Jeannie Lin Books in Order

A chance encounter in Tokyo brings an unexpected romantic possibility to a young woman's journey. This semi-autobiographical story considers personal identity and connection in a digital age through the uncertainty and promise of meeting someone new.

Withdrawn former imperial consort Ling Suyin is abducted by a ruthless warlord caught in dangerous politics. Li Tao seeks the secrets surrounding her, but attraction and her unexpected innocence threaten the emotional distance he has relied on for survival.

Nobleman Fei Long needs a princess to present to the emperor and turns to outspoken tea servant Yan Ling. Training her to pass as an aristocrat becomes increasingly difficult as desire threatens the propriety on which his plan depends.

Serving at the prestigious Lotus Palace, practical Yue-ying expects little from the privileged world around her. A deadly mystery draws her together with flirtatious scholar Bai Huang, creating a connection that challenges the social barriers separating their lives.

Sword dancer Li Feng evades a determined thief-catcher while seeking answers about her past. As Han closes in, attraction complicates his certainty about justice, forcing him to choose between duty and the woman whose courage has unsettled his convictions.

In a steampunk Qing China, Jin Soling is abducted after trying to sell her executed father's invention. Ordered to recover technology that could power the imperial fleet, she works with her former betrothed while questioning whose interests their mission serves.

Wanted after attempting to kill a corrupt general, Bao Yang accidentally compromises an ally's daughter and must marry her. Jin-mei joins his dangerous mission, hoping to persuade him that their future together deserves more than a life consumed by revenge.

Sent to Japan to seek an alliance against foreign pressure on China, physician Jin Soling discovers their contact has been murdered. Hunted as spies and pursued by mechanical samurai, her expedition must escape before its diplomatic mission becomes a fatal trap.

Summoned to a warlord's castle to build a mysterious device, puppet maker Hanzo encounters a courtesan forced to sing through every night. Their connection makes escape more complicated, testing whether he will risk himself to save her.

Five romantic stories set in Tang Dynasty China follow heroines navigating desire, danger, and social expectations. This collection brings together four previously published tales and a new novella, connecting its lovers with the wider world of Jeannie Lin's historical novels.

Jeannie Lin and Bria Quinlan examine how writers can discover and strengthen a distinctive narrative voice. Discussion of professional development combines with practical techniques intended to make individual style more recognizable, compelling, and effective for readers.

Disguised for a forbidden outing, Lady Bai witnesses a fatal stabbing and discovers secrets surrounding her brother. An enigmatic man named Gao helps her investigate, leaving her torn between exposing a killer and protecting her own family.

Three steampunk stories explore rebellion in Shanghai, a dangerous search for an unmarked island, and an imperial examination threatened by concealed identity. Characters across the Gunpowder Chronicles confront technological change, loyalty, and love in an unsettled nineteenth-century world.

Asked to assist her brother's assassination inquiry, Lady Bai turns to streetwise Gao for help. Their investigation reaches from the capital's poorest quarters to the imperial palace, while an attraction neither can openly pursue deepens their unlikely partnership.

Scholar Lu Yan's hard-drinking search for enlightenment is interrupted by a stranger's warning about approaching demons. Trapped at a roadside inn, he must sober up, locate his sword, and discover whether he can face the supernatural danger.

Working with her former betrothed in a secret automaton factory, physician Jin Soling struggles to reconcile family, love, and loyalty to China. Smuggling voyages and unrest in Shanghai reveal threats within the empire as dangerous as those beyond its borders.

Newly married Constable Gao and Wei-wei investigate the death of a Taoist sorcerer during Ghost Month. As strange events surround the case, they must distinguish supernatural warnings from threats rooted in Gao’s past that could destroy their happiness.

Magistrate Li Chen and courtesan Song Yi begin investigating a stranger’s death and a missing woman in the Tang capital’s pleasure quarter. Their growing attraction collides with public duty and secrets from their pasts that threaten any shared future.

Courtesan Pearl reunites with Lu Xian, the former scholar whose quest to avenge his father tore them apart. Their renewed connection offers another chance at happiness, but his return from exile may complete the revenge that first cost them love.

Princess Ai Li flees an arranged marriage in Tang Dynasty China and seeks help from Ryam, a foreign swordsman. Their journey brings danger and attraction, while her obligations to her family complicate the trust growing between them.

Courtesan Mingyu and reserved constable Wu Kaifeng are drawn into the suspicious death of a powerful official. Their strained history and growing attraction complicate a dangerous investigation in which crossing social boundaries could threaten them both.