How all 13 BlissVerse novels connect into one world
Every novel in the BlissVerse stands on its own. You can start anywhere and fall completely in love with the couple at the center of the story.
But if you’ve read more than one, you’ve probably noticed that these characters don’t disappear when their book ends. They show up in each other’s lives all the time.
Below is a guide to how all 13 books (so far) connect.
Release the Stars
Charlie Cross & Ava Castaneda
➝ Charlie wrote the screenplays for films starring Faye & Ida (About That Kiss) and Sienna (Nothing Heals Me Like You Do)
➝ Ava is best friends and neighbors with Faye (About That Kiss)
A Breathless Place
Izzy Adler & Leila Zadeh
➝ Neighbors of Dakota & Jack (I Hope That I Don’t Fall In Love With You)
➝ Izzy co-recorded the duet ‘I Should Have Kissed You’ with Lana Lynch, a song that plays a central role in The Duet
About That Kiss
Faye Fleming & Ida Burton
➝ Faye is best friends with Ava (Release the Stars)
➝ Sadie (And Then She Kissed Me) has a house in the same Malibu neighborhood and shares an agent with both Faye and Ida (About That Kiss)
➝ They commission Raffo Shah (Our Secret Summer) to paint a family portrait
➝ They invite Avery and Nic (Love Me Like You Shouldn’t) for dinner
And Then She Kissed Me
Sadie Ireland & Devon Douglas
➝ Sadie shares an agent with Ida & Faye (About That Kiss) and Avery (Love Me Like You Shouldn’t)
➝ Estelle (This Is Who I Am) takes Sadie’s surfing class
➝ Sadie’s sister, Suzy, is friends with Cass (This Is Who I Am)
The Duet
Lana Lynch & Cleo Palmer
➝ Faye (About That Kiss) plays Lana in the biopic of her life
➝ Stella (A Family Affair) plays Cleo in the movie
➝ Charlie (Release the Stars) wrote the screenplay
➝ Lana has recorded a duet with Izzy (A Breathless Place)
A Family Affair
Kate & Stella Flack
➝ Stella co-stars with Nora (The Love We Make) in the TV show Unbreak My Heart
➝ Stella plays Cleo (The Duet) in the movie about Lana Lynch’s life, co-starring with Faye (About That Kiss)
➝ Stella co-stars with Sienna (Nothing Heals Me Like You Do) and Avery (Love Me Like You Shouldn’t) in the lesbian cult movie Queer Girl Summer
The Love We Make
Nora Levine & Mimi St. James
➝ Nora co-stars with Stella (A Family Affair) in the TV show Unbreak My Heart
➝ Nora plays the mother of Justine (Nothing Heals Me Like You Do) in Gimme Shelter, which Mimi directs
➝ Nora shares an agent with Ida & Faye (About That Kiss), Sadie (And Then She Kissed Me), and Avery (Love Me Like You Shouldn’t)
➝ Mimi directs Avery (Love Me Like You Shouldn’t) in her new movie
Still the One
Gabrielle ‘Mac’ Mackenzie & Jamie Sullivan
➝ Leila (A Breathless Place) is Mac’s ex
➝ Jamie and Mac move in next door to Izzy & Leila (A Breathless Place)
➝ Dakota (I Hope That I Don’t Fall In Love With You) renovates their house
I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love With You
Dakota Gallagher & Jack Russo
➝ Neighbors with Izzy & Leila (A Breathless Place)
➝ Jack is a superfan of Sadie (And Then She Kissed Me)
➝ They become close friends with Jamie & Mac (Still the One)
Nothing Heals Me Like You Do
Justine Blackburn & Sienna Bright
➝ Justine’s life story inspires the movie Gimme Shelter. The screenplay is written by Charlie (Release the Stars) and the movie is directed by Mimi (The Love We Make)
➝ Nora’s (The Love We Make) personal trainer, Marcy, is Justine’s ex
➝ Raffo (Our Secret Summer) stayed at The Rainbow Shelter as a teen
➝ Sienna stars with Avery (Love Me Like You Shouldn’t) and Stella (A Family Affair) in Queer Girl Summer
Our Secret Summer
Raffo Shah & Dylan French
➝ As a teenager, Raffo lived at the Rainbow Shelter founded by Justine (Nothing Heals Me Like You Do)
➝ Raffo paints a family portrait commissioned by Ida & Faye (About That Kiss)
➝ Sienna (Nothing Heals Me Like You Do) has a couple of Raffo’s paintings
This Is Who I Am
Cass Little & Estelle Raymond
➝ They live in Clearwater Bay, the town where Sadie & Devon (And Then She Kissed Me) fall in love
➝ Cass is best friends with Sadie’s (And Then She Kissed Me) sister
➝ Estelle takes surfing lessons from Sadie (And Then She Kissed Me)
Love Me Like You Shouldn’t
Avery Hall & Dr. Nicola Forbes
➝ Avery stars in Queer Girl Summer with Sienna (Nothing Heals Me Like You Do) and Stella (A Family Affair)
➝ Nic’s sister Leslie is the agent for Ida & Faye (About That Kiss), Sadie (And Then She Kissed Me) and Nora (The Love We Make)
➝ Mimi (The Love We Make) wants to make a movie with Avery
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Every book stands alone. Every connection makes it richer.
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