Dante Valentine Books in Order

The Dante Valentine series is a five-book urban fantasy set in a far-future world where magic is public, technology is advanced, and the old supernatural powers have adapted very well to modern business. Dante is a licensed necromancer who can speak with the dead, a bounty hunter who carries a sword, and a woman with little patience for authority. Her life changes when Lucifer hires her for a job no sensible person would accept.

The Devil is not taking no for an answer.

In Working for the Devil, Dante must hunt Vardimal Santino, a rogue demon tied to one of the worst losses in her past. Lucifer assigns the demon Japhrimel to guard her, creating an alliance built from suspicion, attraction, and unequal power. The case gives the series its first chase, but it also changes Dante physically and emotionally. From then on, her identity is tied to Hell, even when she wants nothing to do with its rulers.

Dead Man Rising brings Dante back to Saint City, where psychics are being murdered and clues point toward Rigger Hall, the school that shaped and harmed her. Grief and memory are as dangerous as the killer. In The Devil's Right Hand, Lucifer sends Dante and Japhrimel after demons who have escaped during trouble in Hell. Their relationship remains intense, but neither love nor loyalty can make the Devil's bargains simple.

The final two books tighten the trap. Saint City Sinners brings Dante home to investigate a murder that strikes close to the people she loves. A betrayal by the person she trusted most makes revenge harder to separate from duty. To Hell and Back begins with Dante battered by her time in Hell and determined to stop being a pawn. The struggle is no longer just about completing an assignment. It is about whether she can keep her soul, her judgment, and the people she loves while powerful beings decide her fate.

Saint City matters almost as much as any character. It is crowded, dangerous, full of magical workers, corporate interests, police, psychics, demons, and people trying to make a living between them. The series mixes cyberpunk details with occult rules, but its emotional center stays close to Dante. She is angry, capable, loyal, and often reckless. She survives, then has to live with what survival required.

Read the series in order from Working for the Devil through To Hell and Back. The plot, relationships, and consequences carry directly between volumes. Expect violent cases, dark humor, grief, difficult romance, and a heroine who keeps pushing back even when her employer is literally the Devil.