Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake Me Up | 2013 | Michelle Heard | N/A |
| 2 | The Girl In The Closet | 2018 | Michelle Heard | Buy |
| 3 | The Lies We Tell Ourselves | 2019 | Michelle Heard | Buy |
| 4 | All The Wasted Time | 2019 | Michelle Heard | Buy |
| 5 | We Were Lost | 2019 | Michelle Heard | Buy |
| 6 | The Ocean Between Us | 2013 | Michelle Heard | Buy |
Southern Heroes shows Michelle Heard can write protective alpha males without the mafia backdrop. This six-book contemporary romance series trades organized crime for small Southern towns where the heroes are military, law enforcement, or business owners who fall hard for women disrupting their controlled lives. The romance is still intense but the stakes don’t involve body counts.
The series offers a softer entry point for readers who like Heard’s commanding heroes but prefer their romance without criminal enterprises. These men are still possessive and dominant, but their protection comes from honor rather than the mafia code. Southern Heroes proves Heard’s skill with romantic tension works in multiple settings, from crime empires to Georgia small towns.