Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 2015 | Kris Michaels | Buy |
| 2 | Joseph | 2015 | Kris Michaels | Buy |
| 3 | Adam | 2018 | Kris Michaels | Buy |
| 4 | Jason | 2016 | Kris Michaels | Buy |
| 5 | Jewell | 2017 | Kris Michaels | Buy |
| 6 | Jared | 2018 | Kris Michaels | Buy |
| 7 | Jade | 2017 | Kris Michaels | Buy |
| 8 | Jasmine | 2018 | Kris Michaels | Buy |
| 9 | Chief | 2017 | Kris Michaels | Buy |
| 10 | Justin | 2018 | Kris Michaels | Buy |
| 11 | Drake | 2018 | Kris Michaels | Buy |
| 12 | Dixon | 2019 | Kris Michaels | Buy |
| 13 | Passages | 2019 | Kris Michaels | Buy |
| 14 | Promises | 2020 | Kris Michaels | Buy |
| 15 | The Siege - Book One | 2022 | Kris Michaels | Buy |
| 16 | The Siege - Book Two | 2022 | Kris Michaels | Buy |
Kings of Guardian launched in 2015 with Jacob, which drops readers directly into the world: a CIA agent rescued from an Afghan prison by a black ops commander named Jacob King. The series built its reputation on that combination: characters with genuine military and intelligence backgrounds, romantic tension developed under life-threatening pressure, and an organization complex enough to sustain sixteen full-length novels.
The King family sits at the center of the series, with brothers and associates each getting their own book. Early titles like Joseph, Adam, and Jason establish the family dynamic and the scope of Guardian Security’s operations. Later books including Drake, Dixon, and Passages expand the world and raise the organizational stakes, culminating in The Siege, a two-part finale published in 2022.
For readers coming to Kris Michaels for the first time, Kings of Guardian is the natural entry point to her work. The series established the templates she has refined across her other series: heroes who are competent and damaged in roughly equal measure, heroines who drive the plot rather than wait in it, and action sequences that serve the emotional story rather than interrupting it.