Devon Monk Books in Order
Browse Devon Monk books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and easy help on where to start, from Allie Beckstrom to Ordinary Magic.
Last updated: June 30, 2026
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Publication Order
44 books
Magic to the Bone
by Devon Monk
2008
Allie Beckstrom tracks illegal spells in a world where every use of magic has a cost. When a dying boy bears signs of her father's offloaded magic, she is pulled into black magic and family danger.
Magic in the Blood
by Devon Monk
2009
Working as a Hound has cost Allie migraines and memory, but she keeps going anyway. A missing persons case drags her into a darker underworld of ghosts, criminals, and blood magic.
Magic in the Shadows
by Devon Monk
2009
Magic has marked Allie's body and erased pieces of her past, including memories of the man she is supposed to love. Then her dead father starts speaking from inside her mind.
A Cup of Normal
by Devon Monk
2010
This short story collection shows Devon Monk working across fantasy, science fiction, horror, and humor. The stories are varied, strange, and human, with the same sharp imagination found in her novels.
Magic at the Gate
by Devon Monk
2010
Zayvion lies in a coma, his soul trapped in death's realm. To save him, Allie may have to sacrifice her own magical essence, and the consequences could reach far beyond one life.
Magic on the Storm
by Devon Monk
2010
An apocalyptic wildstorm is rolling toward Portland, and unstable magic could destroy the entire city. Allie and Zayvion have to work with the Authority to stop it before nothing is left standing.
Dead Iron
by Devon Monk
2011
Bounty hunter Cedar Hunt, cursed with lycanthropy, gets a chance to save the brother he thought dead. To do it, he must find the Holder before an ancient Strange uses it to cheat mortality.
Magic on the Hunt
by Devon Monk
2011
Allie has already crossed into death's realm once to restore Zayvion's soul. Now she has to hunt down a kidnapped Authority leader and stop an undead magic user before he breaks free.
Magic on the Line
by Devon Monk
2011
As dark magic deaths spread through Portland, Allie finds the Authority unwilling to act. To stop the plague, she may have to turn against the very people she has risked everything to help.
Hang Fire
by Devon Monk
2012
This short bridge between *Dead Iron* and *Tin Swift* keeps Cedar Hunt and his allies moving through fresh danger. The hunt for the Holder is far from over, and the frontier is not getting any safer.
Magic For A Price
by Devon Monk
2012
With Portland close to chaos and poisoned magic killing people, Allie must decide whether to shut magic down forever or trust her father's last plan. Either way, the final cost will be steep.
Magic Without Mercy
by Devon Monk
2012
Magic has been poisoned, Allie is hunted by both the Authority and the police, and she cannot safely use the power she once relied on. To save the innocent, she has to find the cure before it is destroyed.
Tin Swift
by Devon Monk
2012
Cedar Hunt thought he was meant to ride alone, but now he is protecting a growing band of allies while hunting the deadly Holder. The search carries him from the frontier to the killing skies.
Cold Copper
by Devon Monk
2013
Cedar Hunt and his allies are forced into a frozen Iowa town ruled by a brutal mayor and haunted by metal Strange. To continue the hunt for the Holder, Cedar must stop a plot meant to dominate land and sky.
Hell Bent
by Devon Monk
2013
Shame Flynn can break magic back to its old deadly power, but only with Terric Conley beside him. When government forces and a killer target the people they love, the two men have no choice but to unleash it.
House Immortal
by Devon Monk
2014
Matilda Case is a rebel leader and a secret new galvanized, a near-immortal stitched human the ruling Houses will do anything to capture. Worse, someone believes she holds the key to time itself.
Stone Cold
by Devon Monk
2014
Death magic is eating Shame alive, and Terric is barely holding his own power together. When an old enemy steals forbidden technology to weaponize magic, the two men have to fight before everyone they love pays the price.
Back Lash
by Devon Monk
2015
Shame Flynn and Terric Conley thought they had sealed dangerous magic away for good. When bodies marked by magic start turning up in Portland, they have to find who broke the rules before more people die.
Crucible Zero
by Devon Monk
2015
Matilda leaps into the past to save the future, only to land in an altered reality where her enemies still have the upper hand. One wrong choice could erase her world for good.
