Patricia D. Eddy Books in Order (Updated April 16, 2026)

Patricia D. Eddy does not write one tidy shelf of similar books. Her catalog splits into three clear zones: the modern romantic-suspense core, led by Away From Keyboard and Gone Rogue; the older contemporary and BDSM romance shelves; and the paranormal/fantasy romance shelves, including By the Fates, Elemental Shifter, In Blood, Forever Wicked, Divine Guardians, and L.A.S.T. Defense.

The author’s own site currently foregrounds the suspense lines first, which is the best clue about where most new readers should begin.

Use this guide like a map

1. If you want military and security-team romance, start with Breaking His Code.
2. If you want the fullest current shared-world experience, read Away From Keyboard, then move into Gone Rogue.
3. If you want older paranormal romance, start with Freed or A Shift in the Water.
4. If you want the newest paranormal/suspense direction, try Blade’s Edge or Storm of Sin after the core suspense books.

The branch most readers should read first

Away From Keyboard

This is the spine of Patricia D. Eddy’s romantic-suspense catalog. The official book page says these are standalone romances with recurring characters, but later books clearly gain value if you already know the firm, the team, and the emotional history.

1. Breaking His Code (2017): The opening book sets the series template with veterans, found family, and a romance that grows out of trust earned under pressure.
2. In Her Sights (2018): Shifts to a sniper heroine dealing with the fallout of a mission gone wrong, keeping the series focused on damaged professionals rather than glossy action fantasy.
3. On His Six (2018): Continues the protective-team structure and reinforces that this world is built around people who carry old scars into new relationships.
4. Second Sight (2019): Expands the security-firm side of the universe and makes the ensemble feel more interconnected.
5. By Lethal Force (2019): Pushes the series deeper into active-threat territory while preserving the same “broken people, earned trust” center.
6. Fighting For Valor (2019): Keeps the emotional stakes high and strengthens the sense that the team itself is part of the appeal.
7. Finding Their Forevers (2019, short story): A bonus AFK story best saved until after the earlier novels, since it works more as extra payoff than as a true entry point.
8. Call Sign: Redemption (2020): Marks the point where the wider shared world starts to feel firmly established rather than merely adjacent.
9. Braving His Past (2021): Leans hard into trauma recovery and the cost of carrying the past forward.
10. Protecting His Target (2021): Keeps the same Second Sight family dynamic while giving one of the later team members a full spotlight book.

The AFK-era books with conflicting official numbering

Here the official pages stop being perfectly tidy. The author’s reading-order page still lists Defending His Hope as “coming soon” and places it as Away From Keyboard #11, but the site also has Defending His Hope live for sale, and a separate store page labels Trusting His Instincts as Away From Keyboard #11. Because of that conflict, the safest recommendation is to read both after Protecting His Target rather than force a numbering claim the site does not state consistently.

11. Defending His Hope: A mountain-rescue romantic suspense that was previously published as Hope Mountain Hero and later expanded into a longer AFK-world novel.
12. Trusting His Instincts: Another late AFK-world entry, centered on Raelynn and Nash, and clearly positioned by the store as part of the same connected team universe.

The direct spin-off lane

Gone Rogue

This series is the natural next step after Away From Keyboard. The author even maintains a combined AFK/Gone Rogue reference page with a cross-series reading order, which confirms these books are meant to be read in the same larger universe.

1. Rogue Protector (2020): Opens the spin-off by shifting attention to a new protection team without abandoning the emotional logic of AFK.
2. Rogue Officer (2021): Continues the branch in sequence and works best once the first book has already established the team’s chemistry.
3. Rogue Survivor (2022): Carries the series deeper into the crossover stage, where the broader world matters more.
4. Rogue Defender (2022): Best read after the previous books and after the later AFK entries, since the author’s cross-series page places it late in the combined order.
5. Rogue Operator (2023): This title appears in the store and on third-party listings, but it is not currently shown on the author’s main reading-order page. It is safest to treat it as a later related release rather than overwrite the author’s listed sequence.

The smaller contemporary shelves

Holidays & Heroes

These are shorter seasonal romances, lighter in footprint than AFK or Gone Rogue.

1. Mistletoe and Mochas (2014): A holiday romance that feels more compact and comfort-forward than the later suspense-heavy books.
2. Love and Libations (2015): Continues the same festive contemporary lane without asking for major continuity investment.
3. Targets and True Love / Tricks, Treats, and True Love: The official pages are inconsistent here. Fantastic Fiction lists Targets and True Love (2022), while the author’s reading-order page currently lists Tricks, Treats, and True Love as the upcoming third entry. I would label the third slot as uncertain rather than state one title as settled fact.

