CN Crawford Books in Order
Browse all C.N. Crawford books in order, with quick summaries, linked series background, and simple advice on where to start reading.
Last updated: July 4, 2026
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Publication Order
39 books
The Witching Elm
by CN Crawford
2014
Teen sorcerer Tobias Corvin tumbles from another world into Boston and tries to hide inside an old boarding school. When spectral forces begin slaughtering people, he and Fiona must uncover the city's buried magical past.
A Witch's Feast
by CN Crawford
2015
After a ghostly army devastates Boston, Fiona and her classmates are sent to what should be a safe refuge in Virginia. Instead, they land in the grip of a witch-hunting cult with its own buried horrors.
The Abysmal Sea
by CN Crawford
2015
Isolde is already reeling from grief and her mother's cruelty when magic starts dragging her toward something stranger and darker. This shorter Memento Mori story adds another unsettling corner to the series world.
Infernal Magic
by CN Crawford
2016
Ursula wakes with missing memories and a past that refuses to stay buried. Dark magic, hidden realms, and dangerous enemies close in as she tries to learn who she really is.
Magic Hunter
by CN Crawford
2016
Rosalind hunts demons and mages for the Brotherhood until a mysterious mage named Caine tells her she is the next target. Suddenly the monster hunter has to run with the very man she was trained to destroy.
Nocturnal Magic
by CN Crawford
2016
The deeper Ursula falls into shadow magic, the harder it gets to tell survival from surrender. Old warnings, fragile loyalties, and the truth about her past all start catching up with her.
Witch Hunter
by CN Crawford
2016
Rosalind's new alliances pull her deeper into demon politics, blood magic, and the lies behind the Brotherhood. The more she learns, the less safe any side begins to look.
Witches of the Deep
by CN Crawford
2016
The final Memento Mori novel pushes Fiona and her allies toward a larger confrontation with the forces haunting both Boston and Maremount. Dark history, dangerous magic, and survival all come crashing together.
Agent of Chaos
by CN Crawford
2017
Explosions tear through London as fae terrorists push the city toward panic. Cassandra races to save her kidnapped friend while relying on help that comes with a very dangerous price.
Agent of Darkness
by CN Crawford
2017
Cassandra is pulled deeper into fae conspiracies where every ally has secrets and every answer comes with new risk. The case grows darker as magic, loyalty, and survival start colliding.
Agent of Enchantment
by CN Crawford
2017
An FBI profiler hunting a fae serial killer in London uncovers a hidden magical world and a suspect she cannot stop thinking about. The closer she gets to the truth, the more dangerous her own powers become.
Agent of the Fae
by CN Crawford
2017
The final fight forces Cassandra to face the full weight of the fae world she uncovered. To stop the chaos, she must decide who she trusts and what she is willing to become.
Blood Hunter
by CN Crawford
2017
With some of the people she loves finally safe, Rosalind should be able to breathe. Instead, the war around her gets bloodier, and the secrets binding her to Caine grow harder to ignore.
Divine Hunter
by CN Crawford
2017
Rosalind prepares for all-out war with Drew, whose stolen power makes him nearly unstoppable. To save Caine and the vampire city, she must master dangerous gods-magic before it destroys her first.
Primeval Magic
by CN Crawford
2017
Ursula may have escaped one nightmare, but ancient magic is still reaching for her. As old powers awaken, she is dragged back into a conflict that threatens both her future and her sanity.
Black Ops Fae
by CN Crawford
2018
Ruby is deeper than ever in a war she can no longer escape. Disguises, double-crosses, and dangerous immortals keep closing in as the bond she never wanted becomes impossible to ignore.
Court of Darkness
by CN Crawford
2018
Arianna's hard-won place among the Shadow Fae brings no safety. With enemies closing in and trust wearing thin, she and Ruadan are forced into darker bargains that could cost them both.
Court of Night
by CN Crawford
2018
Now tied to the Shadow Fae order, Arianna must help defend London as the magical war deepens. Duty, danger, and her bond with Ruadan all push toward a breaking point.
Court of Shadows
by CN Crawford
2018
Outlaw Arianna is given one impossible choice by the silent assassin Ruadan: die, or earn a place at the Institute of the Shadow Fae. To save her best friend, she enters a world of trials, secrets, and lethal attraction.
Covert Fae
by CN Crawford
2018
Ruby's only chance to stay alive is to get close to the angels of death without letting them see her fear. It is a spy mission wrapped in seduction, and one wrong move could end the world early.
Dawn of Eternal Day
by CN Crawford
2018
A darker fantasy romance built around cursed magic, dangerous attraction, and supernatural conflict. As alliances tighten and power shifts, survival depends on choosing the right side before the wrong one chooses you.
Court of Dreams
by CN Crawford
2019
Exiled and cut off from the Shadow Fae, Arianna is left to survive in London while darker threats gather. Her final choices will decide not just her future with Ruadan, but the fate of the wider magical world.
Dark King
by CN Crawford
2019
Once a sea fae princess, Aenor is now a hunted exile until King Lyr forces her into a bargain. Helping him find a magical blade could restore her stolen power, but getting close to him may ruin everything.
Eternal Magic
by CN Crawford
2019
Ursula is forced back toward the Shadow Realm she thought she had escaped. Old enemies, unstable magic, and buried truths collide as she fights to protect both worlds from collapse.
Fallen King
by CN Crawford
2019
Back in the sea fae world she never truly escaped, Aenor is pulled deeper into palace danger and old lies. Her growing bond with Lyr may be the one thing powerful enough to save the kingdom, or break it.
Queen of Storms
by CN Crawford
2019
To save her best friend from execution, fugitive witch Cora infiltrates the lethal Storm Fae academy. Winning its trials means training with the dragon-blood headsman, who may be more dangerous than the storm itself.
