Luna Devere Books in Order
Part ofJM Griffin Books in OrderSee the Luna Devere books in order by J.M. Griffin, with quick summaries, series background, and an easy guide to where to start.
Last updated: July 3, 2026
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Luna Devere books in publication order
2 books
Faerie Cake Dead
by JM Griffin
2010
Divorcee Luna Devere runs Faerie Cake Junction, a tea shop surrounded by faerie folk, when a corpse turns up seated inside as if waiting for tea. With a skeptical sheriff, a troublesome ex, and a handsome contractor nearby, Luna has no easy way out.
Faerie Dust Dead
by JM Griffin
2014
Trouble hits Faerie Cake Junction when someone starts stealing faerie dust and dark magic creeps into the air. Luna Devere must sort out the mystery before a stranger, and whatever they are after, turns deadly.
Luna Devere books in chronological order
Series background & context
The Luna Devere books are where Griffin lets herself have real fun with magic. At the center is Luna Devere, owner of Faerie Cake Junction, a tea shop wrapped up in cupcakes, gossip, odd visitors, and faerie trouble. These books still work as mysteries, but they wear their fantasy side much more openly than the Vinnie Esposito stories.
The setting does a lot of the heavy lifting. Griffin places the series on the coast of Maine, which gives the books a breezy, slightly off-kilter atmosphere from the start. Faerie Cake Junction sounds cozy, and it is, but there is always a little tension under the frosting. Human life and faerie life sit close together here, and that means Luna is never dealing with just one set of rules.
In Faerie Cake Dead, the series opens with a corpse sitting in Luna's tea shop as if waiting to be served. That image tells you almost everything you need to know about the tone. The books are whimsical on the surface, but Luna is still facing real danger, real suspicion, and very human complications. A skeptical sheriff doubts her, a handsome contractor named Devin Radford unsettles her life in a different way, and her ex-husband adds pressure of his own.
By Faerie Dust Dead, the magical side of the world pushes further forward. Someone is stealing faerie dust, dark magic is drifting through the air, and a mysterious newcomer makes things worse instead of better. That gives the series an ongoing shape. Luna is not just solving isolated crimes. She is trying to keep order in a place where the supernatural is part of daily business and where the wrong magical disturbance can spill into everything else.
The tone lands somewhere between cozy mystery and light fantasy romance. There are murders and threats, but the books also make room for sweetness, attraction, and the everyday rhythm of running a small shop. That balance is important. Luna is not a warrior or a detective by trade. She is a woman trying to manage work, complicated relationships, and a world that keeps insisting on becoming stranger.
Luna herself helps keep the series grounded. She is practical enough to ask questions, warm enough to make readers care, and vulnerable enough that the magical elements never feel like easy solutions. The faerie folk around her add intrigue and charm, but they do not erase the risks. If anything, they multiply them.
If you like your mysteries with a frosting of fantasy, this is the Griffin series most likely to click. Expect tea, cupcakes, romantic tension, and a setting where murder can share the room with pixies and faeries without either one feeling out of place.
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