C.J. Archer

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  • Bibliography:
    68 Books (12 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 2011
  • Latest Book:
    September 2024
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Full Series List in Order

2nd Freak House Trilogy

1 - The Memory Keeper (May-2014)
2 - Seared with Scars (Jul-2014)
3 - Edge Of Darkness (Sep-2014)

3rd Freak House Trilogy

1 - Ghost Girl (Dec-2014)
2 - Banished (Feb-2015)
3 - My Soul To Take (May-2015)

After the Rift

1 - The Palace of Lost Memories (Oct-2018)
2 - The Echo of Broken Dreams (Dec-2018)
3 - The Whisper of Silenced Voices (Jun-2019)
4 - The Temple of Forgotten Secrets (Dec-2019)
5 - The Prison of Buried Hopes (May-2020)
6 - The Return of Absent Souls (Jul-2020)

Assassins Guild

1 - The Charmer (Mar-2013)
2 - The Rebel (Oct-2013)
3 - The Saint (Feb-2014)
4 - The Sinner (Sep-2014)

A Cleopatra Fox Mystery

1 - Murder at the Mayfair Hotel (Dec-2020)
2 - Murder at the Piccadilly Playhouse (Jun-2021)
3 - Murder in the Drawing Room (Dec-2021)
4 - Murder at the Dressmaker's Salon (Jun-2022)
5 - Murder at the Debutante Ball (Dec-2022)
6 - Murder at the Crown and Anchor (Jun-2023)
7 - Murder at the Polo Club (Dec-2023)
8 - Murder at the Dinner Party (Jun-2024)

An Emily Chambers Spirit Medium Novel

1 - The Medium (Aug-2012)
2 - Possession (Sep-2012)
3 - Evermore (Nov-2012)

Freak House Trilogy

1 - The Wrong Girl (May-2013)
2 - Playing with Fire (Sep-2013)
3 - Heart Burn (Nov-2013)

Glass and Steele

1 - The Watchmaker's Daughter (May-2016)
2 - The Mapmaker's Apprentice (Oct-2016)
3 - The Apothecary's Poison (Apr-2017)
4 - The Magician's Diary (Sep-2017)
5 - The Convent's Secret (Mar-2018)
6 - The Ink Master's Silence (Sep-2018)
7 - The Cheater's Game (Mar-2019)
8 - The Prisoner's Key (Sep-2019)
9 - The Imposter's Inheritance (Feb-2020)
10 - The Kidnapper's Accomplice (Sep-2020)
11 - The Toymaker's Curse (Mar-2021)
12 - The Spy Master's Scheme (Sep-2021)
13 - The Goldsmith's Conspiracy (Mar-2022)

The Glass Library

1 - The Librarian of Crooked Lane (Sep-2022)
2 - The Medici Manuscript (Mar-2023)
3 - The Untitled Books (Sep-2023)
4 - The Dead Letter Delivery (Mar-2024)
5 - Secrets of the Lost Ledgers (Sep-2024)

Lord Hawkesbury's Players

1 - Her Secret Desire // A Secret Life (Apr-2012)
2 - Scandal's Mistress // A Tempting Life (Apr-2012)
3 - To Tempt the Devil // A Forbidden Life (Dec-2012)

The Ministry of Curiosities

1 - The Last Necromancer (Jul-2015)
2 - Her Majesty's Necromancer (Aug-2015)
3 - Beyond the Grave (Nov-2015)
4 - Grave Expectations (Feb-2016)
5 - Ashes To Ashes (Apr-2016)
6 - From The Ashes (Aug-2016)
7 - Of Fate and Phantoms (Jan-2017)
8 - Veiled in Moonlight (Jun-2017)
9 - Vow of Deception (Dec-2017)
10 - The Wisdom Of Madness (Jun-2018)

Witchblade Chronicles

1 - Honor Bound (Feb-2011)
2 - Kiss Of Ash (Apr-2011)

Book List in Order: 68 titles

  • The Mercenary's Price

    Being a national treasure wouldn't be such a curse if she only knew she could trust him. Lady Eliza Harcourt, the queen's seer, is in danger of being kidnapped. To avoid such a fate, she will be whisked to safety during a royal masked ball. But wh...

