Adrienne Giordano Books in Order (Updated July 19, 2026)

Adrienne Giordano writes romantic suspense, amateur-sleuth mysteries, action thrillers, legal suspense, and small-town romance. Her bibliography includes solo series, co-written investigative books, and several shared worlds in which other authors contribute alternating installments.

The central reading issue is Steele Ridge. The original Steele family books, the Kingston branch, the Blackwell branch, and the Christmas Capers occupy the same North Carolina community, but they are separately numbered series.

Her other major continuities are easier to separate. Private Protectors follows Taylor Security, Lucie Rizzo has her own humorous mystery sequence, Justifiable Cause follows the same investigative pair, and the Schock Sisters books should be read as one continuing mystery series.

Which Adrienne Giordano Book Should You Read First?

Choose Risking Trust for traditional romantic suspense involving security specialists, danger, and a second-chance relationship.

Choose Dog Collar Crime for a lighter mystery series featuring a reluctant mob princess, a pet-accessory business, and frequent criminal complications.

Choose The Chase for a short, tightly connected law-enforcement trilogy.

Choose Stealing Justice for government conspiracies and an off-the-books investigative team.

Choose Going Hard when you want to enter the larger Steele Ridge world.

Choose 1st Shock for a co-written private-investigator mystery series led by two very different sisters.

A Map of Adrienne Giordano’s Series

The following groups should remain separate:

• Private Protectors
• Lucie Rizzo Mysteries
• Justifiable Cause
• Justice Team
• Schock Sisters Mysteries
• Steele Ridge
• Steele Ridge: The Kingstons
• Steele Ridge: The Blackwells
• Steele Ridge Christmas Capers
• Harlequin Intrigue justice novels
• Rose Trudeau Mysteries
• Casino Fortuna
• Deep Cover

The Steele Ridge branches share a community and recurring families. Justice Team and Schock Sisters were co-written with Misty Evans. The Rose Trudeau mystery was co-written with Mary Jo Briscione.

Private Protectors Books in Order

Private Protectors follows the operatives of Taylor Security, including former Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, and other specialists accustomed to dangerous assignments.

Each book resolves a different romance and primary threat. Team members recur, so publication order gives the security company and its relationships a natural progression.

1. Risking Trust (2011): Security-company owner Michael Taylor turns to former love and investigative journalist Roxann Thorgesson after he becomes the prime suspect in his ex-wife’s murder.
2. Man Law (2011): Security consultant Vic Andrews breaks his rule against becoming involved with his best friend’s sister when a terrorist vendetta places Gina Delgado and her children in danger.
3. Negotiating Point (2012; later reissued in 2020): Hostage negotiator Gavin Sheppard enters a crisis where professional judgment, personal loyalty, and the life of someone close to Taylor Security are all at stake.
4. A Just Deception (2011): Former Navy SEAL Peter Jessup protects attorney Isabelle DeRosa after her cousin is murdered and the evidence makes her the principal suspect.
5. Relentless Pursuit (2012): Former Army Ranger Billy Tripp guards a valuable necklace at a Miami hotel, only for theft and a larger criminal scheme to endanger hotel executive Kristen Dante.
6. Opposing Forces (2013): Two people accustomed to standing on opposite sides of a conflict must work together when a Taylor Security case exposes a threat neither can defeat alone.

Why Negotiating Point Causes Confusion

Older series lists place Negotiating Point as a novella between Man Law and A Just Deception. Its later independent edition carries a 2020 date, which can make it appear to be a much newer sequel.

For continuity, read it third regardless of the date on the edition.

Private Protectors Box Sets

Private Protectors: Books 1-3: A collection containing the opening stories rather than a new installment.

Other boxed sets package existing Taylor Security novels. Check the contents before purchasing them alongside the individual books.

Lucie Rizzo Mysteries in Order

Lucie Rizzo is the daughter of a reputed mobster who wants a respectable career and an identity separate from her family. After losing her investment-banking job, she begins walking dogs and building a pet-accessory company.

The books blend amateur investigation, family comedy, organized-crime complications, dogs, and Lucie’s relationship with police detective Tim O’Brien.

