Laurann Dohner Books in Order (Updated April 28, 2026)

Laurann Dohner writes paranormal romance, science-fiction romance, alien romance, cyborg romance, shifter romance, and erotic romance. Her books are usually built around one couple per book, but many series share worldbuilding, species politics, clan structures, or crew dynamics.

The best way to read Laurann Dohner is by series. Do not try to force New Species, VLG, Cyborg Seduction, Zorn Warriors, Veslor Mates, and The Vorge Crew into one shared master timeline.

For most new readers, the strongest starting point is Fury if you want paranormal romance, Drantos if you want vampires, Lycans, and Gargoyles, or Burning Up Flint if you want cyborg science-fiction romance.

The Main Continuity Rule

Each Laurann Dohner series should be read in order.

The romances often focus on a new couple, but the worlds are not static. Earlier books introduce species rules, political conflicts, dangerous enemies, and secondary characters who later become leads.

The biggest mistake is treating the series as interchangeable because many involve dominant heroes, mate bonds, alien cultures, or protective paranormal males. They are separate continuities unless the author places them in the same series.

Best Places to Begin

1. Start with Fury for New Species, Laurann Dohner’s most widely known series.
2. Start with Burning Up Flint for Cyborg Seduction, her long cyborg romance series.
3. Start with Drantos for VLG, the Vampire-Lycan-Gargoyle hybrid series.
4. Start with Ral’s Woman for Zorn Warriors, her early alien-warrior romance series.
5. Start with The Gorison Traveler Incident for Veslor Mates, her later alien-mate science-fiction romance series.
6. Start with Cathian for The Vorge Crew, a connected alien-crew series with rescued human heroines.

Zorn Warriors Books in Order

This is one of Laurann Dohner’s early alien-warrior romance series. Read in order because the Zorn world and its customs are introduced from the beginning.

1. Ral’s Woman (2009): Ariel is abducted from Earth and thrown into a brutal alien contest, where Zorn warrior Ral becomes both her captor and protector.
2. Kidnapping Casey (2010): Casey’s story continues the human-woman-on-Zorn setup, expanding the series’ alien culture and mate-bond conflicts.
3. Tempting Rever (2011): Brenda seeks a safer life away from Earth, only to become entangled with Rever and Zorn customs she does not fully understand.
4. Berrr’s Vow (2011): This entry continues the Zorn mate-bond structure with another warrior-centered romance.
5. Coto’s Captive (2016): Coto’s dangerous trip to Earth leads him to Lynn, making this the last listed Zorn Warriors story and best saved until the earlier world is familiar.

Cyborg Seduction Books in Order

This is Laurann Dohner’s major cyborg science-fiction romance series. Read it in order because the cyborgs’ history, politics, and conflict with humans develop across the books.

1. Burning Up Flint (2010): The series begins with Mira and Flint, establishing the human-cyborg power imbalance and the intense attraction that defines the series.
2. Kissing Steel (2011): Rena’s attempt to recover a ship turns into captivity among cyborgs, where Steel becomes central to her survival and desire.
3. Melting Iron (2011): The third book continues the cyborg world with another possessive hero and a heroine forced into close quarters.
4. Touching Ice (2012): Ice’s story builds on the established cyborg society and its uneasy relationship with humans.
5. Stealing Coal (2012): Coal’s romance continues the series’ pattern of human danger, cyborg loyalty, and forced trust.
6. Redeeming Zorus (2012): Zorus receives his own story after earlier appearances make his hard edges and need for redemption more meaningful.
7. Taunting Krell (2012): Krell’s book continues the cyborg arc with another protective, difficult hero and a heroine who challenges him.
8. Haunting Blackie (2014): Blackie’s later-series romance depends on the reader already understanding cyborg trauma, loyalty, and social rules.
9. Loving Deviant (2016): Deviant’s story adds another relationship shaped by prejudice, cyborg identity, and the fight for acceptance.
10. Seducing Stag (2016): Nala becomes tied to Stag after losing her freighter and freedom, creating a survival romance inside the cyborg world.
11. Falling for Sky (2019): Mick’s isolated mining assignment and long-distance friendship with Sky turn into a later-series cyborg romance.

New Species Books in Order

This is Laurann Dohner’s best-known series. Read it in order because the New Species Organization, Reservation, political conflicts, and recurring characters build steadily.