  • Redemption

    This book is also available with 3 other stories in THE 4 SCOUNDRELS BOX SET: A PIRATE, A SPY, A MERCENARY AND A ROGUE. Each book in the boxed set is available separately, but by buying them in a bundle, you're getting a better deal! Contains SURREND...

  • Honor Bound

    Witchblade Chronicles - 1

    From USA Today bestselling author, C.J. Archer, this romantic historical mystery will take your breath away.7 years ago a woman with too many secrets and a man with too many lies fell in love. Then she left him.Isabel's quiet life as an assistant to...

  • Kiss Of Ash

    Witchblade Chronicles - 2

    Pippa Ingleside will do anything to escape her ruthless uncle, but even she is surprised when her previously dormant powers aid her. Surprised and afraid. Her newly discovered abilities may have saved her but they condemn her at the same time. Dis...

  • Surrender

    This book is also available with 3 other stories in THE 4 SCOUNDRELS BOX SET: A PIRATE, A SPY, A MERCENARY AND A ROGUE. Each book in the boxed set is available separately, but by buying them in a bundle, you're getting a better deal! Contains SURREND...

  • Her Secret Desire // A Secret Life

    Lord Hawkesbury's Players - 1

    Courageous Minerva Peabody, a poor but passionate playwright, is cursed to be living in Elizabethan England, when women most assuredly did not write plays. Determined to succeed, Min impulsively enlists the help of the first man she sees to be her "c...

  • Scandal's Mistress // A Tempting Life

    Lord Hawkesbury's Players - 2

    In Shakespearean London, falling in love just became the greatest scandal of all... Just when Leo, Baron Warhurst, thinks his family’s financial situation can’t get any worse, he discovers that his unwed sister is pregnant. The Warhurst estat...

  • The Medium

    An Emily Chambers Spirit Medium Novel - 1

    "I haven't enjoyed a romantic journey like theirs since reading the Twilight series." â˜...â˜...â˜...â˜...â˜... Amazon reviewer. "Amazing read! I could not put it down." â˜...â˜...â˜...â˜...â˜... Amazon reviewer. "Every once in a while a book that I ...

  • Possession

    An Emily Chambers Spirit Medium Novel - 2

    When the ghost of a notorious killer possesses the body of an upper class youth, London's pre-eminent medium, Emily Chambers, must exorcise it before the spirit goes on a rampage. As if this isn't distraction enough, she must fight her feelings for b...



  • Evermore

    An Emily Chambers Spirit Medium Novel - 3

    When ghosts begin to disappear from the Otherworld, Emily Chambers and her friends must hunt down those responsible before every last spirit, including Jacob Beaufort, is destroyed and Emily's livelihood along with them. But there is one thing stoppi...

  • To Tempt the Devil // A Forbidden Life

    Lord Hawkesbury's Players - 3

    He’s dark and dangerous…and she can’t stay away… Seven years have passed since Rafe Fletcher fled London. Now he has returned to make amends, only to find his brother, James, bound for debtors’ prison. Unable to clear James’s debts, R...

  • Witch Born

    Fantasy romance like no other. Get both books in C.J. Archer's WITCH BORN series in a single volume for one low price. Each book in this boxed set is available for purchase separately, but by buying them in this bundle, you're getting a better deal! ...

  • The Charmer

    Assassins Guild - 1

    Elizabethan England:Handsome. Charming. Devastating. He was the last man she needed, but the only one she wanted.Orlando Holt has never assassinated a woman before. The lovely, feisty Lady Lynden will be his first. She's supposed to be a vicious murd...

  • Courting His Countess

    This book is also available with 3 other stories in THE 4 SCOUNDRELS BOX SET: A PIRATE, A SPY, A MERCENARY AND A ROGUE. Each book in the boxed set is available separately, but by buying them in a bundle, you're getting a better deal! Contains SURREND...