1. Dog Collar Crime (2013): Lucie’s dog-walking job becomes an investigation when wealthy clients’ pets are kidnapped and the pattern points uncomfortably close to her family’s criminal connections.
2. Knocked Off (2016): An art transaction involving Lucie’s clients turns suspicious, sending her after two questionable paintings with help from Tim and her unconventional crew.
3. Limbo (2017): Lucie becomes caught between family loyalty and another criminal puzzle while her business and relationship remain in an uncertain state.
4. Boosted (2018): Lucie witnesses the theft of a valuable piece of movie memorabilia and becomes the prime suspect, forcing her friends and family to help clear her name.
5. Whacked (2019): A violent death brings another investigation into Lucie’s neighborhood, where mob history and personal grudges make the suspect list especially complicated.
6. Cooked (2019): Food, family, and crime collide when Lucie becomes involved in a mystery whose ingredients include deception and someone prepared to eliminate the competition.
7. Incognito (2020): Lucie attempts to operate without attracting attention, but a concealed identity and another criminal scheme make remaining unnoticed impossible.

Alternate Lucie Rizzo Title

Dog Collar Knockoff: The original title of Knocked Off.

They are the same second Lucie Rizzo mystery. Only one edition is needed.

Do the Lucie Rizzo Books Need to Be Read in Order?

Yes. The mysteries conclude individually, but Lucie’s company, family relationships, and romance with Tim develop throughout the sequence.

Starting with a later book may reveal earlier relationship decisions and business changes.

Justifiable Cause Books in Order

Justifiable Cause follows NYPD Sergeant Gabe Townsend and attorney Jo Pomeroy. Unlike Giordano’s rotating-couple romantic-suspense series, all three books continue the same professional and personal partnership.

Their investigation begins in the world of counterfeit luxury goods and develops into a broader task-force case.

1. The Chase (2013): Gabe and Jo are forced onto the same task force to pursue an elusive counterfeiting operation, despite clashing methods and a distracting attraction.
2. The Evasion (2014): The criminal target adapts to the investigation, leaving Gabe and Jo to follow a trail designed to keep the organization beyond the law’s reach.
3. The Capture (2015): The pair close in on the people behind the operation while the final confrontation threatens their careers and the relationship formed during the case.

Justifiable Cause Reading Rule

Read the trilogy without interruption.

The criminal investigation and Gabe and Jo’s relationship continue directly, making this series less suitable for out-of-order reading than Private Protectors.

Justice Team Books in Order

The Justice Team was co-written by Adrienne Giordano and Misty Evans. It follows a renegade former FBI agent and a group of operatives handling political conspiracies, corruption, disappearances, and cases that official agencies cannot, or will not, resolve.

The main novels change central couples, while two shorter stories fit between the numbered installments.

1. Stealing Justice (2014): A former FBI agent and a determined investigator uncover a conspiracy whose political reach makes ordinary law-enforcement channels unsafe.
2. Cheating Justice (2014): Another operation exposes corruption and divided loyalty, forcing the team to work outside formal rules to identify who is manipulating the case.
3. Holiday Justice (2014): A shorter holiday mission brings danger into what should have been a quieter season and belongs after Cheating Justice.
4. Exposing Justice (2015): The team attempts to expose a protected enemy while the people gathering evidence become targets themselves.
5. Undercover Justice (2015): An operative assumes a concealed identity during a shorter assignment where maintaining cover threatens both the mission and a developing relationship.
6. Protecting Justice (2016): The team protects someone essential to a major case while pursuing the people determined to silence the witness.
7. Missing Justice (2017): A disappearance launches an investigation involving a missing person whose secrets may threaten the entire team.
8. Defending Justice (2018): The published sequence closes with a case requiring the operatives to defend one of their own against enemies using both legal and extralegal pressure.

Main Justice Team Novels

Readers following only the full-length numbered books can use:

1. Stealing Justice
2. Cheating Justice
3. Exposing Justice
4. Protecting Justice
5. Missing Justice
6. Defending Justice

Holiday Justice and Undercover Justice are included companion novellas rather than mandatory full-length chapters.

Schock Sisters Mystery Books in Order

The Schock Sisters series was co-written with Misty Evans. It follows sisters who approach private investigation from very different perspectives but become an effective crime-solving team.

The sisters’ partnership, family history, and investigative agency continue across all four books.

1. 1st Shock (2019): The sisters are pulled into their first major investigation together, where conflicting personalities become both a liability and an unexpected advantage.
2. 2nd Strike (2019): A new case tests whether their partnership can survive when another criminal strike places the investigation closer to home.
3. 3rd Tango (2019): The sisters enter a case requiring careful coordination, but personal complications make staying in step more difficult than solving the crime.
4. 4th Silence (2025): After a long publication gap, the sisters return for an investigation shaped by silence, concealed evidence, and a person determined to keep the truth from surfacing.

