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Kingdom of Walls Books in Order

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See Tanya Bird's Kingdom of Walls books in order, with summaries, series background, and simple where-to-start help for this walled-kingdom romance trilogy.

Last updated: July 14, 2026

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Kingdom of Walls books in publication order

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3 books

1

Defender of Hearts

by Tanya Bird

2021

Lyndal Suttone seizes a chance to help the struggling merchants and enters a political world she barely knows. Astin Fletcher is charged with protecting the king, but keeping Lyndal safe soon matters just as much.

2

Defender of Walls

by Tanya Bird

2021

During a devastating famine, merchant Blake Suttone will risk anything to feed her family, even crossing a guarded divide. Commander Harlan Wright believes in duty above all else, until Blake makes his loyalties far less certain.

3

Defender of Crowns

by Tanya Bird

2022

Restless Eda Suttone wants to find Chadora's missing heir and has a plan to force action. Defender Roul Thornton has secrets and a careful agenda, but protecting Eda pulls him toward a far more dangerous path.

Kingdom of Walls books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Defender of Walls"

    Defender of Walls

    by Tanya Bird

    2021Kingdom of Walls, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Defender of Hearts"

    Defender of Hearts

    by Tanya Bird

    2021Kingdom of Walls, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Defender of Crowns"

    Defender of Crowns

    by Tanya Bird

    2022Kingdom of Walls, Book 3

Series background & context

Kingdom of Walls is a three-book medieval dystopian romance series set in a kingdom worn down by a decade of famine. Food exists, but a wall stands between the hungry merchants and the supplies they need. Defenders guard that divide, and the wall becomes more than a piece of stone. It is a daily reminder of who has power, who gets protected, and who is expected to go without.

The first book, Defender of Walls, follows Blake Suttone, a merchant desperate to keep her family alive. She is prepared to take risks when ordinary effort is no longer enough. Commander Harlan Wright has been raised to believe that discipline and duty are the only things that matter, but Blake challenges the neat boundaries he has built around his life.

The walls keep danger out. They also trap people in.

Bird then shifts attention to Blake's sisters and the people drawn into their fight. In Defender of Hearts, Lyndal Suttone sees a chance to help the merchants and leaves her familiar life for a political world she does not fully understand. Astin Fletcher, whose job is to keep the king alive, becomes her reluctant protector as unrest grows and the kingdom's future becomes harder to predict.

Defender of Crowns follows the youngest Suttone sister, Eda. Impatient, sharp-tongued, and ready to act, she wants answers about Chadora's empty throne and the missing rightful heir. Roul Thornton is a defender with a careful plan and too many secrets, but Eda's determination keeps pulling him away from the safer path he had intended to follow.

Each novel has its own central couple, but the larger story moves through all three books. The famine, merchant uprising, royal uncertainty, and the people left outside the walls continue to shape every choice. The Suttone sisters are connected by family as well as by their refusal to accept a broken system simply because it has existed for a long time.

The tone is tense but romantic, with guarded soldiers, determined heroines, political pressure, and plenty of forced proximity. Read in order, beginning with Defender of Walls, to follow the changes in Chadora and catch the developing story around the kingdom's leadership. Readers should expect a hard-edged setting, but the series stays focused on people trying to make room for trust, love, and a better future.

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