LM Lacee Books in Order
Browse LM Lacee books in order, with quick summaries, series background, and easy where-to-start tips for Dragon's Gap, Daughter of Ethos, and more.
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LM Lacee books in publication order
33 books
Ace and Harper's Story
by LM Lacee
2018
Ace Battle comes home hoping for peace and finds his shadow at first glance. Harper is an artist with family baggage, faerie ties, and danger circling her, so winning her trust may be harder than any fight.
Ash and Olinda's Story
by LM Lacee
2018
After months on the run, grieving Olinda reaches Dragon's Gap and learns the impossible is true. She is tied to dragon commander Ash, to two unusual hatchlings, and to a future she is not sure she can face.
Love's Catalystla
by LM Lacee
2018
Lars Axton only wanted a quiet visit to town, not a tiger cub announcing he is her new daddy. Claire is wary, practical, and fiercely protective, which makes this novella a warm, funny detour into found family and fated love.
Love's Impulse
by LM Lacee
2018
Fin Slorah returns after centuries believing his family died, only to find his niece alive in Dragon's Gap. Fitting back into family life is hard enough, but courting wolf shifter June may test him even more.
Ocean and Conor's Story
by LM Lacee
2018
Ocean and Conor's story carries the wider Dragon's Gap saga toward its conclusion. As their bond forms, family secrets, outside threats, and the future of the community all press in at once.
Reighn and Sage's Story
by LM Lacee
2018
Dragon Lord Reighn thought he'd never find his shadow until Sage, a half witch and half wolf, crashes into his life. A missing child, old prejudices, and returning magic turn their fated bond into a fight for Dragon's Gap's future.
Sharm and Edith's Story
by LM Lacee
2018
Edith Black arrives at Dragon's Gap thinking she's human, only to discover a loud inner bear and a rare gift. Her fated bond with healer dragon Sharm is complicated fast by dangerous faerie trouble and shifting loyalties.
Storm and Charlie's Story
by LM Lacee
2018
Charlie knows how to plan a mission, not how to care for five frightened children. As danger closes in, she and dragon warrior Storm have to trade battle instincts for something harder, building a home.
Thorn and Ciana's Story
by LM Lacee
2018
Moon elf king Thorn crosses worlds to find Ciana, the woman a goddess says can heal both his heart and his people. Ciana's grief opens into dragons, old secrets, and a revelation that reshapes Dragon's Gap.
Daughter of Ethos: Prelude
by LM Lacee
2019
This prequel sets up Peyton St. Hill's world before the escape from Earth. With a deadly virus closing in and bigger forces moving behind the scenes, it shows how the Star Daughter story begins.
Reckoning
by LM Lacee
2019
Sand Hollow is under threat again, and Raiiner and Cannon have no intention of backing down. With family bonds tested and enemies pushing too far, the trilogy closes with a blunt, hard-fought reckoning.
Recognition:
by LM Lacee
2019
When an Alpha vanishes and a closed town sends a desperate message for help, Enforcers Raiiner and Cannon are sent in. Solving the mystery means facing murder, local fear, and a fated bond neither expected.
Retribution::
by LM Lacee
2019
Cannon Redplains has a code, and kidnapping his daughter crosses every line in it. As he hunts those responsible, family loyalty and shifter justice drive this tense middle chapter forward.
Unknown Universe
by LM Lacee
2019
In 2193 Earth is collapsing under a relentless virus and betrayal from its own rulers. Peyton St. Hill and her found family join alien warriors in a risky escape toward Maikonia, a possible new home among the stars.
A Christmas Surprise
by LM Lacee
2020
Sage decides Dragon's Gap is celebrating Christmas, whether the dragons are ready or not. The result is a cozy, chaotic holiday story full of family arguments, new traditions, and plenty of laughter.
Deadly Betrayal
by LM Lacee
2020
Before Peyton can fully return home, a distress call sends her racing to a dying moon. Rescues, sabotage, hidden agents, and a growing clash with the Coalition make this one of the series' biggest turning points.
Destination Home
by LM Lacee
2020
Barely settled on Maikonia Prime, Peyton is sent to Porquiel to rescue cast-out Turquall from cruel pride rules. The mission grows into a fight over belonging, dignity, and who gets to call a new world home.
Divine Justice
by LM Lacee
2020
A promise drags Peyton back toward old cruelty and a harsh reckoning for Willian's tormentors. At the same time, poison, hidden labs, and a rescue mission to Draygann push her family into one crisis after another.
Price of Power
by LM Lacee
2020
When four hundred and fifty warriors on Oraintarre stop being properly accounted for, Peyton and Hawk go looking for answers. What they find is abuse, humiliation, and a planet about to learn how far the Star Daughter will go for her people.
The Forgotten One
by LM Lacee
2020
Stanvis finally goes looking for the memories behind his abandonment, and the truth hits harder than he expects. While he wrestles with the past, Jacks, a near-sighted leopard, may be the future he has been denying himself.
Crystal City
by LM Lacee
2021
Peyton disrupts a Coalition meeting over allegations that women are being held on Maikonia. Poisoning, hostility at an embassy and armed resistance complicate her efforts to uncover what is happening and protect those caught in the conflict.
The Ascension
by LM Lacee
2021
The final book sends Peyton and her family into a showdown at the Capital after one of their own is taken. With enemies closing in and old lines crossed, the Star Daughter is done holding back.
The Christmas Star
by LM Lacee
2021
A stolen Christmas ornament sends Kai, the Orlov twins, and the rest of Dragon's Gap into festive detective mode. Beneath the holiday chaos, Kai and Rona's path to each other gives the mystery a warm romantic center.
