Janet Butler Male

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  • Bibliography:
    43 Books (9 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 2017
  • Latest Book:
    June 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Edwardian Dramedy

1 - The Lost Duchess (Aug-2019)
2 - The Emancipation of Emily (Sep-2019)

Izzie Firecracker

1 - Izzie Firecracker and the Last of the Family Diamonds (Nov-2017)
2 - Movies, Mothers and Murder (May-2018)
3 - Over the Sea to Die (Sep-2018)
4 - The Christmas Castle Ghost (Nov-2018)
5 - My Darling Doris (Jun-2022)

Midlife Magic in Moondip

1 - The Grimoire Girls (Jan-2023)
2 - The Grimoire Girls Again (Apr-2023)
3 - The Grimoire Girls' Regency Adventure (Mar-2024)

Milly's Magical Midlife

0.5 - Secrets and Pies - a Cat's Tale (Jul-2022)
1 - Baking and Entering (Jun-2021)
2 - Scone but Not Forgotten (Aug-2021)
3 - Once Bitten, Twice Pie (Nov-2021)

The Reinvention Romcoms

1 - A Few Weddings and a Funeral (Sep-2023)
2 - Second Chances in Venice (Mar-2025)

Reluctant Time Traveller

1 - Escape from Mystic Manor (Feb-2019)
2 - Scarlett King and the Ghost (Apr-2019)

The Saga of Lexi Smith

1 - Nice Girls Don't Sleep Naked (Nov-2019)

Scarlett King

0.5 - Time-Travel Taster (Sep-2022)
1 - Time-Travel Guru (Aug-2020)
2 - Time-Travel Ghost (Aug-2020)
3 - Time-Travel Gipsy (Oct-2020)
4 - Time-Travel Halloween (Oct-2020)
5 - Time-Travel Christmas (Nov-2020)
6 - Time-Travel Baby (Feb-2022)

Witches of London

1 - Angela's Lashes (Jun-2019)
2 - The Lie, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Aug-2019)
3 - Broomstruck (Oct-2019)
4 - Hexed in the City (Jan-2020)

Book List in Order: 43 titles

  • Izzie Firecracker and the Last of the Family Diamonds

    Izzie Firecracker - 1

    Happiness is the Best RevengeWithin twenty-four hours three separate desperate women turn to wacky London therapist, Izzie Firecracker, for help. One is close to murdering her control-freak greedy husband....

  • Movies, Mothers and Murder

    Izzie Firecracker - 2

    Life's a Gamble—Especially in Vegas!Izzie Firecracker is used to picking up life's pieces—but when her latest self-help gig lands her in glittering Las Vegas, she's in over her head. After losing her mother and facing eviction from her sw...

  • Over the Sea to Die

    Izzie Firecracker - 3

    Her life has gone from chic to bleak. Izzie meets a hot Highlander with a problem. A family friend used to a party girl but now spends her days on a windswept rocky shore, Bible in hand. Eager to help her newfound hunk in a kilt, Izzie agre...

  • The Christmas Castle Ghost

    Izzie Firecracker - 4

    A Scottish castle. A snowstorm. And one ghost too many…Izzie Firecracker had plans for Christmas. They involved sunshine, cocktails and minimal clothing. Instead, she's stranded on the Isle of Scree—with a castle full of eccentric guests,...

  • Escape from Mystic Manor

    Reluctant Time Traveller - 1

    Scarlett King has been engaged to money-mad Peregrine Pratt for six years. When he asks her to move to spooky Mystic Manor her intuition screams NO. But Peregrine always gets his way…Within hours, Scarlett discovers the house has a knife-wield...

  • Scarlett King and the Ghost

    Reluctant Time Traveller - 2

    Scarlett King, newly married to her dream man, moves into her dream house. Within days she meets Fleur, a beautiful teenage ghost, trapped in the dilapidated ballroom since 1946...Fleur is unhappy due to lost love. When she finds her mum haunts the s...

  • Angela's Lashes

    Witches of London - 1

    A witch, a wicked future mother-in-law, and a wedding on the line… what could possibly go right?Angela's just found the perfect man – posh, charming Bertie – after a meet-cute in the supermarket. And now? A ring, a date and a dream ...

  • The Lie, the Witch and the Wardrobe

    Witches of London - 2

    In a world where witches and warlocks balance glamour, magic and mayhem, Edwina – Parisian enchantress, feline wrangler and magical mentor – faces her greatest challenge yet.Her darling niece Angela, a sweet beautician who believes she's ...

  • The Lost Duchess

    Edwardian Dramedy - 1

    In Edwardian London, losing your wife is simply not done — unless she vanishes in styleWhen the Duchess of Dalby steps into her carriage after a simple dress fitting, the duke expects her back in time for tea. Instead, the carriage arrives empt...



