The Blood & Roses Series in Order

About the Blood & Roses series

Series Premise

Sloane Romera, a determined and skilled trauma doctor in Seattle, is searching for her missing younger sister Alexis, who has vanished into the city's criminal underworld. Desperate for help, Sloane turns to Zeth Mayfair, one of Seattle’s most feared and dangerous criminals — a cold, ruthless enforcer and hitman with no morals and a reputation for violence. Zeth initially refuses to help, but when Sloane refuses to back down, an unlikely and dangerous alliance forms. Their search for Alexis pulls them deeper into a web of underground crime, sex trafficking, corruption, and deadly power struggles, forcing Sloane to confront her own limits and Zeth to question his detached, brutal existence. What starts as a transaction becomes an intense, obsessive relationship filled with danger, betrayal, and dark passion.

Main Characters

> Sloane Romera — Protagonist; strong, determined trauma doctor in her late 20s. Intelligent, brave, and willing to risk everything to find her missing sister Alexis. Becomes entangled in Zeth’s world and their obsessive relationship.
> Zeth Mayfair — Co-lead / anti-hero; feared Seattle criminal, hitman, and enforcer. Ruthless, violent, morally bankrupt, and emotionally closed-off — until Sloane. Possessive, dominant, and deeply scarred; his obsession with Sloane drives much of the story.
> Alexis Romera — Sloane’s missing younger sister; her disappearance is the catalyst for the plot.
> Charlie Holsan — Major antagonist; powerful, dangerous crime boss and Zeth’s employer; ruthless and manipulative.
> Lacey — Zeth’s young, troubled ward/protégée; innocent and vulnerable; adds emotional stakes.
> Michael — Zeth’s loyal second-in-command and friend; provides support and muscle.

Setting

Modern-day Seattle, Washington — a gritty, rainy urban underworld:
> Dangerous back alleys, underground clubs, and criminal hideouts.
> Sloane’s hospital and medical world.
> Zeth’s criminal empire — seedy locations, safe houses, and high-stakes criminal operations.
The atmosphere is dark and intense — neon-lit nights, constant rain, and the contrast between Sloane’s professional life and the violent criminal shadows.

Tone & Themes

Dark, gritty, and intensely erotic — raw, unapologetic dark romance with very high spice (explicit, rough sex scenes), morally gray/psychopathic anti-heroes, heavy angst, violence, and emotional turmoil. The tone is tense, addictive, and often toxic, with themes of obsession, power imbalance, revenge, trauma, and redemption. It includes heavy triggers (dub-con/non-con elements, violence, trafficking, trauma, degradation). The series balances brutality and danger with eventual devotion, possessiveness-as-love, and a hard-won HEA — polarizing but highly bingeable for dark romance readers.

The series is hugely popular for its dark romance tropes (enemies-to-lovers, obsession, anti-hero redemption, high spice), intense chemistry, and addictive pacing — ideal for fans of dark romance like Rina Kent, Callie Hart’s other works, or Pepper Winters. It has very heavy content warnings (graphic violence, explicit sex, trafficking, trauma, dub-con elements).