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To Protect and Serve Books in Order

To Protect and Serve by Karen Anders contains 8 books, published between 2012 and 2018. The first book is At His Command (2012) and the newest is Agent Bodyguard (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2012–2018
Total pages
2,226 across 8 books
Reading time
37–56 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,226 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

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To Protect and Serve is a romantic suspense series by Karen Anders, running to 8 books published between 2012 and 2018. At His Command (2012) opens the sequence and Agent Bodyguard (2018) closes it, with Designated Target (2014), Joint Engagement (2015), Her Master Defender (2015), A SEAL to Save Her (2016), Her Alpha Marine (2017) and The Agent's Covert Affair (2017) in between. Subjects record the United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service, women scientists and women air pilots, missing persons and man-woman relationships. Anders is credited on all 8 titles, and the volumes run to about 288 pages.

How many To Protect and Serve books are there?

To Protect and Serve has 8 books, released between 2012 and 2018.

To Protect and Serve Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 To Protect and Serve 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 At His Command by Karen Anders, book 1 of the To Protect and Serve series (2012)
  2. Cover of Designated Target by Karen Anders, book 2 of the To Protect and Serve series (2014)
  3. Cover of Joint Engagement by Karen Anders, book 3 of the To Protect and Serve series (2015)
  4. Cover of A SEAL to Save Her by Karen Anders, book 5 of the To Protect and Serve series (2016)
  5. Cover of Her Alpha Marine by Karen Anders, book 6 of the To Protect and Serve series (2017)
  6. Cover of The Agent's Covert Affair by Karen Anders, book 7 of the To Protect and Serve series (2017)
  1. 1
    At His Command2012 · 218 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012218
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  2. 2
    Designated Target2014 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014288
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  3. 3
    Joint Engagement2015 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015288
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  4. 4
    Her Master Defender2015 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015288
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  5. 5
    A SEAL to Save Her2016 · 280 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016280
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  6. 6
    Her Alpha Marine2017 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017288
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  7. 7
    The Agent's Covert Affair2017 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017288
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  8. 8
    Agent Bodyguard2018 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018288
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Is there a chronological order for To Protect and Serve?

No separate chronological order is on record for To Protect and Serve, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read To Protect and Serve books in order?

You should read the To Protect and Serve books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each To Protect and Serve book also stands alone.

Where to start with To Protect and Serve

Start with At His Command (2012), the earliest published title.

What is the newest To Protect and Serve book?

Agent Bodyguard (2018) is the newest To Protect and Serve book released so far.

Is there a new To Protect and Serve book coming?

No next To Protect and Serve book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

To Protect and Serve at a glance

No recent titles
The newest To Protect and Serve title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
To Protect and Serve books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,226 pages across all 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most To Protect and Serve books, 8 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the To Protect and Serve books are about

All 8 To Protect and Serve 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 6 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Karen Anders

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