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MaryJanice Davidson Books in Order

Browse MaryJanice Davidson books in order, from Queen Betsy onward, with quick summaries, series guides, and easy help on where to start.

Last updated: July 8, 2026

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Adventures of the Teen Furies

by MaryJanice Davidson

1998

This brisk YA fantasy gives mythic power to a younger cast and lets the resulting trouble unfold at a fast, punchy clip.

By Any Other Name

by MaryJanice Davidson

1998

One of Davidson's earlier novels, this is a darker romance shaped by identity, secrets, and feelings that refuse to stay under control.

Thief of Hearts

by MaryJanice Davidson

2001

An early romance with a caper feel, where deception, danger, and desire keep pushing the leads closer together than either planned.

The Royal Treatment

by MaryJanice Davidson

2002

Christina Krabbe is swept into the orbit of Alaskan royalty, including a king with a fishing obsession and a young son. In Davidson's alternate Alaska, love is never a private matter.

Undead and Unwed

by MaryJanice Davidson

2002

On her thirtieth birthday, Betsy Taylor gets fired, hit by a car, and wakes up a vampire. Worse, everyone keeps insisting she is destined to be their queen, whether she likes it or not.

Surf's Up

by MaryJanice Davidson

2003

A beach-set anthology of romantic stories where heat, travel, and vacation energy make bad decisions feel like excellent ideas.

Under Cover

by MaryJanice Davidson

2003

An early romantic suspense story where hidden motives, close quarters, and rising attraction make every move riskier than it first appears.

Beggarman, Thief

by MaryJanice Davidson

2004

A later return to Davidson's early romance territory, this story plays with pursuit, secrets, and two people who each have more to hide than they admit.

How to Be a "Wicked" Woman

by MaryJanice Davidson

2004

A romance anthology about women who do not stay sweet or obedient for long. Davidson's contribution fits the rule-breaking mood perfectly.

LTF

by MaryJanice Davidson

2004

Successful romance novelist Marie Hhermann has a stalled career, a gay best friend she loves, and no patience left. Then a sharp-tongued literary agent walks into her mess.

Undead and Unemployed

by MaryJanice Davidson

2004

Betsy finally lands a job selling shoes, only to learn that vampire politics do not pause for retail hours. Someone is killing vampires in Minneapolis, and the queen is expected to fix it.

Derik's Bane

by MaryJanice Davidson

2005

Werewolf Derik is sent to California to find the reincarnation of Morgan le Fay and stop whatever she is planning. The mission would be easier if desire did not get in the way.

Hello, Gorgeous!

by MaryJanice Davidson

2005

After a fatal car accident, salon owner Caitlin James is revived with advanced technology and a body that can do impossible things. Then the scientists who saved her start dying.

Jennifer Scales and the Ancient Furnace

by MaryJanice Davidson

2005

Jennifer thinks puberty is bad enough before blue scales and claws show up. Learning she comes from a line of weredragons is only the start of her problems.

Really Unusual Bad Boys

by MaryJanice Davidson

2005

This anthology leans into strange, sexy heroes and paranormal romance with bite. Davidson's story adds her usual mix of heat, jokes, and supernatural trouble.

The Royal Pain

by MaryJanice Davidson

2005

Princess Alexandria Baranov falls into a romance with Dr. Sheldon Rivers, which would be simpler if royalty and public scrutiny did not complicate everything.

Undead and Unappreciated

by MaryJanice Davidson

2005

Betsy's complicated unlife gets worse when a very unusual little sister enters the picture. Family drama, prophecy, and vampire expectations collide fast, and Betsy is stuck in the middle.

Undead and Unreturnable

by MaryJanice Davidson

2005

Betsy tries to deal with love, loyalty, and the trouble that comes with being vampire royalty. The closer she gets to a future with Sinclair, the messier everything around her becomes.

Dead and Loving It

by MaryJanice Davidson

2006

This collection brings together four paranormal stories involving werewolves, vampires, and one memorable fiend. It is a fast, sexy side trip through Davidson's connected supernatural worlds.

