Amanda Quick Books in Order: Every Series and Standalone

Who is Amanda Quick?

Amanda Quick is a pen name of Jayne Ann Krentz — one of three names the same author writes under, each reserved for a different era:

• Amanda Quick — historical romantic suspense (Regency, Victorian, and the 1930s Burning Cove books). This page.
• Jayne Ann Krentz (her married name) — contemporary romantic suspense.
• Jayne Castle (her birth name) — futuristic and paranormal romance, set on the world of Harmony.

So if you loved an "Amanda Quick" and picked up a "Jayne Castle" expecting more Regency, that is why you landed on another planet. A few of her worlds — most notably the Arcane Society — deliberately span all three names. Everything below is the Amanda Quick historicals. Nearly all of them stand alone, so you can jump in anywhere, but within a series, publication order reads best.

The Vanza series in order

Four Regency-era romances linked by the secret martial-arts society of Vanza — full of intrigue, hidden pasts and slow-burning courtship.

1. With This Ring (1998)
2. I Thee Wed (1999)
3. Wicked Widow (2000)
4. Lie by Moonlight (2005)

Lavinia Lake & Tobias March in order

A three-book run starring one of Quick's most beloved investigative couples, sharp and banter-driven:

1. Slightly Shady (2001)
2. Don't Look Back (2002)
3. Late for the Wedding (2003)

The Arcane Society historicals in order

The Arcane Society is a shared universe of psychic talents and a secretive scholarly order. It spans all three of Krentz's pen names; the Amanda Quick historical entries are:

1. Second Sight (2006)
2. The Third Circle (2008)
3. The Perfect Poison (2009)
4. Burning Lamp (2010)
5. Quicksilver (2011)

Note: the full Arcane Society series interleaves contemporary Jayne Ann Krentz titles and futuristic Jayne Castle titles between these. If you want the complete, cross-pen-name reading order, that is a separate (much longer) list; above are only the Amanda Quick historicals, which read perfectly well as their own set.

Ladies of Lantern Street in order

A Victorian-set trio featuring the psychic investigators of the Lantern Street agency:

1. Crystal Gardens (2012)
2. The Mystery Woman (2013)
3. Otherwise Engaged (2014)

Worth knowing if you are comparing lists: databases disagree about how long this series is. The publisher's own ebook series lists three books, as above. Some reference sites count only the first two, and a few stretch it to four by folding in 'Til Death Do Us Part (2016) — which is more usually filed as a standalone. Three is the publisher's answer, so it is ours.

Burning Cove, California in order

A change of era: these are set in a glittering 1930s seaside resort, mixing old-Hollywood glamour with romantic suspense. Read in publication order:

1. The Girl Who Knew Too Much (2017)
2. The Other Lady Vanishes (2018)
3. Tightrope (2019)
4. Close Up (2020)
5. The Lady Has a Past (2021)
6. When She Dreams (2022)
7. The Bride Wore White (2023)

The Amanda Quick standalone novels

Outside the five series above, Quick has written a long run of standalone Regency and Victorian romances — including the one-word-title Regencies she made her name on. None of these require any other book:

1. Seduction (1990)
2. Surrender (1990)
3. Scandal (1991)
4. Rendezvous (1991)
5. Ravished (1992)
6. Reckless (1992)
7. Dangerous (1993)
8. Deception (1993)
9. Desire (1993)
10. Mistress (1994)
11. Mystique (1995)
12. Mischief (1996)
13. Affair (1997)
14. The Paid Companion (2004)
15. Wait Until Midnight (2005)
16. The River Knows (2007)
17. Garden of Lies (2015)
18. 'Til Death Do Us Part (2016)

Add the series and the standalones together and you are at roughly forty Amanda Quick novels. We are deliberately not quoting a single hard number: published totals run anywhere from about 40 to 46 depending on whether anthologies, novellas and the cross-pen-name Arcane Society titles get counted, and the databases do not agree with each other.

What is the newest Amanda Quick book?

The most recent novel published as Amanda Quick is The Bride Wore White (2023), the seventh Burning Cove book. There has been no new Amanda Quick title since, and no announced release date for one.

She has not stopped writing, though — she has simply been working under her other two names. If you are waiting for more and are open to a change of era, her recent output is under Jayne Ann Krentz (contemporary romantic suspense) and Jayne Castle (futuristic). Same author, same knack for a competent heroine and a dry-witted hero, different century.

Where to start

If you want the quintessential Amanda Quick — Regency, witty, faintly Gothic — start with the Vanza series or the Lavinia Lake and Tobias March trilogy, both classic and easy to fall into. If you love a paranormal edge, begin the Arcane Society historicals with Second Sight. And if you would rather trade ballrooms for Art Deco glamour, The Girl Who Knew Too Much launches the 1930s Burning Cove books beautifully. Because almost everything is standalone, you really can start with whichever premise grabs you.