CJ Archer Books in Order

Finding an old manuscript bound with silver clasps is a dream come true for Sylvia, until she learns it once belonged to the powerful Medici family and is written in code. With Gabe’s help she hunts its origins, only to face theft, attempted kidnappings and startling truths about her own magic.

Librarian Sylvia Ashe stumbles on a diary hinting she descends from magicians and soon loses her job after a magical mishap. Taken under the wing of war hero Gabe, she finds work at the Glass Library and is drawn into a case involving a stolen enchanted painting and her own past.

In the final Glass and Steele novel, tensions between magicians and the artless erupt when a jeweler is murdered and someone dear to India and Matt is framed. Exposing Lord Coyle’s last, vengeful scheme will demand every ally they have and could cost them their hard won peace.

A prestigious dressmaker’s salon becomes the scene of a shocking death, and whispers of scandal threaten its clients. Investigating among mannequins, modistes and ambitious debutantes, Cleo must sort fashion rivalries from lethal grudges before another body falls.

After a toymaker magician’s lecture ends with a stolen spell and a strangled man, India and Matt follow the trail into the Romany community, where curses are wielded like weapons. As old foes resurface, a tragedy strikes close to home, threatening the household they have built.

Summoned to help unravel a plot that could expose magic to the wider world, India and Matt find themselves up against a ruthless spymaster manipulating events from the shadows. To stop him, they must outplay the crown’s own agents and protect friends on both sides of the law.

A society wife is discovered dead in her own drawing room, and gossip points to her husband. Cleo, determined to look past easy answers, delves into the family’s secrets, scandalous photographs and the expectations that trap women of their class, hunting for a more dangerous truth.

When a leading actress is found dead at the Piccadilly Playhouse and the death is dismissed as suicide, Cleo Fox is hired by the victim’s lover to prove otherwise. Digging into backstage jealousies and buried scandals, she must unmask a killer before the final curtain falls.

When a wealthy man’s child is snatched and ransom demands arrive wrapped in magic, India and Matt are drawn into a rescue that pits them against merciless criminals. The trail leads through London’s underbelly and into the halls of people who would rather the child stayed missing.

A titled gentleman who may not be who he claims becomes the center of India and Matt’s latest case. Untangling forged identities, hidden heirs and old grudges forces them to decide how much of the past must be revealed for justice to be done.

Newly arrived at her uncle’s luxurious London hotel, Cleopatra Fox hopes for a fresh start after her grandmother’s death. When a guest is poisoned on Christmas Eve, she turns reluctant sleuth to save the Mayfair’s reputation and uncover a killer before the New Year’s Eve ball.

Glancia is restless, and in the palace Josie hears whispers from those whose memories were stolen. As protests rise in the village and foreign powers take an interest, she and Hammer race to uncover who first cast the enchantment before the kingdom tears itself apart.

A suspicious fire threatens Josie’s village and reveals enemies willing to burn everything to keep the past buried. Investigating with Hammer leads them to a ruined temple, nobles with too much to hide and revelations about the palace servants’ former lives.

A prisoner scheduled for execution claims to hold information vital to Matt’s past. Breaking him out pits India and Matt against corrupt officials, dangerous magicians and their own doubts about who deserves saving and what justice really looks like.

Tasked with exposing a ring of gamblers using magic to fix high stakes games, India and Matt enter a world of card sharps, crooked clubs and desperate players. Outwitting cheaters who bend luck itself will take every trick they know and a few new ones.

Facing threats to both the crown and their own household, Charlie and Lincoln confront a plot that reaches from asylums to royal chambers. To stop a madman from seizing power, they must risk their hard won happiness and accept that some destinies cannot be outrun.

In the poor fishing village of Mull, healer’s daughter Josie has watched a glittering new palace rise in weeks, built by unseen hands. When she finally enters its walls, she discovers none of its residents remember life before the palace existed, including its enigmatic guardsman.

A reclusive ink magician vanishes, leaving behind only enchanted pages and a trail of enemies. Investigating his disappearance, India and Matt find themselves trapped in a maze of illusions where written words hold deadly power and silence can be as dangerous as any spell.

After a palace maid is attacked, Josie and Captain Hammer investigate a foreign diplomat with a suspicious interest in sorcery. As unrest grows in the village and nobles jostle for power, every clue suggests the king knows more about the palace’s magic than he admits.

