Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Color of Danger | 2014 | Alexa Verde | Buy |
| 2 | River of Danger | 2015 | Alexa Verde | Buy |
| 3 | Taste of Danger | 2016 | Alexa Verde | Buy |
| 4 | Scent of Danger | 2016 | Alexa Verde | Buy |
| 5 | Touch of Danger | 2017 | Alexa Verde | Buy |
| 6 | Danger Under the Mistletoe | 2018 | Alexa Verde | Buy |
| 7 | Dangerous Love | 2018 | Alexa Verde | Buy |
| 8 | Winter of Danger | 2022 | Alexa Verde | Buy |
| 9 | Whisper of Danger | 2022 | Alexa Verde | Buy |
Rios Azules is a fictional small Texas town with more secrets than most places its size. The nine books in this series pair a romance with a suspense element — each title names a sense (color, river, taste, scent, touch) except for the later entries, which deal with danger in more direct forms. Alexa Verde began the series in 2014 with Color of Danger and returned to it in 2022 with two more books after a four-year gap.
The faith-based framework that Verde applies to most of her fiction shows up here alongside the suspense elements. Characters work through fear and danger with community support and spiritual grounding, which distinguishes these books from secular romantic suspense even when the plot mechanics are similar.
The naming pattern gives the early books a distinctive feel — Taste of Danger, Scent of Danger, Touch of Danger read almost like a set. The later entries Winter of Danger and Whisper of Danger maintain the formula while expanding what “danger” means in the town’s ongoing story.