Drop Dead, Gorgeous!

by MaryJanice Davidson

2006

Caitlin James is still dealing with the aftermath of being rebuilt by science. New dangers and new questions about what she has become keep the pressure on.

Jennifer Scales and the Messenger of Light

by MaryJanice Davidson

2006

Jennifer is stuck between weredragons, beaststalkers, and werarachnids, with no safe side to stand on. If she cannot help find peace, her family and whole bloodlines could be lost.

Mysteria

by MaryJanice Davidson

2006

A shared-world anthology set in a town where magic has warped everyday life. Davidson's story adds werewolves and romantic trouble to the wider supernatural mix.

Sleeping with the Fishes

by MaryJanice Davidson

2006

Fred Bimm is a cranky half-mermaid working at the New England Aquarium when toxic seawater and two very different suitors change everything. She would really rather not be the center of events.

Undead and Unpopular

by MaryJanice Davidson

2006

Betsy gets dragged back toward human obligations just as undead business turns ugly again. Ordinary life is never ordinary for long in this series.

Demon's Delight

by MaryJanice Davidson

2007

Four paranormal novellas, including Davidson's Witch Way, mix curses, demons, angels, and hard-to-resist attraction into one fast-moving anthology.

Doing It Right

by MaryJanice Davidson

2007

A contemporary romance about trying to get life, love, and expectations lined up correctly when other people keep making all three harder than they should be.

No Rest for the Witches

by MaryJanice Davidson

2007

This witchy anthology serves up multiple paranormal romances built around magic, sparks, and trouble. Davidson's contribution fits neatly with the book's playful supernatural mood.

Swimming Without a Net

by MaryJanice Davidson

2007

Fred is pulled deeper into merfolk life and caught between Thomas and Prince Artur. She also finds herself in the middle of a growing fight over whether her people should stay hidden.

The Royal Mess

by MaryJanice Davidson

2007

Another Baranov romance, this one folds royal duty, public chaos, and personal feelings into the same overstuffed palace. Privacy is not really an option.

The Silver Moon Elm

by MaryJanice Davidson

2007

Just as Jennifer starts feeling at home with her dragon kin, an elder dragon arrives and stirs up dangerous division. Trouble in Crescent Valley quickly becomes trouble for her whole family.

Undead and Uneasy

by MaryJanice Davidson

2007

Betsy should be enjoying the next phase of her unlife, but weddings and undead obligations refuse to play nicely together. The dead are restless, and so is she.

Dead Over Heels

by MaryJanice Davidson

2008

This anthology collects three paranormal stories, including a Queen Betsy honeymoon novella, a mermaid romance, and a werewolf dating disaster. Davidson keeps all three moving fast.

Fish Out of Water

by MaryJanice Davidson

2008

Fred chooses Artur over Thomas just as the existence of the Undersea Folk goes public. Then her real father surfaces, and undersea politics turn personal in a hurry.

Mysteria Lane

by MaryJanice Davidson

2008

Return to a magic-soaked small town where every resident seems to have secrets and every romance comes with a supernatural catch. Davidson contributes another mischievous piece to the shared world.

Undead and Unworthy

by MaryJanice Davidson

2008

Being queen does not help Betsy make easy personal choices. Love, power, and undead politics all pull in different directions here.

Seraph of Sorrow

by MaryJanice Davidson

2009

Jennifer is still trying to become the bridge between warring sides of her family. Learning the oldest dragon skills might save everyone, if it does not destroy her first.

The Incredible Misadventures of Boo and the Boy Blunder

by MaryJanice Davidson

2009

This comic short gives Boo Miller and Eddie Batley their backstory, mixing awkward heroics, offbeat romance, and a superhero flavor that fits Davidson's sense of humor.

Undead and Unwelcome

by MaryJanice Davidson

2009

Betsy heads to Cape Cod with a body, a bad feeling, and no clear welcome waiting for her. The werewolves she needs help from are not exactly known for warm hospitality.

