Tate James Books in Order
Explore Tate James books in order, with quick summaries, shared-world reading guides, collaboration notes, and simple help on where to start.
Last updated: June 10, 2026
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Publication Order
55 books
Elements of Mischief
by Tate James
2017
Arizona Smoke calls a plumber and ends up with four elemental dragon soul mates, a haunted house, and supernatural laws she never asked for. Her new married life is hilarious, chaotic, and seriously dangerous.
Elements of Ruin
by Tate James
2017
Ari’s strange marriage only gets wilder as biological family drama, kidnapped elementals, and demon-fueled trouble pile up. Getting time alone with her husbands would be nice, if the world would stop trying to kill them.
The Dragon's Wing
by Tate James
2017
Kit’s search for vengeance opens into something much bigger when powerful enemies target her and the people beside her. To survive, she’ll have to master her abilities before they master her.
The Tiger’s Ambush
by Tate James
2017
At the edge of shifter territory, Kit finally gets closer to the answers she wants. But as danger mounts, she begins to fear someone she loves may be helping set the trap.
The Vixen's Lead
by Tate James
2017
Kit Davenport is a thief with rare powers and a hunger for revenge. When hunters close in, she has to trust unlikely allies to survive long enough to learn what she really is.
Altered By Fire
by Tate James
2018
On the run from her mob boss father, a damaged heroine finds shelter with five dangerous men who hunt criminals for a living. They might save her, or burn her down with everything else.
Dark Glitter
by Tate James
2018
After years of torture and magic, Ciarah escapes with shattered memories and lands in the hands of the Wild Hunt MC. In the Louisiana bayou, dark fae, old gods, and death ride beside her.
Elements of Desire
by Tate James
2018
Ari is finally married, but fate still isn’t done tormenting her. Rival soul mates, missing elementals, and deadly personal betrayals threaten everything she’s started to build.
Imposter
by Tate James
2018
Mercenary Rybet Waise only meant to rescue a friend from the palace. Instead, she gets dragged into brutal royal trials where failure means death and survival depends on wit, nerve, and unlikely allies.
The Alpha’s Pack
by Tate James
2018
Kit is done reacting. With her enemies still drawing blood and coming for the people she loves, the final book turns her revenge into a full-force reckoning.
The Crow’s Murder
by Tate James
2018
No matter how careful Kit is, disaster still finds her. As the pressure closes in and the losses turn personal, she has to keep moving through the heartbreak.
The Nine
by Tate James
2018
Thea Hunt is a kitsune assassin with too many enemies and too many dangerous men in her orbit. When a curse starts stripping shifters of their powers, her hunt turns personal fast.
The Viper's Nest
by Tate James
2018
On the run after betrayal, Kit struggles to control her new power and hold her makeshift family together. Every olive branch feels suspicious, and every answer seems to come with fresh danger.
Broken Legacy
by Jaymin Eve
2019
Riley and the Delta heirs are done playing defense. To bring down the corrupt empire hunting them, they need proof, leverage, and the nerve to survive one last brutal showdown.
Broken Trust
by Jaymin Eve
2019
Riley refuses to forgive the betrayal that shattered her, especially when whispers suggest the fifth Delta boy was murdered. With a spy hiding in plain sight, the fight turns deadly.
Broken Wings
by Jaymin Eve
2019
Riley is dragged into the orbit of four rich, dangerous boys who rule her new town and school. Their leader, Sebastian Beckett, wants to break her, but Riley has no intention of going down quietly.
Feral Magic
by Tate James
2019
Cleo just wants to rescue kittens and survive a terrible week. Instead, one drunken magical bargain leaves her tied to three dangerous strangers and an ancient power that refuses to stay buried.
Heir
by Tate James
2019
As old secrets surface and blood stains the kingdom, Rybet returns to court for the final trial. Love, duty, and vengeance collide in a finish that asks what kind of queen she can become.
Princess Ballot
by Jaymin Eve
2019
Violet Spencer wins the one scholarship seat at Arbon Academy, the school built for future royals. Behind the glamour waits a dangerous world of politics, rivalry, and princes who see her as a prize.
Seeker
by Tate James
2019
Rybet’s second trial sends her after a missing magical crown while storms, gods, and deadly rivals turn the land itself against her. Winning may be easier than keeping her heart intact.
The Hellhound's Legion
by Tate James
2019
A sharp fantasy romance with danger, power, and monster-sized stakes. The title promises hellhounds, loyalty tests, and a heroine pushed into a fight she cannot afford to lose.
Altered By Lead
by Tate James
2020
No longer content to hide, she trains with the Blackbirch Company to hunt the man who ruined her life. The deeper she goes, the more dangerous her new world becomes.
