The Rhodes Books in Order

The Rhodes series is one of the earliest pieces of the Rinaverse and also one of its most elusive. Centered on Aaron Rhodes and his extended family of assassins, it was planned as a multi-book saga but currently exists publicly only through the prequel novella and Ruin.

Ruin follows Aaron, a man who grew up inside a brutal training program known as The Pit. There, children are shaped into weapons, stripped of ordinary attachments, and molded into killers who can serve whatever criminal power holds their leash. By the time the book begins, Aaron is a polished Earl with a medical degree on the surface and a very bloody past underneath.

Mae Wilson crashes into his life carrying her own darkness and fear. Drawn to the man he hides behind his title, she becomes both his weakness and his mirror. What starts as a dangerous fascination turns into a full-blown entanglement involving amnesia, trauma, and the question of whether someone built for violence can ever truly step away from it.

The Rhodes storyline is tightly woven with Team Zero and shows up later in subtle references across Royal Elite and the Kingdom Duet. Characters like Aaron and his cousin Tristan Rhodes appear or are mentioned in other books, reminding longtime readers that there are still unresolved threads from this corner of the universe.

Because Ruin is currently unpublished and the rest of the planned series was put on indefinite hold, this page is meant less as a step-by-step reading guide and more as context. It explains who the Rhodes family are, how their history in The Pit shaped later assassins, and why fans still talk about these characters even though their stories are difficult to find.

If you are curious about the deep background of the Rinaverse—where the first assassins came from, why certain secondary characters carry so much quiet weight—The Rhodes is the missing puzzle piece. This overview helps you place Ruin in the timeline and understand the echoes you will see in Team Zero, the Throne Duet, and beyond.