Blood Trilogy (Amber Anthony) Books in Order

Blood Rising, Blood Emerald, and Blood Dragon, with Appetite for Blood as a prequel, make up the vampire side of Amber Anthony's world. These books are paranormal romances first, but they also run on hidden-society rules, old grudges, and the practical problem of how immortal creatures survive in the modern world without blowing their cover. The answer, in this series, is clever, sexy, and a little dangerous.

At the center are vampires Matt Brenner and Rick Hiatt, plus Adam Lachlan, a dragon shifter who becomes part of the same orbit. In the prequel Appetite for Blood, the friendship between Matt, Rick, and Adam begins in the 1920s while the ruthless Moreau family pushes the supernatural world toward open conflict. That book gives the larger series its foundation and explains why loyalty matters so much later on.

Then Blood Rising turns the focus personal.

Matt Brenner never wanted to be a vampire, and that reluctance gives the first main novel its tension. He and Rick have built a feeding empire where willing donors and vampires meet under strict rules, but Matt still feels stuck in a life he did not choose. Catherine Temple changes that. His attraction to a human woman makes every old rule look shaky, and the story starts asking whether love can survive a world built on secrecy, appetite, and power.

Blood Emerald hands the spotlight to Rick Hiatt. He is older, smoother, and far more comfortable in his skin, yet Anna Curley throws him off balance in all the right ways. At the same time, the danger around the vampire family grows sharper, especially with Veronique Moreau still looming as a threat and hunters close enough to make mistakes costly. The series keeps its romantic core, but the wider supernatural conflict never really drops out of view.

By Blood Dragon, the world gets bigger.

Adam Lachlan has spent centuries living with exile, attitude, and a carefully controlled distance from everyone around him. Willow Greer arrives with her own supernatural mystery, and their romance opens the door to shifter politics as well as vampire ones. That shift matters. The series starts with vampires and donors, but it does not stay in a narrow lane for long. It keeps widening the map while holding onto the same emotional engine, one couple at a time, inside a shared world.

Overall, expect fast-moving paranormal romance with a strong sensual edge, hidden-world intrigue, and a found-family feel that ties the books together. The heroes are protective, complicated, and sometimes stubborn to a fault. The heroines are bright, capable, and not easily swept aside. If you like connected romances where each book deepens the mythology, this is the series to pick up first.