Daughter of Ethos: The Negotiator Book 1
by LM Lacee
2022
Echo and her Relic sisters undertake their first mission to rescue warriors imprisoned for illegal fighting on another planet. Their search for the captives draws them toward hidden enemies and tests their readiness for the responsibilities ahead.
Lightning Dragons Book 1
by LM Lacee
2022
Royce’s distrust of witches clashes with his growing connection to Tori, whose hidden magical legacy is awakening. As enemies gather and ancient powers enter the struggle, the inhabitants of Dragon’s Gap face new demands and uncertain alliances.
A Christmas Hope
by LM Lacee
2023
Lonely teenage wolf John Yaeger longs for a family, while bladesmith Kaipan returns to discover he has a son. Distrust between relatives and danger from kidnappers threaten their chance to build a home together at Christmas.
Daughter of Ethos: The Negotiator Book 2
by LM Lacee
2023
Echo investigates exploitation on three worlds after encountering an outcast Xantaru baby. As disturbing experiments and entrenched social hierarchies come to light, a conspiracy against her threatens to turn her mission for justice into a fight for survival.
Daughter of Ethos: The Negotiator Book 3
by LM Lacee
2023
Echo must deliver an Assaen prisoner to face trial, delaying her pursuit of justice for Melody. Hidden identities, distrust and betrayal threaten the Relics’ reputation as she navigates a mission with increasingly personal consequences.
Lightning Dragons Book II
by LM Lacee
2023
Clint faces a curse while the Sages and Battlemages must cooperate to safeguard Dragon’s Gap. Family secrets and emerging relationships complicate their efforts, forcing them to confront old divisions as the community’s survival hangs in the balance.
Daughter of Ethos: The Negotiator Book 4
by LM Lacee
2024
A prison escape exposes human women and children held in an old research facility. Echo’s confrontation with the rulers of Cruto reveals troubling family connections, forcing her to question what she knows about her identity and loyalties.
Daughter of Ethos: The Negotiator Book 5
by LM Lacee
2025
Echo seeks justice for captive Swachon women while confronting warriors who enslave men. A rescue involving Inkar’s sister brings fresh dangers, and a cloning scheme threatens Peyton as Echo struggles to balance compassion with decisive action.
The Christmas Miracle
by LM Lacee
2025
Cara and Kammy discover that Santa Dragon’s magic is failing in the Snow Ranges. Honorius, a haunted former Lightning commander, must protect the children while confronting his own guilt as their Christmas adventure takes a dangerous turn.
Conversations at the Gap
by LM Lacee
2026
Private conversations reveal moments shared by the friends, families and mates of Dragon’s Gap between their larger adventures. Encounters involving Shadows and rivals offer a closer look at relationships and exchanges that happen away from the main action.
Where to start with LM Lacee
If you want epic dragon romance: Reighn and Sage's Story → Sharm and Edith's Story → Storm and Charlie's Story
If you prefer science fiction adventure: Daughter of Ethos: Prelude → Unknown Universe → Destination Home
If you want a shorter shifter series: Recognition: → Retribution:: → Reckoning
If you want a lower-commitment sampler: A Christmas Surprise → The Forgotten One → The Christmas Star
LM Lacee sub-series and character series
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Author bio
LM Lacee grew up in Auckland, New Zealand. Later she spent years traveling and living in America and Australia with her husband and their four sons, an experience that gave her a wide mix of places, voices, and personalities to draw on.
Travel seems to have nudged her toward writing.
On her author site, Lacee talks about people-watching as part of the spark. Living in cities like Los Angeles, Sydney, and Santa Barbara gave her a close look at how different people talk, clash, cope, and connect. That interest in everyday behavior shows up even when her stories are full of dragons, star daughters, or shifter politics.
She also came to writing as a lifelong reader. She has said she loved romantic fantasy from her teens onward, and later also fell hard for science fiction. That mix makes sense once you start reading her books. She likes big invented worlds, but she also likes family banter, oddball side characters, and relationships that have to survive real pressure.
As a child, she has said she loved fairy tales, especially stories with talking animals. That feels like a small key to the whole catalogue. Whether she is writing dragons, wolves, bears, big cats, or alien races, she keeps coming back to creatures who speak, argue, protect, and fall in love.
Back in New Zealand, she decided to seriously give writing a go, and one book quickly became more than one. Reighn and Sage's Story opened the door to the sprawling Dragon's Gap world, where dragons, shifters, faeries, and magic all end up tangled together. Readers who enjoy ensemble casts and fated-mate romance tend to find a lot to settle into there.
Found family matters in her fiction.
That thread runs through Dragon's Gap, but it is just as strong in Unknown Universe and the wider Daughter of Ethos series. Those books move her into science fiction, with Peyton St. Hill leading women and alien warriors away from a collapsing Earth toward a new home among the stars. Even in a space opera setup, Lacee keeps returning to the same emotional core: rescue, loyalty, belonging, and the question of who chooses to stand with you when things go bad.
She also writes shorter, tougher shifter stories. The Pride of Lion Edge books, beginning with Recognition:, lean more toward investigation, territorial conflict, and local power struggles. Even there, though, the appeal is not just the external fight. Lacee likes couples and families who have to build trust while the world around them is unstable.
These days she is based in Northland on New Zealand's North Island. It sounds like a good place to keep dreaming up dragons, star systems, stubborn shifters, and large complicated families. If you like romantic fantasy and science fiction that put relationships, group dynamics, and the idea of home at the center, her books give you plenty of places to start.
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