Latest Adrienne Giordano Book

4th Silence, published in September 2025, is Adrienne Giordano’s latest confirmed released book as of July 19, 2026.

It is Schock Sisters Mystery Book 4. Readers should complete the first three books before beginning it because the sisters’ professional and personal history is already established.

The Original Steele Ridge Books in Order

Steele Ridge is a multi-author romantic-suspense world created by Adrienne Giordano, Kelsey Browning, and Tracey Devlyn. The main sequence follows the Steele family in a North Carolina mountain town facing financial trouble, family secrets, criminal threats, and a series of returning relatives.

The books were designed to be readable as individual romances, but the family and town develop in a fixed order.

1. The Beginning (2016), by Kelsey Browning, Adrienne Giordano, and Tracey Devlyn: The prequel introduces the Steele family, the town’s financial crisis, and the circumstances that draw the siblings back to Steele Ridge.
2. Going Hard (2016), by Kelsey Browning: Sports agent Griffin Steele returns home and becomes involved in the first principal romance and suspense case of the family sequence.
3. Living Fast (2016), by Adrienne Giordano: A Steele family member accustomed to speed and risk faces a case where protecting the woman involved requires a more permanent connection to home.
4. Loving Deep (2016), by Tracey Devlyn: The next Steele romance moves beneath the family’s confident surface and into a danger connected to secrets no one has fully confronted.
5. Breaking Free (2017), by Adrienne Giordano: A member of the family fights to escape old constraints while a criminal threat makes freedom inseparable from trust.
6. Roaming Wild (2017), by Kelsey Browning: A restless Steele returns to a town and relationship capable of challenging the need to keep moving.
7. Stripping Bare (2017), by Tracey Devlyn: Hidden motives and exposed secrets place another couple inside the continuing problems surrounding Steele Ridge.
8. Enduring Love (2017), by Kelsey Browning, Adrienne Giordano, and Tracey Devlyn: A shared-world follow-up revisits the family and tests whether the relationships built during the series can withstand new pressure.
9. Vowing Love (2018), by Kelsey Browning, Adrienne Giordano, and Tracey Devlyn: Weddings and commitments give the original Steele sequence an epilogue-style conclusion while the family prepares for its next stage.

Which Original Steele Ridge Books Did Adrienne Giordano Write?

Her principal solo installments are:

• Living Fast
• Breaking Free

She also co-wrote:

• The Beginning
• Enduring Love
• Vowing Love

Readers wanting the complete family continuity should read all nine books, including those written by Browning and Devlyn.

Steele Ridge: The Kingstons Books in Order

The Kingstons are cousins of the Steele family. Their five-book branch remains in the same town and shares supporting characters with the original sequence.

Adrienne Giordano wrote all five Kingston novels.

1. Craving Heat (2018): Steele Ridge’s female sheriff becomes involved with a high-profile athlete when public attention and a dangerous case place both of them under pressure.
2. Tasting Fire (2018): Another Kingston sibling enters a romance in which attraction, family loyalty, and an escalating threat become impossible to separate.
3. Searing Need (2019): Botanist Riley Kingston discovers a valuable plant and becomes the target of a killer, leaving traumatized Delta Force operator Coen Monroe as her strongest defense.
4. Striking Edge (2019): A Kingston family member and a dangerous ally move to the edge of another investigation where hesitation could cost lives.
5. Burning Ache (2020): The final Kingston romance combines long-held emotional pain with a threat that brings the family together again.

When Should the Kingstons Be Read?

Complete the original Steele Ridge sequence through Vowing Love, then begin Craving Heat.

The Kingston books can be understood without the full Steele family history, but returning townspeople and earlier couples will have more significance in that order.

Steele Ridge: The Blackwells Books in Order

The Blackwell branch is another multi-author Steele Ridge sequence. Tracey Devlyn wrote Books 1, 3, and 5, while Adrienne Giordano wrote Books 2 and 4.

The five novels follow siblings and relatives whose cases uncover corruption, cybercrime, family secrets, and threats reaching into the wider town.

1. Flash Point (2022), by Tracey Devlyn: A dangerous incident brings the first Blackwell couple into conflict with a threat capable of igniting buried family problems.
2. Smoke Screen (2022), by Adrienne Giordano: A Blackwell investigation becomes obscured by deliberate misdirection, forcing the central couple to identify who benefits from the confusion.
3. Cross Roads (2023), by Tracey Devlyn: Cybersecurity expert Rohan Blackwell helps an artist recover a stolen painting while a cyberterrorist connects her hidden past to a wider attack.
4. Crash Course (2023), by Adrienne Giordano: Attorney Priscilla Randolph and recovery agent Cruz Blackwell investigate a toxicology report tied to a land deal, uncovering corruption that reaches into their families.
5. End Game (2024), by Tracey Devlyn: The final Blackwell case brings the family’s accumulating threats to a decisive confrontation.