  • The Emancipation of Emily

    Edwardian Dramedy - 2

    Emily is bored, bored, bored with her middle-class marriage.She dreams of smashing down the walls of convention — or at the very least, breaking a window.Her husband doesn't understand.After all, she has her thrilling At Homes to preside over.W...

  • Broomstruck

    Witches of London - 3

    An ex-witch. A hunky horror writer. A husband who deserves a good hexing.Hattie Meeks lost her magic years ago – stolen by her greedy husband one Halloween night. Ever since, she's been stuck in a joyless life of passive-aggressive dinners and ...

  • Nice Girls Don't Sleep Naked

    The Saga of Lexi Smith - 1

  • Can the Cat Save Christmas?

    A smart, sharp festive story for readers who prefer their heroines flawed, their cats opinionated—and their happy endings hard-won.Clara used to think she had it all: the man, the flat, the fairytale.Then everything fell apart faster than a che...

  • Hexed in the City

    Witches of London - 4

    Sassy romantic comedy, with magic and mysteryThe Witches of London trilogy in one wacky volume for your escapist pleasure...1: Angela's LashesIn a London supermarket, Angela and Bertie fall in lust across the aisles...And soon plan to walk down a wed...

  • Awful Wedded Husbands

    She married the most handsome man she'd ever seen. Pity he came with spreadsheets, sulks and a four-inch bathwater limit.Nineteen and full of romantic illusions, Lexi thought she'd hit the jackpot when she said 'I do' to Gary Blewitt—tall, dark...

  • I Can't Go Back to Maplethorpe

    Maddy is desperate to escape dreary English seaside-town, Mudley... ...With a forced smile, she helps her widowed dad in his World-War-Two themed cafe.She likes the elderly, eccentric clients but longs for the bright lights, big city...And ...

  • Maddy Can't Go Back to Mudley

  • Lady Adelia's Secret

    Lady Adelia lives a repressed life, ruled by a strict father and a prim governess — but she is a sunny soul who rises above the gloom, helped by a secret stash of scandalous romance novels.One afternoon, she overhears her parents plotting her f...

  • Time-Travel Ghost

    Scarlett King - 2

    Some ghosts can't move on. Others won't let you…Scarlett King thought she'd found her happy-ever-after: a gorgeous husband, a dreamy honeymoon in Venice, and the keys to a charming Surrey villa. But behind the crumbling grandeur of their new ba...



  • Time-Travel Guru

    Scarlett King - 1

    Haunted house. Toxic fiance. Mysterious guru. And a wild time-travel mission to 1976...Scarlett King thought moving into a creepy mansion with her controlling fiance was rock bottom – until a ghost, a Rottweiler named Killer and a Victoria spon...

  • Time-Travel Gipsy

    Scarlett King - 3

    When Scarlett's delicious husband Gabriel announces they're heading to 1960s Liverpool to save someone from the gallows, she buries her head in her hands....The kicker? The life they're meant to save might be her aunt's – whose future hinges on...

  • Time-Travel Halloween

    Scarlett King - 4

    When Scarlett predicts a widow will end up dead after marrying a suspiciously slick younger man, she hopes she's wrong....But when Mercy Manners turns up actually dead on Halloween night, Scarlett knows it's no accident.Despite her hus...

  • Time-Travel Christmas

    Scarlett King - 5

    Scarlett King heads to Oxford Street for Christmas shopping, coffee and pastries...but finds a heartbreaking story and a twist of fate.When Scarlett meets Maisie, a homeless woman with a tragic past, she learns of a 1958 murder, a wrongful conviction...

  • Walkies, Darling!

    She's stuck in a loveless marriage. But magic, mischief and one very good dog might change her fate...Evie Snide is forty-five, frumpy and firmly under the thumb of her pompous husband.  Her only sources of joy are her beloved rescue greyhound a...

  • Baking and Entering

    Milly's Magical Midlife - 1

     Divorced. Forty. Flat broke.Milly Miller thought the biggest surprise of her week would be her decree absolute arriving in the post. Then a solicitor's letter lands on her doormat… along with a small fortune and a posh London flat from an...

  • Scone but Not Forgotten

    Milly's Magical Midlife - 2

    Milly Miller thought opening a cosy Chelsea cafe would be simple: bake scones, sip tea, and enjoy a little peace after all the chaos...But between a sharp-tongued Siamese cat, a glamorous ghostly flatmate, and enchanted shortbread with unexpected sid...

  • Once Bitten, Twice Pie

    Milly's Magical Midlife - 3

     Seaside life was supposed to be simple: lazy mornings, romantic dinners and long walks with her new husband. But for Milly Miller, simplicity remains a distant dream. Instead, she's juggling a sarcastic 200-year-old talking cat, an impulsive pl...