  • The Wrong Girl

    Freak House Trilogy - 1

    WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT C.J. ARCHER "C.J. has done it again." ~ Amazon reviewer Richard Bird in a review of POSSESSION "I have to admire CJ Archer's creative mind to have produced such an enjoyable series." ~ Amazon reviewer outspoken1 in a rev...

  • Playing with Fire

    Freak House Trilogy - 2

    Hannah Smith thinks she's safe now that Reuben Tate is set to face trial. But when an unusual creature is let loose on the Freak House estate, everybody is in danger, including Jack. To hunt it down, the household must take risks, but the greatest ri...

  • The Rebel

    Assassins Guild - 2

    Cole's heart is dark. He's a mystery, even to those closest to him in the Assassins Guild. All anyone really knows for sure is that he's ruthless, grim, and cares little for his own life. So when he loses his memory during an attack and thinks himsel...

  • Heart Burn

    Freak House Trilogy - 3

    Time is running out for Hannah. With her life hanging by a thread and Tate trying to kidnap her, she finds help in an unusual quarter - the man who put the narcoleptic memory block on her as a child. Yet the powerful hypnotist may not be all that he ...

  • The Saint

    Assassins Guild - 3

    Elizabeth Buckley has been in love with Edward Monk for most of her life. Unfortunately he's only ever had eyes for her older, prettier sister. Five years after he left the village to make himself worthy of a Buckley, their lives intersect. This time...



  • The Memory Keeper

    2nd Freak House Trilogy - 1

    Charity Evans wants nothing more than to leave her troubled past behind and start afresh. The teacher at a London school for orphans is encouraged to have her memories blocked by hypnotist Samuel Gladstone, but when they experience visions with an un...

  • Seared with Scars

    2nd Freak House Trilogy - 2

    With the Master's spirit still haunting London, Charity must remain at Freak House. But the peace is shattered when Samuel's father is brutally slain by a demon on the estate. Who summoned it and why? As some questions are answered, yet more secrets ...

  • Edge Of Darkness

    2nd Freak House Trilogy - 3

    Past secrets have come back to haunt the residents of Freak House and their visitors. With the help of a 300 year-old ghost, Charity, Samuel and their friends peel back the layers of lies and deception to reveal the terrible events of 1867 that chang...

  • The Sinner

    Assassins Guild - 4

    Lies, desperation and an offer she can't refuse send impoverished widow Lady Catherine (Cat) headlong into marriage with the man who killed her husband. Guilt and desire battle within Hughe, Lord Oxley's, soul. When the enigmatic leader of the Assass...

  • Ghost Girl

    3rd Freak House Trilogy - 1

    WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE FREAK HOUSE BOOKS "This was one fantastic read! A really fascinating story which I couldn't put down, so this is easily a 5 stars. Isn't there a 6 star option?" ~ Amazon reviewer Corazie "Excellent read that sucks yo...

  • Banished

    3rd Freak House Trilogy - 2

    An infestation of evil ghosts is too much for spirit medium Cara to handle alone. She summons Quin, and together they attempt to discover where the ghosts came from, and why they refuse to leave this realm. To protect the residents, Cara and Quin mus...

  • My Soul To Take

    3rd Freak House Trilogy - 3

    While investigating the mysterious deaths of Edith Myer''s family, Quin is summoned once more to help Cara and the other Freak House residents. But their reunion is cut short by the return of Everett Myer through the portal, and the man he brings wit...

  • The Last Necromancer

    The Ministry of Curiosities - 1

    "Simply put: This book is pretty darn bad a$$. I highly recommend The Last Necromancer to all fans of fantasy, whether you think you like historical fiction or not." â˜...â˜...â˜...â˜...â˜... My Book AddictionFor five years, Charlotte (Charlie) Hollo...