1. Fury (2011): Ellie discovers illegal experiments that created human-animal hybrids and risks everything to save Fury, launching the New Species world.
2. Slade (2012): Trisha and Slade’s story continues the early New Species struggle for safety, trust, and freedom.
3. Valiant (2012): Valiant’s romance explores the difficulty of love between a powerful New Species male and a human woman inside a tense new society.
4. Justice (2012): Justice North, the public face of the New Species Organization, faces both political pressure and a personal bond that threatens his control.
5. Brawn (2011): Brawn’s book belongs fifth in series order even though some publication listings show an earlier year, because the series structure places it here.
6. Wrath (2013): Wrath’s story continues the fallout of past captivity and the difficulty of building a future after trauma.
7. Tiger (2013): Tiger’s romance brings one of the series’ major recurring figures into the center of the story.
8. Obsidian (2013): Dr. Allison Baker’s desperate choice to save Obsidian creates one of the series’ more ethically complicated rescue romances.
9. Shadow (2013): Shadow’s story continues the series’ interest in trauma, identity, and the danger surrounding New Species survival.
10. Moon (2013): Moon’s book focuses on a damaged New Species male and the doctor whose history with him gives the case emotional weight.
11. True (2014): True’s romance continues the series’ blend of rescue, secrecy, and dangerous consequences for humans who protect New Species.
12. Darkness (2015): Darkness is one of the more guarded New Species heroes, making this a later-series story where the established world matters.
13. Smiley (2015): Smiley’s story brings public scandal and personal vulnerability into the New Species conflict.
14. Numbers (2015): This book contains two connected New Species stories, giving side characters fuller romantic arcs inside the established world.
15. Best Friends (2019): This later New Species release includes the Snow and Lash stories, and should be read after the earlier books because the Reservation context is already in place.

New Species Edition Note

Some listings mention Lasso separately, especially in translated or split-edition contexts. Current major English-series listings and the author’s main series structure treat the available English New Species sequence as fifteen primary books, with Best Friends containing the relevant paired material.

Riding the Raines Books in Order

This is a contemporary erotic romance series and should be treated separately from Laurann Dohner’s paranormal and sci-fi worlds.

1. Propositioning Mr. Raine (2012): The series begins with a bold proposition and establishes the Raine family romance setup.
2. Raine On Me (2012): The second book continues the Raine-centered romance thread with another intense relationship.
3. Summer Raine (2023): The long-gap third book returns to the Raine family world and should be read after the earlier two books.

Mating Heat Books in Order

This is a shifter romance series. Read it in order because the werewolf and cat-shifter dynamics are introduced across the three books.

1. Mate Set (2012): Mika is caught during werewolf mating season, introducing the series’ heat-driven shifter rules and high-intensity romance.
2. His Purrfect Mate (2012): The second book shifts into another shifter pairing and expands the world beyond the first couple.
3. Mating Brand (2014): Brand and Charma’s story brings werewolf and snow-leopard tension into the series’ final listed entry.

Claws and Fangs Books in Order

This is a small paranormal romance grouping. The collection Claws and Fangs gathers the shorter works, but the stories themselves are the reading-order entries.

1. Scarred and Kilt (2012): Matty suspects her kilt-wearing neighbor is a vampire, then becomes involved in danger that proves her instincts were not entirely wrong.
2. Mine to Chase (2013): This story continues the claws-and-fangs world with another paranormal romance and should follow the first story if reading the set in order.
3. Lacey and Lethal (2013): Lacey’s story is set in the same paranormal world and completes the commonly listed three-story sequence.
4. Claws and Fangs (2014): This is a collection rather than a new fourth story, so use it as a bundled edition.

VLG Books in Order

VLG stands for Vampires, Lycans, Gargoyles, and the series centers on hybrid supernatural races. Read in order because clan politics, enemies, and species rules develop over time.