Infinity Bell
by Devon Monk
2015
When war breaks out between the ruling Houses, Matilda Case and her allies are blamed for murder and treason. To save her people, she must stop an ancient time experiment before reality unravels.
Death and Relaxation
by Devon Monk
2016
Delaney Reed is trying to keep sleepy Ordinary, Oregon running smoothly, but monsters, gods, and murder have other plans. Small-town peace is hard to find when the supernatural residents all want something.
Devils and Details
by Devon Monk
2016
In Ordinary, Oregon, nothing stays simple for long. Delaney Reed has to untangle another case while gods, monsters, and local secrets make every clue stranger than the last.
Gods and Ends
by Devon Monk
2017
Delaney Reed has enough to worry about without gods, monsters, and murder all crowding in at once. Protecting Ordinary means deciding who to trust before the next disaster hits the beach town.
Paper Stars
by Devon Monk
2017
Another brief Ordinary case mixes family pressure, local celebration, and supernatural trouble. Delaney follows the truth through a town where even small mysteries can turn dangerous fast.
Rock Candy
by Devon Monk
2017
A shorter trip to Ordinary turns festival fun into one more magical mess. Delaney has to keep the peace while gods, monsters, and local traditions refuse to stay simple.
Hazard
by Devon Monk
2018
Random Hazard has a secret, he is a wizard, and using magic on NHL ice costs him everything. Banished to West Hell's monster league, he gets one last shot to prove magic and hockey can mix.
Rock Paper Scissors
by Devon Monk
2018
This collection gathers three shorter Ordinary stories, *Rock Candy*, *Paper Stars*, and *Scissor Kisses*. Expect magical holidays, festival chaos, and the usual not-even-close-to-normal trouble in Ordinary.
Scissor Kisses
by Devon Monk
2018
This shorter Ordinary adventure brings more holiday weirdness, sharp-edged secrets, and supernatural mischief to town. Delaney has to keep things from spinning out while Ordinary does what it does best, get strange.
Spark
by Devon Monk
2018
The Thunderheads return for more brutal, magic-laced hockey, where family loyalties and league rivalries hit as hard as the game itself. In West Hell, surviving the season takes more than talent on the ice.
Dime a Demon
by Devon Monk
2019
Trouble blows into Ordinary once again, and Delaney Reed has to sort out demons, gods, and local secrets before the fallout spreads. In this town, even one bad decision can wake up a much bigger problem.
Hell's Spells
by Devon Monk
2020
Delaney Reed already has enough on her plate, then a fugitive demon makes things worse. In Ordinary, keeping the town safe means juggling monsters, magic, and one more very inconvenient crisis.
Wayward Souls
by Devon Monk
2020
Lula and Brogan Gauge have spent eighty years trapped by a curse, traveling Route 66 between gods and monsters. A ghost's tale of a magical journal offers hope, but plenty of others want it too.
Nobody's Ghoul
by Devon Monk
2021
Another not-at-all normal case hits Ordinary, and Delaney Reed is pulled into fresh supernatural trouble. In a town full of gods, monsters, and secrets, even the dead can make life complicated.
Sealed With a Tryst
by Devon Monk
2021
This shorter Ordinary story mixes romance, magic, and small-town trouble in all the ways Delaney would rather avoid. In Ordinary, even a quick detour has a way of turning dangerous.
Wayward Moon
by Devon Monk
2021
A bargain with Cupid drags Brogan and Lula deeper into danger as they search for a rabbit that is not a rabbit. Their road leads through werewolves, ghosts, and ancient evil waiting beneath Missouri.
Brute of All Evil
by Devon Monk
2022
Delaney Reed is two weeks from her wedding when gods start hovering, an outsider god stirs up trouble, and Ordinary faces attempted murder and kidnapping. Saving the town may be the only way she gets to the altar.
Wayward Sky
by Devon Monk
2022
Brogan and Lula are hunting a spell book powerful enough to destroy the world, and Cupid wants results. Their road leads through Kansas and Oklahoma toward old enemies, false allies, and Death itself.
Dirty Work
by Devon Monk
2023
Shame Flynn and Terric Conley have spent years keeping dangerous magic under wraps. When Allie and Zayvion's young daughter vanishes, old secrets and ancient enemies force them into one last brutal fight.
