Kathryn Ann Kingsley Books in Order
Explore Kathryn Ann Kingsley books in order, with series guides, quick summaries, and tips on where to start with her dark fantasy romances.
Last updated: July 11, 2026
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Kathryn Ann Kingsley books in publication order
55 books
Beyond Floating
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2013
An early standalone that leans into dark urban horror and fantasy. It follows damaged lives and supernatural unease as ordinary reality starts slipping in dangerous, unsettling ways.
King of Blood
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2019
The struggle among Under's rulers grows bloodier, and private loyalties start carrying public consequences. What once felt like a hidden bond now threatens to reshape the balance of power.
King Of Flames
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2019
In Under, everyone belongs to a magical house except the heroine, which makes her prey the moment her weakness is exposed. Her most dangerous problem is Aon, the masked king who begins haunting her dreams.
King of None
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2019
With old powers breaking apart, the cost of surviving Under keeps rising. Love, ambition, and sacrifice collide as the series drives toward its final reckoning.
King Of Shadows
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2019
As the bond between the heroine and Aon deepens, so does the risk of discovery. Rival houses, unstable magic, and court power plays turn desire into one more weapon that could destroy them both.
Queen of All
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2019
The final book brings the fate of Under, and the heroine's place within it, to a hard-won conclusion. Every dangerous choice made along the way comes due here.
Queen Of Dreams
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2019
Dreams, politics, and forbidden attachment keep tightening around the heroine as Under shifts beneath her feet. The third book pushes her farther into the dangerous heart of Aon's world.
Shadow Of Angels
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2019
Veil has died more than once and spent decades running from the archdemon who made her. When an occult threat tears through Boston, she is dragged back toward Asmodeus and the past she never escaped.
Blood of Angels
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020
Veil's impossible nature makes her a prize to enemies on every side, from cultists to beings far older than humans. As angelic and demonic politics tighten around her, so does her bond with Asmodeus.
Burning Hope
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020
Rose is still trapped in a fragile peace with Viktor, and the war's aftermath proves almost as dangerous as the fighting. Secrets, loyalty, and a growing attraction keep pushing her toward choices she never meant to make.
Curse of Dracula
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020
Maxine's bond with Dracula deepens just as the threat around them grows deadlier. With Boston at risk and hunters closing in, she must choose between saving innocents and surrendering to the monster she loves.
Cursed Opal
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020
As old wounds and new betrayals tear at the dominions, Rose and Viktor are forced deeper into the heart of a dangerous alliance. What started as captivity now threatens to become something far more binding, and far more costly.
Fall of Angels
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020
The final book pushes Veil into the center of a supernatural war she can no longer avoid. To survive, she must face the truth of what she is, and what loving a monster will cost.
Ghosts & Liars
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020
The secrets of Strande Estate grow stranger as Alice is pulled deeper into Julian's orbit. Ghosts, lies, and dangerous desire blur together until she can no longer trust the house, or her own heart.
Heart of Dracula
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020
In Boston, 1897, Maxine Parker is drawn into a war between vampire hunters and Dracula himself. Her curse has made human touch impossible, so discovering she can touch the Vampire King changes everything.
Illusions of Grandeur
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020
Alice Monroe takes a caretaker job at the vast Strande Estate and quickly learns the house is not empty. Between its living owner and the ghost of magician Julian Strande, nothing stays simple for long.
Steel Rose
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020
Rose has spent her life fighting the East Wind Dominion, so becoming prisoner to its feared commander is the last fate she wants. But Viktor Lang sees something impossible in her, and that makes escape far more complicated than war alone.
The Clown
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020
Cora starts uncovering uglier truths about Harrow Faire, including what the other performers know and fear. As Simon's hold tightens, the circus reveals just how much blood it is willing to spill.
The Contortionist
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020
Cora Glass steps into Harrow Faire expecting a spectacle and finds a living nightmare instead. The circus wants something from her, and Simon Waite, its deadly Puppeteer, wants her even more.
The Faire
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020
The final battle for Cora's freedom turns into a fight over the fate of Harrow Faire itself. Love, obsession, and living magic come to a head in a finale that refuses to play safe.
The Puppeteer
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020
Now trapped inside Harrow Faire, Cora is pulled deeper into Simon's obsession and the circus's hunger. The more she learns about the Faire, the clearer it becomes that escape may not be enough.