  • Her Majesty's Necromancer

    The Ministry of Curiosities - 2

    When bodies go missing from the cemetery, Lincoln and the Ministry of Curiosities investigate. But not Charlie. As a housemaid at Lichfield Towers, she doesn't get involved in Ministry business.
    Instead, she conducts investigations of her own. S...

  • Beyond the Grave

    The Ministry of Curiosities - 3

    At the request of Lady Harcourt, Charlie and Lincoln begin searching for her missing stepson. Still recovering from her ordeal at the hands of a diabolical villain, Charlie is supposed to be resting. But resting is dull, so she throws herself into th...



  • Grave Expectations

    The Ministry of Curiosities - 4

    Charlie's life is perfect. She has everything her heart desires. Until it all goes horribly wrong. Charlie and Lincoln return to London to find two supernaturals have been murdered, and Charlie might be next. As if that wasn't bad enough, the man who...

  • Ashes To Ashes

    The Ministry of Curiosities - 5

    Charlie is gone, and Lincoln finds that Lichfield Towers offers no sanctuary. With reminders of her at every turn, and employees threatening to mutiny, he must try to find the murderer who is killing supernaturals on his own. And keep the murderer aw...

  • The Watchmaker's Daughter

    Glass and Steele - 1

    India Steele is desperate. Her father is dead, her fiancé took her inheritance, and no one will employ her, despite years working for her watchmaker father. Indeed, the other London watchmakers seem frightened of her. Alone, poor, and at the end of ...

  • From The Ashes

    The Ministry of Curiosities - 6

    When Charlie returns to Lichfield, she steps into chaos. The killer is still on the loose, Lady Harcourt’s secret is out, Seth and Gus are gone, and Lady Vickers has come to stay. But nothing compares to the chaos inflicted on Charlie’s heart by ...

  • The Mapmaker's Apprentice

    Glass and Steele - 2

    When an apprentice from the Mapmakers' Guild goes missing, Matt and India are employed to find him. Going undercover as a married couple, they discover that not everyone at the guild is what they seem, and the lad's unearthly maps caused jealousy, su...

  • Of Fate and Phantoms

    The Ministry of Curiosities - 7

    As Charlie and Lincoln’s lives settle into a harmonious pattern, a new threat arises that could have far reaching effects for the royal family and Lincoln’s parents. When a seer warns the Prince of Wales that his life is in danger, only Charlie a...

  • The Apothecary's Poison

    Glass and Steele - 3

    When a newspaper report of a medical miracle catches Matt's eye, he and India go in search of Dr. Hale in the hope he is more magical doctor than miracle worker and can lead them to Chronos. But Hale turns out to be an apothecary magician keen to edu...

  • Veiled in Moonlight

    The Ministry of Curiosities - 8

    When a young gentleman is murdered by a shape shifter, Charlie and Lincoln interrogate their contacts and uncover a plot with links to the royal family -- and links to more than one member of the ministry’s committee. At the heart of the mystery is...

  • The Magician's Diary

    Glass and Steele - 4

    India and Matt thought all their problems would come to an end once they found Chronos. But the watch magician brings with him as many questions as answers, and a load of trouble. To fix Matt’s magic watch, they must find an old diary that once bel...

  • Vow of Deception

    The Ministry of Curiosities - 9

    With the wedding only days away, the Ministry is thrown into turmoil when another murder is committed by a shape-shifter. But this time the newspapers make the connection to werewolves â€" and the Ministry. Suddenly the attention is focused on Lichfi...



  • The Convent's Secret

    Glass and Steele - 5

    To find the one man who can fix the magic in Matt’s watch, he and India are led to a convent where the nuns will do anything to keep their secrets private. Including murder? Matt and India must uncover the truth behind the disappearance of the moth...

  • The Wisdom Of Madness

    The Ministry of Curiosities - 10

    With Alice determined to discover the truth about her past, and Seth determined to help her, the couple find themselves sucked into a world where nothing is as it seems and no one can be trusted. On the run to escape a mad queen's wrath, and with an ...

