Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chains of Blood and Darkness | 2024 | M. Guida | Buy |
| 2 | Kiss of Blood and Sin | 2024 | M. Guida | Buy |
| 3 | The Curse of Blood and Silence | 2024 | M. Guida | Buy |
| 4 | Crown of Blood and Vengeance | 2025 | M. Guida | Buy |
The French Quarter Vampire King series drops the academy settings of Guida’s earlier work for something harder-edged: New Orleans, vampire mafia politics, and a king who did not earn his crown by being gentle. The opening book, Chains of Blood and Darkness, frames the central romance as enemies-to-lovers between a heroine who refuses to be managed and a vampire king whose power makes him accustomed to getting what he wants.
The series builds through court intrigue and escalating supernatural stakes. The second book, The Curse of Blood and Silence, deepens both the romantic and political conflicts, while Kiss of Blood and Sin expands the world on the prequel side of the main timeline.
The fourth entry completes the arc. The series runs parallel to French Quarter Vampire Enforcer, with the two sharing characters and world events. Together they form Guida’s New Orleans vampire mafia universe, which represents a shift in her writing toward darker, more explicitly romantic fiction compared to her academy series.