Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shades of Gray | 1998 | Madeline Baker | Buy |
| 2 | After Sundown | 2003 | Madeline Baker | Buy |
| 3 | Desire After Dark | 2006 | Madeline Baker | Buy |
The Vampire Trilogy collects three of Madeline Baker’s paranormal romances into a connected arc. Starting with Shades of Gray, the series explores the moral territory between human and vampire, light and darkness, in stories where love crosses the boundaries between mortal and immortal.
Baker writes vampire romance that emphasizes emotional connection over horror. Her vampires struggle with their nature while falling for humans who see past the predator to the person underneath. The trilogy format allows her to develop these themes across three books without the sprawl of her longer series.
The books appeal to readers who want a complete paranormal romance arc: beginning, middle, and end, with characters whose stories interweave across the trilogy.