Karen Brooks Books in Order

A necklace from Cassandra’s missing mother transports her into Morphea, where myths live and dangerous figures pursue her. To rescue her father from Dr Proteus, she must find a way home while resisting the powerful pull of her mother’s world.

Caz and Simon sail toward the Borders of Imagination in search of the lost city of Atlantis. Their final quest becomes more dangerous as Peleus, the Master of the Word, returns and joins Hecate in plunging Morphea into war.

A humble candlemaker raises a rescued child as an apprentice near a mystical border and a canal-filled city. As the child's unusual gifts emerge, powerful enemies scheme to control an ancient magic hidden within the apparently ordinary craft.

The powerful Maleovelli family takes Tallow under its patronage, educating her while preparing to exploit her magical gifts. Trained in love, disguise, espionage, and assassination, she struggles with elusive memories and the threats concealed behind her new life.

Tallow escapes the Maleovellis and a city nearing war to enter the Limen in search of the Estrattore. As enemies and trusted allies plot to control her, she must confront her power and the sacrifices her destiny may demand.

Mallory Bright's talent for opening locks attracts Elizabeth I's spymaster, Francis Walsingham, who recruits her into dangerous intelligence work. Discovering conspiracies and witnessing persecution test her loyalty, leaving her caught between the needs of the realm and her heart.

Rosamund Tomkins escapes an abusive life at a country inn through marriage to merchant Everard Blithman. Working in his fashionable London chocolate house draws her into Restoration society, where business opportunities conceal dangerous family secrets and competing ambitions.

Widowed fishwife Sorcha McIntyre returns to Pittenweem in 1703, facing suspicion in a community governed by superstition. When accusations of witchcraft arise, she and other independent women struggle against religious authority, hostility, and fear for their lives.

After her father's ship disappears, Anneke Sheldrake turns to her mother's brewing recipes to support her siblings. Building a business in fifteenth-century England brings opposition and danger, forcing her to fight for her livelihood and her family's future.

Married to an elderly farmer at twelve, Eleanor Cornfed struggles for control of her life in medieval England. This reimagining of Chaucer's Wife of Bath follows marriages, pilgrimages, business ventures, and relationships from the woman's own perspective.

Cast out by her family, Tribulation Johnson arrives in Restoration London to live with playwright Aphra Behn. Their friendship and writing challenge restrictions on women, while political plots and figures from Aphra’s past place their loyalties in danger.

Florence Balcombe marries Bram Stoker and becomes a prominent hostess in London’s artistic circles. As her husband falls under Henry Irving’s influence and Oscar Wilde faces trial, she struggles to protect her family from secrets and disturbing visions.