India and Matt’s search for a missing girl leads them to a secluded convent with ties to forbidden magic. As they peel back layers of piety and pretense, they uncover experiments, hidden relics and a scheme that could imprison magicians forever.

When a wedding meant to cement peace between factions instead exposes a deadly plot, Charlie and Lincoln must sift lies from truth at the highest levels of society. Keeping their own vows becomes as difficult as stopping a killer who hides behind a respectable face.

A strange attack leaves a man half changed into a beast, drawing Charlie and the Ministry into a web of curses, stolen identities and aristocratic secrets. As the line between man and monster blurs, Charlie must decide who deserves saving and what price she will pay.

A missing diary written by a powerful magician could answer vital questions about India’s magic and Matt’s enemies. Tracking it through collectors, thieves and jealous magicians, they uncover truths that shake India’s understanding of her past and the future she thought she wanted.

When a respected apothecary is accused of murder by poison, India and Matt investigate on behalf of his desperate daughter. Delving into guild rivalries and dangerous brews, they must find the real killer before scandal destroys innocent lives and their own secrets are exposed.

Just as Charlie and Lincoln begin to imagine a peaceful future, a seer warns the Prince of Wales that his life is in danger from his dead father. Hunting a shape shifter through palaces and slums, they face their most dangerous foe yet and questions about their own fate.

Disinherited and blacklisted after her father’s death, India Steele reluctantly takes a position with enigmatic American Matthew Glass, whose strange watch restores his health. Helping him find a particular watchmaker pulls her into London's magical underworld and a partnership that could change both their lives.

When a talented mapmaker’s apprentice disappears along with an important enchanted map, India and Matt are hired to find him. Their search through London’s docks, guild halls and seedy lanes uncovers smugglers, rival magicians and a scheme that could shift the balance of power.

A routine case for the Ministry turns personal when Charlie’s connection to the dead intensifies and a new enemy begins targeting her friends. As she chases ghostly clues across London, expectations about her future with Lincoln become as frightening as the specters she raises.

Old enemies rise from the ruins of past battles, threatening to tear apart everything Charlie and Lincoln have built at Lichfield Towers. As the Ministry itself comes under attack, Charlie must step fully into her power or watch her new life burn.

In this Ministry of Curiosities novella, Charlie and Lincoln are drawn into a case involving a deadly house fire and a vengeful spirit. Untangling the truth behind the blaze forces them to confront grief, guilt and how far they will go to protect their small household.

Disguised as a boy in the slums, Charlotte “Charlie” Holloway has avoided using her power to raise the dead since it got her cast out. When one theft too many lands her in prison, using necromancy to escape draws the attention of a secretive man named Lincoln Fitzroy.

While investigating a family’s mysterious deaths, Quin is dragged back through the portal with Cara at his side and confronted by his old nemesis. To break her curse and secure any future together, they must unravel years of secrets and survive a battle that spans two realms.

As bodies vanish from London cemeteries, Lincoln’s Ministry of Curiosities takes the case and orders Charlie to stay clear. Ignoring them, she digs into the mystery, her own family history and Lincoln’s carefully hidden past, risking the fragile trust and home she has finally found.

Cursed and dying, Cara Moreau’s only hope lies with Quin St Clair, a warrior from a realm between life and death. Bound to keep her alive by staying close, Quin helps her search for a spellbook that might cure her, even as forbidden feelings grow between them.

Charlie’s new life at Lichfield Towers is threatened when a vengeful enemy strikes at the Ministry of Curiosities through the people she loves. Hunting a madman who commands monstrous creations, she must decide what she is willing to sacrifice to keep her found family safe.

An infestation of vicious ghosts overruns Freak House, forcing Cara to summon Quin back. Together they hunt the source of the haunting, uncover dangerous truths about Quin’s past and face the possibility that defeating their enemies could separate them forever.

Guild leader Hughe, Lord Oxley, marries impoverished widow Lady Catherine to save her from a cruel suitor, hiding the fact that he once ordered her husband’s death. As enemies close in, he must keep her alive and pray she never learns the truth about him.

Haunted by his violent past, a member of the Assassins Guild takes on one last dangerous mission meant to secure his freedom. Protecting the woman tied to that assignment forces him to question his faith in the guild and his belief that he does not deserve love.

Schoolteacher Charity Evans agrees to let hypnotist Samuel Gladstone block her painful memories, only to find they now share vivid, unsettling visions. Drawn back to Freak House, they hunt for the source of their connection while Charity battles her mistrust of men and of Samuel himself.

