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Colbana Files (JC Daniels) Books in Order

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Browse 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

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11 books

1

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.

2

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.

3

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.

4

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.

5

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.

6

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.

7

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.

8

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.

9

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.

10

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.

11

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

  1. Book cover for "Blade Song"

    Blade Song

    by Shiloh Walker

    2012Colbana Files, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Night Blade"

    Night Blade

    by Shiloh Walker

    2013Colbana Files, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Broken Blade"

    Broken Blade

    by Shiloh Walker

    2014Colbana Files, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Bladed Magic"

    Bladed Magic

    by Shiloh Walker

    2014Colbana Files, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Edged Blade"

    Edged Blade

    by Shiloh Walker

    2015Colbana Files, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Misery's Way"

    Misery's Way

    by Shiloh Walker

    2015Colbana Files, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Shadowed Blade"

    Shadowed Blade

    by Shiloh Walker

    2016Colbana Files, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Haunted Blade"

    Haunted Blade

    by Shiloh Walker

    2017Colbana Files, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "Damon"

    Damon

    by Shiloh Walker

    2019Colbana Files, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "Haunted Magic"

    Haunted Magic

    by Shiloh Walker

    2020Colbana Files, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "Doyle"

    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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