Reading order · 5 books · 2013 to 2017 · Set in the fictional Cainsville, Illinois
Cainsville Books in Order
The Cainsville books follow Olivia, a Chicago heiress who learns her birth parents are notorious killers and finds herself in a strange small town tied to old Welsh legends.
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Series facts
The reading order
Every Cainsville book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
5 books · Set in the fictional Cainsville, Illinois
- 1Omens2013With Olivia Taylor-JonesOlivia Taylor-Jones, a Chicago socialite, learns she was adopted and that her birth parents are notorious serial killers.Buy on Amazon
- 2Visions2014With Olivia Taylor-JonesOlivia Taylor-Jones finds a dead woman in her car, dressed to look like her, and when the body vanishes, she sets out to learn who would kill to send a message.Buy on Amazon
- 3Deceptions2015With Olivia Taylor-JonesCainsville’s secretive elders and Olivia’s stalker ex-fiancé both have their sights on her, as visions push her to face the light and dark within herself.Buy on Amazon
- 4Betrayals2016With Olivia Taylor-JonesSomeone is killing street kids in Chicago and the police link Olivia’s boyfriend Ricky to the murders, so she and Gabriel set out to clear his name.Buy on Amazon
- 5Rituals2017With Olivia Taylor-JonesOlivia, Gabriel and Ricky discover they may be re-enacting an ancient conflict between Cainsville’s elders and the Huntsmen, with Olivia as the prize.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read Omens, Visions, Deceptions, Betrayals and Rituals in order.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Olivia Taylor-Jones | Gabriel Walsh | Ricky Gallagher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Omens | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 2 Visions | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 3 Deceptions | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 4 Betrayals | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 5 Rituals | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
Characters in the Cainsville books
3 characters from Kelley Armstrong’s chart, with the number of Cainsville books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Olivia Taylor-JonesHeiress who learns her birth parents are serial killers | 5 | Omens 2013 |
| Gabriel WalshDefence lawyer | 5 | Omens 2013 |
| Ricky GallagherBiker and law student | 5 | Omens 2013 |