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If Love

by Ana Huang

The If Love series by Ana Huang has 4 books and is best read in publication order, starting with If We Ever Meet Again (2020).

Books
4 books
First published
2020
Status
completed
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Start here: If We Ever Meet Again (2020) — then read straight through in publication order.

Cover of If We Ever Meet Again, the first book in If Love

Reading order

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About the If Love series

If Love is Ana Huang's earliest romance series and the gentlest corner of her wider shared universe. Told in third person rather than the first-person voice she'd later use for Twisted and Kings of Sin, the four books follow two pairs of friends-turned-lovers whose lives intertwine across Los Angeles and Shanghai: an aspiring interior designer and a jaded ex-athlete studying abroad, then their respective best friends navigating a slower-burn, workplace-adjacent romance of their own. The tone is softer and less explicit than Huang's later work — closed-door to low-heat rather than the open-door intensity of Twisted or Kings of Sin — but the same instincts are already visible: banter-heavy dialogue, emotionally wounded leads, and a belief that grand romantic gestures matter.

Published in rapid succession across 2020, the four books were Huang's breakout after a seven-year gap following her 2015 debut, and they built the readership that would carry Twisted Love to viral success the following year. If Love is not connected to Twisted or Kings of Sin by shared characters, but Huang has described all her romance series as existing in one loose universe, and readers who start here get the through-line of her career: two pairs of opposites, a lot of longing, and endings that earn their happily-ever-afters.

How to read this series

Read in publication order: If We Ever Meet Again, If the Sun Never Sets, If Love Had a Price, If We Were Perfect. The four books form two connected duets rather than one continuous plot — the first two follow one couple (Ellie and Liam) across a study-abroad romance and its long-distance fallout, and the last two follow their best friends (Amelia and Sebastian) in a separate but overlapping storyline. There's no need to read Huang's other series first; If Love stands completely apart from Twisted and Kings of Sin, sharing only the author's voice and general West Coast setting, not characters.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in the If Love series?

Four: If We Ever Meet Again (2020), If the Sun Never Sets (2020), If Love Had a Price (2020), and If We Were Perfect (2020). The series is complete.

What order should I read the If Love series in?

Publication order works and is the intended order: If We Ever Meet Again, If the Sun Never Sets, If Love Had a Price, then If We Were Perfect. The first two books and the last two form two separate but linked couple arcs.

Is If Love connected to Ana Huang's Twisted or Kings of Sin series?

No shared characters or plot — If Love is a self-contained series. It's written in third person and is noticeably lower-heat than Twisted or Kings of Sin, making it a gentler entry point to Huang's writing.

Do I need to read If Love before Twisted Love?

No. The series are unconnected and can be read in any order relative to each other; If Love simply came first chronologically in Huang's career.

Is the If Love series finished?

Yes, all four books were published in 2020 and no further installments have been announced.

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