The Ringmaster
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020
With Mr. Harrow stepping more openly into the game, Cora is forced to confront the power structure behind the Faire itself. Simon may be dangerous, but he is no longer the only nightmare onstage.
Dreams of the Necromancer
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2021
Maggie is now fully inside Gideon's world of magic, monsters, and death. As enemies close in, desire and danger become almost impossible to separate.
Fear
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2021
A reckless firefighter who chases adrenaline learns there really is something to fear, because Fear itself takes an interest in her. Short, sharp, and strange, it turns terror into a very intimate problem.
Grave of Words
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2021
Under is under siege by flesh-eating corpses, and Ember may be the only thing standing between it and ruin. Worse, the maddeningly dangerous Rxa is now her prisoner, which makes every decision hurt more.
Kiss of the Necromancer
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2021
Maggie thinks she is hallucinating her own deaths until a Vatican priest tells her the truth is much worse. Her psychiatrist, Gideon Raithe, is a necromancer, and the dead are very real.
Mask of Poison
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2021
Ember, a hunter from a world overrun by the dead, wakes in Under just as disaster follows her there. Her path collides with Rxa, the resurrected King of Poison, and survival turns into something far more dangerous.
Ruin of Fate
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2021
The war for Under reaches its breaking point as Ember and Rxa are forced to face the full cost of power, death, and devotion. The final book drives their story toward a brutal, emotional reckoning.
Tale of the Necromancer
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2021
The final book pits Maggie and Gideon against the forces circling their impossible bond. To survive, they must face everything death magic has already taken from them, and everything it still wants.
The Astonishing Strande Brothers
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2021
A short companion tale that revisits the strange legacy around the Strande name. It adds one more sly, gothic turn to Julian's eerie world.
The Impossible Julian Strande
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2021
This collected edition follows Alice Monroe's full descent into the haunted world of Julian Strande. What begins as a job in a peculiar mansion becomes a complete gothic romance with a ghost who refuses to let go.
The Unseelie Crown
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2021
Abigail returns to Tir n'Aill hunted by enemies and caught in divine plans she does not understand. Valroy still wants his crown, but now she can become his queen, or his ruin.
The Unseelie Prince
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2021
Valroy wants the Unseelie throne, but tradition says he needs a bride first. So he steals Abigail, a human woman, and drags her into a lethal maze where survival and temptation quickly become tangled.
The Unseelie Throne
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2021
The path to the throne forces Abigail to choose between stopping Valroy and losing him. As the Maze twists tighter around love and war, right and wrong get harder to tell apart.
Frozen Dawn
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2022
The final reckoning arrives as war, power, and love collide across the Cardinal Winds world. Rose must decide what freedom really means, and whether she and Viktor can survive the storm they helped unleash.
Of Flesh & Bone
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2022
Emma is drawn deeper into Arnsmouth's hidden world as the city's horrors stop staying in the shadows. The mystery grows larger, the danger more intimate, and the cost of truth much steeper.
Of Grave & Glory
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2022
The final Tenebris book drives Emma toward the source of the darkness that took her brother. Horror, devotion, and buried history collide in a grim and emotional finish.
Of Visions & Secrets
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2022
In 1920s Arnsmouth, Emma Mather searches for her missing twin brother and finds a city steeped in darkness instead. Old secrets, occult forces, and a dangerous attraction begin pulling her under.
The Forgotten Phantom
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2022
Sent to investigate a century-old Phantom case at a crumbling opera house, Christine expects dust and bad records, not a monster waking in the dark. Soon the legend is staring back at her, and it wants far more than a conversation.
The Unseelie King
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2022
The crown, the court, and the future of Tir n'Aill all come down to one final clash. Abigail and Valroy's story reaches its darkest, most decisive point here.
The Vengeful Vampire
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2022
This Creature Feature entry gives vampire lore a dark romantic twist, pairing a determined heroine with a dangerous ancient predator. It is short, gothic, and very interested in what revenge does to love.
The Unseelie Duke
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2023
Alex's midnight ritual works far too well when it summons Izael, the Duke of Bones. He offers her seven days, seven nights, and one terrible bargain that ends with her soul in his hands.
To Bind a Dark Heart
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2023
After shattering the Iron Crystal, Gwen runs into a wilder and more dangerous Avalon. Mordred hunts her relentlessly, and the bond between them becomes impossible to ignore, or escape.
