Cynthia Eden Books in Order

Where to Begin: Choosing Your Cynthia Eden Starting Point

With a career spanning over two decades, Cynthia Eden has established herself as a titan of hybrid publishing. If you are new to her work, your first choice is simple: do you want contemporary romantic suspense with high stakes and hot bodyguards, or do you want steamy paranormal romance featuring shifters, vampires, and demons? Depending on your preference, here are the best entry points:

• For Contemporary Romantic Suspense: Start with Protecting Piper, the first book in the fan-favorite Wilde Ways series. It features a private security firm, witty banter, and standalone romances that are easy to jump into.
• For Grim & Gritty Suspense: Start with Deadly Fear, the opener of the Deadly trilogy, which features FBI profilers tracking down serial killers.
• For Paranormal Romance: Start with Hotter After Midnight (the Midnight trilogy) or Eternal Hunter (the Night Watch series), which introduce her signature blends of shifters, vampires, and magical danger.

The Contemporary Romantic Suspense Series

Wilde Ways & Wilde Ways: Gone Rogue

The Wilde Ways series focuses on the elite operations of Wilde Securities. While each book is a standalone story focusing on a different couple, reading them in publication order lets you see the firm grow and recurring characters interact. Here is the order for the main series:

1. Protecting Piper (2019)
2. Guarding Gwen (2019)
3. Before Ben (2019)
4. The Heart You Break (2019)
5. Fighting For Her (2019)
6. Ghost of a Chance (2020)
7. Crossing The Line (2020)
8. Counting on Cole (2020)
9. Chase After Me (2020)
10. Say I Do (2020)
11. Roman Will Fall (2021)
12. The One Who Got Away (2021)
13. Pretend You Want Me (2021)
14. Cross My Heart (2022)
15. The Bodyguard Next Door (2022)
16. Ex Marks The Perfect Spot (2022)
17. The Thief Who Loved Me (2022)

After completing the main run, continue with the spin-off trilogy, Wilde Ways: Gone Rogue, which features rogue operatives working outside the law:

1. How to Protect a Princess (2023)
2. How to Heal a Heartbreak (2023)
3. How to Con a Crime Boss (2023)

Ice Breaker Cold Case

This series centers around the investigators of the Ice Breaker Cold Case division, combining procedural puzzle-solving with intense, slow-burn romantic tension. Read them in this order:

1. Frozen In Ice (2022)
2. Falling For The Ice Queen (2022)
3. Ice Cold Saint (2022)
4. Touched By Ice (2023)
5. Trapped In Ice (2023)
6. Forged From Ice (2023)
7. Buried Under Ice (2023)
8. Ice Cold Kiss (2024)
9. Locked In Ice (2024)
10. Savage Ice (2024)
11. Brutal Ice (2024)

The Battling McGuire Boys

A classic contemporary romance series following the lives, secrets, and loves of the tight-knit McGuire brothers. Originally published through Harlequin Intrigue, this series should be read sequentially:

1. Confessions (2015)
2. Secrets (2015)
3. Suspicions (2015)
4. Reckonings (2015)
5. Deceptions (2016)
6. Allegiances (2016)

LOST (Last Option Search Team)

A dark, high-stakes series about an elite unit dedicated to finding the missing and bringing criminals to justice. Recommended order:

1. Broken (2015)
2. Twisted (2015)
3. Shattered (2015)
4. Torn (2016)
5. Taken (2016)
6. Wrecked (2017)

The Paranormal Romance Series

Night Watch

Eden's urban fantasy and paranormal romance series focuses on the supernatural underworld of vampires, shifters, and demon hunters. You can read them in this sequence:

1. Immortal Danger (2009)
2. Eternal Hunter (also published as Hunt Me Down) (2009)
3. I'll Be Slaying You (also published as Slay My Name) (2010)
4. Eternal Flame (2010)
5. Never Cry Wolf (2011)

Bad Things

In this dark paranormal romance series, Eden explores the dangerous allure of supernatural creatures and shifters trying to control their feral instincts. Read them in publication order:

1. The Devil In Disguise (2016)
2. On the Prowl (2016)
3. Undead Or Alive (2016)
4. Broken Angel (2016)
5. Heart of Stone (2017)
6. Tempted By Fate (2017)
7. Wicked and Wild (2018)
8. Saint or Sinner (2018)

Bound Series

A heavy, sensuous paranormal series centering on vampire-human relationships and supernatural conflicts. The order is:

1. Bound by Blood (2011)
2. Bound in Darkness (2011)
3. Bound in Sin (2012)
4. Bound by the Night (2012)
5. Bound in Death (2013)

Chronological Notes and Anthology Caveats

Most of Cynthia Eden's series feature individual couples who get their happy ending within a single book. However, the overarching plotlines, recurring villains, and security firm rosters progress chronologically. For the best experience, stick to the publication order within each specific series.

A Note on the 'Secrets' Anthologies: Some databases list a long-running multi-author anthology series called Secrets (published by Red Sage Publishing starting in 1995) under Cynthia Eden's name. It is important to know that Eden did not write the early volumes of this series, as she began her professional career in 2005. She did, however, contribute novellas to later volumes (such as "Wolf's Mate" in Secrets, Vol. 18 in 2006).