Rogue Fae
by CN Crawford
2019
Ruby now wields dangerous goddess power, but the gods do not like being robbed. When Adonis is taken and the angels return stronger than ever, she has to fight for him and for the world at the same time.
Cursed Prince
by CN Crawford
2020
A cursed prince bound to a Night Elf enemy finally has a shot at freedom, but their bond puts both of them at risk. Escape is only the beginning of a journey filled with magic, secrets, and divided loyalties.
Rising Queen
by CN Crawford
2020
Aenor's fight for her kingdom turns even more desperate when the man she loves is trapped far below the sea. To save him and reclaim her future, she must survive brutal politics and deadlier magic.
Ruined King
by CN Crawford
2020
With old loyalties broken and war looming, Ali is thrown into a brutal fight for the Night Elves' future. Survival means navigating prison, politics, and a deadly contest where almost nobody plays fair.
The Fallen
by CN Crawford
2020
Lila is forced into Hades Castle to pose as the angel of death's wife, but she plans to kill Samael, not serve him. The trouble is that seducing a fallen angel can change the assassin, too.
City of Thorns
by CN Crawford
2021
When Rowan is mistaken for a succubus and dragged into a forbidden demon city, she cuts a bargain with Orion, the Lord of Chaos. Posing as his seductive ally may help her find her mother's killer, if desire does not get her killed first.
Possessed
by CN Crawford
2021
Lila is losing ground to the demon Lilith inside her, and only Samael may be able to help. As a brutal enemy rises, they must face their violent history before it destroys them both.
Rapture
by CN Crawford
2021
Locked inside Hades Castle, Lila is haunted, isolated, and still pulled toward Samael. They share an enemy in the Free Men, but trusting each other may be the most dangerous choice of all.
Shadow Empress
by CN Crawford
2021
Ali has been pushed into power, but a crown does not make survival easier. With war closing in and loyalties splitting apart, she must decide what she is willing to risk for her people and for love.
Frost
by CN Crawford
2022
Ava's life implodes in a single night, then the Seelie King offers her a fortune to join a deadly contest for the crown. The plan is fake, the danger is real, and falling for Torin could cost her everything.
Garden of Serpents
by CN Crawford
2022
Exiled back to the mortal world, Rowan returns to the City of Thorns to stop Orion from unleashing war on humans. To win, she must survive a fresh round of deadly trials and decide who she can still trust.
Lord of Embers
by CN Crawford
2022
Rowan learns she may be destined to rule the demon realm, but Orion is marked for the same prize. Their chemistry is fierce, their goals collide, and only one of them can claim the crown.
Ambrosia
by CN Crawford
2023
After Torin nearly kills her, Ava falls through a portal into the Unseelie Court of Sorrows and learns the truth about her own blood. Surrounded by enemies and bound to a cursed king, she has to survive a realm that wants her broken.
Where should I start?
If you want fae academy romance: Court of Shadows → Court of Darkness → Court of Night → Court of Dreams
If you want deadly fae trials and fake dating: Frost → Ambrosia
If you want demon court intrigue: City of Thorns → Lord of Embers → Garden of Serpents
If you want urban fantasy with vampires and mages: Magic Hunter → Witch Hunter → Blood Hunter → Divine Hunter
If you want darker YA witches and New England magic: The Witching Elm → A Witch's Feast → Witches of the Deep
Author bio
C.N. Crawford is the pen name used by a writing duo, Christine and Nick Crawford, who built a big fantasy romance and urban fantasy catalog by writing the kinds of books they clearly love to read: dangerous magic, sharp banter, cursed heroes, and worlds where falling in love usually makes everything more complicated.
They come to that work from very different places. Christine is from Lexington, Massachusetts, and has long been drawn to New England folklore, especially the older, darker corners of it. Nick spent his childhood in Vermont, reading fantasy and science fiction through long winters. That split shows up in the books. There is often a mix of eerie old-world mood and fast, modern momentum.
Before writing full time, they had other careers. Nick worked as a biologist, and Christine worked as a school psychologist.
That background helps explain something about the books. Even when the setup is wild, fallen angels, demon cities, fae academies, vampire courts, the stories tend to stay close to character pressure: who is lying, who is trapped, who is trying to survive, and who is falling for exactly the wrong person.
Their early work includes The Witching Elm, which leans into witches, Boston history, and a darker young adult feel. From there, their world grew fast. Magic Hunter opens a paranormal series full of demon hunters, vampires, and shifting loyalties. Court of Shadows brought in magical trials and fae academy tension. Dark King moved into sea-fae politics and exile. Frost gave readers a sharper romantasy setup, with a deadly contest, a fae king, and plenty of sparks.
Across the catalog, a few things come up again and again. Their books love hidden identities, enemies who become allies, magical institutions with ugly secrets, and heroines who are in over their heads but rarely back down. Readers who pick up Crawford usually know they are going to get movement. The plots tend to run hard, the chapters push forward, and the romance is usually tangled up with danger rather than sitting off to the side.
They have also written both together and separately under the same name. On their author pages, they note that some books are by both of them and some are by Christine alone, but the shared C.N. Crawford feel is still easy to spot.
A lot of their best-known books sit inside connected fantasy worlds, especially the Demons of Fire and Night universe, where series can often be read on their own but still reward readers who like spotting links between characters, settings, and bits of lore. That shared-world approach is part of the fun. You can start with demon courts, fae schools, vampire politics, or a deadly marriage competition and still feel the edges of a larger map.
These days, they write while raising their two sons, and the pace of the catalog suggests they have made storytelling into a real working partnership. If you come to C.N. Crawford for magical trials, morally messy love interests, and fantasy worlds that move fast, you will not be short on options.
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