The Bellamy Sisters Books in Order

The Bellamy Sisters is a sprawling Victorian-adjacent series written under the S.M. LaViolette pen name. It follows the Bellamy family, a once-comfortable clan suddenly staring down financial catastrophe.

At the start of the series, the Bellamys have only a few months before they will lose their home. Their charming but irresponsible father has mismanaged the estate, leaving his daughters to patch together solutions. Each sister responds differently to the crisis, and each book captures one woman’s attempt to secure her future without giving up her sense of self.

In Phoebe, the sensible “plain” sister finds herself negotiating directly with a newly made viscount who wants a respectable country seat. Rather than let her prettier siblings be bartered away, Phoebe proposes a practical marriage that slowly, and somewhat reluctantly, blossoms into genuine affection. The story lays out the family dynamics and stakes for the books that follow.

Hyacinth shifts to the shy, socially awkward sister who has decided that romance is not in the cards for her. Hy grows up to be a card sharp, using her wits at the gaming tables to support her kin. When she catches the eye of a scarred, bored duke who is more interested in honest company than flattery, their partnership forces both of them to rethink what they deserve.

Selina explores the burden of being the “pretty, biddable” sister, the one everyone assumes will make a glittering match. With the most obvious path suddenly closed, Selina must decide what she wants beyond pleasing her parents. A position in a remote household exposes unexpected talents, a brooding employer, and the possibility that beauty can be a tool rather than a cage.

In Aurelia, the eldest sister finally steps out of the caretaker role. Tired of holding the family together, she accepts a post assisting a celebrated naturalist on a remote island and finds herself working alongside a notorious rake who has renounced marriage. Their isolated setting strips away polite masks and asks what happens when a “responsible” woman chooses adventure.

A Very Bellamy Christmas brings the whole clan, spouses included, back to the ancestral home for a chaotic holiday. A side romance between a scandal-shadowed marquess and a woman he once wronged plays out against snow, matchmaking, and reconciliation, giving long-time readers a warm reunion.

Future titles like Kathryn and Dauntry continue expanding the circle, handing later Bellamy siblings and close connections their own stories. Throughout, expect high heat, frank talk about money, and a recurring question: how do you save your family without losing yourself?