A sleepy Keeper joins me for this week's Throwback Thursday look at the Dartmoor spinoff series, Lean Dogs Legacy. I have a few new followers across various platforms, and reading order can get a little confusing with both series running concurrent of one another.
Here's what first-time readers need to know:
The Lean Dogs Legacy began on Wattpad. I returned to my fanfiction roots by posting Snow in Texas one chapter at a time while I was writing Dartmoor book five, Secondhand Smoke. I wanted to tell Colin's story, but didn't feel like it fit tidily into the main Dartmoor action, given he was sent to Texas to prospect, and given the overarching narrative unfolding in the main series. Thus, a spinoff series was born.
Book one takes place in Amarillo, Texas, where an apprehensive Colin meets VP Candyman, and his sister, Jenny Snow. This is also where we first meet Fox, and eventually Michelle, Tenny, Eden, Axelle, Pongo, Melissa Dixon, Devin, Raven, and Toly (though Pongo and Toly first pop up in The Wild Charge, we don't get to spend any proper time with them until their books in this series).
Each book takes place in chapters outside of Knoxville, Texas and New York so far, and the storylines stray a bit farther from the main club action in Dartmoor. Prodigal Son has strong spy/secret government elements, and Long Way Down is a police procedural/romantic thriller. They might be spinoffs, but the events of each book all contribute to the staggering Dartmoor finale that is Lord Have Mercy.
I'll provide a link to the whole series, and below, I've folded the books into their proper reading order within the main narrative:
Fearless
Price of Angels
Half My Blood
The Skeleton King
Secondhand Smoke
Snow in Texas
Tastes Like Candy
Loverboy
American Hellhound
Shaman
Prodigal Son
Lone Star
Homecoming
The Wild Charge
Long Way Down
Nothing More
Lord Have Mercy
Beware of Dog (coming soon)
Is Beware of Dog the final spinoff book, since the main series is over?
ReplyDeleteLast for the time being, at least. I've had it cooking in my head for a while, but don't have any clear plans for what might come next.
Deletethanks for replying! I'd LOVE a spinoff about Alex finding his place in the world / finding a good woman, if the muse speaks to you. But if that doesn't happen and if this one is the end, I've loved this world, and it's been a fab ride! Thanks for creating it and sharing your talents!
DeleteWill the legacy series include little Remy’s story?
ReplyDeleteEh...I'll say *probably* not. If interest were to pick up in Lord Have Mercy and a possible future, I'd consider it, but as of now, I don't have firm second gen plans beyond the tidbits I've shared here on the blog.
DeleteSnow in Texas is my favorite!
ReplyDeleteOh cool! I don't usually hear that. Tastes Like Candy gets all the love, but Snow kicked us off. I enjoyed writing that one the most.
DeleteI’d love to see a novella of all the vignettes you’ve posted - I would love to reread them & I’m sure I’ve missed a couple!
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