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  • Bibliography:
    24 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 2013
  • Latest Book:
    February 2021
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Full Series List in Order

The Artifact Hunters

1 - Nefertiti's Heart (Feb-2013)
2 - Hatshepsut's Collar (Nov-2013)
2.5 - The Unicorn's Tail (Jul-2014)
3 - Nero's Fiddle (Oct-2014)
3.5 - Paniha's Taniwha (Dec-2016)
4 - Moseh's Staff (May-2015)
5 - Nessy's Locket (Oct-2018)
5.5 - The Seer's Eye (Dec-2019)
6 - Rahotep's Last Breath (Sep-2020)

Queen's Blade

1 - Obsidian Eyes (Mar-2014)
2 - Opaque Lies (Jun-2020)
3 - Oubliette Lost (Feb-2021)

Serenity House

1 - Ella, the Slayer (Jun-2015)
2 - Henry, the Gaoler (Jun-2016)
3 - Alice, the Player (Oct-2016)
3.5 - Vincent, The Tailor (May-2017)
4 - Rory, the Sleeper (Apr-2017)

Silent Wings

1 - Dawn's Promise (Feb-2018)
2 - Day's Patience (May-2018)
3 - Dusk's Revenge (Jan-2019)

Tales from Darjee

1 - Heart of the Kraken (Mar-2015)
2 - Alise (Oct-2019)

Book List in Order: 24 titles



  • WINNER - 2014 BEST KINDLE BOOK AWARD (Sci-Fi/Fantasy) Kindle Book Review
    Cara Devon has always suffered curiosity and impetuousness, but tangling with a serial killer might cure that. Permanently.
    London, 1861. Impoverished noble Cara has a si...




  • "Loving you is easy, it's living with you that's killing me." An ancient Egyptian artifact is driving Queen Victoria insane, and that's not top of Cara Devon's growing list of problems. Viscount Nathaniel Lyons is a man of numerous secrets, but there...



  • 1836, a world of light and dark, noble and guild. The two spheres intersect when seventeen-year-old Allie Donovan is placed at the aristocratic St Matthews Academy. More at ease with a blade than a needle, she finds herself ostracised by the girls ...



  • This novella is a Victorian romance with a steampunk twist. It is a standalone read that compliments the Artifact Hunters series. Amy Hamilton is a good girl. She always did exactly as society demanded, kept her eyes downcast, never spoke out of tur...



  • One death by spontaneous human combustion is a rare act of God. Two... is surely a freakish coincidence. Three... well, that's starting to look deliberate. Cara has a new role as Queen Victoria's artifact hunter, she's adapting to married life and li...



  • A dark fantasy romance with a steampunk twist.  Legend says if you consume the heart of a mermaid, you will know all of a man's secrets Ailin doesn't care if the legend is true or not - she's stuck in a crate on her way to feature as the main cour...



  • All things must come to an end... London is in the frozen grip of an unnatural winter and Queen Victoria wants answers. Cara and Nate know who - the Curator. The queen's artifact hunters just don't know what is responsible. Cara is on the trail of ...



  • An Edwardian Cinderella retelling.The flu pandemic of 1918 took millions of souls within a few short weeks. Except it wasn't flu and death gave them back. Seventeen-year-old Ella copes the best she can; caring for her war-injured father, scrubbing th...






  • Imagine if Rapunzel's parents were Edwardian preppers.Hazel's parents saw the 1912 sinking of the Titanic as a portent of doom and locked their daughter away. Isolated and alone, each birthday she wishes to be free, whatever the risk. If only her c...



  • Ella must venture down a rabbit hole, but this is no wonderland... Ella and Alice are trying to forge a path with the men they love in a world reeling from the Great War and the influenza pandemic that left the countryside crawling with the undead. T...



  • Captain Lachlan Hawke, notorious rogue and airship pirate, is about to explore uncharted territory… inside his own head Loki pilots a long-range airship to the farthest reaches of the globe and touches down in an alternate Aotearoa under Maori rule...



  • Who will awaken the sleeper…? Ella wants the sleeper to stay undisturbed. Especially since it's Millicent deMage, the first Duchess of Leithfield and a supposed witch who died over three hundred years ago. As Ella learns about the history of Sereni...



  • This is a short story based on the Brave Little Tailor.Vincent missed his chance to go off to the Great War, but when an undead enemy strikes close to home, he's going to need all his sewing skills to rescue the woman he has always ...



  • A heart prepared to die that has never lived or loved… Born with fragile health, Dawn Uxbridge has lived a sheltered existence. Her lonely days are filled by drawing fanciful landscapes and nurturing plants. When tragedy strikes, she finds herself ...



  • Each raindrop writes a word on her skin. After a long sickness, Lady Letitia Seton is finally free. But the last fractures in her mind won't heal until she confronts old wounds. Intent on finding answers about a murderous conspiracy again...



  • Dragons have taken up residence at Lowestoft and Queen Victoria is not amused. The queen is on the warpath and to protect the mythical beasts from treasure hunters, Cara needs to find the foundation stone from the Great Wall of China. To add to her p...



  • Fire must be free…Elijah Seton steps into the world in pursuit of a ghost ship and those who murdered his father. He thought he knew his enemy, and he would do anything to see them fall. But he was wrong. Elijah’s world is turned upside down when...



  • Would you risk you life for a second chance...?CowardEphraim is marked with a white feather tattoo. His life is a series of mistakes and he wishes things were different. Once he had a chance at love, but he let it slip through his f...






  • A family trip to the circus takes a dangerous turn when the familiar tingle of an artifact touches Cara Devon. What price is demanded, to change the future?This novella was previously published in the Caught In Crystal anthology...



  • Can Allie walk the line between shadow and light, or will she fall...?Allie Donovan starts her second term at the elite St Matthew's Academy with mounting problems. Her heart wants Jared, but her brain argues their relationship is doomed. Margaret co...



  • One word will shatter her heart...Cara finally unearths a clue about the mage who created Nefertiti's Heart, but there's one prospect more terrifying than whatever lurks in the obsidian chest... her daughter leaving home.On her eighteenth birthday, R...



  • There is more to being free than removing a chain...Allie has served her sentence and been released from servitude, but she disappears into the London crowd. Jared is frantic to find the woman he loves, and when he does, the spark of life is missing ...



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    A series starter collection of historical fantasy novels with independent women and fierce men who would win their hearts, sprinkled with a touch of magic. This set contains:Nefertiti's HeartFeisty Cara has a simple mission in London - finalise her f...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

A.W. Exley has published 24 books.

A.W. Exley does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Oubliette Lost, was published in February 2021.

The first book by A.W. Exley, Nefertiti's Heart, was published in February 2013.

Yes. A.W. Exley has 5 series.