Checkmate

A short art-heist/contemporary suspense mini-series.

1. The Grandmaster’s Pawn (2020): Starts the series with an art-thief setup and a more gameboard-style suspense structure than the military books.
2. The French Quarter Queen (2020): Continues the same chess-branded line with a revenge-tinged return-to-the-past setup.
3. Castles and Kings: A newsletter freebie, best treated as bonus material after the two main entries.

Restrained

This is the older BDSM contemporary series, separate in tone and setup from the later security-team books.

1. In His Silks (2014): The opening Boston Doms book introduces the erotic-power-dynamic side of Eddy’s backlist.
2. Christmas Silks (2014): A seasonal follow-up that works best after the opener.
3. All Tied Up for New Year’s (2017): A shorter holiday continuation rather than a reset.
4. In His Collar (2017): Closes the core line and should be read last within the series.

The paranormal and fantasy shelves

These are better treated as separate reading experiences, not as part of the AFK/Gone Rogue universe.

By the Fates

1. Freed (2013): The best starting point if you want Patricia D. Eddy’s earlier fantasy-romance side rather than her suspense work.
2. Destined (2013, novella): Takes place immediately after Freed, so it belongs here, not later.
3. Fought (2014): Expands the world and raises the series scale.
4. By the Fates Origins: Rhona (2014): A companion origin story, best read after you already know the core setup.
5. Fulfilled (2017): Finishes the main arc and should be saved for last.

Elemental Shifter

1. A Shift in the Water (2014): Opens the shifter line with a paranormal-romance framework separate from the contemporary suspense books.
2. Cade (2014, companion story): A shorter companion piece connected to the same branch.
3. A Shift in the Air (2015): Continues the elemental setup in sequence.
4. A Shift in the Earth (2021): Returns to the series years later, so it lands better once the earlier books are familiar.
5. A Shift in Fire (2021): Follows the same late-series return pattern and belongs after A Shift in the Earth.

In Blood

1. Secrets in Blood (2013): Starts the vampire/paranormal side with a more traditional supernatural-romance structure.
2. Revelations in Blood (2018): Continues that line after a long gap, so it is best read only after the opener.

Forever Wicked

This is another paranormal branch, and the author’s shop currently shows four entries.

1. Forever Kept (2019): A vampire-centered novella tied to the wider Vampire Brides setting from The Midnight Coven and readable as a standalone.
2. Immortal Hunter: Continues the line with a hunter-on-the-run setup and is explicitly labeled Forever Wicked #2 on the author’s site.
3. Wicked Omens: The third slot is implied by the store category and adjacent product listings, but I did not find a fully clean official series page stating the number as plainly as books 1, 2, and 4.
4. Twisted Captive: Explicitly labeled Forever Wicked #4 on the author’s site, so it belongs at the end of the currently visible sequence.

Divine Guardians

1. Storm of Sin (2020): Opens the series with angels, demons, and occult-partner stakes, making it one of Eddy’s clearest bridges between romance and fantasy action.
2. Gabriel’s Gambit (2024): The confirmed second entry and the current endpoint of this branch.

L.A.S.T. Defense

This is one of the newest visible series on third-party listings and the author’s books page.

1. Blade’s Edge (2025): Starts a newer romantic-suspense line with injury, protection, and recovery right at the center.
2. Stone’s Throw (2025): Continues the line with a reunion-amnesia setup and a stronger couple-history thread.
3. Flint’s Strike (2026): The latest listed entry, centered on an arson investigation and a heroine used to carrying too much alone.

The cleanest reading path for most readers

Instead of one giant chronological dump, this is the route that makes the catalog easiest to understand:

1. Breaking His Code
2. Continue Away From Keyboard through Protecting His Target
3. Read Defending His Hope and Trusting His Instincts as the later AFK-world books
4. Move into Gone Rogue
5. Then choose your side shelf: Restrained for older contemporary, By the Fates or Elemental Shifter for paranormal, Divine Guardians for newer paranormal, or L.A.S.T. Defense for the newest suspense line.

Current release picture

As of April 16, 2026, the newest clearly listed Patricia D. Eddy release I could verify is Flint’s Strike (May 2026) in L.A.S.T. Defense. Third-party listings also show Operation: Defiance for March 2026, but because that title is not currently integrated into the author’s main reading-order page, I would treat it as a newer project worth noting, not as a settled part of the primary on-site series map.