Laney Hatcher

Laney Hatcher writes historical romance with playful courtship plots and tightly connected families. First to Fall opens her Bartholomew series, pairing lifelong friends Emery and Augustus in a Regency-era arrangement meant to ease the social pressure surrounding marriage. Their practical plan develops into a more complicated test of affection and trust. Hatcher identifies the novel as a full-length friends-to-lovers story built around a false betrothal and a marriage of convenience. The sequence continues with Second Chance Dance and Third Degree Yearn, expanding the focus to other members of the Bartholomew family. Her related bonus scenes revisit major moments from alternate viewpoints, showing a continuing interest in how the same exchange can look different to each participant.