Robin D Mahle Books in Order
Browse all Robin D Mahle books in order, with reading guides, world summaries, series timelines, and tips on where to start her fantasy romance and World Apart stories.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
28 books
The Fractured Empire
by Robin D Mahle
2018
In a rigid empire still reeling from a catastrophic blast, heiress Adelaide and rebel thief Clark collide over a stolen artifact. Forced to flee the only lives they knew, they uncover conspiracies, buried grief, and a connection that could either save or shatter their world.
The Silent Explosion
by Robin D Mahle
2018
This prequel novella returns to the event that haunts the series, tracing the choices, secrets, and betrayals that lead to the Silent Explosion. It offers a closer look at the power plays and human costs behind the catastrophe that reshaped the Ceithren Empire.
Winter's Captive
by Robin D Mahle
2018
Princess Charlotte's wedding collapses when rebels kidnap her fiancé and mark her kingdom for war. Determined to prove she is more than a sheltered pawn, she rides into enemy lands with a prickly escort and discovers how little she knows about her own world.
Autumn's Reign
by Robin D Mahle
2019
Charlie returns to a shattered kingdom where her husband is in chains and a tyrant holds the throne. Forced to play the part of obedient consort, she quietly gathers allies and learns what it really means to wage a war for everything she loves.
Spring's Rising
by Robin D Mahle
2019
Fresh from captivity, Charlie is scarred in body and mind while rebellion spreads across two kingdoms. As old lies shatter, she must unite allies, face the rebels' mark on her people, and decide what she is truly willing to sacrifice for peace.
Summer's Rebellion
by Robin D Mahle
2019
Now a queen in waiting, Charlie balances funerals, coronations, and a looming wedding while assassins and conspirators work in the shadows. Every choice pulls her between duty and desire as she fights to protect her people without losing herself.
Of Thorns and Beauty
by Robin D Mahle
2020
Sold into an arranged marriage with a mysterious northern king, Zaina arrives at a remote, secret ridden castle carrying scars and secrets of her own. To protect her sisters, she must survive courtly games, buried curses, and a husband who may be more monster than man.
The Ever Falls
by Robin D Mahle
2020
Believing the worst is behind them, Addie and Clark return home to find a new threat waiting in the heart of the empire. As a shadowy organization moves to seize control, they have to decide how much they are willing to risk to stop another catastrophe.
The Forgotten World
by Robin D Mahle
2020
Shipwrecked on opposite ends of an impossible island, Clark and Addie must survive enemies, grief, and each other. Separated by more than distance, they grapple with broken promises and the people they are becoming in a battle that could cost them their last hope.
The Tempest Sea
by Robin D Mahle
2020
Kidnapped with a volatile relic around her neck, Addie is dragged across strange seas by people who will kill for its power. Clark and a ragtag crew race after her through pirate infested waters, ruthless societies, and hidden tech that could change their world forever.
Crimson Kingdom
by Robin D Mahle
2021
Safe in Lochlann but haunted by the past, Rowan faces pressure to secure a marriage alliance before her people drag two nations back into war. With suitors at every turn and no good options, she risks everything for a love that could break her kingdom.
Obsidian Throne
by Robin D Mahle
2021
War lines are drawn and Rowan can no longer outrun the consequences of her choices. As enemies circle both kingdoms, she has to decide what kind of queen she will be and whether the love she never wanted is worth going to war for.
Of Beasts and Vengeance
by Robin D Mahle
2021
Zaina thought escape would keep everyone she loves safe, but running with her husband's only hope for a cure makes her a target on all sides. Hunted by the same monster that shaped them both, she and Einar must decide whether they are enemies or uneasy allies.
Of Glass and Ashes
by Robin D Mahle
2021
Aika has spent her life as one of Madame's girls, trained to smile and obey. When painful truths shatter that loyalty, she is ready to burn the glittering city to the ground for answers, even if it means trusting a boy from her past who could ruin everything.
Promises and Pixie Dust
by Robin D Mahle
2021
Thumb sized Lina leaves the only home she has ever known to seek a hidden kingdom where people are her size. Bound to protect her by a desperate bargain, farm boy Edrich joins her through the deadly Enchanted Forest, where bitter history and slow kindling feelings collide.
Scarlet Princess
by Robin D Mahle
2021
A reckless Lochlann princess agrees to a simple diplomatic errand that turns into a kidnapping and an international scandal. Trapped in the hands of the enemy she was raised to hate, Rowan must navigate brutal politics, unexpected kindness, and a dangerous pull toward her captor.
Tarnished Crown
by Robin D Mahle
2021
Rowan was ready to marry for love and for her kingdom, until an ancient law binds her to the most feared man in Socair. As blood debts and rivalries close in, she must decide whether this unwanted bond is prison or protection.
Of Thieves and Shadows
by Robin D Mahle
2022
With her found family standing on opposite sides of a brewing war, Aika enters a perilous marriage that could save an entire kingdom or doom it. Torn between loyalty to a monster and love for a man who despises her, she must choose whom to betray.
Fragile Oath
by Robin D Mahle
2023
After the best night of his life, Davin wakes to a dead cousin, a missing fiancée, and murder accusations. While he chases Galina across a rebellion torn land, she is trapped back in the hands of the man she once fled, gambling everything to keep Davin and his kingdom alive.
Hollow Court
by Robin D Mahle
2023
Desperate to escape an uncle who treats her like property, Galina crosses the sea to demand a fake betrothal from Davin, the scandal ridden Lochlann prince she once wronged. Playing at love to protect their people, they become targets of spies, rebels, and their own unfinished history.