Me, Myself and Why?

by MaryJanice Davidson

2010

Cadence Jones is an unconventional FBI agent chasing a killer who murders in threes. Her work is hard enough before her love life, and her own mind, start making things even stranger.

Outta the Bag

by MaryJanice Davidson

2010

A short prequel to the Cadence Jones novels, this story offers an early look at Cadence's unusual world before the murders and romantic complications hit full force.

Rise of the Poison Moon

by MaryJanice Davidson

2010

Jennifer faces her ex-boyfriend Skip, whose werarachnid powers and hunger for revenge have grown more dangerous. To stop him, she may have to risk her own darker side.

Undead and Unfinished

by MaryJanice Davidson

2010

Betsy and Laura are thrown backward through time, forcing Betsy to look at family history from much too close a distance. The past is every bit as unruly as the present.

Evangelina

by MaryJanice Davidson

2011

A violent incident sends government agents after Evangelina Scales, Jennifer's sister. The final Jennifer Scales book widens the world and shifts the danger onto the next generation.

Undead and Undermined

by MaryJanice Davidson

2011

After a brutal trip through time, Betsy comes home to a life that feels far less secure than before. Trust, family, and the future all look shakier now.

Wolf at the Door

by MaryJanice Davidson

2011

This later Wyndham novel mixes wolf politics, crossover energy, and romantic trouble with the comic weirdness longtime Davidson readers will recognize.

Yours, Mine, and Ours

by MaryJanice Davidson

2011

The second Cadence Jones novel keeps the FBI case and romantic chaos moving at full speed. Cadence's already unstable life gets stranger as the Threefer mystery tightens around her.

Driftwood

by MaryJanice Davidson

2012

A Wyndham-linked paranormal romance, this story keeps the werewolf world's mix of heat, dark humor, and trouble close to the shoreline.

Dying for You

by MaryJanice Davidson

2012

This anthology gathers four paranormal romances featuring a ghost, a witch and witch-hunter, a psychic, and a vampire-werewolf pairing. Davidson moves fast and keeps the supernatural complications high.

Paradise Bossed

by MaryJanice Davidson

2012

Originally part of an anthology and later reissued, this tropical paranormal romance adds Davidson's humor to a setting full of temptation and magical trouble.

Undead and Unstable

by MaryJanice Davidson

2012

The balance of power around Betsy keeps shifting, and so do the demands on her time, heart, and patience. Stability has never been her strongest genre.

Underwater Love

by MaryJanice Davidson

2012

This omnibus gathers the full Fred the Mermaid trilogy. It is the easiest way to follow Fred from aquarium worker with a secret to key player in undersea political chaos.

Undead and Underwater

by MaryJanice Davidson

2013

Betsy reluctantly teams up with Fred the mermaid when a mutual friend needs help. Vampires and undersea politics are a bad mix, which is exactly why this works.

Undead and Unsure

by MaryJanice Davidson

2013

Betsy faces one of the strangest turns of her already impossible unlife. Big personal news collides with the usual pile of vampire and Hell-related responsibilities.

You and I, Me and You

by MaryJanice Davidson

2013

Cadence Jones is trying to build something like a normal life, which is a terrible idea during a murder investigation. Moving day, romance, and violence pile up at the worst possible time.

Undead and Unwary

by MaryJanice Davidson

2014

Betsy would love one stretch of calm, but her world keeps refusing to cooperate. Queenly duties, family complications, and new supernatural trouble all hit at once.

Undead and Unforgiven

by MaryJanice Davidson

2015

By this point Betsy is juggling marriage, Hell, family, and supernatural grudges all at once. As usual, she would prefer everyone stop needing things from her immediately.

Danger, Sweetheart

by MaryJanice Davidson

2016

This contemporary opener mixes attraction, family mess, and the kind of trouble the title promises. Davidson keeps the tone brisk, funny, and just a little chaotic.

Deja Who

by MaryJanice Davidson

2016

Leah Nazir can see past lives, and too many of hers end in murder. To survive the present, she and P.I. Archer Drake have to figure out who keeps finding her across time.

