Beneath (Meghan March) Books in Order

The Beneath series is Meghan March’s love letter to New Orleans, a collection of interconnected standalones that mix tattoo shops, pawnshops, politics, and crime with big, messy love stories.

Each book focuses on a different couple, but familiar faces walk in and out of one another’s stories. It all starts with Beneath This Mask, where Charlie, a disgraced socialite on the run from her father’s financial scandal, hides in the French Quarter under a new identity. She works at a tattoo shop, keeps her head down, and breaks her own rules when she falls for Simon, a former Navy fighter pilot and the son of a congressman whose life is built on visibility and clean lines. Their romance sets the tone for the series, secrets and second chances against the backdrop of the city’s grit and charm.

From there the world widens. Beneath This Ink digs into tattoo artist Constantine and society princess Vanessa, a second‑chance romance wrapped around a night he barely remembers and a history neither of them has really escaped. Beneath These Chains pairs street‑raised pawnshop owner Lord with determined rich girl Elle, who walks into his shop demanding a job and refuses to be intimidated. Beneath These Scars lets the so‑called villain, Lucas, fall hard for boutique owner Yve, testing whether a man with a reputation for ruthlessness can be anyone’s hero.

Later books bring in new flavors of tension. Beneath These Lies follows art‑shop owner Valentina as she navigates a murky world where nothing is what it seems and attraction to the wrong man could be deadly. Beneath These Shadows centers on drifting tattoo artist Bishop, who finds himself protective of Eden, a sheltered newcomer with danger on her heels. The finale, Beneath the Truth, gives former cop Rhett Hennessy a chance at love with Ariel, his best friend’s little sister, while he untangles lies that cut close to home.

Tone‑wise, expect steamy contemporary romance with a strong suspense undercurrent. The stakes are personal rather than global, the fight to outrun a criminal past, to protect a found family, to admit you’re in love when you have every reason not to trust anyone. Readers can jump in almost anywhere, but reading in order lets you watch side characters grow into their own happy endings and see how this vibrant New Orleans cast overlaps and evolves from book to book.