Blackwell Continuity

Read all five books in order, not only Giordano’s two installments.

Smoke Screen and Crash Course resolve their central romances, but the Blackwell family and the wider suspense arc continue in the alternating books.

Steele Ridge Christmas Capers in Order

The Christmas Capers are shorter holiday mysteries and romances set in Steele Ridge. Different authors contribute stories, and the collection has continued beyond the original family sagas.

Adrienne Giordano’s official catalogue identifies four of her contributions:

1. His Holiday Miracle: A Steele Ridge Christmas brings a threatened or struggling couple together when an unexpected holiday event offers a second chance.
2. All She Wants for Christmas: A woman’s Christmas wish becomes entangled with a local caper and a relationship that develops beyond her original expectations.
3. A Rogue Santa: A suspicious or unconventional Santa becomes part of a holiday mystery where the apparent seasonal performance conceals a more complicated motive.
4. For the Love of Santa: Another Steele Ridge holiday theft or caper places romance alongside the search for someone disrupting the town’s Christmas celebrations.

Are the Christmas Capers Required?

No. They are optional shared-world stories.

Read them after becoming familiar with Steele Ridge, particularly when returning characters and family celebrations are part of their appeal.

Harlequin Intrigue Justice Books in Order

These romantic-suspense novels share attorneys, law-enforcement figures, and a broad concern with justice. Giordano’s official site groups them together, although they are often catalogued as individual Harlequin Intrigue titles.

1. The Prosecutor (2014): Assistant state’s attorney Zac Hennings handles a politically dangerous murder case while attorney Emma Sinclair challenges both the prosecution and his assumptions.
2. The Defender (2014): Defense attorney Penny Hennings and investigator Russ Voight become caught in a case where protecting the accused may expose the real killer.
3. The Marshal (2014): A U.S. marshal protects a woman connected to a dangerous investigation while returning characters strengthen the link to the earlier legal books.
4. The Detective (2015): An injured homicide detective consults on a cold case and becomes involved with a woman whose connection to the victim places her in danger.
5. The Rebel (2015): A law-enforcement outsider with a reputation for breaking rules enters a case where conventional procedures have failed.

Where Protector Under Fire Belongs

Protector Under Fire (scheduled for January 2027): The opening Gallaghers novel follows a protector drawn into danger while defending someone connected to a family investigation.

The official website currently displays the title beside the earlier Harlequin Intrigue books, but current future-release listings identify it as Gallaghers Book 1. It should not be inserted between the older justice novels.

Gallaghers Books in Order

The Gallaghers is an announced romantic-suspense series scheduled to begin in 2027.

1. Protector Under Fire (January 2027): The first Gallagher story centers on a protection assignment that becomes personal while a dangerous case draws the family into action.
2. Buried Evidence (2027): The second Gallagher book involves evidence hidden long enough to threaten both a new investigation and the people connected to the original crime.

Current Gallaghers Status

Neither book was published as of July 19, 2026.

Protector Under Fire has a January 2027 listing. Buried Evidence is announced for 2027, but a dependable exact release date has not been confirmed.

Rose Trudeau Mystery Series

The Rose Trudeau books are co-written with Mary Jo Briscione.

1. Into the Fire (2020): Rose Trudeau enters an investigation involving fire, family history, and a crime whose danger grows as she approaches the truth.

Only one Rose Trudeau mystery is currently published. It can be read as a complete first case, but the series label leaves room for later investigations.

Casino Fortuna

Casino Fortuna is a multi-author romantic-suspense world built around a luxurious casino where money, influence, romance, and criminal risk meet.

1. Deadly Odds (2016): High-stakes gambling and the private lives of wealthy casino patrons draw the central couple into a case where losing may cost far more than money.

This is Adrienne Giordano’s contribution to the shared setting. Other Casino Fortuna books were written by other authors and are not required for the central romance.

Deep Cover Series

Deep Cover is built around a protection program for former covert operatives whose identities have been compromised.

1. Crossing Lines (2021): A former CIA operative protects an endangered ex-agent and must decide whether preserving his concealed identity matters more than the woman beside him.

Only one Adrienne Giordano Deep Cover title is currently listed. Treat it as a self-contained romantic-suspense novel unless another installment is announced.

