Like Us Books in Order

Like Us takes the Addicted world forward to the next generation. The children of the Hale, Calloway, Cobalt, and Meadows families are grown now, and they are dealing with a very specific kind of pressure: they were famous before they had any say in it. Cameras follow them. Comment sections judge them. Security is part of daily life. So it makes sense that the series builds itself around bodyguards, the people closest to the chaos, but still supposed to stay outside it.

That line never stays clean for long.

The first books center on Maximoff Hale and Farrow Keene, and they set the pattern for the whole series. Maximoff is the eldest Hale child, stubborn, responsible, and used to being watched. Farrow is the bodyguard assigned to keep him safe, which immediately turns attraction into a professional disaster waiting to happen. From there, the series keeps expanding. Jane Cobalt and Thatcher Moretti bring fake dating and princess-level scrutiny. Oscar Oliveira and Jack Highland add a messy, flirty work-together dynamic. Sullivan Meadows, Akara Kitsuwon, and Banks Moretti push the books into a poly relationship that has to survive public judgment as well as family fallout. Luna Hale and Paul Donnelly close the series with a slower burn that carries a lot of emotional history.

The setting is modern celebrity life, but on an almost impossible scale. These families are wealthy, recognizable, and permanently online. That means the stakes are not just emotional. A secret relationship can become a security risk. A bad rumor can become worldwide news in minutes. A family vacation can turn into a paparazzi siege. The books make a lot of use of that pressure, not just for drama, but to ask what privacy and freedom even look like for people who have never really had either.

Even with all the fame and money, the series is still very relationship-driven. It is about who gets to know the real person behind the image. Bodyguards matter because they see everything. They witness panic, anger, boredom, family fights, and the tiny human moments that never make the headlines. That closeness is what turns the forbidden setup into something more intimate than a standard celebrity romance.

It is also a true continuous series. The point-of-view couples change, but the timeline keeps moving forward. Past books matter. Old conflicts resurface. Side characters become leads. Weddings, scandals, rivalries, and family emergencies keep carrying over. That gives Like Us a soapier, more immersive feel than a stand-alone romance series.

The tone is glossy, dramatic, steamy, and deeply invested in family bonds, both the loving kind and the complicated kind. If you like big casts, celebrity pressure, queer romance, protective bodyguards, and long-running emotional payoffs, Like Us leans into all of that without holding back.