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  • Bibliography:
    44 Books (7 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2013
  • Latest Book:
    July 2024
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About the Author

I'm a writer of romance, mostly m/m, often historical or fantasy or both. My books include The Magpie Lord and Think of England.

I'm also a freelance editor, and I blog about writing and editing at kjcharleswriter.com.

I live in London, UK, with two kids, a tolerant husband and an even more tolerant cat.

Full Series List in Order

A Charm of Magpies

0.5 - The Smuggler and the Warlord (Jan-2013)
1 - The Magpie Lord (Sep-2013)
1 - Any Old Diamonds (Jan-2019)
1.5 - Interlude with Tattoos (Dec-2013)
2 - A Case of Possession (Jan-2014)
2.5 - A Case of Spirits (Jan-2015)
3 - Flight of Magpies (Oct-2014)
3.3 - Feast of Stephen (Dec-2014)
3.6 - Jackdaw (Feb-2015)
4 - Rag and Bone (Mar-2016)

The Doomsday Books

1 - The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (Mar-2023)
2 - A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel (Sep-2023)

The Lilywhite Boys

0.5 - The Rat-Catcher's Daughter ()
1 - Any Old Diamonds (Jan-2019)
2 - The Gilded Cage (Jun-2019)
3 - Masters In This Hall (Dec-2022)

The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal

1 - The Caldwell Ghost (Oct-2013)
2 - Butterflies (Nov-2013)
2.5 - Remnant (Mar-2014)

Sins of the Cities

1 - An Unseen Attraction (Feb-2017)
2 - An Unnatural Vice (Jun-2017)
3 - An Unsuitable Heir (Oct-2017)

Society of Gentlemen

0.5 - The Ruin of Gabriel Ashleigh (Oct-2015)
1 - A Fashionable Indulgence (Aug-2015)
2 - A Seditious Affair (Dec-2015)
3 - A Gentleman's Position (Apr-2016)

The Will Darling Adventures

1 - Slippery Creatures (May-2020)
2 - The Sugared Game (Aug-2020)
3 - Subtle Blood (Jun-2021)

Book List in Order: 44 titles



  • *Free short story available on the author's website* In A Case of Possession, Merrick gives us a hint, he mentions a certain northern-Chinese warlord that Crane was ‘playing the fool with’… K.J. Charles has graciously shared a little tidb...




  • When Robert Caldwell inherits a haunted house, he calls on ghost-hunter Simon Feximal to rid him of the supernatural menace. But the ghost is stronger than either man realizes -- strong, angry, and desperate for release. Trapped in a haunted house wi...




  • A short story set just after the end of The Magpie Lord. Stephen Day and Lord Crane return to London. Neither is quite sure where their fledgeling relationship is going. It seems unlikely that there can be much of a future for them, under the circums...





  • A man with a past is her only hope for the future. Kerry Ekdahl's mixed heritage and linguistics skills could have made her a corporate star. Instead, she's a hostess in a high-end Tokyo bar, catering to businessmen who want conversation, transla...









  • A free Charm of Magpies Christmas coda. Stephen and Crane have finally got away on their long-awaited Christmas break, along with Crane’s henchman Merrick and Jenny Saint. A promised gift is made, and a request unexpectedly and magically fulfil...



  • None so blind…

    A Charm of Magpies, Book 2.5

    As torrential rains wash away the stench of a London heat wave, another kind of wave is sweeping through the city streets. A rash of ghost sightings, followed quickly by madness -- a...




  • A story too secret, too terrifying -- and too shockingly intimate -- for Victorian eyes.A note to the EditorDear Henry,I have been Simon Feximal’s companion, assistant and chronicler for twenty years now, and during that time my Casebooks of Fexima...



  • In the first novel of an explosive new series from K. J. Charles, a young gentleman and his elegant mentor fight for love in a world of wealth, power, and manipulation. When he learns that he could be the heir to an unexpected fortune, Harry Vane rej...



  • Passion is on the cards for two reckless rogues as K. J. Charles ups the ante in her Society of Gentlemen series with a sizzling eBook short story.   The youngest son and the blackest sheep in his family, Lord Gabriel Ashleigh never imagined he ...



  • K. J. Charles turns up the heat in her new Society of Gentlemen novel, as two lovers face off in a sensual duel that challenges their deepest beliefs. Silas Mason has no illusions about himself. He’s not lovable, or even likable. He’s an overbear...



  • Apprentice magician Crispin Tredarloe returns to London to find his master dead, and his papers sold. Papers with secrets that could spell death. Crispin needs to get them back before anyone finds out what he's been doing, or what his magic can do.Cr...



  • It's amazing what people throw away... Crispin Tredarloe never meant to become a warlock. Freed from his treacherous master, he's learning how to use his magical powers the right way. But it's brutally hard work. Not everyone believes he's a reform...






  • Power, privilege, and the rigid rules of class leave two hearts yearning for connection in the sizzling new Society of Gentlemen novel from K. J. Charles. Among his eccentric though strictly principled group of friends, Lord Richard Vane is the confi...



  • Horror wears many faces, and its masks can be tantalizing. Some of the top names in queer fiction come together to spin their own versions of horror. Worlds rife with dark beauty and mystery, the familiar becoming terrible, creatures ethereal and all...



  • WANTED, A GENTLEMAN Or, Virtue Over-Rated the grand romance of Mr. Martin St. Vincent . . . a Merchant with a Mission, also a Problem Mr. Theodore Swann . . . a humble Scribbler and Advertiser for Love *** Act the First: the office...



