Below is the complete list of Heather Graham’s The Keepers books in order. For this series, the chronological reading order is the same as the order of publication.
Publication Order of The Keepers Books
Publication Order of The Keepers: L.A. Books
- The Gatekeeper (2012)
Published in 2012, The Gatekeeper is listed as book #2 in the The Keepers: L.A. series. 
About The Keepers
Heather Graham’s The Keepers is a paranormal romantic-suspense series built around three sisters charged with maintaining peace among the supernatural communities of New Orleans. Fiona, Caitlin, and Shauna MacDonald belong to a family of Keepers—humans with inherited responsibilities for policing the boundaries between ordinary society and beings such as vampires, shapeshifters, and other paranormal creatures. The series mixes murder investigation, supernatural politics, romance, and the distinctive atmosphere of New Orleans, with each sister taking the lead in a different part of the story.
The core concept is less about hunting monsters than regulating them. The Keepers understand that supernatural beings are not automatically evil, and much of their work involves preventing conflict between different groups, investigating crimes that could destabilize the fragile balance, and dealing with individuals who misuse their powers. That makes the series closer to paranormal law enforcement than a simple humans-versus-monsters story.
Fiona’s story in The Keepers establishes the family’s role and the rules of the hidden supernatural world. She is the eldest of the three sisters and has inherited significant responsibility for keeping peace among creatures who live alongside humans but follow their own traditions and hierarchies. When murder threatens that balance, Fiona becomes involved with Jagger DeFarge, a powerful vampire whose position places him at the center of both the investigation and the romantic conflict.
The second novel, The Shifters, shifts the focus to Caitlin MacDonald. As the title suggests, shapeshifters move to the foreground, allowing Graham to expand the mythology beyond the vampire politics of the opening story. Caitlin’s role as a Keeper requires her to work across supernatural divisions even when attraction makes professional judgment more complicated.
The Wolven then centers on Shauna, the youngest sister, and develops another branch of the supernatural world. By this point, the trilogy has established that the MacDonalds are not dealing with isolated incidents but with a broader society in which different supernatural groups coexist uneasily. Each sister brings a slightly different temperament to the Keeper role, but family loyalty remains a constant.
New Orleans is especially important to the series. Graham uses its historic neighborhoods, old buildings, cemeteries, nightlife, legends, and layered cultural history to support a world in which supernatural beings can plausibly exist just beyond ordinary awareness. The city is not simply atmospheric scenery; its history and communities provide the social structure within which the Keepers operate.
Romance and investigation remain closely linked throughout. Each sister’s central relationship develops with someone connected to the supernatural conflict she is trying to control, making trust a recurring problem. The protagonists must judge individuals rather than species, because vampires, shifters, and other beings can be either allies or threats depending on their choices.
The series also belongs to a broader multi-author Keeper universe. Graham wrote the original MacDonald-sisters trilogy, while related books and spin-off sequences were later contributed by other authors. These connected titles expand the Keeper concept into different characters and locations, but Graham’s three novels form the original core centered on Fiona, Caitlin, and Shauna.
What gives The Keepers its identity is the idea of supernatural coexistence under pressure. The MacDonald sisters are guardians of an uneasy peace, not simply warriors against the paranormal. Their challenge is to distinguish dangerous individuals from entire supernatural communities, preserve order without becoming prejudiced enforcers, and navigate relationships that repeatedly blur the line between professional responsibility and personal attachment.