Sara C Roethle Books in Order
Browse Sara C Roethle's books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and easy starting points for her fantasy, paranormal, and romantasy worlds.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
49 books
Xoe
by Sara C Roethle
2009
High school is hard enough before vampires, werewolves, and demons show up in your small town. When her best friend is threatened, Xoe is forced to find out just how strange her life really is.
Accidental Ashes
by Sara C Roethle
2011
Xoe is still reeling from everything that changed last year when fresh abductions and an old face from her past throw her deeper into trouble. Protecting her friends gets harder by the day.
Broken Beasts
by Sara C Roethle
2013
Hoping for a breather, Xoe instead lands in the middle of werewolf politics, vampire threats, and a decision that could reshape her future. Her ragtag group has never had higher stakes.
Demon Down
by Sara C Roethle
2014
Bartimus has put a deadline on his contract, and Xoe is forced underground while danger keeps growing above it. Hiding proves no easier than fighting, especially when feelings get involved.
Falling Betwixt
by Sara C Roethle
2014
Madeline is stolen from her isolated life and dropped into a secret war among the Vaettir. Magic, deception, and a growing pull toward Alaric make every step into this hidden world more dangerous.
Blind Man's Bluff
by Sara C Roethle
2015
Madeline learns more about the Vaettir and starts to feel that she may belong with them, especially near Alaric and Sophie. That growing trust comes with a price she may not be able to pay.
Collide and Seek
by Sara C Roethle
2015
Madeline wants to believe she has finally found a place among the Vaettir, but secrets and shifting loyalties make that impossible. As her bond with Alaric deepens, belonging starts to look dangerous.
Curious Yarns
by Sara C Roethle
2015
This collection gathers three magical, slightly creepy tales for younger readers. It is a short stop on the gentler side of Roethle's imagination.
Death Cursed / Bitter Ashes
by Sara C Roethle
2015
Madeline's deadly touch gets her dragged into the hidden world of the Vaettir. Betrayed and hunted, she has to decide whether her curse can save humanity, or help destroy it.
Forgotten Fires
by Sara C Roethle
2015
Xoe has survived werewolves and vampires, but this time the hardest thing to face is herself. A suspicious murder pulls her back into action just when grief and change hit hardest.
Gone Ghost
by Sara C Roethle
2015
Some demons really should stay dead. With her life and everyone around her at risk, Xoe may finally have to accept help, even if it comes from the last place she expected.
Rock, Paper, Shivers
by Sara C Roethle
2015
On the run and running out of time, Madeline is pulled deeper into the hunt for a charm powerful enough to reshape the world. Every alliance feels shaky as the larger game around her comes into focus.
Tree of Ages
by Sara C Roethle
2015
After a century spent as a tree, Finn wakes in a changed world with almost no memory of who she was. As faie whispers spread and danger closes in, her forgotten past starts to matter to everyone.
Truth or Death
by Sara C Roethle
2015
This novella drops Madeline into the Vaettir world for the first time, frightened, isolated, and unsure whether her kidnappers are also her best hope. It is the bloody start of a much larger saga.
Clocks and Daggers
by Sara C Roethle
2016
Arhyen and Liliana are back in a London full of bodies, stolen formulas, and surgical horrors. To stop the killer, they have to unravel how every thread of the mystery connects.
Clockwork Alchemist
by Sara C Roethle
2016
Master thief Arhyen plans to steal a journal and instead finds an alchemist murdered and his automaton daughter alive. The case pulls him into a grim London mystery about artificial souls.
Duck, Duck, Noose
by Sara C Roethle
2016
Racing against time, Madeline is forced toward impossible choices about who can be saved and who may be sacrificed. The closer she gets to the truth, the more brutal the cost becomes.
Minor Magic
by Sara C Roethle
2016
Chasing answers about her father's secrets sends Xoe on a road trip into the human world. But trouble at home means she may have to choose between family mysteries and protecting her pack.
The Melted Sea
by Sara C Roethle
2016
War returns with the reappearance of the Tuatha De, and Finn's fractured world begins to break apart. Refugees gather, fear spreads, and the struggle between humans, magic users, and faie grows sharper.
Queen of Wands
by Sara C Roethle
2017
Memories restored, Finn must face her birthright and seek revenge for old wrongs without losing herself. The deeper she goes, the less certain she is about who the true enemy is.
The Blood Forest
by Sara C Roethle
2017
With the land in ruins, Finn heads back toward the meadow where everything began. She wants answers and a chance to help Iseult, but fate has much larger plans for her.
