Sharon Shinn Books in Order

A young wizard’s apprentice discovers that his powerful teacher has used magic to turn living people into obedient servants. The teacher’s mysterious wife becomes central to his growing understanding of love, power, and freedom.

Gabriel is destined to become Samaria’s next Archangel, but first he must marry Rachel, a mortal woman who distrusts angels. Their difficult partnership becomes vital as the annual song to Jovah, and the land’s future, draws near.

More than a century after *Archangel*, Samaria faces worsening weather and political unrest. The new Archangel Alleluia must find help when Jovah no longer seems to hear the angels’ songs, except for hers.

A child raised among angels sets out across Samaria in search of the legendary Alleluia Files. The documents may reveal the truth about Jovah and change the balance of power between angels, mortals, and rebels.

Interfed investigator Cowen Drake arrives on Semay to solve the murders of priestesses from two opposing faiths. The case forces him through a world of beauty, devotion, and danger, where every answer raises a harder question.

On a world divided by race, wealth, and gendered power, scientist Nolan and rebel Katrini are drawn together across dangerous social lines. Their growing connection challenges the hatred and political violence shaping both their communities.

Corie spends each summer at Castle Auburn with her noble half sister and the prince she once adored. As she grows older, she begins to see the court’s beauty, cruelty, and treatment of the mysterious aliora more clearly.

Created from frozen embryonic tissue and raised without affection, Jenna Starborn grows into a sharp, compassionate young woman. A post at remote Thorrastone brings her face-to-face with its secretive master and a life-changing choice.

Set centuries before *Archangel*, this Samaria novel follows the early struggles of a world shaped by angels and their appointed Archangel. Love, survival, and the rules holding angel and mortal society together are all put to the test.

In Samaria, women who seek the attention of angels are admired by some and scorned by others. This return to the world after *Archangel* follows a young woman whose hopes and choices bring her into that complicated orbit.

Damiana is the Safe-Keeper of Tambleham, trusted with secrets no one else can hear. When a stranger leaves a newborn in her care, she raises him beside her daughter, setting both children on unexpected paths.

Mystic Senneth is sent south to investigate dangerous unrest in Gillengaria. Traveling with fellow magic users and the king’s Riders, including the wary Tayse, she uncovers a movement built on fear of mystics and rebellion.

Mirror twins Adele and Eleda learn that one is a Safe-Keeper and the other a Truth-Teller. Their gifts complicate friendship, romance, and royal expectations during one life-changing summer in their kingdom.

King’s Rider Justin befriends Ellynor, a novice living within a secluded religious order. He soon learns she is a mystic being manipulated by fanatics who want her to hunt and kill others like herself.

Kellen has been raised as a boy because of her mother’s fears, and Gryffin is her clever, physically limited best friend. When Gryffin is named the kingdom’s Dream-Maker, the castle separates them just as their friendship begins to change.

Shiftling Kirra takes her half sister’s form to attend the gatherings of Gillengaria’s powerful houses. Reunited with old allies and drawn to Lord Romar, she finds that courtly appearances conceal a deadly conspiracy.

Averie travels to the occupied land governed by her powerful military father, expecting an adventure. Instead, friendships, romance, and the people of Chiarrin force her to question the privilege and violence behind her family’s position.

Mystic Cammon must help Princess Amalie find a suitable husband while concealing his own feelings for her. As Amalie’s powers grow stronger, a diplomatic mission becomes a struggle to protect her from enemies and herself.

Haunted by guilt over failing her king, Rider Wren leaves Gillengaria and wanders in search of useful work. At the estate called Fortune, she finds new people to protect and old dangers she can no longer outrun.

Adopted from China and raised in St. Louis, Daiyu finds a black jade ring that sends her through the Gateway Arch into another world. Recruited as a spy, she must navigate revolution, wealth, and a love that may not survive her return.

Four novellas visit four of Shinn’s fantasy worlds, including Samaria and Gillengaria. The stories explore love, betrayal, duty, and unexpected journeys while giving readers a closer look at familiar settings and new characters.

After a family death leaves her vulnerable, Zoe Ardelay flees to the royal city of Welce. There she learns her water blessing carries rare power, and she becomes entangled in court politics, danger, and an unexpected romance.

Melanie has always hidden that her half sister Ann is a shapeshifter. When a writer starts asking questions and Ann returns sick after months away, Melanie must decide whether protecting her sister means finally letting others in.

Maria has loved Dante for fifteen years, knowing he becomes a wild animal every month. When brutal attacks occur while he is shifted, she must face the terrifying possibility that love and loyalty cannot explain everything.

Princess Josetta is far from the throne and prefers helping people in Welce’s royal city. When gambler Rafe Adova needs protection, their false courtship draws them into questions of inheritance, loyalty, and a dangerous hidden past.

Rural veterinarian Karadel quietly shelters shapeshifters while searching for a way to control their transformations. A new romance and a friend’s dangerous public shift threaten to expose the community she has worked hard to protect.

Princess Corene stows away to Malinqua, hoping to compete for a crown with her loyal guard Foley beside her. Instead, she finds a glittering court where visiting princesses are treated more like hostages than guests.

Former spy Leah Frothen returns to Welce hoping for a quieter life and a chance to know the daughter she left behind. A new assignment pulls her back into royal intrigue, where family wounds and foreign threats collide.

After war destroys much of her family, Colleen lives alone under a harsh occupying force. A growing underground resistance offers hope, but joining it could cost her the fragile safety she has left.

Hope is an Echo, created to copy Lady Elyssa’s every move, until cruelty awakens her mind. As she learns to hide her new independence, Hope discovers a plot that could endanger both Prince Jordan and the kingdom.

Chessie survives in the royal city with two friends who share an extraordinary secret. When Lord Dezmen investigates an attack on the prince, Chessie is drawn into a mystery involving her past, her identity, and a looming political threat.

Brianna becomes lady’s maid to Marguerite, a noblewoman accompanied by three silent doubles called Echoes. A trip to the royal city turns dangerous when a death and a desperate masquerade put both women in jeopardy.

Five stories range from Samaria and the Twelve Houses to fairy-tale twists and secretive romances. The collection includes angels, magic, hidden pasts, and characters whose ordinary hopes lead them into extraordinary trouble.

This collection gathers seven speculative stories, including ghostly mysteries, magical troubles, and science-fictional turns. The pieces focus on people facing old secrets, difficult losses, and choices that refuse to stay safely in the past.

Earthquakes shake Corcannon as a former priest, a mercenary, a threatened noblewoman, and a gifted child are pulled into the city’s oldest secrets. Their separate missions converge around the forces that have held the continent together.

Forest-loving Valentina Serlast reluctantly comes to the royal city for her brother’s coronation. Old friend Sebastian, foreign intrigue, and the threat of war pull her into a court life she hoped she could avoid.

Teleportation lets Taylor Kendall live in Chicago while tutoring the terminally ill son of a wealthy Houston businessman. When the man is murdered, Taylor’s ability to travel anywhere quickly makes her alibi look dangerously convenient.

This Twelve Houses novella returns to Gillengaria for a shorter story of magic, danger, and relationships shaped by old loyalties. It offers another visit with the world’s mystics, Riders, and shifting political shadows.