Pennyroyal Green Books in Order
Part ofJulie Anne Long Books in OrderSee all Pennyroyal Green books by Julie Anne Long in order, with plot summaries, series background on the Eversea and Redmond families, suggested reading order, and guidance on where to begin the saga.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
12 books
Like No Other Lover
by Julie Anne Long
2008
Ruined by a secret scandal, celebrated beauty Cynthia Brightly must secure a rich husband during a country house party or be ruined. Miles Redmond, once dismissed by her as a second son and now his family’s heir, offers to help her catch a husband in exchange for one kiss, awakening feelings neither planned.
The Perils of Pleasure
by Julie Anne Long
2008
On the day he is to hang for a murder he did not commit, charming rogue Colin Eversea is snatched from the gallows by Madeleine Greenway, a cool headed mercenary hired to deliver him to shadowy employers. When someone tries to kill her, they become uneasy partners racing through London to unmask a deadly conspiracy.
Since the Surrender
by Julie Anne Long
2009
Battle scarred Captain Chase Eversea is drifting through postwar London when a mysterious note summons him to a museum. There he finds Rosalind March, the woman at the heart of his most dishonorable act, who now needs his help to find her missing sister, dragging them into danger and a reckoning with past desire.
I Kissed an Earl
by Julie Anne Long
2010
Restless and reckless, Violet Redmond suspects that the elusive pirate known as Le Chat might actually be her missing brother. She stows away on the ship of Asher Flint, newly made earl and privateer tasked with hunting the pirate, and their cat and mouse voyage across the sea turns into a stormy, unforgettable romance.
How the Marquess Was Won
by Julie Anne Long
2011
Trendsetting Julian Spenser, Marquess Dryden, plans to restore his family’s fortunes by marrying dutiful heiress Lisbeth Redmond. At a country gathering he finds himself instead captivated by Phoebe Vale, Lisbeth’s outspoken companion and a schoolteacher who has no intention of becoming a marquess’s mistress, forcing him to question every calculated choice he has made.
What I Did For a Duke
by Julie Anne Long
2011
After catching young Ian Eversea in a compromising position with his fiancée, cold, calculating Alexander Moncrieffe, Duke of Falconbridge, decides to ruin Ian by seducing his sister instead. Genevieve Eversea, far sharper and lonelier than anyone realizes, proves to be nothing like the pawn he expected, and revenge turns into consuming love.
A Notorious Countess Confesses
by Julie Anne Long
2012
Once a celebrated courtesan and now a widowed countess, Evie Duggan retreats to a small estate in Pennyroyal Green after scandal topples her from the ton. She expects rural boredom, not the disarming kindness and quiet desire she finds in Adam Sylvaine, the village vicar who risks his own good name by caring for her.
It Happened One Midnight
by Julie Anne Long
2013
Jonathan Redmond, charming rake and youngest son of the family, is given an ultimatum by his powerful father to marry or be cut off. His plans go awry when he is drawn into the dangerous, secretive world of Thomasina de Ballesteros, an illegitimate beauty running a risky scheme to help desperate women.
Between the Devil and Ian Eversea
by Julie Anne Long
2014
Beautiful, wealthy orphan Tansy Danforth is sent to Pennyroyal Green to find a respectable husband, and men fall at her feet wherever she turns. The exception is notorious charmer Ian Eversea, still haunted by his own past mistakes, whose reluctant fascination with Tansy turns into a battle between temptation, duty, and redemption.
It Started With a Scandal
by Julie Anne Long
2015
Disgraced schoolteacher and single mother Elise Fountain takes a last chance job as housekeeper to the intimidating Lord Philippe Lavay, a wounded French prince recuperating in Pennyroyal Green. As she wrestles his chaotic household into order and he hides pain behind icy arrogance, an unexpected tenderness flares into a powerful, risky affair.
The Legend of Lyon Redmond
by Julie Anne Long
2015
Years after Lyon Redmond vanished in the wake of a forbidden love, Olivia Eversea is preparing to marry another man when a ballad about their doomed romance sweeps London. As rumors of Lyon’s return stir old longing and family feuds, Olivia must finally face the truth about the choice that tore them apart.
Isaiah & Isolde
by Julie Anne Long
2025
Set generations before the Pennyroyal Green novels, this prequel follows Isaiah and Isolde, lovers from opposite sides of a deepening family divide. Their forbidden relationship fans the first sparks of the Redmond Eversea feud, turning one fateful choice into a legend that will echo through the village for centuries.
Series background & context
The Pennyroyal Green series is Julie Anne Long’s expansive Regency world, set in and around a small Sussex village whose pretty lanes hide a tangle of old grudges, secrets, and inconvenient attractions. Two powerful families anchor the books: the freewheeling, scandal prone Everseas and the more controlled, ambitious Redmonds.
The feud between these clans runs so deep that no one can quite agree on how it started, but everyone agrees on one thing. An Eversea and a Redmond falling in love is an invitation to disaster. That simmering tension hums underneath the standalone romances, giving the series a sense of continuity and anticipation even as each book focuses on a different couple.
The story proper begins with The Perils of Pleasure, where Colin Eversea escapes the gallows thanks to the intervention of practical mercenary Madeleine Greenway, and barrels through London in search of the truth about the crime he did not commit. Like No Other Lover follows scandal shadowed belle Cynthia Brightly, who must secure a husband at a country house party or face ruin, and Miles Redmond, the explorer who once adored her and now holds the power to help or destroy her.
From there the cast widens. Since the Surrender forces war hero Chase Eversea to confront Rosalind March, the woman at the center of one terrible choice in his past, as they search for her missing sister in London’s darker corners. I Kissed an Earl sends restless Violet Redmond to sea in disguise in pursuit of a pirate who might be her missing brother, only to fall for the ship’s uncompromising captain. What I Did For a Duke pairs jaded Alexander Moncrieffe with Genevieve Eversea in a revenge plot that turns into one of the series’ most beloved, emotionally intimate romances.
Later books push the families, and the village, even further. A Notorious Countess Confesses brings notorious former courtesan Evie Duggan to a modest manor house in Pennyroyal Green, where she finds an unlikely match in charming vicar Adam Sylvaine. It Happened One Midnight watches rake Jonathan Redmond collide with Thomasina de Ballesteros, an illegitimate businesswoman fighting to protect vulnerable women and children. Between the Devil and Ian Eversea and It Started With a Scandal explore war scars, housekeeper employer dynamics, and the slow rebuilding of trust.
Running beneath all of these stories is the question of what really happened between Lyon Redmond and Olivia Eversea, the golden heirs whose broken romance shook both families and left Lyon exiled. The Legend of Lyon Redmond finally pulls that thread tight, weaving together years of hints, ballads, and gossip into a conclusion that feels both inevitable and surprising.
Readers come to Pennyroyal Green for the witty banter and lush emotion, but they tend to stay for the way the series builds a whole community. Innkeepers, siblings, servants, and even old antagonists recur, maturing and changing as time passes. The books can be read out of order, yet following publication order lets the long running jokes and mysteries bloom in the most satisfying way.
If you like historical romance that feels as character driven and immersive as a television series, Pennyroyal Green offers a village you can move into for eleven novels and counting, with each new couple illuminating a different corner of that world.
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