Under Clock and Key
by Sara C Roethle
2017
Trapped, hunted, and unsure whether Liliana is even alive, Arhyen races to escape before London pays the price. The answers he wanted finally surface when danger is at its worst.
Forest of Embers
by Sara C Roethle
2018
Finn thought she had paid for her choices, but gods and dragons have entered the game. Ancient magic returns demanding balance, and Finn may have to answer for the world's disorder herself.
Shoots and Tatters
by Sara C Roethle
2018
With the old gods back and the balance breaking apart, Madeline faces the fallout of everything she has survived. Fate, magic, and loyalty collide as the saga barrels toward its end.
The Oaken Throne
by Sara C Roethle
2018
Humanity is faltering under pressure from war and fear of the faie. Finn and those around her keep fighting for a different future, even as power and darkness press in from every side.
The Witch of Shadowmarsh
by Sara C Roethle
2018
Elmerah, an Arthali witch who prefers the safety of her swamp, is kidnapped by pirates and dragged into imperial politics. To survive, she must work with elves and face the sister she left behind.
Curse of the Akkeri
by Sara C Roethle
2019
Elmerah, Alluin, and Saida head for the Akkeri temples in search of a missing empress while demons and empire close in. Their mission tests every idea they have about loyalty, sacrifice, and power.
Minor Magics: The Demon Code
by Sara C Roethle
2019
Three years later, Xoe is running an investigation firm for the supernatural community when Chase faces a deadly trial. To save him, she will have to challenge demon law itself.
Fallen
by Sara C Roethle
2020
Just as Maddy starts to understand her quest, a mischievous Viking drags her into an older and stranger conflict. To get home, she has to survive bandits, fate-spinners, and the truth about what she is fighting for.
Fated
by Sara C Roethle
2020
Maddy's deadly gift has made her a danger to everyone around her, until kidnapping drops her into a hidden realm of magic and reanimating corpses. There, a dangerous charm and Alaric change everything.
Forged
by Sara C Roethle
2020
Torn across time, Maddy and an uneasy group of allies share one goal, stop Estus and bring their loved ones home. It is a rescue mission shaped by old grudges, fresh bargains, and bigger magic.
Found
by Sara C Roethle
2020
With Yggdrasil restored, Maddy faces judgment from the old gods themselves. If she cannot outwit them, the damage to time and fate could spread far beyond her own world.
Fury
by Sara C Roethle
2020
Estus still wants the key, and Maddy has run out of safe places to hide. Calling on the old gods may be her only chance, but gods are never generous and never simple.
Sea of Flames
by Sara C Roethle
2020
Gods, dragons, mortals, and faie are all moving toward the same storm, with Finn caught in the middle. A risky dragon bargain may be the only way to fight back.
The Elven Apostate
by Sara C Roethle
2020
After a devastating betrayal, Saida wants revenge while Elmerah and Alluin try to hold a fragile alliance together. Old wounds and rising tensions make every victory feel temporary.
City of Ashes
by Sara C Roethle
2021
Finn stops running and faces the final battle with the forces she helped awaken. Old enemies, hidden villains, and the future of the land all come together in the series finale.
Empire of Demons
by Sara C Roethle
2021
Elmerah struggles with the destructive power growing inside her as demons flood the land. Saida leads an army she never wanted, and both women race through a collapsing empire toward another war.
Blade of Demons
by Sara C Roethle
2022
Another ancient's death pulls Lyssandra and Asher into a new mystery filled with shadows, ghouls, and growing attraction. Freedom from their bond may be possible, but the price is steep.
Gods of Twilight
by Sara C Roethle
2022
With Elmerah sailing toward Shadowmarsh and Saida on the run, Isara is left to face the next threat largely alone. Past wounds, dark gods, and empire-level choices drive the final book.
Legend of the Arthali
by Sara C Roethle
2022
The demon may be dead, but peace does not last long. As the empire rebuilds, Elmerah and her allies face new rulers, old magic, and another fight for Faerune's future.
Reign of Night
by Sara C Roethle
2022
Vampire hunter Lyssandra is secretly bound to the very kind she was raised to kill. When a murder points back to the vampire who killed her uncle, her hunt turns into a dangerous alliance.
Blood of Ancients
by Sara C Roethle
2023
With her bond broken and her magic surging, Lyssandra prepares for war against Eiric. Murders inside the witches' ranks expose fresh secrets, including one hidden in her own blood.