1. Drantos (2015): Dusti survives a plane crash in Alaska and discovers VampLycans, dangerous family secrets, and Drantos’ fierce claim.
2. Kraven (2016): Batina’s story continues the plane-crash fallout and pairs her with Kraven, whose mission and attraction clash from the beginning.
3. Lorn (2016): Kira and Lorn’s book deepens the clan conflict after Decker’s threat and the VampLycan hierarchy have been established.
4. Veso (2017): Veso is kidnapped by vampires and forced to rely on human Glenda, making this a survival romance inside the larger VLG conflict.
5. Lavos (2017): Jadee’s trip to Alaska turns dangerous when vampires trap her, bringing Lavos into a protector role that changes her life.
6. Wen (2017): Gerri returns to Wen after years apart, creating a second-chance romance shaped by duty, clan rules, and danger.
7. Aveoth (2017): Jill is dragged into GarLycan politics through Decker’s schemes, while Aveoth’s attraction to her risks exposing his own secrets.
8. Creed (2017): Angel returns to the GarLycan who once saved her, and Creed’s heat cycle forces long-buried feelings into the open.
9. Glacier (2018): Mandy’s forced life as a vampire assassin collides with Glacier, creating a dangerous romance between duty and old emotion.
10. Redson (2018): Emma seeks protection from a powerful VampLycan, while Redson must decide whether duty, attraction, and danger can coexist.
11. Trayis (2019): Shay’s long-held feelings for Trayis turn into a high-risk romance shaped by pack prejudice and unexpected desire.
12. Graves (2023): Graves, a feared werewolf enforcer, is forced to protect Joni after her pack politics place her life in danger.
13. Trent (2023): Trent leads Rogues United and rescues a captive vampire, making this both VLG book 13 and the start of a Rogues United thread.
14. Fray (2024): Fray’s visit to his uncle’s Lycan pack turns dangerous when rogue Gargoyles attack and human Len is pulled into the supernatural world.
15. Chaz (2025): Chaz tries to prevent a pack war, but human Shoni becomes caught in the conflict after an already terrible day gets worse.

Nightwind Pack Books in Order

This series is co-written with Kele Moon. Read it in order because the Hollow Mountain pack world and its werewolf conflicts build across the books.

1. Claimed (2016): Brandi is kidnapped and released into dangerous woods, beginning the Nightwind Pack’s dark werewolf-romance setup.
2. Shattered (2019): The second book continues the pack world after the first book establishes Hollow Mountain’s danger and rules.
3. Cursed (2021): The third entry deepens the supernatural threat and belongs after the first two pack romances.
4. Tempted (2023): The fourth book is the latest listed Nightwind Pack entry and should be read after Claimed, Shattered, and Cursed.

The Vorge Crew Books in Order

This is an alien-crew science-fiction romance series. Read in order because the ship, crew relationships, and rescued-human pattern build across the books.

1. Cathian (2018): Nara faces jail or the slave auction before Cathian buys her for a six-day heat arrangement that becomes more complicated than either expects.
2. Dovis (2018): Mari gains freedom and work aboard The Vorge, but the ship’s intimidating security chief makes safety and trust difficult.
3. York (2018): Sara is betrayed by her government and rescued from slavery, then turns to York as both refuge and possible partner.
4. Raff (2018): Lilly’s search for adventure becomes deadly when alien pirates attack, forcing Raff into a protective role.
5. Cavas (2020): Cavas joins The Vorge to rescue his youngest littermate, making this a family-driven mission inside the crew’s larger world.
6. Crath (2023): Crath wants a human life-lock like the rest of his family, but Kelsey’s trauma and danger make winning her trust difficult.

Veslor Mates Books in Order

This is a later alien-mate science-fiction romance series. Read in order because the Veslor groupings, United Earth connections, and alien threats develop across the books.

1. The Gorison Traveler Incident (2019): Vivian sends a distress call from a vessel under attack, bringing Veslor trader Brassi into a rescue that may become a mate bond.
2. Mission: Guardian Angel (2020): Abby works aboard a military vessel to protect Veslor interests, only to become personally involved with the aliens she meant to monitor.
3. The Breeding Experiment (2020): The third book continues the Veslor world with a darker experiment-centered conflict.
4. Mission: Planet Biter (2020): This entry keeps the Veslor mission structure moving into another dangerous planetary situation.
5. The Torid Affair (2021): Riots on Torid force Jessa into emergency work and close contact with a grumpy alien who challenges her expectations.
6. Hunter Raze (2021): Hunter Raze’s story is the sixth listed Veslor Mates book and should be read after the earlier Veslor missions.

Clones Books in Order

This is a small science-fiction romance series. Read in order because the clone concept and world are introduced in the first book.

1. B Clones (2020): Gemma wakes in the future with a young body and learns that Big, Blade, and the clone world are not part of a dream.
2. F Clones (2024): Figures searches for a missing friend while pretending to be human, continuing the clone world after B Clones.

Rogues United Books in Order

This label overlaps with VLG. At present, the key book is also listed as VLG book 13.

• Trent (2023): Trent forms Rogues United after fleeing an unjust pack death sentence, and his rescue of a captive vampire changes the pack’s future.

