (all originally 2013, re-released under these titles in 2020), plus The Dating Proposal (2019).

Why do these books have different original titles?

The Second Chance Plan, The Pretending Plot and The Private Rehearsal were originally published in 2013 as Caught Up in Us, Pretending He's Mine and Playing with Her Heart; Lauren Blakely revised and re-released all three under their current titles in 2020.

Do I need to read Caught Up in Love in order?

No -- each book follows a different couple within the same friend group with a self-contained romance.

Is Caught Up in Love connected to Blakely's other series?

No -- it's a standalone series, though the Stars in Their Eyes duet (My Charming Rival, My Sexy Rival) grew out of the same original Caught Up in Love continuity and is tracked separately.

Is a fifth Caught Up in Love book planned?

None has been announced as of August 2026.

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