Dylan
by Jaymin Eve
2020
Dylan Grant seems untouchable until a secretive younger woman gets under his skin. Their connection burns hot, but her hidden past could destroy everything before it has a chance to become real.
Fake
by Tate James
2020
Madison Kate knows the men around her are still lying, and her stalker won’t let up. If everyone wants to use her, she’ll use them first and fight for her own name.
Hate
by Tate James
2020
Framed after Riot Night and dumped back in Shadow Grove, Madison Kate wants revenge. Unfortunately, the main target is Archer D’Ath, the arrogant guy now living just down the hall.
Kate
by Tate James
2020
With Shadow Grove closing in and attacks growing deadlier, Madison Kate stops playing defense. Saving Archer, Kody, and Steele means going to war with the people behind it all.
Liar
by Tate James
2020
Back in Shadow Grove, Madison Kate is stalked, taunted, and lied to from every side. When new clues point to deeper secrets, she decides no one gets to play her and walk away.
Playboy Princes
by Jaymin Eve
2020
Violet learns Arbon Academy is far more dangerous than its polished surface suggests. Betrayal, royal grudges, and a broken heart force her to fight smarter if she wants to stay alive.
Poison Throne
by Jaymin Eve
2020
With Rafe missing and the resistance growing more dangerous, Violet throws herself into enemy territory. Saving the prince she loves may mean stepping straight into a trap built for her.
7th Circle
by Tate James
2021
Hades built her empire from blood and fear, and she’ll do anything to protect it. But one dangerous weakness could hand her enemies the opening they’ve been waiting for.
Anarchy
by Tate James
2021
A brutal attack hits Hades where it hurts most, turning her carefully controlled empire into chaos. With danger closing in and loyalties shifting, every choice becomes a test of power and trust.
Club 22
by Tate James
2021
Surrounded by enemies and pulled between four dangerous men, Hades faces the one threat she never wanted back. Someone from her past is coming for her empire, and this time she’s ready to hit first.
Honey Trap
by Tate James
2021
For one Guild operative, killing threats is simple until a woman gets in the way of duty. What begins as a mission quickly turns into a weakness that could crack the Guild wide open.
Timber
by Tate James
2021
Betrayed, framed, and hunted from all sides, Hades refuses to stay down. To save the people she loves and end the man who keeps coming for her, she has to turn survival into revenge.
Vault
by Tate James
2021
This short Shadow Grove story revisits familiar faces after Madison Kate’s main arc. It works as a bridge, showing the fallout and hinting at the dangerous jobs still to come.
Dead Drop
by Tate James
2022
Covert jobs, buried loyalties, and Guild secrets collide as the stakes rise in Shadow Grove’s deadliest underworld. Trust is scarce, and one wrong move could leave everyone exposed.
Heist
by Tate James
2022
Hermes is a master thief built to win the underworld’s deadliest game. Then a missing painting and a sharp-witted artist make his next job far more personal than planned.
Kill Order
by Tate James
2022
A fractured alliance becomes the only hope of getting Danny clear and tearing the Guild apart. Old hatred runs deep, but love, grief, and unfinished business refuse to stay buried.
Beautiful Thorns
by Jaymin Eve
2023
Everything Billie and the boys have fought for comes to a head in the final book. Love, loyalty, and survival are all on the line when the past refuses to stay buried.
Dirty Truths
by Jaymin Eve
2023
Billie survives one nightmare only to wake up trapped in another, bound to Angelo Ricci by fear and secrets. Meanwhile, the boys of Bellerose still own pieces of her heart.
Forgery
by Tate James
2023
A careful art student falls for the wrong man and learns he wanted her access more than her heart. When his theft exposes her own secret talent, everything she planned starts to unravel.
I'll Be Home...
by Tate James
2023
A reporter returns to the darkest part of her past to investigate kids disappearing from Northland again. Going home was never the plan, but the story drags her there anyway.
Poison Roses
by Jaymin Eve
2023
Billie is running from bloodshed, old heartbreak, and the Ricci family when she crashes into the path of Bellerose, the biggest rock band in the world. Hiding on tour sounds safer than it really is.
Restoration
by Tate James
2023
Hermes has spent his life chasing the prize, but the final round of the Game makes the cost painfully clear. Now legacy, love, and revenge are all tangled together.
Shattered Dreams
by Jaymin Eve
2023
After a violent attack leaves Bellerose reeling, grief and gossip threaten to finish what their enemies started. Billie and the band have to heal fast, because the danger is far from over.
Dear Reader
by Tate James
2025
Ashley takes a scholarship to elite Neveah University and lands in the orbit of her new stepbrother and his three dangerous friends. Then the Devil’s Backbone Society turns campus life into a trap.
