Tara Brown Books in Order
Explore Tara Brown books in order, with short summaries, pen names, series guides, and easy tips on where to start across fantasy, romance, and suspense.
Last updated: July 11, 2026
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Tara Brown books in publication order
71 books
Cursed
by Tara Brown
2011
Aimee James wakes in a hospital with broken memories after a brutal assault. Chasing the truth leads her toward the glowing-eyed figure from her dreams, and into a curse far worse than death.
Bane
by Tara Brown
2012
Ari Pastern's life changes in a dark alley, and suddenly nothing inside her feels fully her own. To get her life back, she has to learn what the change cost, and whether she can afford the price.
Born
by Tara Brown
2012
Ten years after the world ended, Emma survives alone with her wolf and her father's ruthless rules. Then a knock at her cabin door gives her something new to lose, and something worth fighting for.
Death
by Tara Brown
2012
Ari and Ophelia try one last desperate push to save the people they love. But a reset sends the story back to a familiar night, with key players changed and old dangers waiting in new forms.
Hyde
by Tara Brown
2012
Hanna wakes in the trunk of a car convinced she is about to die. Instead she is pulled into a world of journals, monsters, and buried truths that suggest the most dangerous thing in the dark might be her.
The Light of the World
by Tara Brown
2012
College is the least of Rayne's problems once her dead mother's voice starts whispering through her dreams. Ghosts, old enemies, and the fate of the world all seem to be waiting for her.
Vengeance
by Tara Brown
2012
Princess Amillia Morgentstein wants freedom, not a crown. After her kingdom burns and her family is slaughtered, she rides out with her dragon and starts down a bloody path toward revenge.
Witch
by Tara Brown
2012
When Ophelia makes a wish, reality begins to bend around her. Dragged into a war of bloodlines and magic, she has to choose between the family she knows and the Roses who claim she belongs with them.
A Royal Pain
by Tara Brown
2013
When Finley slips out of a hospital bed, she does not expect to meet the boy who could change her life. Then she learns Aiden is not just charming, he is royal, and that makes everything harder.
Blackwater
by Tara Brown
2013
Lorelei Huntington has lived with ghostly whispers and fear for years, but they have returned stronger than ever. Going home for answers means facing a past that is no longer waiting quietly.
Blood and Bone
by Tara Brown
2013
After a car accident steals pieces of her past, Jane keeps getting mistaken for a dead girl named Samantha. As two men offer very different truths, she has to decide who is lying, and who she really is.
Born to Fight
by Tara Brown
2013
Emma learns the truth behind the ruined world and the people who helped make it. Furious and newly armed with answers, she sets out to tear down the system that created her.
Duplicities
by Tara Brown
2013
The city has changed, but only the people who remember yesterday can really see it. Tension, violence, and buried truth are spreading, and the cost of waking up to it keeps rising.
First Kiss
by Tara Brown
2013
Everyone in Lakeland knows the rumor that loving a Lake girl gets you killed. Erralynn would rather leave town behind, but something dark arrives first and turns the old curse into a real threat.
For Love or Money
by Tara Brown
2013
Lana Webber is used to people assuming the worst about her, until the one time she really is innocent. Humiliated and abandoned, she has to uncover a buried secret if she wants any shot at redemption.
Imaginations
by Tara Brown
2013
The Last City of Men runs on one terrible bargain, peace in exchange for memory. When one girl is chosen for a role that lets her remember, she begins to see how much the city's calm has been hiding.
Lost Boy
by Tara Brown
2013
Eli Adams has spent years trying to forget the girl tied to the worst day of his life. When a clue proves she was real, he goes looking for her and finds a truth that could heal or destroy them both.
Midnight Coven
by Tara Brown
2013
Lorelei is no longer frightened by the whispers of the dead. But when a ghost reveals the truth about Whit's bloodline, she is forced to choose whether to run, or finally become a Rose.
My Side
by Tara Brown
2013
Erin Benson arrives in Boston ready for law school, independence, and the life she has planned down to the walls and the view. Then reality starts pulling that neat future apart from the edges.