Undead and Done

by MaryJanice Davidson

2016

The finale throws Betsy into full-scale chaos after vampires are exposed to the human world. Home, family, and the whole undead order are suddenly on the line.

Deja New

by MaryJanice Davidson

2017

Leah Nazir heads to Chicago with Archer Drake to investigate a murder buried in his family's past. For someone who sees past lives for a living, family history is still dangerous.

Hickeys and Quickies

by MaryJanice Davidson

2017

A short story collection featuring a Queen Betsy outing, a Frankenstein-style romance, and a comic angels-and-devils tale. It is a good snapshot of Davidson's shorter work.

Keep You Brave and Strong

by MaryJanice Davidson

2017

Set against Hurricane Harvey, this short brings mermaids, werewolves, and vampires into a rescue effort. It is one of Davidson's more openly charitable and hopeful supernatural pieces.

Medical Miracle

by MaryJanice Davidson

2017

Beth Waldman survived disaster by becoming something close to a modern Frankenstein creation. She would like one routine exam, but the man who watched her transformation has other ideas.

Monster Love

by MaryJanice Davidson

2017

A werewolf and a vampire make for an uneasy pair in this short paranormal romance. Attraction comes easily, trust very much does not.

My Angel Is My Devil

by MaryJanice Davidson

2017

Lilith Tien wants a decent sex life and a little peace, but her literal angel and devil will not stop commenting. That makes every romantic choice much louder than it needs to be.

Sirena

by MaryJanice Davidson

2017

Jack Reddit has loved a mermaid for years, despite species differences, distance, and her refusal to see him as more than a friend. He is not ready to give up yet.

Undead and Unmistakable

by MaryJanice Davidson

2017

A playful grab bag of Queen Betsy material, this collection lets Davidson revisit her most famous vampire world in shorter, looser form.

Unwavering

by MaryJanice Davidson

2017

In this Queen Betsy short, Betsy wants one quiet stretch of alone time with Sinclair. Living in a crowded supernatural mansion means that simple goal gets complicated almost at once.

A Snicker of Werewolves

by MaryJanice Davidson

2018

This all-werewolf collection gathers Davidson's wolf stories and novellas, including hard-to-find pieces. Expect pack tension, dark humor, and several very bad decisions made for romantic reasons.

Carrie (Not That Carrie)

by MaryJanice Davidson

2018

A quick comic short about names, assumptions, and a woman whose life keeps refusing to match what other people think they know about her.

Unreliable

by MaryJanice Davidson

2018

Betsy is back in a short, funny mystery where everyone remembers the same important event differently. She is determined to prove that her version of reality is the correct one.

A Contemporary Asshat at the Court of Henry VIII

by MaryJanice Davidson

2020

An English Renaissance Faire, a migraine, and an experimental pill dump Joan Howe into the real Tudor court. Staying alive around Henry VIII is hard enough before time travel turns into a job.

Bears Behaving Badly

by MaryJanice Davidson

2020

Werebear social worker Annette Garsea is trying to protect a vulnerable teen when murder attempts start piling up. Teaming with investigator David Auberon feels smart, and very inconvenient.

The Love Scam

by MaryJanice Davidson

2020

Rake Tarbell wakes up in Venice with no wallet, missing millions, and a little girl claiming to be his daughter. Claire Delaney has answers, but helping him may cost her more than she planned.

Truth, Lies, and Second Dates

by MaryJanice Davidson

2020

Airline captain Ava Capp would rather keep flying away from her past. Returning to Minnesota means facing a cold case, an inconveniently attractive doctor, and feelings she thought she had buried.

A Wolf After My Own Heart

by MaryJanice Davidson

2021

After a year on the run, a weary heroine lands in more trouble when a wolf shifter enters her life. A rescued cub, sudden danger, and mate-level attraction complicate everything.

I Have a Tapeworm

by MaryJanice Davidson

2021

Davidson's nonfiction collection gathers columns, blog posts, reviews, and recipes. It is funny, sharp, and full of stories about writing, pop culture, and everyday annoyance.