Forced Proximity
by Jaymin Eve
2025
Trying to outrun trauma, a transfer student ends up kicked out of her dorm and forced to renovate Bluebell House with five rich, secretive men. Close quarters make every secret harder to ignore.
Oblivion
by Tate James
2025
Set before *NoFear*, this prequel offers an early glimpse of the ClikByte world and the trouble brewing beneath the content. Fame looks glamorous, right up until it starts costing people.
Overexposed
by Tate James
2025
A paparazzi photographer dives into Hollywood scandal to help cover her dad’s medical bills. What starts as a hunt for the next big story gets complicated when the stars stop looking like easy targets.
Watch Your Back
by Tate James
2025
Ashley is in deeper with the Devil’s Backbone Society, and the cost keeps rising. To protect the men she’s falling for and herself, she needs answers before the next hit lands.
You're Next
by Tate James
2025
Ashley’s reality fractures as betrayal, fear, and the Devil’s Backbone Society tighten their grip. Losing the people she loves may be bad, but losing herself could be worse.
Bubbles
by Tate James
2026
The second ClikByte book throws Noah and Olympus deeper into the pressure cooker of online fame, rivalry, and dangerous challenges. The cameras stay on, and the fallout only gets messier.
NoFear
by Tate James
2026
Former child star Noah Fearly built a massive following on anonymous stunt videos. After a family crisis forces her into Olympus, fame, competition, and secrecy all become weapons.
Peaches
by Tate James
2026
The ClikByte story keeps pushing Noah deeper into a world where every secret can become content. The attention is huge, but so is the cost of staying visible.
Trauma Bonded
by Jaymin Eve
2026
The boys of Bluebell House kept too much from her, and now those secrets have turned deadly. With enemies closing in, she’s bound to five dangerous men whether she trusts them or not.
Where should I start?
If you want dark college suspense: Hate → Liar → Fake → Kate
If you prefer urban fantasy and hidden powers: The Vixen's Lead → The Dragon's Wing → The Tiger’s Ambush
If you like deadly fantasy quests: Imposter → Seeker → Heir
If you want royals, politics, and dark romance: Princess Ballot → Playboy Princes → Poison Throne
If you want a newer secret-society thriller: Dear Reader → Watch Your Back → You're Next
Author bio
Tate James was born and raised in Aotearoa, New Zealand, and later moved to Australia. She writes contemporary romance and suspense romance, with regular trips into fantasy, paranormal romance, and urban fantasy. That range explains a lot about her catalogue, one series might be all gangs, revenge, and elite schools, while the next opens with shifters, assassins, or gods.
Her online voice is refreshingly unpolished.
She has described herself as sarcastic, too fond of dirty jokes, and absolutely not a morning person. Coffee, cats, books, and a glass of red now and then all seem to be part of the package.
James built much of her readership through indie publishing and fast, cliffhanger-heavy series. In an early note to readers, she talked openly about trying to write around family life, daycare schedules, deadlines, and the very real need not to burn herself out. That practicality matters. Her career has the feel of someone who learned in public, adjusted, and kept going.
A lot of readers first find her through The Vixen's Lead or Hate. The Vixen's Lead introduces Kit Davenport, a thief with strange powers and a deep need for answers, and it set the tone for a lot of what James does well, sharp heroines, dangerous men, hidden worlds, and plots that keep widening. Hate did something similar for her contemporary work, dropping Madison Kate Danvers into the poisonous little world of Shadow Grove and kicking off one of James's best-known connected universes.
She likes switching lanes without losing her core interests. Imposter leans more fantasy, with brutal royal trials and a heroine who survives by thinking faster than everyone around her. Princess Ballot, written with Jaymin Eve, takes royal politics in a darker, more modern direction. Dear Reader goes back to college-set suspense, secret societies, and morally messy love interests.
Then there are the books where she gets weirder, and that seems to suit her just fine. Elements of Mischief starts with a haunted house, supernatural plumbers, and elemental dragons. Feral Magic begins with kitten rescue and tumbles into ancient power. Even when the setup is wild, the through line is familiar, a capable woman under pressure, men who are useful and dangerous in equal measure, and a world that gets bigger the more she digs.
That mix is a big part of her appeal.
Her stories are quick, high-stakes, and usually centered on women who would rather bite back than behave. She returns again and again to revenge, found family, secret power structures, loyalty, and the messy line between protection and control.
She now lives in Australia with her husband and family. Off the page, the details are pleasantly down to earth, books, booze, cats, coffee, handmade merch, and the ongoing fact that mornings still are not her thing.
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