  • Time-Travel Baby

    Scarlett King - 6

    She's finally pregnant... but fate wants the baby born in 1959. And there's no guarantee she'll make it back to the present.Scarlett King is ready to settle down. No more time-travel missions, no more danger – just cosy nights with her dreamy h...

  • My Darling Doris

    Izzie Firecracker - 5

    From mop and bucket to champagne bucket?  A terrible secret hidden for years is making Doris miserable. What is it? Therapist Izzie intends to find out. Can she change her cleaner's life from drab to fab? Her professional rep...



  • Secrets and Pies - a Cat's Tale

    Milly's Magical Midlife - 0.5

     In the late 1950s, Saphira - a magical talking cat - lives in an English castle with pretty witch Ella. But all is not well. Ella's husband has lost all their money, and the butler stole her magic. Saphira wants to put things rig...

  • Time-Travel Taster

    Scarlett King - 0.5

    Engaged to a man she doesn't love - or fancy - will she break his heart to save her own? Scarlett King plans to leave her wealthy but boring boyfriend. But when he proposes in a busy restaurant, she says yes. Oh, no! They move to a sup...

  • Holly's Holiday Angel

    Another Christmas with her husband? Bah humbug.Holly is forty-five, fed up and fantasising about freedom over a buttered scone in Crumbs Café. Her overbearing husband Oliver controls everything -- from the money to the thermostat -- and her only...

  • The Grimoire Girls

    Midlife Magic in Moondip - 1

    Magic got them into this mess. Now it's their only way out.Layney's life appears picture-perfect – respectable husband, sweet teenage daughter, five-bed home in Cheshire. But when her daughter starts acting possessed and her own forgotten memor...

  • The Grimoire Girls Again

    Midlife Magic in Moondip - 2

    Layney Grimoire's new life is off to a magical start – until a customer drops dead at the grand opening of her bookshop cafe.Also, her daughter's boyfriend may be a vampire, her Highland hunk is acting suspiciously perfect, and something –...

  • Escaping Mr. Wrong

    Although only twenty-four, Sherry feels burdened by her mundane and passionless marriage. But with her confidence zapped, she doesn't plan to leave. Until she starts a new job and a glamorous and fun-loving older woman enters her life. On t...

  • A Few Weddings and a Funeral

    The Reinvention Romcoms - 1

    A warm, witty tale of midlife mayhem, meddling and mother-daughter mischief.Since my bossy husband retired, I've been on tranquillisers to avoid killing him.But when my daughter marries a much older man with money and mystery to spare, I'm too worrie...

  • Faye and the Fairy Godmother

    Ever wished for a fairy godmother -- and a second chance at life?Bullied into an arranged marriage in 1987, Faye has spent decades trapped in a loveless, controlling relationship. Her only comforts are champagne, prescription pills and her loyal Germ...

  • Willa's Christmas Wish

    Willa is trapped in a passionless marriage, with a husband who stifles her dreams and crushes her confidence. But when she starts a new job and meets Celeste, a glamorous and bewitching older woman, her life is turned upside down. Cele...

  • The Grimoire Girls' Regency Adventure

    Midlife Magic in Moondip - 3

    As witch Layney Grimoire reads a Regency novel in bed with her fiance, she couldn't be happier...Until a cry for help from a damsel in distress screams from its pages.Soon, she, her teenage daughter and their cheeky talking cat travel from modern-day...



  • Midlife Magic and Money

    Ava's life might look perfect from the outside – married to a wealthy man, living in a beautiful home – but she's secretly miserable.​​​​​​​Stuck in a marriage that's all style and no substance, s...

  • Second Chances in Venice

    The Reinvention Romcoms - 2

    Mary married niggly Nigel on the rebound – and regretted it from the moment she said, 'I do.'In a last-ditch attempt to resurrect their passion-free marriage, they head to Venice. But when Nigel books the cheapest hotel, unpacks his paisley-pat...

  • The Ex Files

    Three husbands. One near-nervous breakdown. And a glamorous comeback you'll never forget.Sasha Mayfair has survived it all — bad marriages, worse cardigans and an evil cousin with a gift for backhanded compliments. At fifty, she wakes up in sil...

  • Lucy Legs It to London

    A city romcom with a seaside soul....In 1989, when waitress Lucy Wren leaves sleepy Mudley for the bright lights of London, she's determined to reinvent herself – big dreams, bold heels, and no slinking back in defeat.But London isn't quite the...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Janet Butler Male has published 43 books.

Janet Butler Male does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Ex Files, was published in June 2025.

The first book by Janet Butler Male, Izzie Firecracker and the Last of the Family Diamonds, was published in November 2017.

Yes. Janet Butler Male has 9 series.
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