Alpha Bodyguard Books in Order
Part ofSybil Bartel Books in OrderExplore the Alpha Bodyguard series by Sybil Bartel, with every book listed in order plus quick summaries, series background, and tips on which protective alpha hero to start with.
Last updated: December 24, 2025
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Publication Order
9 books
Shameless
by Sybil Bartel
2020
Years of deployment turned Shade into a weapon, not a civilian. Working security seems like a lifeline until he is assigned to guard a spoiled rich girl with a sharp tongue. Babysitting her becomes deadly serious when enemies target her money and her life.
Heartless
by Sybil Bartel
2020
Ronan is an explosives expert who survived the Marines by never taking chances. Trading the front lines for a top security firm keeps him safe, until a terrified client lies about everything and forces this controlled bodyguard to risk his heart and his life.
Ruthless
by Sybil Bartel
2019
Groomed to inherit a real estate empire, Sawyer walked away to serve three tours in the Marines and then guard people instead of bank accounts. An innocent redhead shatters his careful order and drags him into a ruthless fight for her safety.
Relentless
by Sybil Bartel
2019
Medically discharged before finishing Marine training, Thomas joins Luna & Associates determined to prove himself. A sophisticated client dismisses him with one glance, but when a threat closes in, his stubborn, relentless protection is the only thing standing between her and disaster.
Fearless
by Sybil Bartel
2019
Sniper turned bodyguard Ty sells his skill to the highest bidder and does not ask questions. A hostage rescue for a wealthy businessman’s daughter seems routine, until the half naked, bleeding woman he is sent to extract changes all his rules.
Callous
by Sybil Bartel
2019
Preston built his life on watching details other people miss. When he notices a woman being shadowed through the city, that observation turns into obsession. Stepping in to protect her forces him to confront an old mistake and a second chance.
Scandalous
by Sybil Bartel
2018
Force Recon veteran Tank takes a high paying assignment guarding a headline loving Hollywood actress in Miami Beach. What should be easy money turns into chaos when her latest scandal draws real danger and the attraction between them ignites.
Reckless
by Sybil Bartel
2018
Bad boy Tyler is a former Marine and part time escort whose looks cause almost as much trouble as his attitude. Hired to play fiancé to a foreign princess, he fakes a relationship that quickly becomes dangerously real.
Merciless
by Sybil Bartel
2018
Collins lives by simple rules, take the job and never get attached, until a past one night stand crosses his path holding a little boy who looks just like him. Protecting them pulls this mercenary bodyguard into family level stakes.
Series background & context
The Alpha Bodyguard books are fast, steamy romantic suspense stories about former Special Forces operatives who trade combat zones for high end personal protection work. Most of the action centers on Luna & Associates, an elite security firm that sends ex Marines and other military vets into situations where money, fame, and danger collide.
Each novel stands alone, with a different bodyguard and client at the center. In Scandalous, Tank is hired to keep a young Hollywood actress safe while she films in Miami Beach, only to find that her talent for attracting scandal makes his job anything but simple. Merciless throws Collins back into the orbit of a one night stand who might have had his child, while Reckless asks Tyler to pose as the fake fiancé of a foreign princess who is leaving out a few crucial details.
As the series goes on, the heroes expand beyond straightforward close protection work. Sawyer in Ruthless walks away from a powerful real estate family and eight years in the Marines to build a quieter life, only to have it blown apart by an innocent redhead who stumbles into real danger. Fearless follows Ty, a sniper who sells his skills to the highest bidder until a hostage job turns personal. Callous, Relentless, Shameless, and Heartless explore trackers, med discharged warriors, and an explosives expert who would rather defuse bombs than feelings.
What ties the books together is the found family of veterans who move between series. You will see familiar faces from the Uncompromising novels, and the timeline eventually overlaps with the Alpha Elite mercenaries. The tone is unapologetically alpha and very steamy, but the heroines have agency, sharp edges, and lives that do not shrink just because a bodyguard walks in.
If you like protective ex military heroes, Miami heat, security firms that blur the line between legal and not, and a balance of action scenes with dirty talk, Alpha Bodyguard is an easy series to binge in order or to dip into wherever a particular blurb hooks you.
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