Best Shannon Mayer Books

The best books by Shannon Mayer — 17 titles spanning Fantasy, Romance, averaging 3.89 BLT stars.

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Shannon Mayer built her reputation on Rylee Adamson, a paranormal fantasy series that tears through urban fantasy conventions with gleeful aggression. Rylee isn't a reluctant hero or a chosen-one archetype — she's a tracker who finds missing children in a world where monsters are real, and she's very good at getting hurt and getting back up. Mayer writes action with kinetic urgency, keeps the emotional stakes personal, and layers in enough romantic tension to satisfy readers who want heat alongside their blood. Blind Salvage and Veiled Threat show her at her best: momentum that doesn't let up, a heroine you trust to make hard calls, and a world that expands without losing coherence. The dramatized adaptations with full cast production give the series a different energy entirely. Readers who burned through Ilona Andrews or Patricia Briggs and need something with similar grit and pulse will find Mayer very much worth their time.

Shannon Mayer's highest-rated book in our collection is Blood of the Lost (4.21 BLT stars). Browse the full list below.

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    Blood of the Lost

    Rylee Adamson • Book 10

    by Shannon Mayer

    ★ 4.21 BLT Score (7.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.55 Goodreads (7.1K)
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    Blind Salvage

    Rylee Adamson • Book 5

    by Shannon Mayer

    ★ 4.19 BLT Score (11.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (11.6K)
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    Guardian

    Rylee Adamson #6.5 • Book 6

    by Shannon Mayer

    ★ 4.18 BLT Score (4.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.44 Goodreads (4.2K)
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    Elementally Priceless

    Rylee Adamson #0.5 • Book 1

    by Shannon Mayer

    ★ 4.13 BLT Score (4.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (4.6K)
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    Rylee Adamson: Alex (Dramatized Adaptation)

    Rylee Adamson Novel • Book 5

    by Shannon Mayer

    ★ 3.94 BLT Score (0 ratings)
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    Shadowed Threads

    Rylee Adamson [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 4

    by Shannon Mayer

    ★ 3.91 BLT Score (40 ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (40)
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    Veiled Threat

    Rylee Adamson [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 7

    by Shannon Mayer

    ★ 3.85 BLT Score (30 ratings)
    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (30)
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    Wounded

    Rylee Adamson [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 8

    by Shannon Mayer

    ★ 3.83 BLT Score (25 ratings)
    ★ 4.12 Goodreads (25)
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    Rising Darkness

    Rylee Adamson [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 9

    by Shannon Mayer

    ★ 3.83 BLT Score (32 ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (32)
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    Stitched

    Rylee Adamson [Dramatized Adaptation] #8.5 • Book 8

    by Shannon Mayer

    ★ 3.82 BLT Score (28 ratings)
    ★ 3.82 Goodreads (28)
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    Tracking Magic

    Rylee Adamson [Dramatized Adaptation] #0.25

    by Shannon Mayer

    ★ 3.79 BLT Score (40 ratings)
    ★ 3.78 Goodreads (40)
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    Rylee (Dramatized Adaptation)

    Rylee Adamson Epilogues • Book 1

    by Shannon Mayer

    ★ 3.68 BLT Score (0 ratings)
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    Liam

    The Rylee Adamson Epilogues [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 2

    by Shannon Mayer, Full Cast

    ★ 3.67 BLT Score (8 ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (8)
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    Lynchpin

    The Rylee Adamson Epilogues [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 4

    by Shannon Mayer, Full Cast

    ★ 3.64 BLT Score (6 ratings)
    ★ 3.83 Goodreads (6)
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    Pamela

    The Rylee Adamson Epilogues [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 3

    by Shannon Mayer, Full Cast

    ★ 3.63 BLT Score (5 ratings)
    ★ 3.8 Goodreads (5)
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