The Vampire Legacy Books in Order
Part ofRita Stradling Books in OrderDiscover the Vampire Legacy books by Rita Stradling in order, with summaries, series background, and simple guidance for starting January Moore's story.
Last updated: July 15, 2026
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The Vampire Legacy books in publication order
3 books
Hunter Trials
by Rita Stradling
2019
January expects Blackburn Academy to give her answers, but its Elites rule through fear and kill vampires for sport. When Justin disappears, she must rely on Mitch, the bully assigned as her bodyguard, to survive the night.
Midnight Secrets
by Rita Stradling
2019
January wakes in a morgue as a vampire and relies on secret blood donations from Justin Roberts. A scholarship to Blackburn Academy could reveal the truth about her kind, if Justin does not destroy her chance first.
Broken Elites
by Rita Stradling
2020
A new Hawthorn Group leader wants supernaturals sent to the Alderwood Reformatory, including January. With Justin consumed by dark urges, January may have to seek help from the very prisoners she has been taught to fear.
The Vampire Legacy books in chronological order
Series background & context
The Vampire Legacy series begins when January Moore wakes up in a morgue with a note telling her what she has become. She is a vampire, she needs blood, and she has very little time to work out how to survive without hurting someone.
It is not the future January expected.
Justin Roberts becomes the person who can keep her alive. He offers his blood, but only if January follows his rules, keeps their arrangement secret, and does not ask too many questions. The deal solves one immediate problem while creating several others. Justin is guarded, unpredictable, and clearly connected to a world January does not understand.
That world opens up through Blackburn Academy, an exclusive school with its own rules, wealth, and supernatural secrets. January sees the academy as a chance to understand the vampire lineage she has been dropped into. Justin sees it as somewhere she should never go. Their disagreement drives the early books, mixing romance with the question of why January's existence seems to make powerful people nervous.
January is an outsider in more than one sense. She comes from a difficult home life and has learned to manage without much security. At Blackburn, she has to navigate class differences, competitive students, and people who appear to know more about her than she knows about herself. She is not interested in being quietly handled, even when asking questions puts her at risk.
The series moves from academy trials into a larger conflict involving the Elites, the Hawthorn Group, and a system that treats supernaturals as threats to be managed. In Hunter Trials, January discovers that getting into Blackburn does not make her safe. In Broken Elites, the pressure grows as the people in power become more willing to punish anyone they consider dangerous.
Romance is central, especially January's complicated bond with Justin, but mystery and survival keep the plot moving. Vampires are only one part of the paranormal landscape. The books bring in other supernatural forces, hidden histories, and loyalties that rarely stay simple for long.
Start with Midnight Secrets, then read Hunter Trials and Broken Elites in order. January's relationships, the academy's secrets, and the larger supernatural conflict all build from book to book.
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