Reborn
by Tara Brown
2013
Emma turns away from the people she loves to keep them safe and goes hunting across the broken world. She is not out to save humanity this time, she is out for revenge.
Redeemers and Betrayers
by Tara Brown
2013
Aimee and the Roses have changed into something far more dangerous, and the war around them is reaching its breaking point. Help arrives, betrayal follows, and even victory starts to look like loss.
Sunder
by Tara Brown
2013
When Liv Daniels moves to Wolfville, Maine, she quickly learns the little coastal town keeps ugly secrets. The worst one may be the thing buried inside her, and someone is determined to drag it out.
The End of Games
by Tara Brown
2013
Evie barely has time to breathe before a new threat throws her back into chaos. Reunited with Servario under the worst possible circumstances, she is forced into dangerous alliances all over again.
The End of Me
by Tara Brown
2013
Widowed mother Evie Evans thought her spy life was behind her until her husband's secrets dragged her back in. Now she has children to protect, enemies closing in, and two dangerous men in her orbit.
The Four Horsemen
by Tara Brown
2013
Rayne's deadline is closing in, and ending one devil only brings bigger threats into view. With the Four Horsemen moving through the world, saving herself is no longer enough.
The Lonely
by Tara Brown
2013
Emalyn Spicer arrives at college hoping for a normal life, but trauma and OCD follow her there. Falling for Sebastian feels like a way forward until the darkness in her past drags her back under.
The Long Way Home
by Tara Brown
2013
Jacqueline Croix seems to have the perfect life until the cost of that perfection becomes impossible to ignore. One bad night on a South Carolina beach forces her to rethink everything she thought she wanted.
Vanquished
by Tara Brown
2013
Amillia keeps carving a trail of blood toward the home that was taken from her. Revenge is all she can see now, and every step pulls her further from the simple life she once wanted.
White Girl Problems
by Tara Brown
2013
A sharp, sarcastic YA story built around romance, image, and the kind of teen drama that feels bigger than life. Brown plays the setup for humor, but the emotional mess still matters.
Cinder Ella
by Tara Brown
2014
This darker retelling gives Cinderella sharper edges and far less innocence. Ella is an orphan being pushed into a marriage she does not want, and one stolen night changes everything.
In the Fading Light
by Tara Brown
2014
Estelle and the man she loves are trapped inside a cruel curse, raven by day, bear by night. They can meet only in the thin light between dark and morning, and that makes every moment count.
Self-Publishing
by Tara Brown
2014
Brown looks back on the mistakes, surprises, and hard lessons from her early indie career. It is a short, blunt guide for writers trying to publish their own work without learning everything the hard way.
The End of Days
by Tara Brown
2014
The world is ash and ruin, and Rayne is running on almost no sleep and less trust. To stop the final collapse, she has to face the most dangerous man in the story, her own father.
The Seventh Day
by Tara Brown
2014
The world outside has gone terrifyingly quiet for a reason. If anyone makes a sound, the dead-calm creatures wake, and survival becomes a sprint toward the seventh day.
Beauty's Beast
by Tara Brown
2015
Belle flees into the woods to save herself and her father, only to end up captive in a dark castle. What she finds there is not just a beast, but a house full of secrets she cannot stop watching.
If at First
by Tara Brown
2015
A summer party turns into a crime scene, and five wealthy girls are forced to carry a terrible secret. In Crimson Cove, everyone has something to hide, and one of them may be a killer.
Second Nature
by Tara Brown
2015
Autumn in Crimson Cove should mean parties and Halloween, not more deaths and a missing friend. As the girls follow the pattern, they begin to fear the murderer is not outside the group at all.
Sin and Swoon
by Tara Brown
2015
Mind runner Jane Spears dives into a brutal case and finds clues buried inside a victim's mind. The deeper she goes, the uglier the conspiracy becomes, and getting out may be harder than solving it.