Standalone and Separate-Continuity Reading

Adrienne Giordano’s catalogue is dominated by named series. The following titles are best treated as independent entry points or contributions to separate shared worlds:

1. Deadly Odds (2016): A casino-based romantic suspense about high rollers, dangerous bets, and a threat hidden inside a world of privilege.
2. Into the Fire (2020), with Mary Jo Briscione: Rose Trudeau investigates a fire-linked mystery in the first and currently only book of her series.
3. Crossing Lines (2021): An exposed covert operative enters a protection program and a romance where identity itself becomes part of the risk.

These books do not require Private Protectors, Lucie Rizzo, Justice Team, or Steele Ridge preparation.

Box Sets and Duplicate Editions

Collected editions should not be counted as new books.

Justifiable Cause Box Set

Contains:

• The Chase
• The Evasion
• The Capture

Justice Team Box Set

Collects the existing Justice Team novels and companion stories rather than adding a ninth case.

Lucie Rizzo Mystery Box Sets

The first collection contains:

• Dog Collar Crime
• Knocked Off
• Limbo
• Boosted

Later Lucie collections package the remaining mysteries.

Steele Ridge Starter Sets

These collections combine opening books from different Steele Ridge branches. They are useful for sampling the shared world but do not create a new chronological installment.

Red Sole Clues

Red Sole Clues (2016): A multi-author mystery collection rather than a separate Adrienne Giordano series novel.

Always check anthology and box-set contents before buying them alongside individual ebooks.

Recommended Complete Steele Ridge Reading Order

A full Steele Ridge chronology is larger than Adrienne Giordano’s solo bibliography because Kelsey Browning and Tracey Devlyn write parts of the shared world.

The safest broad sequence is:

Original Steele Ridge

1. The Beginning
2. Going Hard
3. Living Fast
4. Loving Deep
5. Breaking Free
6. Roaming Wild
7. Stripping Bare
8. Enduring Love
9. Vowing Love

Steele Ridge: The Kingstons

10. Craving Heat
11. Tasting Fire
12. Searing Need
13. Striking Edge
14. Burning Ache

Steele Ridge: The Blackwells

15. Flash Point
16. Smoke Screen
17. Cross Roads
18. Crash Course
19. End Game

The Christmas Capers can be added after the original books or read by their individual publication dates. They are festive side stories rather than necessary chapters in the main family arcs.

Recommended Mystery Route

Readers who prefer investigation over military-style romantic suspense should use:

1. Dog Collar Crime
2. Knocked Off
3. Limbo
4. Boosted
5. Whacked
6. Cooked
7. Incognito

Then continue with the Schock Sisters:

1. 1st Shock
2. 2nd Strike
3. 3rd Tango
4. 4th Silence

The two series are separate. Lucie Rizzo is lighter and more comedic, while the Schock Sisters books focus more directly on private investigation.

Recommended Action-Suspense Route

Begin with Taylor Security:

1. Risking Trust
2. Man Law
3. Negotiating Point
4. A Just Deception
5. Relentless Pursuit
6. Opposing Forces

Then move to the Justice Team:

1. Stealing Justice
2. Cheating Justice
3. Holiday Justice
4. Exposing Justice
5. Undercover Justice
6. Protecting Justice
7. Missing Justice
8. Defending Justice

These are separate organizations, so the route is thematic rather than one shared chronology.

Publication Order or Chronological Order?

Publication order is the right default within every Adrienne Giordano series.

The main exceptions concern reissues and shared-world organization:

• Negotiating Point belongs third in Private Protectors despite the 2020 date on its later edition.
• Knocked Off was previously called Dog Collar Knockoff.
• The original Steele Ridge books must include novels by three different authors.
• Blackwells Books 1, 3, and 5 were written by Tracey Devlyn.
• Justice Team companion novellas belong between the full-length books.
• Protector Under Fire belongs to the forthcoming Gallaghers series, not inside the older Harlequin Intrigue sequence.

There is no useful master chronology combining Lucie Rizzo, Taylor Security, Justice Team, and Steele Ridge.

Latest and Upcoming Adrienne Giordano Books

Latest published book: 4th Silence, released in September 2025.

Next confirmed book: Protector Under Fire, scheduled for January 2027.

Further announced book: Buried Evidence, expected in 2027.

No new Adrienne Giordano title was confirmed for release between July and December 2026 as of this update.

Current Series Status

Private Protectors: Complete at six published stories unless a continuation is announced.

