The Protectors Books in Order
Beverly Barton has written 29 The Protectors books, published between 1992 and 2008: 28 in the Protectors series and 1 related title. The first book is This Side of Heaven (1992) and the newest main-line book is Dying for You (2008). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 29
- Published
- 1992–2008
- Confirmed
- 29 of 29 titles
- Pages on record
- 7,123 in 26 of 29 books
- Reading time
- 119–178 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,123 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 26 of 29 titles with a page count on record.
The Protectors is Beverly Barton's romantic suspense series about bodyguards and the people they guard. This Side of Heaven opened it in 1992, and the titles name the man or the job each time: Paladin's Woman, Defending His Own, Guarding Jeannie, Blackwood's Woman, Gabriel Hawk's Lady, Keeping Annie Safe. Single mothers, clairvoyants, journalists and fugitives supply the clients. 29 books run to Dying for You in 2008, at a median of 256 pages, with Safe Haven as a companion series.
How many The Protectors books are there?
The Protectors has 29 books, released between 1992 and 2008. 28 of them belong to the Protectors series, and 1 related title sit outside it: other titles.
The Protectors Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 29 The Protectors 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.
- 11992–3/4
- 21993–3/4
- 31994–3/4
- 419952513/4
- 519952513/4
- 619962513/4
- 719972563/4
- 819972563/4
- 919972563/4
- 1019992563/4
- 1120002563/4
- 1220002563/4
- 1320012563/4
- 1420012563/4
- 1520013043/4
- 1620012563/4
- 1720022563/4
- 1820023043/4
- 1920032973/4
- 2020042483/4
- 2120041873/4
- 2220041863/4
- 2320043793/4
- 2420052483/4
- 2520062563/4
- 2620063843/4
- 2720072563/4
- 2820073843/4
- 2920083773/4
Do you have to read The Protectors books in order?
You should read the Protectors series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 1 related title (other titles) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each The Protectors book also stands alone.
Where to start with The Protectors
Start with This Side of Heaven (1992), the earliest published book in the Protectors series.
What is the newest The Protectors book?
Dying for You (2008) is the newest book in the Protectors series.
Is there a new The Protectors book coming?
No next The Protectors book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
The Protectors at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest main-line The Protectors title on record is Dying for You (2008), 18 years ago.
- Release pace
- The Protectors books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,123 pages across the 26 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most The Protectors books, 19 of 29, were published in the 2000s.
What the The Protectors books are about
All 29 The Protectors books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romance is tagged on 16 of 29. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Romance 16 of 29 books
- Contemporary romance 6 of 29 books
- Bodyguards 3 of 29 books
- Romantic suspense 3 of 29 books
- Protectors 2 of 29 books
- Single mothers 2 of 29 books
- Suspense 2 of 29 books
- Suspense & adventure 2 of 29 books
More books by Beverly Barton
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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