Welcome to Shadow Grove: The Madison Kate Series Guide
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Are you ready to discover an incredible reverse harem series by a kickass author who delivers action, romance, and all the feels in one package? Well, get ready to dive into the Madison Kate series! If you’re a fan of fierce heroines, swoon-worthy love interests, and addictive storylines that keep you turning page after page, you’re in for a treat. Trust me, once you start this series, you won’t be able to stop. Get ready to join the Tate James fandom and fall head over heels for the incredible story of Madison Kate.
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Table of Contents
What is the Madison Kate Series?
Madison Kate Series Books in Order
Related Series
Madison Kate Series Books Descriptions
Booklists that feature the Madison Kate Series
Madison Kate Series: Playlist
Madison Kate Series: FAQs
5 Recs like the Madison Kate Series
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Author Guides
What is the Madison Kate Series?
The Madison Kate series is a new adult/college-age dark romance with enemies-to-lovers/hate-to-love themes. These books are part of a reverse harem series, meaning the leading lady has several love interests, and she doesn’t have to choose between them for her happily ever after. If this isn’t your cup of tea, this isn’t the series for you.
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Madison Kate Series by Tate James is for readers who enjoy:
- Alpha Males
- Badass FMCs
- Mafia Romance
- Suspense
- Why Choose
Madison Kate Series Books in Order
Book 1: Hate
Book 2: Liar
Book 3: Fake
Book 4: Kate
Book 5: Vault
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Madison Kate Series: Books Descriptions
Hate
“Madison Kate Danvers was murdered tonight.”
Those words changed my life, and not for the better.
They were wrong, of course. I wasn’t dead. But I was set up.
After being charged with a string of offences–and made an example of by my political minded father–I’m eventually released back into Shadow Grove with one thing on my mind.
Hate.
Someone is going to pay for derailing my carefully laid out future. Someone is going to catch the full force of my hate. How very convenient that someone just moved into the bedroom down the hall from me.
Archer D’Ath and his boys messed with the wrong chick and they’re about to learn just how cold Madison Kate’s hate can run.
Liar
“Liar, liar, pants on fire.”
The words scrawled on the back of my newest stalker mail makes my blood run cold. I have no idea if it’s the lie I know, or one that I don’t.
Since arriving back into Shadow Grove, I’ve been stalked, tormented, chased and almost killed. I’ve been lied to, repeatedly, by people I was growing to trust.
Liar.
That word haunts me. Someone knows more about my life than I do. Someone is taunting me with answers and teasing me with secrets. Am I desperate enough to fall for more deception?
Archer and his boys made a huge mistake when they lied to me. They thought they could play me but they’re about to learn that they’ve met their match. No one stabs Madison Kate and gets away with it.
“For one thing, Max Steele,” I chastised him, “I’m not your toy, you’re mine.”
Liar
Fake
“You’ll always be mine.”
The latest taunt from my stalker reminded me I was nothing more than a possession to my father, to the Reapers, to Archer D’Ath. Even to Kody and Steele. Princess Danvers—the prize.
His wife.
Archer D’Ath’s wife.
I hate them. They lied to me. Over and over again. I knew they were lying, and I hate myself for letting it happen. For believing in the fake relationships I want so desperately to be real.
Fake.
It’s all fucking fake. My stalker won’t let me go. None of them will. Archer and his boys think they control me. My stalker wants to possess me. I’m not an idiot, I know my newest allies are using me too.
That’s fine.
I’ll use all of them. I’ll use them to take back what’s mine.
My life. My freedom. My name.
No one owns Madison Kate Danvers.
Kate
“I never miss.”
Riot Night changed my life.
Coming back to Shadow Grove turned it on its head.
I’ve been hunted, stabbed, stalked, tormented, and used. Hate fueled me, lies tore me apart, and in the end everything I thought I knew turned out to be fake.
Except… Riot Night also brought Archer, Kody, and Steele back into my life. No matter how much I’ve fought it, hated it, been lied to or discovered the deceptions—I want them in my life.
No one owns me.
No one is taking them away.
This is my life, dammit, and these guys are mine to keep.
If a war is what it takes, then a war is what they’ll get.
“Remember that first night we drove to Rainybanks?” he whispered in my ear, his breath warm against my neck. “When you sat in my lap the whole way, just to piss me off?” I smiled at the memory. “Of course. You were so angry the whole way there.” He let out a low chuckle. “I was angry because with every passing minute holding you in my arms, your ass grinding my dick, I was losing myself to you… all over again. Except this time, I knew I’d never be able to let you go.”
Kate
Vault
Vault is a Madison Kate Novella but is intended to be read after the Hades series as several events overlap and this story DOES contain multiple spoilers for the Hades series.
Please consult the recommended reading order for Shadow Grove World on my website if you are uncertain what order to read the books in.
This novella is set on a timeline parallel to the events of Club 22 and Timber.
Once again. This story WILL spoil the Hades series for you if you haven’t read or finished it prior to picking this up.
