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Bloody Jack Books in Order

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This page lists every Bloody Jack book by L.A. Meyer in order, with summaries, series background, and clear advice on where to start reading.

Last updated: July 14, 2026

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Bloody Jack books in publication order

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12 books

1

Bloody Jack

by LA Meyer

2002

After losing her family and life on London's streets, Mary Faber disguises herself as a boy and joins a British warship. As Jacky, she finds friendship and purpose at sea, but keeping her identity hidden grows ever harder.

2

Curse of the Blue Tattoo

by LA Meyer

2004

Exposed as a girl, Jacky is sent to a Boston boarding school to become a proper young lady. Her sailor's instincts, an unwanted tattoo, and fierce loyalty to new friends make that plan very hard to follow.

3

Under the Jolly Roger

by LA Meyer

2005

Back in England, Jacky is mistakenly pressed into naval service and thrown once more into life at sea. Escaping a brutal captain leads her toward privateering, leadership, and a high-stakes reckoning during the Battle of Trafalgar.

4

In the Belly of the Bloodhound

by LA Meyer

2006

Jacky returns to Boston hoping to lie low at school, but a class outing ends in abduction. Trapped aboard a ship bound for the slave markets, she must rally her frightened classmates and find a way to save them all.

5

Mississippi Jack

by LA Meyer

2007

With a price on her head, Jacky escapes across the American frontier and finds work on the waterways leading to the Mississippi. Fiddling, dancing, and sheer nerve keep her moving, while Jaimy follows through a country he barely understands.

6

My Bonny Light Horseman

by LA Meyer

2008

Jacky is forced to let the French believe she has died, then sent to Paris as a British spy. Posing as a dancer, she gathers military secrets while trying to protect the people she loves from the consequences.

7

Rapture of the Deep

by LA Meyer

2009

On the day she is meant to marry Jaimy, Jacky is taken by British Intelligence for another mission. Disguised as a scientific expedition, her crew searches Caribbean waters for a lost Spanish treasure ship and its gold.

8

The Wake of the Lorelei Lee

by LA Meyer

2010

After buying the Lorelei Lee to carry passengers across the Atlantic, Jacky arrives in London expecting a fresh start. Instead, she is arrested and sent toward Australia aboard her own confiscated ship with hundreds of female convicts.

9

The Mark of the Golden Dragon

by LA Meyer

2011

A typhoon separates Jacky and young Ravi from their ship in Southeast Asia. As they struggle to return to England, Jacky must rely on music, disguises, and nerve, while Jaimy's own hunt for old enemies grows more dangerous.

10

Viva Jacquelina!

by LA Meyer

2012

British Intelligence sends Jacky to Portugal during the war against Napoleon, where she must assist General Wellesley while gathering information. Her mission soon carries her through Spain, toward danger, art, and another chance to prove herself.

11

Boston Jacky

by LA Meyer

2013

Back in Boston, Jacky tries to run Faber Shipping, care for her friends, and keep old legal trouble at bay. Business problems, public controversy, and a painful rift with Jaimy make homecoming anything but quiet.

12

Wild Rover No More

by LA Meyer

2014

Jacky returns to Boston hoping to settle her future with Jaimy, only to be framed for treason. On the run again, she hides as a governess and joins a traveling circus while friends race to uncover the truth.

Bloody Jack books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Bloody Jack"

    Bloody Jack

    by LA Meyer

    2002Bloody Jack, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Curse of the Blue Tattoo"

    Curse of the Blue Tattoo

    by LA Meyer

    2004Bloody Jack, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Under the Jolly Roger"

    Under the Jolly Roger

    by LA Meyer

    2005Bloody Jack, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "In the Belly of the Bloodhound"

    In the Belly of the Bloodhound

    by LA Meyer

    2006Bloody Jack, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Mississippi Jack"

    Mississippi Jack

    by LA Meyer

    2007Bloody Jack, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "My Bonny Light Horseman"

    My Bonny Light Horseman

    by LA Meyer

    2008Bloody Jack, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Rapture of the Deep"

    Rapture of the Deep

    by LA Meyer

    2009Bloody Jack, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "The Wake of the Lorelei Lee"

    The Wake of the Lorelei Lee

    by LA Meyer

    2010Bloody Jack, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "The Mark of the Golden Dragon"

    The Mark of the Golden Dragon

    by LA Meyer

    2011Bloody Jack, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "Viva Jacquelina!"

    Viva Jacquelina!

    by LA Meyer

    2012Bloody Jack, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "Boston Jacky"

    Boston Jacky

    by LA Meyer

    2013Bloody Jack, Book 11
  12. Book cover for "Wild Rover No More"

    Wild Rover No More

    by LA Meyer

    2014Bloody Jack, Book 12

Series background & context

The Bloody Jack series follows Mary "Jacky" Faber, a sharp, musical London orphan trying to survive in the early nineteenth century. At the start of Bloody Jack, she cuts her hair, takes the name Jack, and joins the crew of a British warship as a ship's boy. It is a risky choice, but the sea offers a chance at food, work, friendship, and a life bigger than the streets she knows.

Jacky is clever, impulsive, funny, and often convinced she can talk or sing her way out of anything. Sometimes she can. Just as often, her plans leave her facing angry officers, pirates, spies, smugglers, or the law. Her adventures unfold during the Napoleonic Wars, with real history, sea songs, naval life, and far-flung travel worked into the action.

She rarely gets to stay safe for long.

The first books move between ships, London, and Boston, as Jacky learns what it means to be both a sailor and a young woman in a world that expects her to be neither. Her friendship with fellow sailors and schoolgirls matters as much as the danger. So does her long, complicated bond with Jaimy Fletcher, a young naval officer who knows Jacky well enough to see both her courage and her chaos.

As the series continues, the scale grows. Jacky is pulled into voyages across the Atlantic and Caribbean, trips along the Mississippi, work for British intelligence, treasure hunting, prison transport, and business ventures of her own. The books visit France, Spain, Australia, Southeast Asia, and the United States, but they keep returning to the same central question: can Jacky make a life on her own terms without losing the people she loves?

The tone is adventurous and comic, with plenty of close calls, disguises, songs, arguments, and bold escapes. The series also deals with harder parts of its period, including poverty, war, prejudice, and enslavement. Jacky's narration gives the books their energy. She tells her own story with a lot of confidence, even when the reader can see trouble heading straight for her.

These books work best in order.

Bloody Jack introduces Jacky and the people who will matter throughout the series, while later installments build on past friendships, enemies, romances, and consequences. Start there, then follow her through all twelve books for one long, lively historical adventure about a girl who refuses to stay put.

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