Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conquer | 2021 | Michelle St. James | Buy |
| 2 | Captivate | 2021 | Michelle St. James | Buy |
| 3 | Claim | 2022 | Michelle St. James | Buy |
| 4 | Crown | 2022 | Michelle St. James | Buy |
| 5 | Sorcerers of the Frozen Isles: A Tale of the Savage Empire | 1986 | Michelle St. James | N/A |
Savage Empire spans five books, four of which St. James published in quick succession between 2021 and 2022. The series follows a clear power-building arc through its titles: Conquer, Captivate, Claim, Crown. Each word marks a stage in the kind of criminal ambition the series is built around, and reading them in order makes that progression feel earned.
The romance in Savage Empire is inseparable from the struggle for dominance at the center of the plot. St. James writes heroes who take what they want and heroines who push back – the tension between those two forces is what drives the books forward. Fans of her earlier series will find this one has a bigger canvas than most, with the full five-book run giving her room to develop both the relationship and the criminal world around it at a more deliberate pace.