  • The Ink Master's Silence

    Glass and Steele - 6

    It should be a happy time for India and Matt, but forces beyond their control conspire to ruin their future. A distraction from their troubles comes in the form of murder.When the editor of The Weekly Gazette is killed, controversial journalist and i...

  • The Palace of Lost Memories

    After the Rift - 1

    From multi-USA Today bestselling author C.J. Archer comes this captivating new fantasy featuring court intrigue, power struggles, a strong heroine, and a slow-burn romance.The king's magnificent palace was built in a matter of weeks. No one saw the b...

  • The Echo of Broken Dreams

    After the Rift - 2

    When a palace maid is attacked, Josie and the captain of the guards investigate together. Since one of the suspects is a foreign diplomat and magic expert, they use the opportunity to learn more about sorcery. But it soon becomes clear that he is usi...

  • The Cheater's Game

    Glass and Steele - 7

    The arrival of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show in London brings trouble. When the sharpshooter who beats Willie at poker is murdered, Matt and India investigate. Willie is convinced the victim cheated, but no one knows how until India discovers his sec...

  • The Whisper of Silenced Voices

    After the Rift - 3

    When the husband of the king’s mistress is poisoned, Josie must pretend he died of natural causes, or risk putting her own life in danger. It’s yet another secret she must learn to keep, yet another intrigue whispered about in the gilded halls of...

  • The Prisoner's Key

    Glass and Steele - 8

    India's study into the language of spells is interrupted by the arrest of her teacher for an unpaid debt. Before Matt can repay it for him, the powerful magician escapes from his prison cell. To make matters worse, the moneylender is murdered and the...

  • The Temple of Forgotten Secrets

    After the Rift - 4

    Glancia is plunged into perilous times, but it's the events in her village that worry Josie more. A terrible fire puts the lives of those she loves at risk and threatens to shatter the uneasy peace.Josie and the captain investigate the cause of the b...

  • The Imposter's Inheritance

    Glass and Steele - 9

    A sordid scandal rocks the Glass household and threatens to ruin Matt's family unless he can suppress it. But after word gets out, and a rare magical coronet is stolen, he and India find themselves scrambling to recover the heirloom and suppress the ...



  • The Prison of Buried Hopes

    After the Rift - 5

    In the fifth instalment of this epic fantasy series, a journey south brings together nine eclectic friends and leads them ever closer to answers â€" and danger.On their journey south to Freedland, Josie, Dane and their friends sense that someone is f...

  • The Return of Absent Souls

    After the Rift - 6

    From a multi-USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author comes this romantasy (romantic fantasy), the final in a 6-book series.I loved every single page!! A terrific ending to a wonderful story. I read the entire series in one week because t...

  • The Kidnapper's Accomplice

    Glass and Steele - 10

    To investigate the source of gossip about Cyclops, Willie does the unthinkable â€" she dons a dress. However her plan goes awry when she’s kidnapped by a disgruntled magician with the power to detonate gunpowder at will. The magician forces India a...

  • Murder at the Mayfair Hotel

    A Cleopatra Fox Mystery - 1

    It was the most fashionable place to stay in London, until murder made a reservation. Solve the puzzle in this new mystery from USA Today bestselling author of the Glass and Steele series.December 1899. After the death of her beloved grandmother, Cle...

  • The Toymaker's Curse

    Glass and Steele - 11

    Are curses real? After a toymaker magician gives a lecture at a collector's club soiree, an important spell is stolen and a man is found strangled. The investigation into his murder leads India and Matt to the colorful and dangerous world of the Roma...

  • Murder at the Piccadilly Playhouse

    A Cleopatra Fox Mystery - 2

    She was admired by women and desired by men, until jealousy and past secrets took center stage. Help Cleo and her friends solve the murder of one of London's leading actresses. When a hotel guest's mistress is found dead in the stalls of the Piccadil...

