Kerri Maniscalco Books in Order

If you love Victorian gothic mysteries: Stalking Jack the Ripper → Hunting Prince Dracula → Escaping from Houdini → Becoming the Dark Prince → Capturing the Devil.
If you want witchy romantasy with a slow burn demon romance: Kingdom of the Wicked → Kingdom of the Cursed → Kingdom of the Feared.
If you prefer adult, steamier demon prince stories: Throne of the Fallen → Throne of Secrets → Throne of Nightmares.
If you like to read by publication era: Start with the Stalking Jack quartet, then the Kingdom of the Wicked trilogy, then the Princes of Sin books in release order.

Kerri Maniscalco grew up just outside New York City in a semi haunted old house where strange noises and flickering lights were part of everyday life. That creaky setting, plus a steady diet of mystery shows and spooky stories, helped seed her love of gothic fiction.

As a kid she was always making things, sketching characters in the margins of notebooks and filling journals with ideas. She studied art and design in college in New York, but the pull of storytelling never really went away. She was fascinated by forensic science and unsolved crimes, and liked the idea of building a life where she could explore those obsessions on the page. Eventually she realized that writing novels let her combine all of it, from visual design to crime scenes to a taste for the dramatic.

That mix comes through clearly in her breakout series that begins with Stalking Jack the Ripper. The book follows Audrey Rose Wadsworth, a young woman who sneaks into her uncle's laboratory to study forensic medicine while Victorian London whispers about a brutal killer in Whitechapel. The mystery, real historical photographs, and a slow burn partnership with fellow student Thomas Cresswell struck a chord with readers and pushed the novel onto the New York Times bestseller list.

Across the rest of the quartet, Hunting Prince Dracula, Escaping from Houdini, Becoming the Dark Prince, and Capturing the Devil, Maniscalco sends Audrey Rose and Thomas from a remote Romanian academy to a glamorous transatlantic liner and finally to the World's Fair in Chicago. Each stop marries detailed historical research with body filled autopsy tables, twisty investigations, and a relationship that has to weather grief, fear, and the everyday sexism of the 19th century.

After several books steeped in gaslight and fog, she turned toward witchcraft and demon courts with the Kingdom of the Wicked trilogy. Drawing on her Sicilian heritage, family recipes, and old stories about the devil, she created twin witches Emilia and Vittoria, a bustling Palermo trattoria, and the seven princes of Hell who slip between myths and the mortal world. The books lean into lush descriptions of food, dangerous bargains, and the kind of enemies to lovers romance that grows out of shared danger and sharp banter.

Her later work expands that world for an adult audience in the Princes of Sin series, beginning with Throne of the Fallen and Throne of Secrets, and continuing with Throne of Nightmares. Each novel focuses on a different demon prince and a heroine who can match him, whether that means a blackmailed artist, a stubborn reporter, or a book loving librarian pulled into an enchanted library and a deadly quest.

Behind the scenes, Maniscalco has been open about living with chronic Lyme disease, an invisible illness that reshaped her schedule and the way she tours. The long months of fatigue and pain she worked through while drafting and revising her early books helped inspire her decision to give Audrey Rose a chronic medical condition of her own, so readers with similar experiences could see themselves at the center of a story instead of at the edges. She often talks about learning to protect her health first, even when deadlines and expectations loom.

Day to day, she writes from Tennessee, where she lives with her family and a small pride of cats. When she is not drafting or revising, she cooks, reads widely with a soft spot for steamy romance, and drinks what she cheerfully admits is too much tea. Online she shares snippets of works in progress, cover reveals, and glimpses of the research that goes into every book, from medical oddities to Sicilian folklore.

Across all of her series, certain threads repeat in different ways, including curious heroines who refuse to stay quiet, ornate settings that feel one draft away from a haunted house, and mysteries that reward attention to the smallest clue. Whether she is writing about Jack the Ripper, witch wars in Sicily, or demon princes with cursed courts, Maniscalco keeps her focus on character, atmosphere, and the promise that even in the darkest worlds there is room for love and a well earned happy ending.