Collections and Anthologies

These are useful for buying or completist tracking, but they are not new main-series reading steps unless noted.

1. Loving Zorn (2010): A Zorn Warriors omnibus that collects earlier Zorn material rather than adding a separate new novel.
2. Alien (2015): A multi-author anthology that includes Coto’s Captive, which is Zorn Warriors book 5.
3. Claws and Fangs (2014): A collection of the Claws and Fangs stories rather than a separate fourth story.

Recommended Reading Order for Laurann Dohner

Do not read Laurann Dohner in total publication order unless you specifically want to follow her career development. The better reading order is series-based.

For the broadest Laurann Dohner experience, use this sequence:

1. Fury (2011): Start here because New Species is her central reader-favorite series and gives the clearest feel for her paranormal-romance style.
2. Continue New Species through Best Friends (2019): Stay with the New Species Organization, Reservation, and recurring characters until the full listed sequence is complete.
3. Drantos (2015): Move to VLG when you want a larger supernatural species world with vampires, Lycans, Gargoyles, and hybrids.
4. Continue VLG through Chaz (2025): This keeps the clan and species politics in order.
5. Burning Up Flint (2010): Begin Cyborg Seduction when you want science-fiction romance with cyborg heroes and human-cyborg conflict.
6. Continue Cyborg Seduction through Falling for Sky (2019): Read the cyborg society in sequence because later books assume earlier worldbuilding.
7. The Gorison Traveler Incident (2019): Start Veslor Mates for a later alien-mate sci-fi route.
8. Cathian (2018): Read The Vorge Crew after or alongside Veslor Mates only as a separate alien-crew continuity.
9. Ral’s Woman (2009): Add Zorn Warriors if you want Laurann Dohner’s earlier alien-warrior romance.
10. Mate Set (2012), Claimed (2016), or B Clones (2020): Use these as smaller side-series entry points after the major worlds.

Publication Order: Useful but Not Ideal

Publication order shows Laurann Dohner’s development from early alien-warrior and cyborg romance into larger paranormal and sci-fi worlds.

It is not the best order for a new reader because it jumps among unrelated continuities. For example, reading by year would move from Zorn Warriors to Cyborg Seduction to New Species and then into several smaller series before the reader has finished any one world.

Use publication order only within a series. That preserves worldbuilding, recurring characters, and later-couple setup.

Latest Laurann Dohner Release Status

As of April 28, 2026, the latest confirmed Laurann Dohner book I found in major series listings is Chaz (2025), book 15 in VLG.

Recent releases before that include Fray (2024) in VLG and F Clones (2024) in Clones.

I did not find a reliably confirmed upcoming Laurann Dohner title with a fixed publication date in the sources checked. Treat future book references without firm retailer or author confirmation as unconfirmed.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Laurann Dohner book should I read first?

Start with Fury (2011) if you want the main Laurann Dohner experience. It opens New Species, her best-known series.

Do Laurann Dohner books need to be read in order?

Yes, within each series. Many books focus on a new couple, but the worlds, politics, enemies, and recurring characters build over time.

Are New Species and VLG connected?

Treat them as separate series. Both include paranormal or hybrid elements, but they are not one required shared reading order.

Is Trent a VLG book or a Rogues United book?

Trent (2023) is listed as VLG book 13 and also carries the Rogues United label. Read it as part of VLG order.

Where does Coto’s Captive fit?

Coto’s Captive (2016) is Zorn Warriors book 5. It appears in the multi-author anthology Alien, but its series placement is still after Berrr’s Vow.

Is Claws and Fangs a book or a collection?

Claws and Fangs (2014) is best treated as a collection of the shorter Claws and Fangs stories. The story order is Scarred and Kilt, Mine to Chase, then Lacey and Lethal.

Are the Nightwind Pack books only by Laurann Dohner?

No. Nightwind Pack is co-written with Kele Moon. Read it separately from Laurann Dohner’s solo series.

What is Laurann Dohner’s newest book?

The newest confirmed book found for this guide is Chaz (2025), book 15 in VLG.

Final Reading Advice

Begin with Fury (2011) for the strongest entry into Laurann Dohner’s catalogue. It introduces the kind of protective, intense, world-driven paranormal romance that many readers associate with her work.

After New Species, choose by mood: Drantos for VLG supernatural hybrids, Burning Up Flint for cyborg romance, The Gorison Traveler Incident for alien-mate sci-fi romance, or Ral’s Woman for early alien-warrior romance. Keep each series together, and the reading order stays simple.