Soul and Blade
by Tara Brown
2015
Jane Spears is determined to keep catching killers, even with a wedding on the horizon. Then a new case drops her into the mind of a sociopath who may know something terrible about her own past.
The Club
by Tara Brown
2015
Fresh off a brutal divorce, Hannah accepts a reckless invitation to a secret club. She expects a wild night and finds something stranger, rawer, and far more dangerous than that.
The Earth's End
by Tara Brown
2015
Tanya is stranded in Canada and trying to reach the family she may never see again. Meanwhile, Lou's group finds that survival has produced kings, armies, and a new kind of danger.
The End of Tomorrow
by Tara Brown
2015
A tip from the underworld sends Evie and her team racing toward a disaster that could reach far beyond one mission. To stop it, she may have to choose between mercy and tomorrow itself.
Third Time's a Charm
by Tara Brown
2015
Christmas break should bring peace, but Crimson Cove has other plans. Just when the girls think they are getting close to the truth, another body turns up and the whole puzzle starts breaking apart.
Bed Buddies
by Tara Brown
2016
Sami and Natalie think life is finally clicking into place. Then death, a baby, and a proposal crash into the same week, and their friendship becomes the only steady ground they have.
Four Crimson Corners
by Tara Brown
2016
Spring brings a woman in black, mounting fear, and new proof that the killer can reach every corner of town. The girls finally start seeing the pattern, but that does not make them any safer.
Puck Buddies
by Tara Brown
2016
Sami Ford and hockey star Matt Brimley would make perfect sense together if they did not drive each other crazy. One rule is supposed to keep things simple, do not fall in love.
Roommates
by Tara Brown
2016
Brady Coldwell has always put hockey first, and Natalie Banks knows what it means to live under family expectations. When a mistake makes them roommates, the feelings arrive faster than either can manage.
The Little Crimson Lies
by Tara Brown
2016
Crimson Cove is still reeling, and one of the girls is missing while the deaths keep mounting. As patterns begin to emerge, the most frightening possibility becomes impossible to ignore, the killer may be one of them.
Lost in La La Land
by Tara Brown
2017
What if you could step inside the world of your favorite novel for a day and live the extraordinary instead of just reading it? This short piece plays with the fantasy of escaping straight into story.
Lucid
by Tara Brown
2017
A paranormal romance that leans into dreams, altered reality, and feelings that refuse to stay in the subconscious. Brown turns a hazy, uncanny setup into something intimate and dangerous.
The End of Lies
by Tara Brown
2017
Evie hopes for one quiet break with her kids, but the spy world does not leave her alone for long. As the war closes in, she faces love, betrayal, and the kind of sacrifice that cannot be undone.
The Last Hour
by Tara Brown
2017
Liam watches the world end from solitary confinement and walks out into a nightmare. Elsewhere, Lou and her family learn that surviving the outbreak does not protect you from what other people become.
A Royal Affair
by Tara Brown
2018
Finley heads to a royal Christmas gathering knowing nothing will go smoothly. Aiden is no longer just a boy she loves, he is a king, and she is still trying to find her place beside him.
Castaways
by Tara Brown
2018
Actress Lizzie Benedict heads for a luxury yacht getaway with famous friends and bad decisions waiting on deck. Then the ship goes down, and a deserted island turns celebrity mess into survival drama.
Fling Club
by Tara Brown
2018
Cherry Kennedy joins the Hamptons fling scene with revenge, not romance, on her mind. Hiring Ashley for the job seems smart until attraction starts turning the plan into something far more dangerous.
Hang Five
by Tara Brown
2018
As the truth comes into focus, the girls realize they have been manipulated from the start. Revenge starts to look tempting, but so does the question of who will survive the final fallout.
He Loves You Not
by Tara Brown
2018
Lacey starts a side hustle testing whether boyfriends are faithful, and her latest target looks like easy money. Then Jordan turns out to be the one man she cannot keep at a professional distance.
When The Lights Fade
by Tara Brown
2018
The girls of Crimson Cove are still trapped in the fallout of one deadly night. As more secrets surface and the danger tightens, staying alive may mean turning on someone they once trusted.