  • A slow-burning romance and a chilling mystery bind two singular men in the suspenseful first book of a new Victorian series from K. J. Charles. Lodging-house keeper Clem Talleyfer prefers a quiet life. He’s happy with his hobbies, his work -- and e...



  • In the sordid streets of Victorian London, unwanted desire flares between two bitter enemies brought together by a deadly secret. Crusading journalist Nathaniel Roy is determined to expose spiritualists who exploit the grief of bereaved and vulnerabl...



  • Archaeologist Saul Lazenby has been all but unemployable since his disgrace during the War. Now he scrapes a living working for a rich eccentric who believes in magic. Saul knows it’s a lot of nonsense...except that he begins to find himself in inc...



  • A private detective finds passion, danger, and the love of a lifetime when he hunts down a lost earl in Victorian London. On the trail of an aristocrat’s secret son, enquiry agent Mark Braglewicz finds his quarry in a music hall, performing as a tr...



  • Johanna Oakley will do anything to save her beloved Arabella from the cruelty of Mr. Fogg’s madhouse -- but ‘anything’ turns out to be more than she bargained for when she finds herself working for a man suspected of worse than murder.As Johann...



  • Jasper Detchard is a disgraced British officer, now selling his blade to the highest bidder. Currently that's Michael Elphberg, half-brother to the King of Ruritania. Michael wants the throne for himself, and Jasper is one of the scoundrels he hires ...



  • When crusading lawyer Vikram Pandey sets out in search of a missing youth, his investigations take him to Holywell Street, London’s most notorious address. He expects to find a disgraceful array of sordid bookshops. He doesn’t expect one of them ...






  • Sir Philip Rookwood is the disgrace of the county. He’s a rake and an atheist, and the rumours about his hellfire club, the Murder, can only be spoken in whispers. (Orgies. It’s orgies.)Guy Frisby and his sister Amanda live in rural seclusion aft...



  • Lord Alexander Pyne-ffoulkes, the younger son of the Duke of Ilvar, holds a bitter grudge against his wealthy father. The Duke intends to give his Duchess a priceless diamond parure on their wedding anniversary -- so Alec hires a pair of jewel thieve...



  • A shooting party at the Earl of Witton’s remote country house is a high treat for champion shot Patricia Merton -- until unexpected guests turn the social atmosphere dangerously sour.That’s not Pat’s biggest problem. She’s visiting her old fr...



  • Once upon a time, a boy from a noble family fell in love with a girl from the gutter. It went as badly as you''d expect.   

    Seventeen years later, Susan Lazarus is a renowned detective, and Templeton Lane is a jewel thief. She...



  • Will Darling came back from the Great War with a few scars, a lot of medals, and no idea what to do next. Inheriting his uncle's chaotic second-hand bookshop is a blessing...until strange visitors start making threats. First a criminal gang, then the...



  • It's been two months since Will Darling saw Kim Secretan, and he doesn't expect to see him again. What do a rough and ready soldier-turned-bookseller and a disgraced, shady aristocrat have to do with each other anyway?But when Will encounters a face ...



  • Robin Loxleigh and his sister Marianne are the hit of the Season, so attractive and delightful that nobody looks behind their pretty faces.Until Robin sets his sights on Sir John Hartlebury's heiress niece. The notoriously graceless baronet isn't imp...



  • Will Darling is all right. His business is doing well, and so is his illicit relationship with Kim Secretan--disgraced aristocrat, ex-spy, amateur book-dealer. It's starting to feel like he's got his life under control.And then a brutal murder in a g...



  • John Garland was in love: now he's in disgrace. He's jobless, alone, and determined to avenge himself on the thief who ruined his life. All he wants for Christmas is Barnaby Littimer in gaol. Barnaby has secured a job running the extravagant tra...



  • Gothic scandal meets Bridgerton intrigue in this swashbuckling Regency romance from celebrated author KJ Charles.Abandoned by his father, Gareth Inglis grew up lonely, prickly, and well-used to disappointment. Still, he longs for a connection. When h...






  • A light-fingered drifter encounters a landless earl... A music hall singer finds the man of her dreams in a thieves' kitchen...A detective is plunged into a Christmas conspiracy...A rogue magician needs the help of a waste-paper seller...Chaos reigns...



  • Toby never meant to be a highway robber, but needs must. He didn't plan to impersonate a top London valet either, but when the chance comes to present himself as the earl of Arvon's new gentleman's gentleman, he grabs it. Unfortunately, the earl is t...



  • Bridgerton goes Gothic in this sweeping Regency romance by celebrated author KJ Charles.Major Rufus d’Aumesty has unexpectedly become the Earl of Oxney, master of a remote Norman manor on the edge of the infamous Romney Marsh. There he’s beset on...



  • Don't miss the second thrilling standalone Regency romance in the Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune series by KJ Charles...The Duke of Severn is one of the greatest men in Britain.He's also short, quiet, and unimpressive. And now he's been robbed, after...



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    Music-hall singer Miss Christiana is in serious debt, and serious trouble. She owes more than she can pay to a notorious criminal, and now he plans to make an example of her. There's no way out.But Christiana has an admirer. Stan Kamarzyn has watched...


Award-Winning Books by K.J. Charles

A Seditious Affair
2015 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best LGBT Romance
Think of England
2014 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best LGBT Romance


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

K.J. Charles has published 44 books.

The next book by K.J. Charles, The Duke at Hazard, will be published in July 2024.

The first book by K.J. Charles, The Smuggler and the Warlord, was published in January 2013.

Yes. K.J. Charles has 7 series.