Mad for a Mate

by MaryJanice Davidson

2022

The third BeWere My Heart novel pairs shy bear shifter Magnus Berne with Verity Lane, a bear shifter who cannot shift. Their romance arrives with mystery, pack issues, and Davidson's usual comic edge.

A Swift Kick in the Crochet

by MaryJanice Davidson

2023

A mischievous short that turns an ordinary hobby into comic mayhem. It has the same quick banter and sideways humor longtime Davidson readers expect.

Road Queens

by MaryJanice Davidson

2023

Three estranged biker friends who once helped domestic violence survivors are reunited by a murder that may be framing one of them. Friendship, old wounds, and a fresh investigation drive the story.

Undead AF

by MaryJanice Davidson

2023

Years after the original finale, Betsy returns for an emotional new adventure. Anniversary plans, family pain, and the old supernatural crowd all crash together again.

The Official CaFae Latte Cookbook

by MaryJanice Davidson

2024

A character-driven cookbook inspired by the CaFae Latte world, filled with approachable recipes and playful commentary. It is part fandom tie-in, part genuinely useful kitchen book.

The Reluctant Reaper

by MaryJanice Davidson

2025

Amara Morrigan has spent years avoiding the family business because her father is Death. When he falls mysteriously ill, she has to step into the role she never wanted.

Where should I start?

If you want funny vampire chaos: Undead and UnwedUndead and UnemployedUndead and Unappreciated
If you want mermaids with romance and mystery: Sleeping with the FishesSwimming Without a NetFish Out of Water
If you want offbeat romantic suspense: Me, Myself and Why?Yours, Mine, and OursYou and I, Me and You
If you want YA fantasy: Jennifer Scales and the Ancient FurnaceJennifer Scales and the Messenger of LightThe Silver Moon Elm
If you want alternate-history royalty: The Royal TreatmentThe Royal PainThe Royal Mess

Author bio

MaryJanice Davidson writes the kind of books where vampires worry about shoes, mermaids get dragged into love triangles, and the jokes keep flying even when the supernatural trouble is very real. She is an American novelist best known for funny paranormal romance, but her backlist also stretches into young adult fantasy, contemporary romance, short fiction, and nonfiction.

She grew up on military bases and moved often because her father served in the Air Force.

That shows up in her work more than you might expect. Her characters are often outsiders, or at least people who never feel fully settled, and they tend to cope the same way Davidson seems to, by getting sharper, funnier, and harder to push around. In interviews, she has said she started writing when she was young, then began submitting seriously in her early twenties after realizing people actually made a living that way. It did not happen fast. She kept going through years of rejection, wrote constantly, and built a career the stubborn way.

That streak matters.

Her breakout book, Undead and Unwed, introduced Betsy Taylor, a newly dead, newly vampiric heroine who would rather talk about designer shoes than destiny. Readers loved the mix of snark, romance, and supernatural mess, and the Queen Betsy books became her signature series. Davidson kept that comic energy in other worlds, too, from Sleeping with the Fishes, about a cranky half-mermaid with a very complicated love life, to Me, Myself and Why?, which turns an FBI investigation into a strange, funny romantic suspense story.

She has also written for younger readers. The Jennifer Scales books, written with her husband Anthony Alongi, follow a girl who learns she is part weredragon and gets caught in a much bigger conflict than she expected. Those novels show another side of Davidson's work, still fast and funny, but more focused on growing up, family history, and figuring out who you are when the answer keeps changing.

Across genres, some things stay the same. Davidson likes heroines who are blunt, practical, and a little exasperated by the worlds they have landed in. She likes supernatural setups, but she usually grounds them in everyday problems, jobs, relatives, grief, attraction, money, or the simple fact that other people are exhausting. Even when the premise is wild, the emotional engine is usually very human.

She lives in Minnesota with her family, and in recent years she has continued to jump between genres instead of staying in one lane. That restlessness feels right for her work. A MaryJanice Davidson book might give you vampires, royal families, FBI agents, werewolves, or Death's daughter, but it will almost always give you a heroine with a strong opinion and a refusal to behave exactly the way the story expects.

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