To Charm a Dark Prince
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2023
Transported to Avalon, Gwen is caught by Mordred, the Prince in Iron, and makes a deal to betray him from within. The plan is simple until the monster she means to ruin starts feeling dangerously human.
The Unseelie Wish
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2024
Alex's bargain with Izael grows more dangerous as her own power begins to matter to more than just the two of them. Desire, magic, and catastrophe all sharpen at once.
To Break a Dark Cage
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2024
War closes in as Gwen struggles to survive wild magic, enemies on every side, and the emotional wreckage left by Mordred. Loving him may save Avalon, or help destroy it.
To Love a Dark Lord
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2024
Mordred is trapped inside the Iron Crystal and losing himself by the day. Gwen will tear apart anyone standing between her and his rescue, even if freeing him unleashes something worse.
The Serpent's Bride
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2025
A woman bent on revenge disguises herself as the sacrificial bride of vampire prince Raziel Nostrom. Infiltrating his deadly family should help her kill him, but getting close to him ruins the plan.
The Unseelie Court
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2025
Ava is pulled deeper into fae politics, deadly revelations, and Serrik's dangerous orbit. The prison around her grows larger, stranger, and much harder to escape.
The Unseelie Exile
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2025
Ava follows enchanted lights into the woods and ends up trapped between realms with Serrik, a ruthless Unseelie exile. He means to use her, but the darker danger may be how much she wants him back.
The Unseelie War
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2025
The final Web of Shadows book pushes Ava and Serrik into open conflict over power, blood, and survival. What began as captivity ends in war, and love is no safer than anything else.
The Beginning
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2026
Sasha and Sidney are dragged into a realm made of every story ever told and forced into a deadly game by twin demigods, Vile and Virtue. The first round begins with temptation, terror, and very bad odds.
The End
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2026
The game between sisters, stories, heroes, and villains reaches its final round. To survive, Sasha and Sidney must outplay beings who think they already know every ending.
The Serpent's Sin
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2026
Love and vengeance keep colliding as Raziel's bride is drawn deeper into the Nostrom family's dangerous world. Hidden motives, blood ties, and desire make every next move more perilous.
The Serpent's Throne
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2026
The Bloodlines arc drives toward a final showdown over power, loyalty, and what Raziel and his bride are willing to become for each other. The throne is within reach, but it will not come cheaply.
Where to start with Kathryn Ann Kingsley
If you want a sinister circus romance: The Contortionist → The Puppeteer → The Clown → The Ringmaster → The Faire
If you want dark fae court politics: The Unseelie Prince → The Unseelie Crown → The Unseelie Throne → The Unseelie King
If you want a bigger fantasy saga with dangerous rulers: King Of Flames → King Of Shadows → Queen Of Dreams
If you want gothic ghosts and a tighter starting point: Illusions of Grandeur → Ghosts & Liars
If you want vampires with a gothic edge: Heart of Dracula → Curse of Dracula
Kathryn Ann Kingsley sub-series and character series
- Bloodlines (Kathryn Ann Kingsley) books in order
- Creature Feature books in order
- Deal of Shadows books in order
- Fall of Under books in order
- Halfway Between books in order
- Harrow Faire books in order
- Immortal Soul books in order
- Maze of Shadows books in order
- Memento Mori (Kathryn Ann Kingsley) books in order
- Tenebris books in order
- The Cardinal Winds books in order
- The Impossible Julian Strande books in order
- The Iron Crystal books in order
- The Masks of Under books in order
- Vile & Virtue books in order
- Web of Shadows books in order
Bloodlines (Kathryn Ann Kingsley) books in order
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The Clown
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020Harrow Faire, Book 3
The Contortionist
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020Harrow Faire, Book 1
The Faire
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020Harrow Faire, Book 5
The Puppeteer
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020Harrow Faire, Book 2
The Ringmaster
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020Harrow Faire, Book 4
The Astonishing Strande Brothers
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2021Harrow Faire, Book 6
Harrow Faire books in chronological order

The Contortionist
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020Harrow Faire, Book 1
The Puppeteer
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020Harrow Faire, Book 2
The Clown
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020Harrow Faire, Book 3
The Ringmaster
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020Harrow Faire, Book 4
The Faire
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020Harrow Faire, Book 5
The Astonishing Strande Brothers
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2021Harrow Faire, Book 6
Immortal Soul books in order
Explore this seriesMaze of Shadows books in order
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The Unseelie Crown
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2021Maze of Shadows, Book 2
The Unseelie Prince
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2021Maze of Shadows, Book 1
The Unseelie Throne