Heir of Shadow
by Sara C Roethle
2023
Leaving the Helius Order behind, Lyssandra follows whispers of witch blood and finds terrified witches with their skins being stolen. Eiric is loose, time is short, and her world keeps widening.
Deadly Little Games
by Sara C Roethle
2024
Strange notes, a missing mother, and a reckless elven wizard push Eva deeper into magical politics. The more she learns, the more dangerous her bonds with her four potential allies become.
White Little Lies
by Sara C Roethle
2024
A lead from Eva's old boss sends her after answers about her mother, but it also drags her into a new mystery involving a poisoned nymph. The magical threads tying her to four men keep growing stronger.
Wicked Little Tricks
by Sara C Roethle
2024
Eva Nix can slip between magical realms, which is useful until a devil tricks her into a contract. Now goblins, vampires, and angelics all want something from her, and fast.
Savage Little Spells
by Sara C Roethle
2025
Eva is closer to the truth, but a missing fairy and mounting jealousy complicate everything. With danger rising in the Bogs, she risks losing the people and places she has started to love.
Vicious Little Vows
by Sara C Roethle
2025
Eva finally understands more of her magic, just in time for half the city to turn against her. Running for survival means fighting for her found family and whatever future they still can build.
Enchanted Little Endings
by Sara C Roethle
2026
The final Four Ways to Fate book picks up Eva's tangled magical and romantic story for one last round. It is the promised push toward big answers, safety, and hard-won happy endings.
Where should I start?
If you want epic fantasy with myth and prophecy: Tree of Ages → The Melted Sea → The Blood Forest
If you want dark fantasy romance with gods and monsters: Fated → Fallen → Fury
If you want vampire hunters and slow-burn tension: Reign of Night → Blade of Demons → Heir of Shadow
If you want YA paranormal chaos: Xoe → Accidental Ashes → Broken Beasts
If you want banter-heavy romantasy: Wicked Little Tricks → Deadly Little Games → White Little Lies
Author bio
Sara C. Roethle writes the kind of fantasy that likes a strong hook. A girl wakes after a century as a tree. A hunter discovers she is bound to a vampire. A teenager learns her ordinary life includes werewolves, demons, and a vampire she absolutely does not trust. Her books move fast, but the thing that keeps showing up is character. Public bios call her a fantasy author and part-time unicorn, which tells you a lot about the spirit of the work.
She has said that she was always a reader, but did not think she could write a book herself until something clicked when she was twenty-two. She wrote her first novel in about a month, self-published it soon after, and slowly turned that early experiment into a career. That beginning still matters when you look at her catalog. She has built series after series by following the worlds that kept tugging at her.
That long game shows up early in Xoe, her 2009 debut. It starts with a teenage girl dealing with school, friends, and a new guy in town, then cheerfully adds vampires, werewolves, witches, and demon trouble. Roethle kept returning to Xoe's world for years, which says something about how attached she gets to the people she writes.
She has even joked that she is incapable of letting them go.
For readers who want bigger secondary worlds, Tree of Ages is one of the clearest doors into her work. Its central image, Finn waking after a century spent as a tree, is strange in the best way, and the series grows from a mystery-driven opening into a much wider fantasy about memory, faie, prophecy, war, dragons, and gods. The Moonstone Chronicles goes another way, following Elmerah, a swamp witch pulled into imperial politics, demon trouble, and uneasy alliances with elves.
Roethle also likes stories where romance is tangled up with danger. Clockwork Alchemist drops a thief into a murder case involving an automaton with a soul, while Reign of Night begins with a vampire hunter who learns she is bound to the very kind she was raised to kill. More recently, Wicked Little Tricks shows a lighter side of her range, full of banter, magical contracts, and romantic chaos.
Across the catalog, a few patterns keep returning. She likes hidden worlds sitting beside ordinary life. She likes Celtic and Norse touches in her mythmaking. She likes characters who are frightened, stubborn, funny, and a little out of their depth. And she clearly enjoys mixing tones, letting a grim setup sit beside a dry joke or a very specific supernatural inconvenience.
That mix is part of her charm.
She also writes cozy paranormal mysteries under the pen name Sara Christene, which fits the way her fantasy often balances darkness with warmth and humor. Taken together, her books feel like the work of someone who loves fantasy's biggest possibilities but never wants to lose sight of the person stuck in the middle of the mess. Monsters matter. Gods matter. Magic matters. But the real engine is usually a character trying to figure out who they are, and what they are willing to do for the people they love.
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