Michelle Griep Books in Order
Explore Michelle Griep books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and easy advice on where to start, from Gothic tales to Victorian romance.
Last updated: June 8, 2026
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Publication Order
24 books
Gallimore
by Michelle Griep
2008
Grieving widow Jessica Neale is drawn to the ruins of Gallimore and into the path of Colwyn Haukswyrth, a medieval knight facing invasion and prophecy. Their unlikely bond stretches across centuries in a story of faith, forgiveness, and time travel.
Undercurrent
by Michelle Griep
2011
Professor Cassie Larson falls into the North Sea and wakes in Viking-age Norway. With a murder accusation, divided loyalties, and danger closing in, her fight to survive becomes a time-travel romance with real stakes.
A Heart Deceived
by Michelle Griep
2013
Miri Brayden hides her brother's madness to keep both of them from disaster, while Ethan Goodwin is an opium addict wanted for murder and trying to change his life. Their meeting sets off lies, prison, and an asylum, with truth their only way out.
Brentwood's Ward
by Michelle Griep
2015
Lawman Nicholas Brentwood agrees to serve as Emily Payne's guardian for the money her father offers. Emily plans to snare a husband, Nicholas needs to help his sister, and both are thrown off course by mishaps, mystery, and unexpected affection.
Writer Off the Leash
by Michelle Griep
2015
This practical writing guide tackles fear, craft, and the everyday work of finishing a novel. Griep keeps the advice funny and direct, making it useful for beginners and seasoned writers alike.
Out of the Frying Pan
by Michelle Griep
2016
When a chef is found dead at a retirement village, sisters Fern and Zula Hopkins launch their own wild investigation. Cozy mystery meets family chaos as cooking, crime, and cartel trouble heat up fast.
The Captive Heart
by Michelle Griep
2016
English governess Eleanor Morgan flees to colonial America and winds up in a marriage of necessity to frontiersman Samuel Heath, a man accused of murder. The wilderness around Charles Town is dangerous enough, but learning whom to trust may be harder.
12 Days at Bleakly Manor
by Michelle Griep
2017
Clara Chapman accepts a mysterious Christmas invitation that promises enough money to restore her family fortunes. Then she finds her former fiancé among the guests, and the festive house party turns into a puzzle of secrets, danger, and second chances.
A Tale of Two Hearts
by Michelle Griep
2018
Mina Scott dreams of more than life at her family's inn, while charming William Barlow needs a fake wife to secure his uncle's inheritance. Their holiday arrangement looks simple until pretending starts to feel painfully real.
The Captured Bride
by Michelle Griep
2018
Mercy Lytton, raised among the Mohawks and gifted with keen eyesight, is sent into wartime wilderness on a dangerous mission. Elias Dubois, condemned as a traitor, joins her under duress, and their divided loyalties complicate every mile.
The Innkeeper's Daughter
by Michelle Griep
2018
Undercover officer Alexander Moore poses as a rogue at Johanna Langley's Dover inn while hunting a traitor to the crown. Johanna is fighting to save her family from ruin, and trusting the wrong man could cost them everything.
Ladies of Intrigue
by Michelle Griep
2019
This collection gathers three historical romances with mystery at the edges, from smugglers on the Cornish coast to unrest at Fort Snelling and secrets in 1890 St. Paul. Each novella pairs danger with a strong love story and a brisk pace.
The Noble Guardian
by Michelle Griep
2019
Abigail Gilbert sets out to marry well, only to be attacked by highwaymen and saved by weary lawman Samuel Thatcher. Their bargain journey across England is full of danger, sharp banter, and growing feelings neither planned for.
The Old Lace Shop
by Michelle Griep
2019
Newly widowed Bella White keeps one of her late husband's businesses and heads north to help run a lace factory. There she meets Edmund Archer, the old love she never forgot, and together they face sabotage, hard choices, and a possible second chance.
The House at the End of the Moor
by Michelle Griep
2020
Hiding on the moors from a powerful politician, opera star Maggie Lee rescues escaped convict Oliver Ward. When they realize the jewels tying them together could clear his name and expose her, survival turns into a risky partnership.
Lost in Darkness
by Michelle Griep
2021
Amelia Balfour returns to England when a radical operation might change her disfigured brother's life. Instead she finds a reckless surgeon, a deadly experiment, and a dark Gothic mystery that tests what makes a monster.
The Thief of Blackfriars Lane
by Michelle Griep
2021
Constable Jackson Forge needs help finding a missing cab driver, so he reluctantly teams up with Kit Turner, a clever swindler who robs the rich to help the poor. Their uneasy alliance pulls them into deeper danger than either expects.
The Bride of Blackfriars Lane
by Michelle Griep
2022
While preparing to marry detective Jackson Forge, Kit Turner digs into the men who maimed his brother and uncovers trouble in her own past. Victorian romance, wit, and danger collide as their future is put at risk.
