Sylvia Mercedes Books in Order

Apprentice shade hunter Ayleth enters a competition to win the Golden Prince’s favor and escape her controlling mentor. Alongside rival Terryn, she confronts supernatural threats beyond the Great Barrier while questioning the loss of her memories.

Left to protect the borough while Terryn serves at court, Ayleth investigates his hidden talisman and a ghost connected to the Golden Prince. Her search brings her against a powerful phantom shade she must confront alone.

Ayleth and Terryn pursue a murderous witch who has crossed the Great Barrier. When their investigation leads to a three-year-old possessed by a powerful shade, Ayleth begins questioning her Order’s rules about killing the possessed.

Alone in the Witchwood, Ayleth encounters Dread Odile and questions the stories she has been taught about the Witch Queen. As the final conflict approaches, Ayleth, Terryn, and Gerard must confront the lies shaping their loyalties.

Recovering at the Golden Prince’s castle, Ayleth faces unsettling scrutiny from Fendrel and doubts about Terryn’s loyalty. As Prince Gerard’s wedding approaches, buried secrets and gathering enemies threaten both the celebration and her place within the Holy Order.

Nelle persuades Soran Silveri to shelter her on Roseward Isle while secretly hunting his spellbook to save her father. As she asks to learn magic, Soran fears her potential, and their growing attachment complicates her mission.

Fendrel holds Ayleth captive, intending to use her against the resurrected Dread Odile before executing her. Meanwhile, Prince Gerard is confined in his castle as the Witch Queen’s forces spread destruction and both captives struggle against imposed destinies.

Under house arrest with her shade suppressed by drugs, Ayleth searches for answers about Terryn, Lady Cerine, and Fendrel’s intentions. The arrival of a Phasmatrix and additional hunters raises the danger as betrayal closes around her.

To rescue her indebted father, Nelle accepts a dangerous theft on Roseward Isle. There she encounters Soran Silveri, a cursed mage struggling to contain a monster, and refuses to abandon her mission despite his efforts to drive her away.

Princess Carabosse uses her gift for spinning magic to defend her kingdom against the Warlock King and Aurora. With the Dragon Lords’ allegiance tied to the contested Briar Crown, she must determine whether shapeshifter Torald can help.

Clara develops her magic and battles nightmare creatures while serving in the Doomed City Library. Her childhood sweetheart Danny, fae Lord Ivor, and the enigmatic Prince each offer competing possibilities as she longs to finish her obligation.

Librarian Clara serves a fifteen-year fae sentence for a crime she cannot remember. When the Prince of the Doomed City seeks to buy her obligation, his unexplained hatred threatens her hopes of returning to her brother.

Neglected by her witch teacher, Farryn experiments with her own magic and attracts a dangerous ancient fae being. Kellam, the childhood friend who left to study magic five years earlier, may be her best chance of escape.

Bound to serve Granny Dorrel as a huntress for seven years, Brielle is sent after the werewolf Dire, another former slave. The two enemies must decide whether to cooperate against the curses that keep them under the witch’s power.

Fae King Lodírhal and human mage Dasyra meet as battlefield enemies, only to discover a divine bond declaring them destined lovers. Reluctant to accept it, they undertake a dangerous journey to find a way to sever the connection.

Seamstress Valera is taken from her sister and made the bride of a mysterious fae lord. He promises freedom after a year and a day if she never sees his face, leaving her torn between curiosity, duty, and attraction.

After breaking the rule forbidding her to see Erolas’s face, Valera loses her husband to unknown kidnappers. Untrained for adventure, she journeys through dangerous worlds to find him, reaching a palace on the edge of Hell.

A magical storm strands Nelle and Soran in the lighthouse with a mysterious young castaway. Their attraction deepens, but Nelle’s plan to steal his spellbook and the approaching threat of the Thorn Maiden put their future at risk.

Princess Faraine is sidelined at court because of chronic illness, while her sister Ilsevel is chosen for a marriage alliance. Yet the visiting Shadow King Vor finds himself drawn to Faraine despite the arrangement meant to protect his people.

With too few librarians remaining to contain the Noswraiths, Clara’s work in the Doomed City grows increasingly dangerous. Danny arrives determined to free her, but his rash choices draw them toward the perils of the Nightmare Realm.

Faraine is trapped in the Shadow Realm after her deception destroys Vor’s trust. As earthquakes and poison threaten his kingdom, their troubled marriage remains crucial to the alliance, forcing them to navigate resentment and renewed attraction.

Clara enlists the Prince of the Doomed City to help rescue Danny from enslavement. Traveling through Eledria’s fae courts, she makes increasingly dangerous bargains while her feelings for the Prince complicate the purpose of their journey.

Preparing to marry Danny, Clara struggles to remember the missing years of her life. Her brother’s alarming claims and an unexpected wedding guest draw her back into the magical realms, where a doomed city still needs her help.

Vor and Faraine recommit to their marriage while their realm approaches collapse. War forces them apart, and Faraine’s changing powers offer a possible escape from catastrophe, but exploring them may unleash a darkness neither can control.

Captured princess Ilsevel is sold into marriage to a fae warlord she considers a monster. Taar’s unexpected impulse to protect her binds them together, leaving both to confront hostility, attraction and the uncertain intentions behind their forced union.

King Taar plans to break his magical bond with Ilsevel and return his human bride to her people. As desire undermines his resolve, Ilsevel conceals her identity and connections to the enemies who devastated his land.

Apothecary’s apprentice Rosie learns she is the lost daughter of the Dragon Queen and is offered as bride to a champion who can awaken her magic. She plots escape with Prince Valtar, unaware of his dangerous mission.

Former dark sorcerer Nigel lives quietly with a flower shop and a sentient garden until unemployed tea witch Luna arrives. Offering her work brings unexpected love, a suspicious wardsman and mysterious figures connected to her hidden past.

Luna finds welcome stability working in Nigel’s flower shop and exploring her tea magic. Yet a persistent officer and shadowy pursuers threaten her refuge, while feelings for her reserved employer complicate the life she is trying to rebuild.

Nigel tries to accept friendship with Luna, but her risky adventures and approaching enemies strain his resolve. Protecting her may require returning to forbidden magic, threatening to expose the past he fears will drive her away.

After binding his magic to Luna’s permission, Nigel fears he cannot protect her or his garden from approaching threats. Luna plans to leave town, but an awkward double date forces them both to reconsider the feelings they have suppressed.

Luna prepares to leave Ballycastle while Nigel tries to keep his distance. A wedding floral commission forces them together amid a missing bride and a runaway bouquet, just as an old associate threatens to expose Nigel’s secrets.

With his dark history exposed and his strength diminished, Nigel remains determined to protect Luna from dangerous sorcerers. Luna weighs leaving Ballycastle as an old prediction of romance converges with the darker fate pursuing her.

Ilsevel hopes her bond with a sacred unicorn will win acceptance among Taar’s people, but they accuse her of sorcery. A dangerous ritual offers her one chance to prove herself while looming war threatens their fragile place together.

Separated from Taar and held by the Shadow King, Ilsevel becomes a pawn in rival schemes. When Taar learns she survives, he ventures into the mortal world to reclaim his bride and confront the damage to their bond.

Rosie and Prince Valtar seek a phoenix shrine that could awaken the power needed to confront Mhoryga’s spreading darkness. Pursued by Rosie’s devoted but conflicted sister Nyxia, they must weigh trust and sacrifice against the realm’s survival.