I’ve been getting a lot of people looking for reading order and while I do have a couple posts floating around in the Shrike Bikes Facebook group, I had forgotten to update the reading order page when I got this new site (like two fucking years ago! – SORRY!)
So… here it is! (I’ve included some specific characters that pop in and out in different places (and at different ages). If you don’t know who they are, don’t worry. Eventually you’ll bump into their origin story.)
IN THE BEGINNING
Rook and Ronin Series
The entire Company beginnings start in this series. But each series is its own entry point. You can jump in and read them out of order as long as you follow the specific series reading order.
1. Tragic
2. Manic – Vaughn Family and Sick Boyz appear here.
3. Panic – Vaughn Family and Sick Boyz appear here.
4. Ford – Sasha Cherlin (age 12) and Merc first appear here
5. Spencer – James Fenici first appears here – Five is born, Vaughn Family and Sick Boyz appear here.
YOU CAN ALSO START HERE
The Company
Rook & Ronin Spin-offs
New entry point into the series. This is the true beginning of the shadow government called The Company.
6. (1) The Company – James and Vincent Fenici age 28, Sasha Cherlin age 13, Nick and Harper Tate age 18. This is the full story of the “Santa Barbara Incident” where Adam and Donovan’s fathers die (Creeping Beautiful).
7. (2) Meet Me In The Dark – Merc, Sasha Cherlin age 21, Sydney Channing (Company Girl like Indie and Sasha)
8. (3) Wasted Lust – Sasha Cherlin, age 24, with Jax Barlow. Nick Tate, age 29, plays a major role and the rest of the Company characters also show back up. First appearance of Angelica Fenici and “other Adam”. Wasted Lust takes place DURING Creeping Beautiful. Specifically when Indie is 15 years old and the “Company falls” and when Nick meets Adam in Daphne, Alabama. Vaughn Family and Sick Boyz appear here.
9. (4) Happily Ever After – last book in the Rook & Ronin series many years later.
10. (5) Three, Two, One – STANDALONE BOOK – Jax Barlow first appears – THIS HAPPENS same time as Wasted Lust.
YOU CAN ALSO START HERE
The Bossy Brothers Series
Rook & Ronin/Company Spin-off – new entry point into the series
New entry point into series. This series happens at the same time as The Company, but with all new characters
11. (1) In to Her – STANDALONE BOOK – Logan first appears – Not really a Bossy story, but Logan comes back later.
12. (2) Bossy Brothers: Jesse – First appearance of The Way – i.e. The Company
13. (3) Bossy Brothers: Joey
14 (4) Bossy Brothers: Johnny – Logan shows back up Indie first appears at age 14, Chek’s first appearance
15. (5) Bossy Bride: Jesse and Emma – Chek and Wendy mentioned
16. (6) Bossy Brothers: Alonzo – Chek and Wendy mentioned, Vaughn Family and Sick Boyz appear here.
17. (7) Bossy Brothers: Tony – Vaughn Family and Sick Boyz appear here.
18. (8) Bossy Brothers: Luke – Nick and Lauren Tate show up.
YOU CAN ALSO START HERE
Creeping Beautiful Series
Rook & Ronin and Company Spin-off – new entry point into the series
The complete story of Nick Tate, James and Vincent Fenici, “Wendy”, “Chek”, Indie Anna Accorsi, Adam Boucher, Donovan and Carter Couture, Core McKay, and Nathan St. James. This series ALSO HAPPENS AT THE SAME TIME AS THE COMPANY AND BOSSY BROTHERS, but also goes forward and backward in time with all NEW characters.
19. (1) Creeping Beautiful
20. (2) Pretty Nightmare
21. (3) Gorgeous Misery (book 3) – Coming January 2022 – Nick, Lauren, Sasha, Merc, Wendy, Chek
22. (4) Lovely Darkness (book 4) – Coming March 2022
YOU CAN ALSO START HERE
The Mister Series
Rook & Ronin/Company Spin-off – New entry point into the series
This is a NEW COMPANY STORY with some Rook & Ronin KIDS and some brand new characters.
23. (1) Mr. Perfect
24. (2) Mr. Romantic – First appearance of the Silver Society – i.e. The Company
25. (3) Mr. Corporate – First appearance of “Five”
26. (4) Mr. Mysterious – Spencer’s daughters
27. (5) Mr. Match – All the Rook & Ronin Kids come back to play.
28. (6) Mr. Five (or just Five) – Ford’s son and Spencer’s daughter – Five is a special case. Can be read out of order and is a standalone book.
29. (7) Mr. & Mrs. – Ford and Spencer show back up with all the kids. – Vaughn Family appears here.
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Kings of High Court College
Standalone Duet with no crossover characters but is still inside the “Company world”.
30. Bully King
31. Ruling Class
I have a lot more books but the only other book connected to this “WORLD” is The Boyfriend Experience which is a standalone book inside the JORDAN’S GAME SERIES.
