Conner & Hitch (LJ Sellers) Books in Order

The Conner and Hitch books start with a built-in friction that makes the whole setup work. Clara Hitchens is a prosecutor who still believes the justice system can do good, even while she sees its cracks every day. Nate Conner is newly out of jail, broke, angry, and trying not to slide back into the life that put him there. She works inside the system. He has spent plenty of time on the wrong side of it.

No Consent lays that out fast. Clara is juggling a hard sexual assault trial while also trying to figure out whether corruption reaches up through her own office. Nate gets out of jail already under pressure from a thug, then learns his younger sister Kaylee has gone missing. He does not have money, status, or much room for error. Clara has a law degree and an office, but not nearly as much power as she is supposed to have. Both are boxed in, just in different ways.

That mismatch is the engine of the series.

Hitch knows court procedure, evidence rules, and how easily one bad fact can wreck a case in front of a jury. Conner knows snitches, side deals, street panic, and the way fear changes people's stories. He is not a polished hero, and she is not a fearless crusader who can fix everything with a speech. The partnership gets interesting because each sees what the other misses, and each has reasons not to trust too easily.

The tone sits between legal thriller and crime novel. There are courtrooms, office politics, and questions about what prosecutors should do when their own side cuts corners. But there is also a lot of pressure outside official spaces, in cars, on sidewalks, in back rooms, and wherever people with no safety net try to stay alive one more day. The legal detail gives the books structure. The street-level danger gives them bite.

Because this line is written by Teresa Burrell and L.J. Sellers together, it pulls from both writers' strengths. You get the procedural weight of a case that could fall apart in court, along with faster thriller movement once bodies start dropping and loyalties start shifting. If later books follow the path set by No Consent, expect corruption, missing-person stakes, and two leads who make sense only after you see how badly they need each other's help.