Fog City Books in Order

Fog City is a romantic suspense series set around San Francisco's criminal underworld, where the Madigan family is trying to change an empire built on violence. The books deal with assassins, law enforcement, secret identities, and people who have learned to survive by keeping their feelings locked down. Romance is never separate from the danger, because trusting the wrong person can get someone hurt.

The first trilogy belongs to Hawes Madigan and Christopher "Dante" Perri. Hawes is known as the Prince of Killers, heir to corporate and criminal power, and an assassin who hates the role he has been given. Dante arrives as a private investigator with his own hidden agenda and a reason to pursue Hawes. Their connection is immediate, but neither man has much reason to believe the other is telling the truth.

Trust is the riskiest move either of them can make.

Prince of Killers, King Slayer, and A New Empire follow Hawes and Dante through a battle for control of the Madigan organization. Their relationship develops alongside betrayal, revenge, shifting loyalties, and a struggle over what kind of future Hawes can create. These three books are one continuing story, with cliffhangers and plot threads that make reading in order essential.

The later novels turn to other members of the Madigan circle. In Queen's Ransom, Helena, an assassin who has kept her feelings under tight control, becomes involved with Celia, a mechanic rebuilding her life after an abusive relationship. Celia and her children are threatened, forcing both women to decide what safety, loyalty, and home mean. The romance is sapphic, protective, and rooted in a warmer domestic setting that still has real danger at the door.

Silent Knight follows Holt, a digital assassin, and Brax, a police chief who has been Holt's closest friend for years. Their history reaches back through war, trauma, divorce, and single parenthood. When Brax is framed, Holt refuses to stay on the sidelines. It is a friends-to-lovers story with longtime feelings and a case that puts both men under pressure.

Fog City is violent in premise, but it is also about choosing another way.

Across the series, the Madigans and their allies form a rough, fiercely loyal family. The books balance action with questions of redemption, accountability, and whether people can break from the roles their families wrote for them. Start with Prince of Killers and continue through the first trilogy before reading Queen's Ransom and Silent Knight. Expect connected characters, dangerous secrets, and romance that asks people to build something better together.