Lords of Grimm Books in Order
Part ofKendra Moreno Books in OrderSee the Lords of Grimm books by Kendra Moreno in order, with quick summaries, series background, and help choosing your first book.
Last updated: July 2, 2026
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Lords of Grimm books in publication order
4 books
Bitter as a Captain
by Kendra Moreno
2022
Belladonna is thrown from Yellowstone into the Grimm Forest, where a cursed Bluebeard waits with fury in his bones. Falling for him could ruin her, but the worlds may fall apart if she doesn't try.
Cunning as a Trickster
by Kendra Moreno
2022
Evangeline is tired of being captured for the power she carries, but the Grimm Forest offers no easy freedom. A dangerous trickster in the next cell may be her best hope, or her next disaster.
Twisted as a Princess
by Kendra Moreno
2022
Rapunzel leaves her tower and finds Grimm hollowed out by death, decay, and rising war. A hostile Huntsman may be the ally she needs, if the two of them do not destroy each other first.
Hateful as a Sister
by Kendra Moreno
2023
The final Lords of Grimm collection returns to the forest for fresh stories, old wounds, and power grabs that keep echoing outward. It is a companion volume with one eye on the past and one on what follows.
Lords of Grimm books in chronological order
Series background & context
Lords of Grimm takes familiar fairy-tale pieces and drops them into a world that already feels unstable before the romance even starts.
The Grimm Forest is the center of things, but it is not a safe enchanted wood. It is a place under pressure, with curses, portals, old powers, and enemies that are no longer content to stay in their corners. The books follow different heroines and different darkly reworked fairy-tale figures, including a trickster, a captain with Bluebeard roots, and a hostile, half-mad princess version of Rapunzel.
What links the series is the feeling that the world is already tipping when each heroine arrives. Evangeline begins in a dungeon. Belladonna is thrown into Grimm through a portal. Rapunzel leaves the tower and finds a land that has gone hollow with death and decay. The romances matter, but they grow inside a much bigger conflict. Snow White is not a background detail here. She is part of a threat that keeps pushing the series toward war.
That makes Lords of Grimm feel broader than a standard one-couple-at-a-time setup. You get a different emotional center in each book, but the world keeps moving. New revelations change the stakes for everyone. By the time the companion installment arrives, the appeal is not just seeing one romance land. It is seeing how all these twisted fairy-tale lives fit together.
The tone is dark fantasy first, romance second, though the romance still matters. Expect sharp banter, dangerous men, curses that bite, and heroines who do not get easy choices.
If you like interconnected retellings with a creeping sense of doom and a lot of mythic mess, Lords of Grimm is one of Moreno's most satisfying shared-world runs.
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