Romance Series Lists discussion

The following list includes titles that were prequels to the officially named 'Protectors' books (Books 1-3), as well as books published under the Silhouette Intimate Moments label (identifed with SIM-#) and Silhouette Desire label (identified with SD-#).

SEQ	TITLE			SERIES ID	PUB DATE	HERO
1	This Side of Heaven 	SIM-453		Oct-92		Nate Hodges
2	Paladin's Woman		SIM-515		Aug-93		Nick Romero
3	The Outcast 		SIM-614		Jan-95		Elizabeth Mallory
4	Defending His Own	SIM-670		Oct-95		Ashe McLaughlin
5	Guarding Jeannie 	SIM-688		Jan-96		Sam Dundee
6	Blackwood's Woman 	SIM-707		Apr-96		J.T. Blackwood
7	Roarke's Wife 		SIM-807		Sep-97		Simon Roarke
8	A Man Like Morgan Kane 	SIM-819		Nov-97		Morgan Kane
9	Gabriel Hawk's Lady 	SIM-830		Jan-98		Gabriel Hawk
10	Keeping Annie Safe	SIM-937		Jul-99		Dane Carmichael
11	Murdock's Last Stand 	SIM-979		Jan-00		Aloysius Murdock
12	Egan Cassidy's Kid	SIM-1015	Jul-00		Egan Cassidy
13	Navajo's Woman 		SIM-1063	Mar-01		Joe Ornelas
14	Whitelaw's Wedding 	SIM-1075	May-01		Hunter Whitelaw
15	Sweet Caroline's Keeper 		Jun-01		David Wolfe
16	Jack's Christmas MissionSIM-1113	Nov-01		Jack Parker
17	The Princess's BodyguardSIM-1177	Oct-02		Matt O'Brien
18	On Her Guard 				Nov-02		Ellen Denby
19	Faith, Hope and Love* 	ANTHO		Nov-02		Worth Cordell
20	Grace Under Fire 			Jun-03		Jed Tyree
21	Downright Dangerous 	SIM-1273	Feb-04		Rafe Devlin
22	Keeping Baby Secret 	SD-1574		Apr-04		Frank Latimer
23	Laying His Claim 	SD-1598		Aug-04		Trent Winston
24	Worth Dying For				Nov-04		Dante Moran
25	Ramirez's Woman 	SIM-1375	Jul-05		J.J. Blair
26	Penny Sue Got Lucky 	SIM-1399	Jan-06		Vic Noble
27	Dangerous Deception 			Nov-06		Domingo Shea
28	His Only Obsession 	SIM-1455	Mar-07		Will Pierce
29	A Time to Die				Dec-07		Deke Bronson

* Included in "So This is Christmas" Anthology

While the SIMs titles are not as long as the full-length titles, they provide the back story. Barton's writing offers intensity and character depth even when working with fewer pages.

Throughout this series, the hero of one book is often introduced 2-3 books beforehand as a secondary character, another operative from the Dundee's Protection Agency.

But there are also mini-series within this series, books where other secondary characters are introduced and the storyline is related or continuous. These stories are better enjoyed if read together and in sequential order.

Mini-series:

#17 - The Princess's Bodyguard, #18 - On Her Guard, #19 - Faith, Hope and Love

#20 - Grace Under Fire, #21 - Downright Dangerous, #22 - Keeping Baby Secret

Holy cow! Very impressive, Colleen! I can't believe I've read all of these, but darn if I can remember what half of them are about! I just remember none were bad, and a lot were quite good!

From Bartons website -

Book 30: Dying For You (Dec '08) - Lucie Evans and Sawyer McNamara.

This will apparently be the last Protectors book.

WOO HOO, ISIS! I saw the title but didn't know who the H/H were. I'm thrilled! I was hoping to see Sawyer's story sooner or later.

Last one, huh? Well, all good things must and should come to an end. Having, at one point, read through about 15 of these end-to-end, I can say that after a while, even the most diverse stories start to sound alike.

My favorites here are:

Guarding Jeannie (she's an empath who can also feel another person's pleasure)

Blackwood's Woman (gotta love a man who tells a rape victim that he's her first lover because she's never chosen to share herself before)

Murdock's Last Stand (A merc in his mid-40s and as tough as ever!)

Gabriel Hawk's Lady (she's a BBW and a PK, but he puts her through boot camp before they brave a war-torn Central American jungle)

Sweet Caroline's Keeper (he assassinated her stepfather and became her secret guardian)


I've got all but the last 3 and they're on my "short" list!

Colleen

I knew the title too, but I kept remembering that I'd read more info about it somewhere, but for the life of me could not find it again. I finally did! It's actually on the main page of Barton's website, in the little blog area. At the very end she gives the H/H and that it's the last book.

I've actually not read that many of these...only 7. I have the most recent RS release on my To-Read shelf. The others I hope to read as I find them. I'm going to a book sale on Sat. so maybe I'll get lucky!

Colleen--you named all of my favorites! I would read these again if I didn't have about 200 books in my TBR pile!

Isis--I saw that too! I've been waiting for that story! I figured that those two would be together--too bad it's the last one. Let's hope it's the best one!

I feel your pain, AUNTEE! I just recently got my hands on books 24-26 and haven't had a chance to read them! Those Edge Bros. were too compelling!

They're just going to have to patiently wait in line like all the other hunks vying for our attention. (heavy sigh) So many men,...

Colleen

Colleen,

If I remember correctly (and I often don't), #24 "Worth Dying For" was a really good one! The hero's name jarred something in my foggy brain--I think it was a goodie!

Beverly Barton

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22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Holy cow, that was a lot of work! Way to go, Kathrynn!

Kathrynn - could you add Book 30 (the last Protectors book)? It's called...err...I just read it, and can't remember the title, lol....Oh! Dying For You! That's it ;)

Gotcha!

Kathrynn wrote: "Gotcha!"

Thanks! and thanks for working on this! I'll help out soon...I've been totally hooked on this series I'm reading and can't tear myself away.

Cool! I understand the "need to read." :-)