A Royal Wedding
by Tara Brown
2019
Finley is supposed to be heading toward a royal wedding, but panic and palace pressure send her running again. Aiden has other plans, even if it means defying his family to keep her.
Ophelia
by Tara Brown
2019
Ophelia dreams of escaping the crime family that rules New Denmark, until she is bound to the prince she was meant to deceive. This modern Hamlet retelling mixes ghosts, conspiracy, and doomed romance.
Sword of Mist
by Tara Brown
2019
This opening Amaria adventure begins with magic, danger, and a sword tied to larger forces moving across the realm. It sets up a YA fantasy path built for quests, secrets, and rising stakes.
The Reverse of Everything
by Tara Brown
2019
When everyone over a certain age suddenly dies, a group of young adults crosses the country looking for one last beautiful thing. It is a journey through grief, wonder, and the fear that their time may be short too.
Baby Daddies
by Tara Brown
2020
Jenny is forced to choose between love and the job holding her future together, all while hiding a secret that could wreck everything. Lori has no intention of letting her walk away easily.
Girl Next Door
by Tara Brown
2020
Broken-hearted Jenny Snowdon ends up at a destination wedding she would rather skip and in the orbit of a hockey star she cannot stand. One messy night turns enemies into something much harder to ignore.
Must love Cats
by Tara Brown
2020
On Christmas Eve, Lilly Dallin's life splits in two and both versions start falling apart in different ways. With one old love returning and a deadline on her happy ending, she gets one year to set things right.
The Last Star
by Tara Brown
2020
Amy wakes in the woods naked, injured, and beside a dead body she thinks she recognizes. With her memory gone, all she can do is follow the trail into a mansion full of answers and new danger.
Reparations
by Tara Brown
2021
The fight over memory, control, and what humanity owes itself reaches its breaking point. As the city's carefully managed order unravels, the people who still remember have to decide what comes next.
The Girl Who Lived
by Tara Brown
2021
This prequel returns to the first terrible days of the apocalypse. Young Emma runs by her father's survival rules while another boy, Will, learns that staying alive may not be enough.
The Raven's Hollow
by Tara Brown
2021
Amy's search for her lost past pulls her deeper into Pengrove's witchcraft, old loyalties, and the danger surrounding Raven's Hollow. The second book leans harder into the series' gothic mystery and magical stakes.
Valiant
by Tara Brown
2021
Amillia's long pursuit of revenge has brought her dangerously close to the throne she never wanted. Now she has to decide whether she can escape that fate, or become the queen everyone expects.
Silent Girls
by Tara Brown
2026
A later suspense novel from Brown that points toward danger, secrecy, and the lives of girls under pressure. Expect a dark, uneasy setup built around what people refuse to say out loud.
Where to start with Tara Brown
If you want post-apocalyptic survival: Born → Born to Fight → Reborn
If you want dark paranormal romance: Cursed → Bane → Hyde → Witch
If you want suspense with spies and banter: The End of Me → The End of Games → The End of Tomorrow
If you want glossy small-town mystery: If at First → Second Nature → Third Time's a Charm
If you want lighter hockey romance: Puck Buddies → Roommates → Bed Buddies
Tara Brown sub-series and character series
- Blood and Bone books in order
- Born books in order
- Crimson Cove books in order
- Crimson Cove Murder Mystery books in order
- Light (Tara Brown) books in order
- Naughty Fairytales books in order
- Pengrove Witches books in order
- Puck Buddies books in order
- Serendipity (Tara Brown) books in order
- Stones of Amaria (Tara Brown) books in order
- The Blood Trail Chronicles books in order
- The Burrow books in order
- The Last City of Men books in order
- The Lonely books in order
- The Roses books in order
- The Royals Trilogy books in order
- The Seventh Day books in order
Blood and Bone books in order
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Explore this seriesThe Roses books in order
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Cursed
by Tara Brown
2011The Roses, Book 1
Bane
by Tara Brown
