Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Rise | 2021 | Tiana Laveen | Buy |
| 2 | The Shine | 2021 | Tiana Laveen | Buy |
The Gutter series is a two-book dark romance duology by Tiana Laveen, published in 2021. Made up of The Rise and The Shine, the series is set in an urban environment where street life, survival, and love collide. Laveen brings her usual fearlessness to the material, writing characters who live hard lives but still reach for connection and something more.
The two titles suggest an arc of upward movement, from the gutter to the shine, and that trajectory gives the duology its emotional shape. Readers who appreciate dark romance grounded in realistic, street-level settings will find the Gutter series fits squarely into the tradition of urban fiction blended with love stories that Laveen has made her own.