Inkbound Books in Order

Inkbound is Shannon Mayer’s fairytale romantic fantasy series about Harmony, a young woman who has spent twenty-five years in the Hollow, poor, cursed by a cruel stepmother, and dreaming of a land she does not understand. Her best friend Molly and her falcon Fetch are the bright points in a small life. Then a royal ball turns into murder.

The story breaks open fast.

In Inked in Ashes, Harmony finds herself inside a twisted Cinderella-shaped nightmare, complete with a dead king, a sorcerer raising the dead, and a prince whose secrets are not easy to ignore. The bigger hook is the series promise: escape the page, or die trying. Harmony’s world may not be what she thinks it is, and fairytales are not safe just because they are familiar.

The next books keep that structure while shifting the story landscape. Inked in Onyx throws Harmony, Molly, and Fetch into a pirate-infested Neverland where a magical clock matters more than anyone wants to admit. Inked in Emeralds drops the adventure into an Oz-like world after another burst of story-magic.

The fun is in the remix. Mayer uses recognizable fairytale pieces, then twists them into something sharper, stranger, and more dangerous. Harmony is not just visiting stories. She is trying to survive them long enough to learn who she really is.

Start with Inked in Ashes. The series is built around momentum and discovery, so the order matters. If you like fairytale retellings with murder, banter, romance, and heroines who refuse to stay written into someone else’s plot, Inkbound is the right branch.