The Defenders Books in Order

The Defenders spins out of the wider Legacy Academy world, so it works best for readers who enjoy seeing side characters step into the center. Instead of following Raven through school, this series shifts focus to the warriors and allies around that larger conflict.

Right now the key book here is Wolf Defender, which pairs Mina, a dragon and the daughter of an accused traitor, with Xavier, a wolf defender who is carrying grief of his own. Mina has been quietly in love with him for a while, but feelings are the easy part. The hard part is that both of them have reasons to go into danger, and neither of them knows who can actually be trusted.

That is the heart of this series.

The setting moves into the Timber Kingdom, a wolf realm shaped by corruption, secrets, and old wounds. Xavier wants justice for his dead mate. Mina wants answers that could clear her father's name. Those goals overlap just enough to force them into the same fight, but not enough to make the journey smooth. The story works because both characters are driven by personal loss, and both have to decide whether they can build something new while still chasing the truth.

As a spin-off, The Defenders keeps the familiar Guida ingredients: shifters, dragons, political trouble, forbidden attraction, and a broader supernatural threat. Demons and wolves have joined forces, the dark Unseelie are part of the danger, and romance sits right beside action instead of replacing it. The stakes are not only emotional. The characters are walking into a conflict that could tip whole kingdoms into chaos.

What makes this page useful is how it shows another layer of the Legacy Academy world. The main series is about discovering power and surviving school. The Defenders is more about what happens when trained fighters and damaged survivors try to keep their realms from falling apart. It feels a little older in its concerns, even when the romantic tension stays front and center.

The tone is still quick and accessible. These books are built to move. There is attraction, suspicion, travel into hostile territory, and the constant sense that the answer the characters want may hurt as much as it helps. Because the series grows out of a larger universe, it also carries that satisfying spin-off energy where familiar names and past events continue to matter.

So if you liked the Defenders in Legacy Academy and wanted more time with their battles, loyalties, and relationships, this is the place to go. Expect kingdom intrigue, supernatural war, and a couple trying to work out whether justice and love can survive the same mission.