Colbana Files (JC Daniels) Books in Order
Part ofJC Daniels Books in OrderBrowse the Colbana Files by JC Daniels in order, with quick summaries, novella placement, series background, and help choosing your first book.
Last updated: July 10, 2026
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Colbana Files (JC Daniels) books in publication order
11 books
Blade Song
by Shiloh Walker
2012
Kit Colbana takes what should be a simple job, finding a missing ward for a local alpha shifter. Instead she stumbles into a darker trail of vanished kids, bad magic, and stakes that turn deadly fast.
Night Blade
by Shiloh Walker
2013
Council members are dying, and Damon is the prime suspect. Kit has to investigate in secret, clear his name, and outmaneuver powerful enemies before saving him costs her everything else she still has.
Bladed Magic
by Shiloh Walker
2014
Before *Blade Song*, Kit is finally living a quieter life, until a green-eyed witch named Justin asks for help. Saying no would be safer, but Kit has never been very good at walking away from trouble.
Broken Blade
by Shiloh Walker
2014
Broken by what she has survived, Kit hides out at Wolf Haven and wants nothing to do with the world. Then a stolen relic and an ancient monster drag her back into danger, and nothing stays unchanged.
Edged Blade
by Shiloh Walker
2015
Still rebuilding after deep trauma, Kit agrees to help Justin investigate missing witches. The search widens to vanished shifters and vampires, and soon the people she loves most are squarely in the killer's sights.
Misery's Way
by Shiloh Walker
2015
Frankie looks human, but she is something stranger, and she uses her gifts to help where she can. A chance meeting in Florida pulls her toward another unusual woman and a fate neither of them can sidestep.
Shadowed Blade
by Shiloh Walker
2016
A strange employer sends Kit and Justin on jobs that make no sense until they nearly get killed. Then Justin and Colleen disappear, and Kit realizes she is hunting kidnappers while something else is hunting her.
Haunted Blade
by Shiloh Walker
2017
Fresh off one nightmare, Kit is hit by new murders, a vampire power struggle, and memories she would rather bury. As the bodies pile up, an old enemy closes in and the past refuses to stay dead.
Damon
by Shiloh Walker
2019
Before Kit's story fully begins, Damon Lee is hiding his claws and strength from the Orlando alpha. When a boy he loves like a son vanishes, he may have to unleash the beast he has kept caged.
Haunted Magic
by Shiloh Walker
2020
Healer witch Colleen was never meant for battle, but the man she loves is turned into a weapon against her. The result shatters her magic, her sense of self, and the life she thought she knew.
Doyle
by Shiloh Walker
2022
Doyle has always felt like an outsider, even inside the clan that raised him. When his growing dominance threatens to turn violent, he must choose between leaving, leading, or hurting the only family he has.
Colbana Files (JC Daniels) books in chronological order

Blade Song
by Shiloh Walker
2012Colbana Files, Book 1
Night Blade
by Shiloh Walker
2013Colbana Files, Book 2
Broken Blade
by Shiloh Walker
2014Colbana Files, Book 3
Bladed Magic
by Shiloh Walker
2014Colbana Files, Book 4
Edged Blade
by Shiloh Walker
2015Colbana Files, Book 5
Misery's Way
by Shiloh Walker
2015Colbana Files, Book 6
Shadowed Blade
by Shiloh Walker
2016Colbana Files, Book 7
Haunted Blade
by Shiloh Walker
2017Colbana Files, Book 8
Damon
by Shiloh Walker
2019Colbana Files, Book 9
Haunted Magic
by Shiloh Walker
2020Colbana Files, Book 10
Doyle
by Shiloh Walker
2022Colbana Files, Book 11
Series background & context
Under the J.C. Daniels name, Shiloh Walker uses the Colbana Files to tell a more bruised, street-level supernatural story. Kit Colbana is an investigator, sword fighter, and survivor working in a world of shifters, vampires, witches, and older things that never stay buried. Cases start with a body, a disappearance, or a favor, then widen into something uglier. The books are set in a modern paranormal landscape, but the emotional damage is as important as the monsters.
Kit is not built as a cool untouchable heroine.
She carries family trauma, old fear, and a habit of throwing herself into danger anyway. That gives the series weight. So does the cast around her, especially Damon Lee, the alpha of the Southern Cat Clans, whose relationship with Kit grows alongside the wider plot. Friends like Justin and Colleen matter too, because this world runs on alliances, debt, and the few people you trust when everything goes bad.
The first books are a good example of how the series works. Blade Song starts with a missing-person case. Night Blade raises the stakes by putting Damon in danger. Later books pull Kit into relic hunts, council politics, disappearances across several nonhuman groups, and enemies tied directly to her bloodline. There is always a case in front of her, but there is also a longer story about who Kit is, what her family did to her, and what the old powers around her really want.
Tone matters here. These are not light, flirty paranormal capers. The action is sharp, the romance is real, and the aftermath sticks. Kit and the people around her get hurt, recover, backslide, and keep moving. If you like urban fantasy where the love story matters but never erases the violence, fear, and supernatural politics, this series knows how to balance those pieces.
The books bite, and they leave marks.
The shorter works are worth reading if you fall for the world. Bladed Magic fills in early Kit history, while Damon, Misery's Way, Haunted Magic, and Doyle give other characters room and show how wide the series can stretch without losing its center. Start with Blade Song. If it clicks, the rest of the series opens up in exactly the right order.
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