With the Master’s spirit still haunting London, Charity remains at Freak House, but peace shatters when Samuel’s father is slain by a demon on the estate. As Samuel’s secrets drive him toward madness, Charity must face both her fears and the depth of her feelings for him.

Past crimes finally catch up with Freak House when a three hundred year old ghost forces long buried events into the open. As Charity and Samuel peel back layers of lies, they risk their sanity, their fragile relationship and the uneasy safety of everyone in the house.

Narcoleptic companion Hannah Smith is snatched from an earl’s house and taken to eerie Freak House by mistake. Among inventors and people with strange powers, she discovers her own past is not what she thought and that falling for fire starter Jack could be fatal.

A disillusioned member of the Assassins Guild takes what should be a simple job and instead finds a cause he believes in and a woman he cannot abandon. Standing up to his ruthless masters may cost him his life, but walking away from her would cost his soul.

Assassin Orlando Holt accepts a commission to kill Lady Susanna Lynden, only to discover the twice widowed “murderess” is more victim than villain. As he uncovers who really wants her dead, his lethal skills and carefully guarded heart are put to the test.

Hannah believes she is finally safe at Freak House until a vicious creature is set loose on the estate. Hunting it with Jack pulls them closer than ever, even as his deadly gift and a vengeful enemy threaten everyone under the roof.

Time is running out for Hannah as her mysterious condition worsens and an old foe tries to kidnap her. Seeking help from the hypnotist who tampered with her memories, she and Jack must face buried secrets and the terrifying cost of simply touching each other.

Six years after betraying his bride on their wedding night, Thomas, Lord Avondale, begs his estranged wife to return long enough to conceive an heir. Known as the Ice Maiden at court, Rose must decide whether she can ever forgive the man who broke her heart.

When a respectable woman becomes entangled in a shocking murder, she hires infamous rake Rafe for protection and help finding the real killer. Their hunt through London’s ballrooms and back alleys exposes dangerous secrets and a fierce, unexpected attraction.

Seventeen year old spirit medium Emily Chambers already struggles with seeing the dead, but accidentally releasing a demon during a séance forces her to work with murdered ghost Jacob Beaufort to stop chaos in London and unravel the mystery of her own birth.

Determined physician Georgiana Appleby is hired to cure Alexander Redcliff of his opium addiction. Moving into his elegant Mayfair townhouse, she faces a willful patient, a manipulative spymaster and growing feelings for a man who would rather self destruct than trust her.

Emily’s growing bond with Jacob is tested when a malicious spirit begins possessing the living. To save her sister and their fragile livelihood, Emily must learn to control her gift, face a ruthless demon and decide how much a dead boy can truly mean to her.

As London’s spirit activity surges, Emily and Jacob confront the demon that has haunted them from the start, while long hidden truths about Emily’s parentage emerge, forcing them to choose between freeing Jacob’s soul and clinging to the forbidden love between them.

At a royal masquerade ball, Queen Elizabeth’s seer Lady Eliza Harcourt is spirited away for her own safety by Thomas Blackstone, the man she once refused to marry. On the run from kidnappers, they must outwit their pursuers and face long buried feelings.

Cold, controlled Lord Warhurst needs to marry an heiress to save his decaying estate, but his plans implode when his unmarried sister falls pregnant and he turns to outspoken seamstress Alice Croft, risking his reputation and his reluctant heart.

In a smoky, alternate Victorian city, two strangers who share startling psychic abilities are pulled together by a ruthless enemy. As they race to stop a violent scheme, both must decide whether vengeance or the chance of love will define their futures.

Fleeing a brutal uncle and frightened by her awakening powers, Pippa Ingleside escapes in boy’s clothing to Lord Ashbourne’s household, where she serves as his page while secretly searching for a missing friend and dodging witch hunters and suspicion.

Seven years after vanishing from her husband’s life, apothecary’s assistant Isabel is dragged back into royal spy Nicholas Merritt’s world when a plot against the queen surfaces, forcing them to confront old betrayals and the deadly secret of her witchcraft.

In Elizabethan London, aspiring playwright Minerva Peabody disguises herself as a man and persuades sea captain Robert Blakewell to pose as the author of her work, entangling them in theatre intrigues, family scandal and an unexpectedly dangerous romance.