Vigilante Crime Books in Order

The Vigilante Crime books are built around Rose, a teenage assassin who tries to outrun the life she was trained for. The series is fast, dark, and very personal. Expect cliffhangers, close calls, and a heroine who keeps choosing to survive. Rose doesn’t take on danger because it’s exciting. She does it because walking away has never really been an option.

Rose’s backstory matters. She was shaped inside a world that treats kids like tools, trained to kill before she’s old enough to make ordinary choices. In Blood & Roses, she reaches for a normal life anyway, and the past answers with teeth. What follows is a brutal lesson in the series’ main idea: once you’ve been made into a weapon, you have to fight to become a person again.

Rose is young, but she’s already survived things most adults couldn’t name.

As the books go on, Rose’s enemies get bigger and stranger. A central shadow is the Sultan, a cult leader who has haunted her for years and refuses to let her go. Rose is driven by grief and rage, but also by a stubborn need to keep other people from being pulled into the same darkness. The violence isn’t abstract here, it has consequences, and Rose carries the cost in every decision.

There are no easy wins for Rose.

Each installment throws her into a new nightmare. In Blood & Fire, her hunt leads her to a small Australian town after a girl’s body is found in a scene that feels ritualistic. In Blood & Bone, she lands in Florida for what should be a reunion, only to realize the man she loves has vanished and someone is playing a sadistic game. In Blood & Tears, Rose is eighteen and forced to return to the deadly skills she wanted to bury, because the Sultan’s reach is still long.

The series also connects to the larger Santella universe. Rose’s training is tied to Eva Santella’s world, which adds an extra layer of tension around mentorship, control, and what it means to raise a killer. Rose’s loyalty can be a strength, but it’s also the lever other people try to use against her.

For the cleanest experience, start with Blood & Roses and read straight through. If you want more context on who Rose is and where she came from, Rose: Her Story works as a companion that fills in some of the emotional groundwork.