Amy Harmon Books in Order
See all Amy Harmon books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and where-to-start tips across her historical, fantasy, and contemporary romance novels.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
20 books
Prom Night in Purgatory
by Amy Harmon
2012
After a miracle pulls Johnny Kinross out of the halls he has haunted for fifty years, he and Maggie finally share the same timeline—but not the same past. To claim a future together, they must unravel the mystery that bound him to Purgatory in the first place.
Running Barefoot
by Amy Harmon
2012
In a small farming town, thirteen-year-old music prodigy Josie Jensen befriends Samuel, an older Navajo boy aching to escape. Years later he returns changed by the wider world, and together they must decide whether their unlikely friendship has grown into something deeper.
Slow Dance in Purgatory
by Amy Harmon
2012
Working nights at a small-town high school, orphaned Maggie O’Bannon discovers the building is haunted by Johnny Kinross, a 1950s bad boy trapped between life and death. Their impossible connection forces both to face a decades-old tragedy that refuses to rest.
A Different Blue
by Amy Harmon
2013
Blue Echohawk was abandoned as a toddler and raised by a drifter, leaving her with no past, little future, and a reputation for trouble. When a young British teacher challenges her to rewrite her own story, she’s forced to confront who she is and who she wants to be.
Making Faces
by Amy Harmon
2013
In their tight-knit hometown, shy, bookish Fern Taylor quietly loves wrestling star Ambrose Young from afar. After Ambrose returns from war scarred and grieving the friends he lost, Fern and her cousin Bailey help him relearn what courage, beauty, and love really mean.
Infinity + One
by Amy Harmon
2014
On the night pop superstar Bonnie Rae Shelby is ready to end her life, quiet math whiz Finn Clyde stops her, and a split-second choice sends them on a cross-country escape where fame, secrets, and a growing connection turn two strangers into unlikely outlaws.
The Law of Moses
by Amy Harmon
2014
In a rural Utah town, Moses Wright grows up as the infamous “crack baby” left in a laundromat, now a haunted artist who sees the dead. Georgia Shepherd, the horse-crazy girl next door, refuses to leave him alone—even when his dangerous gift threatens to destroy them both.
The Song of David
by Amy Harmon
2015
David “Tag” Taggert has built a rough-edged family around his fighting gym and bar, but blind dancer Millie Anderson upends his carefully controlled life. When Tag disappears, the fierce, complicated truth of their love unfolds through the cassette tapes he leaves behind.
From Sand and Ash
by Amy Harmon
2016
In German-occupied Italy, Jewish violinist Eva Rosselli and Catholic priest Angelo Bianco are childhood friends turned forbidden lovers. As deportations escalate, Angelo uses the church to hide Eva and other Jews, forcing agonizing choices between faith, survival, and the love that binds them.
The Bird and the Sword
by Amy Harmon
2016
Lark has been mute since her mother used forbidden magic to save her life, and in Jeru the Gifted are hunted. When King Tiras takes her hostage to secure her father’s loyalty, Lark’s hidden power with words may be the kingdom’s only hope—and his salvation.
The Queen and the Cure
by Amy Harmon
2017
Kjell of Jeru has always been a warrior, not a healer—until an unwanted gift marks him as one of the feared Gifted. Sent to rid the land of lingering Volgar, he rescues Sasha, a woman with no memory and unsettling visions that will reshape both his fate and his heart.
The Smallest Part
by Amy Harmon
2018
Best friends Mercedes, Cora, and Noah have always been a trio, until Mercedes lies about her feelings so Cora can have the boy they both love. Years later, after everything shatters, Mercedes must step into the wreckage she helped create and finally decide what—and who—she wants.
The First Girl Child
by Amy Harmon
2019
In a Norse-inspired kingdom cursed to bear no daughters, Bayr, a chieftain’s bastard blessed with immense strength, is sworn to guard Alba, the first girl child born in years, as political schemes and old magic threaten Saylok’s fragile future.
What the Wind Knows
by Amy Harmon
2019
Grieving her grandfather, novelist Anne Gallagher travels to Ireland to scatter his ashes and is swept back to 1921, where she’s mistaken for a missing woman, drawn into the fight for independence, and torn between returning home and a love across time.
Where the Lost Wander
by Amy Harmon
2020
On the Oregon Trail in 1853, young widow Naomi May joins her family’s wagon train west and finds herself drawn to John Lowry, a half-Pawnee mule driver who belongs to neither world. When violence tears the caravan apart, survival and love become their only compass.
The Second Blind Son
by Amy Harmon
2021
In the cursed kingdom of Saylok, blind warrior-in-training Hod saves Ghisla, the last survivor of a murdered musical clan. Her singing lets him “see,” but palace intrigue and an unforgiving king soon separate them, forcing their bond to withstand prophecy, distance, and war.