Of Songs and Silence
by Robin D Mahle
2023
Melodi grew up under Madame's control, the silent sister left behind when Zaina and Aika escaped. Haunted by an irresistible song from the sea and stolen away to the brutal undersea kingdom of Mayim, she must decide whether to trust the man sent to capture her or cling to vengeance.
Of Elves and Embers
by Robin D Mahle
2024
A reluctant Vegas party girl falls through a portal into an elven realm and is collared by a king who insists she is the reincarnation of his greatest enemy. As wraiths and rival courts close in, Ember must piece together a forgotten life before it destroys the new one she wants.
Onyx Cage
by Robin D Mahle
2024
Set alongside The Lochlann Feuds, Onyx Cage retells Rowan and Evander's story from his point of view. As he claims her in blood debt to protect his clan, Evander fights duty, desire, and a captive princess who makes his ordered life spiral into chaos.
Bound to the Shadow Queen
by Robin D Mahle
2025
Torn from Winter and dragged into the Unseelie Wilds, Everly is forced to confront the truth of her bloodline and the queen who wants to use it. Draven pursues her through hostile magic and rising monsters, unsure whether finding her will save his realm or destroy it.
Cursed to the Ruined Court
by Robin D Mahle
2025
As ice and shadow swallow the land, a queen hated by many of her own people and a king losing an unwinnable war fight on collapsing fronts. To break the curse, Everly and Draven must decide what they will sacrifice, their crowns, their court, or each other.
Fated to the Frost King
by Robin D Mahle
2025
Everly Elarion, a bastard fae with a dangerous lineage, is forced to marry Draven Ashwynter, the icy king of the Winter Court. Named his fated mate, she becomes both his greatest weakness and his last chance to save a kingdom sliding toward ruin.
Onyx Cage: Volume II
by Robin D Mahle
2025
This companion volume continues Evander's side of the saga through the final Feuds books. With Rowan once more in mortal danger, he learns just how far he will go for his clan, his kingdom, and the sharp tongued princess he swore he could let go.
Of Fate and Flames
by Robin D Mahle
2026
An upcoming tale in Robin D Mahle's elven romantasy lineup, Of Fate and Flames is set to bring more high stakes magic, courtly intrigue, and slow burn romance to the growing world of Forgotten Kingdoms inspired stories.
Where should I start?
If you want a sweeping princess-to-queen story: Winter's Captive → Spring's Rising → Summer's Rebellion → Autumn's Reign.
If you love enemies-to-lovers politics: Scarlet Princess → Tarnished Crown → Crimson Kingdom → Obsidian Throne → Onyx Cage → Onyx Cage: Volume II.
If dark fairy tale retellings are your thing: Of Thorns and Beauty → Of Beasts and Vengeance → Of Glass and Ashes → Of Thieves and Shadows → Of Songs and Silence.
If you prefer sci fi touched rebellion: The Fractured Empire → The Tempest Sea → The Forgotten World → The Ever Falls.
If you want standalone fairytale adventures: Promises and Pixie Dust → Of Elves and Embers.
Author bio
Robin D Mahle began as a shared pen name for a husband and wife who could not stop swapping story ideas on long road trips and late nights. What started as private thought experiments soon turned into a real project, a way to put all that daydreaming on the page.
The two of them bring very different obsessions to the table. One grew up on anime, comics, and big cinematic battles. The other loved sinking into thick novels filled with complicated families and quiet character beats. Together, they built a style that leans on both action and emotion.
Before castles and cursed crowns took over their schedule, they wrote the World Apart series. Those books follow Adelaide and Clark, two young people on opposite sides of a crumbling empire who are forced to work together after a mysterious catastrophe. The mix of near future tech, political tension, and found family laid the groundwork for everything that came after.
As the World Apart stories wrapped, Robin leaned harder into the fantasy and fairy tale side of things and teamed up with author Elle Madison. That partnership became the heart of sprawling romantasy worlds like Lochlann, Twisted Pages, and, more recently, Frostbound Court. Readers showed up for the enemies to lovers tension and stayed for the messy, lovable casts that stretch across series.
Day to day, life looks a lot less glamorous than the books suggest. The female half of the duo works as a captioner for the deaf and hard of hearing, juggling deadlines with scripts and subtitles. Her husband, a Marine Corps veteran, homeschools their two kids and sneaks in writing sessions between math lessons and gardening.
They live in Colorado now, trading years of Texas heat for mountain air, a pair of dogs, a cat, and stacks of notebooks.
Most of their stories circle the same core questions. What does it cost to keep the peace. How far will someone go for the people they love. Can a person raised as a weapon or a pawn choose a different path. Princesses like Charlotte and Rowan, thieves like Zaina, and outcasts like Everly all push against the roles their worlds hand them.
Robin and Elle like to joke that their real speciality is making readers cry, whether from a brutal cliffhanger, a ridiculous bit of banter, or a hard won confession in the middle of a battlefield.
The tone might zigzag between sharp humor and aching vulnerability, but the promise underneath is steady, every couple gets a true happily ever after.
Between convention trips, long drives, and late night writing marathons, they keep building new corners of their worlds, from enchanted forests and undersea kingdoms to icy fae courts. Whether you start in Lochlann, with the twisted fairy tales, or back in the Ceithren Empire, you are stepping into the work of a team that has been telling stories together for years and has no plans to stop.
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