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2021Maze of Shadows, Book 3
The Unseelie King
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2022Maze of Shadows, Book 4
Maze of Shadows books in chronological order
Memento Mori (Kathryn Ann Kingsley) books in order
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Explore this seriesThe Cardinal Winds books in order
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Burning Hope
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020The Cardinal Winds, Book 2
Cursed Opal
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020The Cardinal Winds, Book 3
Steel Rose
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020The Cardinal Winds, Book 1
Frozen Dawn
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2022The Cardinal Winds, Book 4
The Cardinal Winds books in chronological order
The Impossible Julian Strande books in order
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Ghosts & Liars
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020The Impossible Julian Strande, Book 2
Illusions of Grandeur
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2020The Impossible Julian Strande, Book 1
The Impossible Julian Strande
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2021The Impossible Julian Strande, Book 3
The Impossible Julian Strande books in chronological order
The Iron Crystal books in order
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To Bind a Dark Heart
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2023The Iron Crystal, Book 2
To Charm a Dark Prince
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2023The Iron Crystal, Book 1
To Break a Dark Cage
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2024The Iron Crystal, Book 3
To Love a Dark Lord
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2024The Iron Crystal, Book 4
The Iron Crystal books in chronological order
The Masks of Under books in order
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King of Blood
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2019The Masks of Under, Book 4
King Of Flames
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2019The Masks of Under, Book 1
King of None
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2019The Masks of Under, Book 5
King Of Shadows
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2019The Masks of Under, Book 2
Queen of All
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2019The Masks of Under, Book 6
Queen Of Dreams
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2019The Masks of Under, Book 3
The Masks of Under books in chronological order

King Of Flames
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2019The Masks of Under, Book 1
King Of Shadows
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2019The Masks of Under, Book 2
Queen Of Dreams
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2019The Masks of Under, Book 3
King of Blood
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2019The Masks of Under, Book 4
King of None
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2019The Masks of Under, Book 5
Queen of All
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
2019The Masks of Under, Book 6
Vile & Virtue books in order
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Author bio
Kathryn Ann Kingsley was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, and she has clearly been drawn to strange stories for a long time. Long before readers started picking up her dark fantasy romances, she was already building worlds through stage work, design, and scriptwriting.
One early spark she has mentioned was seeing The Phantom of the Opera when she was young. That mix of menace, longing, spectacle, and the wrong person being the most interesting person never really left her.
Before novels took over, she spent years writing scripts for stage performances and for tourism in Boston. She also studied at Boston University, where she earned a BFA in Theatre Design. That background matters when you read her work. Her books tend to feel staged in the best way, with strong visual settings, dramatic entrances, and scenes that know exactly where the light should hit.
She has also worked in video game development and interactive entertainment, in roles that have included Creative Director, Chief of Staff, Design Manager, Executive Producer, and Principal Writer. She has said she has handled everything from game and set design to audio, lighting, illustration, and script work. You can feel that hands-on builder energy in her fiction.
A lot of readers first meet her through The Unseelie Prince or The Contortionist. Those books make a pretty good introduction to what she does: dangerous love interests, fantasy worlds with sharp teeth, and heroines who have to make terrible choices while fully aware that the monster in front of them is, in fact, a monster.
She has also written books like Illusions of Grandeur, Heart of Dracula, and To Charm a Dark Prince. The settings change, haunted mansions, cursed circuses, vampire-haunted Boston, twisted Avalon, but the pull is often the same. Readers come for the tension, the atmosphere, and the fact that her villains do not suddenly turn gentle just because romance has entered the room.
That seems to be the thread running through most of her bibliography.
Again and again, she returns to obsession, power, bargains, transformation, and the blurry line between fear and desire. Fae kings, necromancers, ghosts, vampires, masked rulers, living nightmares, they all fit comfortably in her work. Even when the books get playful or theatrical, there is usually something sharp underneath.
She shares an antique home with her husband and three very fluffy animals. Away from the page, she has also talked about building animatronics and taking trapeze classes, which feels exactly on brand for a writer whose stories love spectacle almost as much as they love trouble.
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