The Songbook of Benny Lament
by Amy Harmon
2021
In 1960s New York, Bronx piano man Benny Lament tries to keep his mob-entangled family at arm’s length, writing hits from the shadows. When he pairs with fiery singer Esther Mine, their explosive sound—and forbidden relationship—puts both love and lives squarely in the spotlight.
The Unknown Beloved
by Amy Harmon
2022
In Prohibition-era Chicago, patrolman Michael Malone is first on the scene when ten-year-old Dani Flanagan loses her parents. Years later, a string of brutal murders reunites them in Depression-era Cleveland, where Dani’s uncanny sensitivity to the dead may help catch a killer.
A Girl Called Samson
by Amy Harmon
2023
Born poor in colonial Massachusetts, Deborah Samson longs for more than service and an arranged marriage. Disguising herself as “Robert Shurtliff,” she enlists in the Continental Army, where battlefield danger and a forbidden, slow-burn love test how far she’ll go for freedom.
The Outlaw Noble Salt
by Amy Harmon
2024
After deciding to leave his outlaw life behind, Butch Cassidy disappears and takes on a new identity. Years later he becomes bodyguard to Jane, a celebrated singer traveling with her young son, and must choose between anonymity, legacy, and a love he never expected.
Where should I start?
If you want her big historical epics: From Sand and Ash → What the Wind Knows → Where the Lost Wander → A Girl Called Samson.
If you love lush fantasy romance: The Bird and the Sword → The Queen and the Cure → The First Girl Child → The Second Blind Son.
If you prefer emotional contemporary stories: A Different Blue → Making Faces → The Smallest Part.
If you’re drawn to paranormal or time-slip romance: Slow Dance in Purgatory → Prom Night in Purgatory → The Law of Moses → The Song of David.
If you enjoy music, crime, and second chances: Infinity + One → The Songbook of Benny Lament → The Unknown Beloved → The Outlaw Noble Salt.
Author bio
Amy Harmon writes the kinds of stories that slip across genres but stay rooted in people. She is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and New York Times bestselling novelist whose books blend romance with history, fantasy, suspense, and quiet spiritual questions.
She grew up in the tiny farming community of Levan, Utah, surrounded by wheat fields and big skies. Without a television in the house, she spent her childhood reading anything she could find, making up songs with her siblings, and learning early what makes a story stick.
As an adult she wore a lot of hats before publishing fiction full time. She taught English and history to middle-schoolers, homeschooled her own kids, spoke at church and community events, and even sang for years in a choir directed by Gladys Knight. Through all of it she kept writing—lyrics, poems, scenes—whenever she could steal the time.
Her first novels, including Running Barefoot and the time-slip Purgatory duet, introduced readers to her favorite kind of character: ordinary people in small towns trying to figure out who they are. With A Different Blue she reached a wider audience, telling the story of a lost, angry girl and the teacher who helps her reclaim her life.
Books like Making Faces, The Law of Moses, and The Song of David pushed deeper into grief, trauma, and second chances. Harmon writes about wrestlers and fighters, “crack babies” and blind dancers, therapy horses and found families, always circling questions of worth, forgiveness, and what it costs to really love someone.
She has since become known for sweeping historical and fantasy tales. From Sand and Ash follows a priest and a Jewish woman risking everything in wartime Italy. What the Wind Knows sends a modern writer back to 1920s Ireland and the struggle for independence. Where the Lost Wander traces a young widow’s journey along the Oregon Trail, while A Girl Called Samson reimagines the life of a woman who disguises herself to fight in the American Revolution.
On the fantasy side, The Bird and the Sword and The Queen and the Cure build a magic-touched kingdom where words themselves hold power. The Norse-flavored Chronicles of Saylok begin with The First Girl Child and The Second Blind Son, stories of curses, rune magic, and fiercely loyal warriors. In The Songbook of Benny Lament, The Unknown Beloved, and The Outlaw Noble Salt, she folds music, crime, and American history into intimate love stories.
Across all of these books, a few threads repeat. Harmon is drawn to outsiders and late bloomers, to faith that’s tested rather than easy, and to the idea that families can be built as well as inherited. Her romances are tender but rarely simple; happy endings, when they come, feel earned.
She still lives in Utah with her family, writing from the perspective of a self-described country girl whose stories now travel the world in many languages. When she’s not drafting or revising, she’s usually reading, researching some obscure bit of history, or listening for the next character who won’t leave her alone.
Her books are for readers who like their love stories big on feeling, rich with setting, and honest about the hard parts.
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