Man of Shadow and Mist
by Michelle Griep
2023
In 1890 North Yorkshire, librarian Rosa Edwards refuses to believe the talk that Sir James Morgan is some kind of vampire. As she digs past rumor and fear, she finds illness, secrets, and a brooding hero worth defending.
Of Gold and Shadows
by Michelle Griep
2024
Egyptologist Ami Dalton lives a double life, scholar by day and rescuer of stolen artifacts by necessity. When Edmund Price hires her to assess a collection, a cursed griffin and a tangle of hidden motives turn research into adventure.
The Sleuth of Blackfriars Lane
by Michelle Griep
2024
Now married, Kit Forge is juggling home life, motherhood, and a new detective agency with her father. When she takes a missing-child case, she and Jackson are pulled so deep that their own family ends up in danger.
Of Silver and Secrets
by Michelle Griep
2025
Eva Inman needs money to save her family estate and care for her blind sister, so she gambles on buried Roman relics beneath supposedly cursed land. Excavating them means working with Bram Webb, the one man tied to memories she would rather avoid.
Belle's Christmas Carol
by Michelle Griep
2026
Belle Beaumont inherits a struggling London orphanage and hopes to give its children a joyful Christmas, only to find fire damage and chaos instead. When barrister Rafe Munro arrives searching for a missing child and answers of his own, holiday sparks begin to fly.
The Bird of Bedford Manor
by Michelle Griep
2026
After her father's disgrace, Juliet Finch survives by poaching until Henry Russell catches her on his estate. His offer of pardon comes with a dangerous job, track the person stalking his sister before Juliet becomes the next target.
Where should I start?
If you want Victorian mystery and romance: The Thief of Blackfriars Lane → The Bride of Blackfriars Lane → The Sleuth of Blackfriars Lane
If you want Regency adventure: Brentwood's Ward → The Innkeeper's Daughter → The Noble Guardian
If you want Christmas stories with Dickensian charm: 12 Days at Bleakly Manor → A Tale of Two Hearts → The Old Lace Shop
If you want darker Gothic fiction: Lost in Darkness → Man of Shadow and Mist
If you want treasure hunts and archaeology: Of Gold and Shadows → Of Silver and Secrets
Author bio
Michelle Griep was born in Minneapolis and spent much of her life in Minnesota before later settling in Missouri. She has said she started writing as soon as she discovered blank walls and Crayolas, which feels like a very accurate origin story for someone who would go on to write so many lively, twisty historical romances.
It wasn't one sudden career pivot.
While raising four children, she carved out one night a week to escape to the library and work on fiction. The first manuscript took three years and never sold, but she kept learning, kept writing, and after about seven years at it, her medieval time-travel novel Gallimore became her first published book.
She has described the next stretch of her career as a long, practical climb. Another early novel, A Heart Deceived, reached a larger publisher after an editor came across her blog, and Griep kept moving forward by building relationships with editors, going to conferences, and turning one opportunity into the next.
That steady, working-writer path fits her books. They feel researched without showing off, and they often center on people who are trying to rebuild a life rather than simply win a happy ending. In one 2018 interview, she also mentioned teaching creative writing and U.S. history at a local high school co-op, which makes sense when you see how much her novels enjoy the texture of the past.
England, especially the 1800s, is clearly one of her favorite places to imagine. Her fiction moves through London streets, coaching roads, manor houses, windswept moors, and shadowy corners where reputation can fall apart overnight. Even when she heads elsewhere, as in the frontier setting of The Captured Bride or the Viking-age world of Undercurrent, she still gravitates toward outsiders, hidden motives, and the hard work of trust.
She also likes a story with a little shadow in it.
Many readers first meet her through 12 Days at Bleakly Manor, the Christmas mystery-romance that won a Christy Award. Others start with The Thief of Blackfriars Lane, where a constable and a swindler make an unexpectedly perfect pair, or Lost in Darkness, her Gothic riff on Frankenstein. More recent books like Of Gold and Shadows show another side of her work, with archaeology, cursed objects, and quick-moving Victorian intrigue. Across all of them, the common thread is easy to spot: strong atmosphere, brisk plots, faith, and characters who need grace as much as they need love.
Awards have followed along the way. She won a Christy Award for 12 Days at Bleakly Manor and a Carol Award for The Doctor's Woman, and books like The Thief of Blackfriars Lane and The Captive Heart have been INSPY finalists. Those details matter, but what keeps readers around is simpler. Her books move, her settings feel lived in, and even the darkest turns usually leave room for hope.
Today she lives in Missouri and keeps the Anglophile part of her life very much intact. She has joked about tending a proper English garden, fending off armadillos, and scheming up the next historical romance. That mix of humor, history, and heart sums up her work pretty well.
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