  • The Spy Master's Scheme

    Glass and Steele - 12

    With knowledge of magic becoming more widespread in London, magicians find themselves highly sought after. Consumers want to buy their wares and so seek out magicians among their acquaintance. India's rare magic is in demand from Matt's family, the C...

  • Murder in the Drawing Room

    A Cleopatra Fox Mystery - 3

    Scandal, secrets and bawdy photographs are uncovered when the wife of a politician is murdered. Untangle the lies with Cleo and her friends and find the killer.When Harry Armitage passes an investigation to Cleo involving adultery, they both think it...

  • The Goldsmith's Conspiracy

    Glass and Steele - 13

    USA TODAY BESTSELLERTHE GOLDSMITH'S CONSPIRACY is the final book in the bestselling Glass and Steele series. To see why readers rave about the series, start at the beginning with THE WATCHMAKER'S DAUGHTER.Tensions between the artless and magicians ar...

  • Murder at the Dressmaker's Salon

    A Cleopatra Fox Mystery - 4

    As fashion designer to London's elite, she had an eye for detail and a flare for the dramatic. But there's nothing stylish about her cold-blooded murder.With the social season just around the corner, the women in Cleo's family are having new outfits ...

  • The Librarian of Crooked Lane

    The Glass Library - 1

    A librarian with a mysterious past, a war hero with a secret, and the heist of a magic painting. THE LIBRARIAN OF CROOKED LANE is an intriguing new fantasy from C.J. Archer, the USA Today bestselling author of the Glass and Steele series.Librarian Sy...

  • Murder at the Debutante Ball

    A Cleopatra Fox Mystery - 5

    In this 5th installment of the bestselling mystery series, Cleopatra Fox gets entangled in a web of betrayal and blackmail that leaves the high society matchmakers scandalized.When a notorious cad is bludgeoned to death with a candlestick in the libr...

  • The Medici Manuscript

    The Glass Library - 2

    One book can change your life.Finding an old manuscript in the attic has always been a fantasy of Sylvia's. She just never expected the fantasy to come true, or for it to lead her to answers about her mysterious family.The silver clasps binding the p...

  • Murder at the Crown and Anchor

    A Cleopatra Fox Mystery - 6

    A wealthy businessman with a reputation for taking risks rose from the slums to the height of success. But success comes at a price, especially when it's achieved at the expense of others. When a former guest of the hotel is found dead in a dockside ...

  • The Untitled Books

    The Glass Library - 3

    A curated collection of magic...and murder.When a set of bound manuscripts written on magician-made paper is brought to the Glass Library, Sylvia and the professor send the owner away. After all, the library collects books about magic, not containing...

  • Murder at the Polo Club

    A Cleopatra Fox Mystery - 7

    The sport of kings is the backdrop for a game of murder where one player loses more than the match. Can Cleo solve the case, or will the murderer win?
Summer has arrived along with a plethora of social events that keep Cleo and her cousins bus...

  • The Dead Letter Delivery

    The Glass Library - 4

    The discovery of long-lost mail delivers a marriage proposal, a missing person, and a magical mystery.A road trip with Gabe and her friends leads Sylvia to discover more about her mother's veiled past yet throws up several questions, too. The stack o...

  • Murder at the Dinner Party

    A Cleopatra Fox Mystery - 8

    The staff in high society households are expected to be unobtrusive, but a dead butler in the dining room tends to get noticed. Did he die of natural causes or was he poisoned? Cleo is hired by the housekeeper at a Mayfair residence after the police ...

  • Secrets of the Lost Ledgers

    The Glass Library - 5

    An invisible message from a dead man resurrects a decades-old mystery.With her sharpened magical senses, Sylvia recognizes invisible writing while cataloging an obscure book for the library. She's shocked to discover the message, written many years e...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

C.J. Archer has published 68 books.

The next book by C.J. Archer, Secrets of the Lost Ledgers, will be published in September 2024.

The first book by C.J. Archer, The Mercenary's Price, was published in February 2011.

Yes. C.J. Archer has 12 series.
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