C L Stone Books in Order

Sheltered Sang Sorenson wants one normal friendship, not another night trapped by her parents' fears. Meeting Kota and his group of Academy boys gives her that chance, but their kindness comes tangled with secrets.

Sang starts Ashley Waters High hoping to disappear less and live more. Instead, school violence, hostile administrators, and the Academy boys' hidden mission turn her first days into a fight to stay standing.

With her mother hospitalized and her father gone, Sang is suddenly freer and more fragile at the same time. The Academy team steps in to care for her, just as old enemies and school officials close in.

After one of her mother's punishments nearly kills her, Sang's new friends stop treating her home life as background noise. The Academy boys push deeper into her world and make it clear they want her safe, whether her family likes it or not.

Fresh off a divorce and desperate for a reset, Melody heads to Juniper Island and finds work at a strange restaurant where the food changes people. The meals heal, reveal, and stir up secrets the island would rather keep buried.

Anonymous threats force Sang and the boys behind the walls of the Morgan estate, where safety starts to feel shaky too. Someone knows too much, and hiding only gives the unseen enemy more room to strike.

Homecoming week should be simple, but Silas's buried past comes roaring back at the worst possible time. Bomb threats, stalking, and school politics force the Academy team to push past defense and finally hit back.

Kayli wants to leave theft behind, but finding her missing brother leads her straight into another Academy team with secrets of its own. She joins their Florida mission to investigate them from the inside, and attraction quickly complicates the plan.

Sang is pulled deeper into the boys' lives as trouble at Ashley Waters keeps growing. Nathan's violent father resurfaces, emotions start slipping past the rules, and the cost of staying together gets harder to ignore.

This quiet winter short spends a day off with Sang and the boys instead of throwing them into another crisis. It is a warm, playful pause that shows why their growing bond matters.

Kayli Winchester steals because she has to, keeping a crumbling family afloat from one desperate day to the next. When the Academy notices her skills, she is pulled toward a dangerous new life that may offer more than survival.

This Halloween short gives Sang and the boys a brief chance to breathe. Scary movies, pumpkins, and teasing affection carry them toward homecoming, even while the bigger pressures around them never fully let up.

While still looking for her missing brother, Kayli is pulled into a high-stakes financial hunt involving missing billions and Charleston's wealthiest players. Going undercover beside Blake means proving she can lead as well as survive.

Kayli and Brandon are kidnapped, and a rescue mission turns into a trap with technology, criminals, and impossible demands at the center. Saving one teammate may mean making a choice that changes the whole group.

Kota has watched the shy girl up the street for weeks without understanding why she seems so frightened of everyone. The night he spots Sang trying to run away, curiosity turns into a promise to protect her.

Sang's absences and secrets leave her in trouble at school, where one more mistake could bring adults crashing into everything the team is hiding. Then suspicion starts circling Luke, and the cracks inside the group widen.

Sang wants a real place in the Academy, but getting there means winning over the boys and facing what they still hide from her. At the same time, Gabriel pulls away, sending her digging into a painful past.

Sang is finally brought toward an official meeting with the Academy, but even her own team is unsure whether the timing is safe. To stay with them, she has to prove she can face new rules, new tests, and new alliances.

Someone tried to kill Kayli, and she is not letting that go. Back on the ship with reinforcements and too many suspects, she hunts for the attacker while tensions and feelings inside the team keep rising.

Victor wants the new school assignment to be a chance to act like a regular guy instead of a local celebrity. Then he meets Sang, sees the fear she hides, and knows staying detached is no longer possible.

Sang's father returns and demands she come home, dragging her back toward a life she no longer wants. Between family pressure and growing strain inside the team, her place in the Academy suddenly feels far from secure.

This companion novella retells the beginning of the Ghost Bird story through Silas's eyes. While juggling Academy work and family pressures, he meets Sang and quickly senses that helping her will change everything.

Orphaned farm girl Mizuki is summoned to the capital after a new emperor calls for the kingdom's best citizens. Court life offers power, magic, and deadly competition, and she will need every ally she can keep.

Adelina makes a bargain with a demon, seven filthy years in a bearskin for wealth and survival. As people recoil from what she looks like, she has to learn who can see past the curse and who wants her soul.

Back at Ashley Waters, Sang tries to look like a normal student while the lies around her keep getting harder to manage. When the truth starts reaching Kota's family, Nathan takes on the kind of burden that could break the whole team.

After her boyfriend's arrest leaves her life in ruins, Eva flees toward Charleston hoping to disappear and start over. Instead she lands between two dangerous men and realizes she has been made part of a much bigger game.

Gabriel has friends, but he still longs for someone who really notices him. When Sang enters the picture, her kindness and curiosity hit him hard, and helping her starts to feel like something deeper.

Nathan understands what damage at home can do, which is why Sang unsettles him so quickly. In this companion story, his urge to help her becomes personal long before she knows how much he sees.

Kayli is forced on the run when Alice comes back with revenge in mind. As corrupt officials close in and people start disappearing, her team has to decide how much of the Academy they are willing to burn to survive.

Charleston's former child sweetheart refuses to believe her father's suspicious death was an accident. Her search for proof pulls in a seductive investigator, repeated threats on her life, and the possibility that someone close is lying.

Luke hopes a new Academy job will ease the strain between him and his stepbrother, North. Instead, the team becomes consumed by the mystery of Sang, and the brothers have to work together before their differences do real damage.

This companion guide gathers the questions readers kept asking about the Academy world. It bundles character notes, behind-the-scenes answers, location details, and future teases into one reference book.

After a disastrous birthday and a fight with his parents, Victor finally steps out from under the life built for him. Freedom looks good on him, until his public image threatens Sang, the team, and everything they are hiding.

A lead tied to Sang's mother sends her and Gabriel toward family history neither of them can ignore. The trip opens old wounds, new answers, and a closer look at why Gabriel matters so much to her.

North trusts very few people, and the secret girl his team is hiding does not make a great first impression. Once he understands what Sang is living through, protecting her stops feeling optional.

Sean returns from brutal hospital hours expecting the high school project to be easier than medical residency. Then he notices his team falling apart around one girl, meets Sang, and realizes the shift is only beginning.

Mr. Blackbourne has no patience for secrets inside his own team, especially when jobs start slipping. Meeting Sang explains the distraction, but it also changes his priorities faster than he wants to admit.

Kota is stretched thin when trouble from his father's side threatens to return and the team starts shifting into a new phase. Sang sees just how much he holds together as both of them try to keep old ties from strangling the present.