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Kelly Group International Books in Order

Maya Banks has written 13 books featuring Kelly Group International, published between 2010 and 2021. The first book is The Darkest Hour (2010) and the newest is Wherever You Are (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
2010–2021
Confirmed
13 of 13 titles
Pages on record
2,602 in 7 of 13 books
Reading time
43–65 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,602 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

See all 13 books in order Printable Kelly Group International checklist

Kelly Group International, also listed as KGI, is a Maya Banks entry with 13 books from The Darkest Hour (2010) to Wherever You Are (2021). Recorded subjects include romantic suspense, security consultants, intelligence services, kidnapping, brothers and family. No Place to Run (2010), Hidden Away (2011), Whispers in the Dark (2012), Forged in Steele (2013) and When Day Breaks (2014) are other titles. KGI is the related series name, and the catalogue marks the run as dormant.

How many Kelly Group International books are there?

Kelly Group International appears in 13 books, released between 2010 and 2021.

Kelly Group International Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Kelly Group International books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Darkest Hour by Maya Banks, book 1 of the KGI series (2010)
  2. Cover of No Place to Run by Maya Banks, book 2 of the KGI series (2010)
  3. Cover of Hidden Away by Maya Banks, book 3 of the KGI series (2011)
  4. Cover of Whispers in the Dark by Maya Banks, book 4 of the KGI series (2012)
  5. Cover of Echoes at Dawn by Maya Banks, book 5 of the KGI series (2012)
  6. Cover of Shades of Gray by Maya Banks, book 7 of the KGI series (2012)
  7. Cover of Forged in Steele by Maya Banks, book 8 of the KGI series (2013)
  8. Cover of After the Storm by Maya Banks, book 9 of the KGI series (2014)
  9. Cover of When Day Breaks by Maya Banks, book 10 of the KGI series (2014)
  10. Cover of Darkest Before Dawn by Maya Banks, book 11 of the KGI series (2015)
  11. Cover of Brighter Than the Sun by Maya Banks, book 12 of the KGI series (2017)
  12. Cover of Wherever You Are by Maya Banks, book 13 of the KGI series (2021)
  1. 1
    The Darkest HourKGI #12010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  2. 2
    No Place to RunKGI #22010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  3. 3
    Hidden AwayKGI #32011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  4. 4
    Whispers in the DarkKGI #42012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
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  5. 5
    Echoes at DawnKGI #52012 · 328 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012328
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Softly at SunriseKGI #62012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Shades of GrayKGI #72012 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012400
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  8. 8
    Forged in SteeleKGI #82013 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013384
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    After the StormKGI #92014 · 392 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014392
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    When Day BreaksKGI #102014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Darkest Before DawnKGI #112015 · 378 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015378
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  12. 12
    Brighter Than the SunKGI #122017 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017336
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  13. 13
    Wherever You AreKGI #132021 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2021384
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Do you have to read Kelly Group International books in order?

You should read the Kelly Group International books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Kelly Group International book also stands alone.

Where to start with Kelly Group International

Start with The Darkest Hour (2010), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kelly Group International book?

Wherever You Are (2021) is the newest Kelly Group International book released so far.

Is there a new Kelly Group International book coming?

No next Kelly Group International book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Kelly Group International at a glance

Paused
No new Kelly Group International title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Kelly Group International books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,602 pages across the 7 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kelly Group International books, 12 of 13, were published in the 2010s.

What the Kelly Group International books are about

12 of the 13 Kelly Group International books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romantic suspense is tagged on 12 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Maya Banks

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Series featuring Kelly Group International

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.