Cindy Eller Books in Order

Cindy Eller starts out with one of Elizabeth A Reeves's best hooks: Cindy is a witch, a baker, and every man she kisses turns into a toad.

That setup gives the series its first burst of comedy, but these books do not stay small for long. What begins as a funny paranormal romance with bakery scenes, cursed kisses, and family chaos grows into a much bigger story about magic, loyalty, power, and the fate of Faerie itself.

Cindy is the heart of it all. She is not the polished, all-powerful kind of heroine. She works hard, worries a lot, loves deeply, and keeps getting pulled into trouble she never asked for. In the early books, especially How (Not) to Kiss a Toad and How (Not) to Kiss a Prince, the focus is on her curse, her magical family, and her relationship with Timothy, the seemingly perfect ordinary man who turns out to have complications of his own. There is a lot of warmth in these novels, and a lot of cupcakes.

The bakery matters. So do Cindy's sisters, her parents, and the messy tangle of magical relatives and enemies around them. Reeves uses family as more than background decoration. The banter, the interference, the hurt feelings, and the fierce protectiveness all shape the plot. Cindy may be the lead, but she is never floating in a vacuum.

As the series goes on, the stakes rise fast. Books like How (Not) to Kiss a Beast, How (Not) to Kiss a Ghost, and How (Not) to Love a Hero push Cindy far beyond curse comedy and into darker magical territory. Faerie opens up as a central setting and problem. Cindy's role changes. The politics of magic get heavier. Children vanish, demons surface, old enemies keep returning, and Cindy has to figure out whether she can hold onto love, work, and family while taking on responsibilities she never wanted.

That bigger arc is what makes Cindy Eller more than a run of disconnected paranormal romances. There is real progression here. The books build on each other, and Reeves expects you to care not just about who Cindy ends up with, but about what kind of woman she becomes when she is pushed past her limits.

There is also a crossover with Goldie Locke in How (Not) to Kiss a Were Bear, which gives a good sense of how Reeves likes to expand her world. Magical communities overlap. Family histories matter. A problem in one corner of the world rarely stays there.

The tone stays readable even when the plot gets large. These are brisk books, full of fairy tale twists, magical creatures, romance, and domestic details that keep the world feeling grounded. If you like your fantasy with humor, food, and an escalating series story, Cindy Eller is a good place to begin. Just start at the beginning and let the trouble pile up from there.