King of Code Books in Order
Part ofCD Reiss Books in OrderBrowse the King of Code books by CD Reiss in order, with short summaries, series background, and where-to-start help for these linked romances.
Last updated: July 6, 2026
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King of Code books in publication order
3 books
King of Code
by CD Reiss
2017
Tech mogul Taylor Harden built a system nobody should have been able to hack, until someone did it in public. His hunt for the culprit leads him to Barrington and a woman who may be smarter than he is.
Prince Charming
by CD Reiss
2018
A polished billionaire hero looks perfect from the outside, but Reiss is more interested in the cracks than the shine. What starts like a fairy tale turns messy, intimate, and much more real.
White Knight
by CD Reiss
2018
A man used to rescuing everyone meets a woman who does not want saving on his terms. Their chemistry is instant, but trust comes slower in this linked contemporary romance.
King of Code books in chronological order
King of Code
by CD Reiss
2017King of Code, Book 1
Prince Charming
by CD Reiss
2018King of Code, Book 2
White Knight
by CD Reiss
2018King of Code, Book 3
Series background & context
The King of Code books, sometimes grouped with Reiss's Dirty Tycoons stories, move away from mafia families and into the world of money, image, and bruised billionaire egos. These are contemporary romances, but they still carry the tension you would expect from C.D. Reiss. The first book, King of Code, opens with a tech mogul's public humiliation when the system he built gets hacked in front of everyone. That disaster sends him to small-town Barrington, where the woman waiting for him is smarter, tougher, and much less impressed than he expects.
That setup tells you a lot about the series.
These books like powerful men best when they are off balance. The heroes have money, status, and the habit of controlling the room, but the romance starts working when a woman walks in and changes the math. King of Code leans hard into rivalry, humiliation, and attraction. Prince Charming and White Knight keep the same general energy, polished men, real vulnerabilities, and women who see past the surface fast.
Barrington matters more than you might think. Reiss has said this is one of her few small-town settings, and it changes the feel. The books still have wealth and glamour, but the scale is closer, the social pressure is tighter, and the emotional fallout has less space to hide. That makes the series feel more contemporary and a little more playful than her darkest work, even when the characters are still messy.
The linked-book structure also helps. Each romance stands on its own, but there is pleasure in watching the world fill out book by book. Friends, relatives, and business ties echo through the series, so readers who like standalones with connective tissue will probably be happy here.
At heart, these are stories about image versus reality.
If you like tech wealth, sharp banter, small-town contrast, and alpha heroes who discover that competence in business does not mean competence in love, this is a good Reiss series to try. It is lighter than the mafia books, but it still has plenty of bite.
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