Oak and Ink
by Devon Monk
2023
Ricky Vargas runs a magical sanctuary at the Crossroads and wants nothing to do with old heartbreak. Then Cardamom Oak, the half-dryad wizard who once saved her and hurt her, turns up begging for help.
Nursery Crimes
by Devon Monk
2024
In the dark fairy-tale city of Las Fables, Detective Peter Peter and Jack Horner investigate the shooting of the Seven Dwarves. The clues are crooked, the jokes fly fast, and Peter's heart is trouble too.
Wayward Devils
by Devon Monk
2024
Lula and Brogan keep chasing freedom down Route 66, but every bargain seems to open a deadlier road. Gods, monsters, and old grudges turn their next stop into another fight for survival.
Wayward Gods
by Devon Monk
2025
The hunt that began with a curse keeps widening as Lula and Brogan face more powerful gods and more dangerous choices. Love may keep them moving, but it may not be enough to keep them safe.
For Whom the Spell Tolls
by Devon Monk
2026
Medusa, Jules, and Piper are back in Ordinary for another magical murder case. Between local secrets, supernatural chaos, and a town that never stays quiet, solving it will take all three of them.
Gorgon with the Wind
by Devon Monk
2026
Medusa wants books, tea, and solitude, not another mess. But once she reaches Ordinary, Oregon and gets accused of murder, she has to team up with new friends to clear her name.
Where should I start?
If you want urban fantasy with real magical consequences: Magic to the Bone → Magic in the Blood → Magic in the Shadows
If you want funny small-town fantasy mysteries: Death and Relaxation → Devils and Details → Gods and Ends
If you want steampunk adventure in the Old West: Dead Iron → Hang Fire → Tin Swift → Cold Copper
If you want romantic road-trip fantasy: Wayward Souls → Wayward Moon → Wayward Sky
If you want a cozy mystery set in Monk's magical Oregon: Gorgon with the Wind → For Whom the Spell Tolls
Author bio
Devon Monk is an Oregon fantasy writer who likes to take familiar genres and tilt them a little sideways. Urban fantasy, steampunk, road-trip fantasy, mystery, science fiction, hockey with monsters, she has written across all of them, usually with magic, danger, and a sharp sense of humor close at hand. She was born in Eugene, Oregon, and she still lives beneath Oregon's rainy skies.
She likes magic with consequences.
Before her novels found a wide readership, Monk spent more than fifteen years writing short fiction. In one interview, she said she sold her first fantasy short story about a year after she began writing and submitting a story a month. That long apprenticeship shows in the way her worlds feel worked through instead of sketched in. Her collection A Cup of Normal gathers some of that early and mid-career short work, and it gives a good sense of her range, from strange and funny to dark and unsettling.
Her breakout series began with Magic to the Bone, the first Allie Beckstrom novel. Those books are set in Portland, where magic works a bit like a public utility, except every spell takes a physical or mental toll. Readers who click with Monk often start there, because the series has many of the things she does best: a stubborn heroine, a magic system with a real price, quick dialogue, and action that never loses sight of the people caught in the middle.
She does not stay in one lane for long.
With Dead Iron, Monk swung into steampunk and the Old West, following bounty hunter Cedar Hunt through a world of cursed machines, witches, and dangerous inventions. House Immortal pushed into science fiction territory, with Matilda Case caught between tyrannical Houses, stitched immortals, and time-bending disasters. Then books like Death and Relaxation and Wayward Souls showed another side of her work, lighter on the surface perhaps, but still built on stakes, loyalty, and characters trying to carve out a decent life in deeply weird circumstances.
A lot of her stories come back to the same ideas. Power always costs something. Found family matters. Love can be messy and inconvenient, but it still counts. Her settings, whether it's Portland, a small Oregon beach town, or old Route 66, feel lived in rather than decorative. Even when gods, ghosts, and monsters are on the page, the emotional engine is usually very human: grief, hope, guilt, responsibility, and the stubborn urge to keep going.
She also seems to enjoy writing people who are a little tired, a little sarcastic, and still willing to do the right thing.
These days Monk still lives in Oregon with her husband and two sons. Readers also know her as someone who drinks too much coffee, watches hockey, and knits ridiculous toys. That mix feels about right for her books too, practical and playful at the same time, with plenty of room for both monsters and heart.
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