2012The Roses, Book 2
Death
by Tara Brown
2012The Roses, Book 5
Hyde
by Tara Brown
2012The Roses, Book 3
Witch
by Tara Brown
2012The Roses, Book 4
Blackwater
by Tara Brown
2013The Roses, Book 6
Midnight Coven
by Tara Brown
2013The Roses, Book 7
Redeemers and Betrayers
by Tara Brown
2013The Roses, Book 8
The Roses books in chronological order

Cursed
by Tara Brown
2011The Roses, Book 1
Bane
by Tara Brown
2012The Roses, Book 2
Hyde
by Tara Brown
2012The Roses, Book 3
Witch
by Tara Brown
2012The Roses, Book 4
Death
by Tara Brown
2012The Roses, Book 5
Blackwater
by Tara Brown
2013The Roses, Book 6
Midnight Coven
by Tara Brown
2013The Roses, Book 7
Redeemers and Betrayers
by Tara Brown
2013The Roses, Book 8
The Royals Trilogy books in order
Explore this seriesThe Seventh Day books in order
Explore this seriesTara Brown collections, short stories, and related book types
Standalone Tara Brown books

First Kiss
by Tara Brown
2013
For Love or Money
by Tara Brown
2013
My Side
by Tara Brown
2013
Sunder
by Tara Brown
2013
The Long Way Home
by Tara Brown
2013
White Girl Problems
by Tara Brown
2013
In the Fading Light
by Tara Brown
2014
Lucid
by Tara Brown
2017
Castaways
by Tara Brown
2018
Ophelia
by Tara Brown
2019
The Reverse of Everything
by Tara Brown
2019
Must love Cats
by Tara Brown
2020
Silent Girls
by Tara Brown
2026
Author bio
Tara Brown was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, on January 30, 1978. She has described herself as a writer shaped by small-town life, a big imagination, and a long-running love of stories that started early.
She has said the impulse to write showed up in grade one. A simple classroom assignment about the weekend kept turning into wild little stories, and her teacher called home often enough that it clearly left an impression.
Before writing full time, Brown worked as a chef for years. She has also talked about how the rise of ebooks changed everything for her. It gave her a direct path to readers, and she took it. That independent start still feels important when you look at her career. She writes fast, she writes in a lot of genres, and she is not afraid to let one kind of book sit right next to a very different one.
A lot of readers first meet her through Born, a post-apocalyptic series about survival, family, and a ruined world that keeps getting more dangerous the wider it opens up. Others come in through The Lonely, which is darker and more psychological, or Cursed, which starts her Roses books with a mix of supernatural danger, mystery, and teen emotion. If you want something lighter, books like Puck Buddies and Fling Club show her comic side, with banter, messy attraction, and characters who make bold choices for reasons that feel very human.
She writes in a lot of lanes.
Even so, there are patterns. Brown tends to like heroines under pressure, damaged or secretive pasts, and relationships that get tested hard. Her books often begin with a simple personal problem, a girl alone in the woods, a widow with kids, a student arriving at college, and then widen into something bigger. Sometimes that bigger thing is a conspiracy. Sometimes it is magic. Sometimes it is just the emotional fallout from loving the wrong person at the wrong time.
She has also published under several pen names, including A.E. Watson, Sophie Starr, T.L. Brown, Amy March, Erin Leigh, and Meg Browne. That split seems to help her sort mood and genre, from science fiction and fantasy to darker romance and contemporary comedy. Readers who like exploring an author across styles usually find plenty to dig into here.
In interviews, Brown has described herself as a Canadian mom and wife, and said writing fit family life better than restaurant work ever did. She has also spoken openly about loving science fiction and fantasy, and about how imagination saved her from boredom long before it became her job.
That mix of speed, range, and emotional intensity is what makes her bibliography fun to browse. One corner gives you dragons, infected wastelands, or witches. Another gives you hockey romances, social schemers, or wealthy teens with deadly secrets. If you like authors who move easily between dark suspense, fantasy, and romance, Tara Brown gives you a lot of places to start.
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