Lucie Rizzo Mysteries: Seven books are published.

Justifiable Cause: Complete at three books.

Justice Team: Six principal novels and two companion novellas are published.

Schock Sisters Mysteries: Four books are published, with 4th Silence ending the current sequence.

Original Steele Ridge: Complete at nine novels and shared epilogue stories.

Steele Ridge: The Kingstons: Complete at five books.

Steele Ridge: The Blackwells: Complete at five books.

Rose Trudeau Mysteries: One book is published.

Casino Fortuna: Giordano contributed one book to the multi-author world.

Deep Cover: One Adrienne Giordano book is published.

Gallaghers: Two books are announced for 2027.

Frequently Asked Questions

What was Adrienne Giordano’s first book?

Risking Trust and Man Law were both published in 2011 and launched her Private Protectors catalogue.

Risking Trust is the correct first book in that series and the safest choice as her debut entry point.

What is Adrienne Giordano’s best-known series?

Private Protectors is her foundational romantic-suspense series.

Lucie Rizzo is her main humorous mystery sequence, while Steele Ridge is her largest shared-world project.

Do Private Protectors books need to be read in order?

The central romances stand alone, but Taylor Security personnel recur.

Publication order provides the best introductions and prevents later relationships from being revealed early.

Why is Negotiating Point sometimes dated 2020?

A later independent edition was released in 2020.

The story belongs third in Private Protectors, between Man Law and A Just Deception.

Are Dog Collar Knockoff and Knocked Off different books?

No. Knocked Off is the current title of Dog Collar Knockoff.

Do the Lucie Rizzo mysteries need to be read in order?

Yes. Lucie’s business, family situation, and relationship with Tim O’Brien continue across all seven books.

Is Lucie Rizzo romantic suspense?

The series is primarily humorous amateur-sleuth mystery with romance and organized-crime complications.

It is lighter than Private Protectors or Justice Team.

Did Adrienne Giordano write every Steele Ridge book?

No.

The original series was written by Adrienne Giordano, Kelsey Browning, and Tracey Devlyn. The Blackwell branch alternates between Giordano and Devlyn.

Giordano wrote the entire five-book Kingston branch.

Which original Steele Ridge books are Adrienne Giordano’s?

Her main solo entries are Living Fast and Breaking Free.

She also co-wrote The Beginning, Enduring Love, and Vowing Love.

Should the Kingstons be read after the Steeles?

Yes. Craving Heat is the intended entry to the Kingston branch, but the family and town connections have more meaning after the original Steele Ridge books.

Should the Blackwells be read after the Kingstons?

That is the most orderly route.

The Blackwell branch introduces another connected family after the original Steeles and Kingstons are established.

What are the Steele Ridge Christmas Capers?

They are shorter holiday mysteries and romances written within the shared town.

They are optional and should not be treated as replacements for the principal family novels.

Are Justice Team and Justifiable Cause connected?

They are separately numbered series.

Both involve investigators working around legal restrictions, but no combined reading order is required.

Who co-wrote Justice Team?

Adrienne Giordano wrote the series with Misty Evans.

Who co-wrote the Schock Sisters books?

The Schock Sisters mysteries were also written with Misty Evans.

Who co-wrote Into the Fire?

Mary Jo Briscione co-wrote Into the Fire, the first Rose Trudeau mystery.

Is Deadly Odds part of a series?

It belongs to the multi-author Casino Fortuna world.

Readers following Adrienne Giordano alone can treat it as an independent romantic-suspense novel.

Is Crossing Lines a standalone?

It is currently the only listed Deep Cover book by Giordano.

Its immediate romance and protection case can be read independently.

What is Adrienne Giordano’s latest book?

4th Silence, published in September 2025, is her latest released book as of July 19, 2026.

What is Adrienne Giordano’s next book?

Protector Under Fire, Gallaghers Book 1, is scheduled for January 2027.

Buried Evidence, Book 2, is also announced for 2027.

Final Reading Recommendation

Begin with Risking Trust when you want Adrienne Giordano’s core romantic-suspense style. Continue through Private Protectors in series order, keeping Negotiating Point in the third position despite its later reissue date.

Begin with Dog Collar Crime when mystery, family comedy, and a lighter tone are more appealing. Lucie Rizzo’s seven investigations should be read consecutively because her personal and professional life changes throughout the series.

For the broadest shared-world experience, enter Steele Ridge with The Beginning and include the books by Kelsey Browning and Tracey Devlyn. Continue through the Kingstons and Blackwells only after the original Steele family sequence.