You’ve been warned.
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Madison Kate Series: Playlist
Madison Kate Series: FAQs
Who wrote the series?
Tate James.
Learn all about Tate James and her amazing series in The Ultimate Guide to Tate James.
How many books are in the series?
There are four books and a novella in the Madison Kate series ANCHOR
Where can I find the series?
5 Recs Like the Madison Kate Series
7th Circle by Tate James
Hades, Book One
7th Circle by Tate James is for readers who enjoy:
- Dark Romance
- Friends-to-Lovers
- Mafia Romance
- Suspense
- Why Choose
Book Description
Five years ago, I masterminded the infamous massacre of the Tri-state Timberwolves.
The streets outside the Wolves HQ ran red with the blood of the old guard, and not one of those members loyal to my father were spared mercy. Not a single one.
I let the media twist and distort the story. My new recruits eagerly proved themselves in spreading false news, in covering our tracks. To the general public, the Tri-State Timberwolves were extinct.
But that couldn’t have been further from the truth. We changed, we grew, we evolved and came out stronger than ever. Now, I live, eat, sleep and breathe Timberwolves. I’ll do anything to keep my empire safe and thriving. To keep the people depending on me safe.
So, what do I do, when it’s my own weakness that places us all in danger? When I let sex cloud my judgment, and my people pay the price?
Simple. Kill the distractions.
I’m called Hades for a reason, after all.
Mentally, I wrote a quick eulogy for my panties because they’d officially drowned.
7th Circle
Havoc at Prescott High by C.M. Stunich
The Havoc Boys, Book One
Havoc at Prescott High by C.M. Stunich is for readers who enjoy:
- Alpha Males
- Bullies
- Dark Romance
- Enemies-to-Lovers
- Why Choose
Book Description
There’s one word you don’t utter at Prescott High, not unless you want them to own you.
H.A.V.O.C.
Hael, Aaron, Victor, Oscar, and Callum.
The Havoc Boys rule the hellhole we call Prescott High.
Once upon a time, they ruled me. For an entire year, I endured their shit.
But senior year is going to be different.
This year, I own them.
I’ve made a pact with the Havoc Boys to get the vengeance I deserve.
Their price? Me. At their beck and call, in their beds, a part of their gang.
Their girl.
A Havoc Girl.
Those dirty, rotten boys are going to get revenge against everyone that’s wronged me—everyone but themselves.
Four Psychos by Kristy Cunning
The Dark Side, Book One
Four Psychos by Kristy Cunning is for readers who enjoy:
- Enemies-to-Lovers
- Paranormal Romance
- Slow-Burns
- Urban Fantasy
- Why Choose
Book Description
I’m not so different from most people.
Like everyone else, I have life goals.
Goal #1: Become a real girl instead of this invisible ghost thing I currently am.
Goal #2: Convince the four men I’ve been haunting for the past five years to pick me to be their new toy after goal one is complete.
Goal #3: Figure out who/what I am and why I can’t remember anything past the five years I’ve been haunting this quad.
Goal #4: Eat popcorn.
See? Perfectly normal. Sort of.
Gotta start small, after all.
It’s not like anyone else is perfect either.
Den of Vipers by K.A. Knight
Den of Vipers by K.A. Knight is for readers who enjoy:
- BDSM
- Enemies-to-Lovers
- Forced Proximity
- Mafia Romance
- Why Choose
Book Description
Ryder, Garrett, Kenzo, and Diesel—The Vipers.
They run this town and everyone in it. Their deals are as sordid as their business, and their reputation is enough to bring a grown man to his knees, forcing him to beg for mercy. They are not people you mess with, yet my dad did. The old man ran up a debt with them and then sold me to cover his losses.
Yes, sold me.
They own me now.
I’m theirs in every sense of the word. But I’ve never been meek and compliant. These men, they look at me with longing. Their scarred, blood-stained hands holding me tight. They want everything I am, everything I have to give, and won’t stop until they get just that. They can own my body, but they will never have my heart.
The Vipers? I’m going to make them regret the day they took me.
This girl? She bites too.
Throw me to the wolves, and I will come back leading the pack.
Den of Vipers
Carnage by Sarah Bailey
Four Horsemen, Book One
Carnage by Sarah Bailey is for readers who enjoy:
- Alpha Males
- BDSM
- Revenge
- Second Chances
- Why Choose
Book Description
Prescott Ellis – Pestilence
They call us The Four Horsemen.
Four friends forged in fire and blood.
No one knows where we came from nor how we got our name.
Drake, Francis, West and I rule the financial industry like kings.
Gods in our own right.
We grew up with a fifth. A girl. Scarlett.
She was one of us until she was ripped away from her life. The only trace of her was dust in the wind.
One day she returned to the city and sought us out. Scarlett couldn’t remember who we’d been to her, but we recalled her all too well.
If she knew what was good for her, she would have never come back. The moment she stepped through the doors of Fortuity, it was the beginning of her end. And the start of our reign over the girl who wanted us dead.
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