Madeline Martin Books in Order: All 41 Titles
Madeline Martin is an American novelist based in Jacksonville, Florida, who writes both historical romance and historical fiction. She began publishing in 2015 with Scottish-set historical romances through small presses and independently, building up around thirty-five romance titles across eight series before her career changed direction. In 2021 she published The Last Bookshop in London with Hanover Square Press, a Blitz-set novel about a London bookshop, which became a major bestseller and launched a run of book-themed historical fiction. She describes herself as a New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly and internationally bestselling author, with books translated into more than twenty-five languages. She grew up partly in Germany as an army child, worked in corporate America for years before writing full time, and cites research as the part of the job she most enjoys.
Do you have to read Madeline Martin in order?
The two halves of her work are entirely separate and neither requires the other. Within the historical fiction, all six Hanover Square Press novels are standalones and can be read in any order; The Last Bookshop in London is the natural starting point because it is the best known. Within the romance, the only real sequence is Borderland Ladies followed by Borderland Rebels, which share the Werrick family and are best read in that order; Ena's Surrender is a prequel published after the rest of Borderland Ladies and is easiest to read either first or last, and The Highlander's Lady Knight is the Borderland Rebels prequel. Every other romance series stands alone, and the Matchmaker of Mayfair novellas are individually self-contained pieces gathered under one banner after the fact.
Genres and eras: Two distinct halves, and the distinction matters. Her HISTORICAL ROMANCE - everything from 2015 to 2024 - is mostly Scottish and Anglo-Scottish border historical romance (Heart of the Highlands, The Mercenary Maidens, Highland Passions, Borderland Ladies, Borderland Rebels) plus Regency-set romance (The London School for Ladies, Wedding a Wallflower, Matchmaker of Mayfair). Her HISTORICAL FICTION - The Last Bookshop in London onward - is not romance: it is book- and library-themed women's historical fiction, mostly set during the Second World War, with The Secret Book Society moving to Victorian London (1895) and A Time of Witches running a dual timeline between 1645 Suffolk and the present day. Do not shelve the Hanover Square Press titles as Regency romance.
Heart of the Highlands in order (2015-2016)
Her debut series: Scottish-set historical romance about English agents and Highland lairds. Reissued by Oliver Heber Publishing in 2022, which is the date shown on her own website; the years below are first publication.
| Book | Title | First published |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deception of a Highlander | 2015 |
| 2 | Possession of a Highlander | 2015 |
| 3 | Enchantment of a Highlander | 2016 |
The Mercenary Maidens in order (2017-2018)
A team of women trained as spies for the Crown and sent into Scotland.
| Book | Title | First published |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highland Spy | 2017 |
| 2 | Highland Ruse | 2017 |
| 3 | Highland Wrath | 2018 |
Highland Passions in order (2017-2019)
Scottish historical romance. Her own website lists Her Highland Destiny third and The Highlander's Untamed Lady fourth; publication order and FictionDB both put The Highlander's Untamed Lady (August 2018) before Her Highland Destiny (March 2019), which is the order used here.
| Book | Title | First published |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Ghostly Tale of Forbidden Love | 2017 |
| 2 | The Madam's Highlander | 2018 |
| 3 | The Highlander's Untamed Lady | 2018 |
| 4 | Her Highland Destiny | 2019 |
Borderland Ladies in order (2019-2020)
The five daughters of the Earl of Werrick, holding Werrick Castle on the Anglo-Scottish border against reivers. Ena's Surrender is a prequel, numbered 0.5, but was published last, in February 2020.
| Book | Title | First published |
|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | Ena's Surrender | 2020 |
| 1 | Marin's Promise | 2019 |
| 2 | Anice's Bargain | 2019 |
| 3 | Ella's Desire | 2019 |
| 4 | Catriona's Secret | 2019 |
| 5 | Leila's Legacy | 2019 |
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Borderland Rebels in order (2020-2021)
The sequel series to Borderland Ladies. The Highlander's Lady Knight is described on the author's own page as book 2 of the multi-author Midsummer Knights Romance series and a prequel to Borderland Rebels; it is set in the summer of 1193.
| Book | Title | First published |
|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | The Highlander's Lady Knight | 2020 |
| 1 | Faye's Sacrifice | 2020 |
| 2 | Kinsey's Defiance | 2020 |
| 3 | Clara's Vow | 2021 |
| 4 | Drake's Honor | 2021 |
The London School for Ladies in order (2019-2021)
Regency romance - a finishing school for young women who do not fit society's mould.
| Book | Title | First published |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | How to Tempt a Duke | 2019 |
| 2 | How to Start a Scandal | 2020 |
| 3 | How to Wed a Courtesan | 2021 |
Matchmaker of Mayfair in order (2018-2022)
The author's own umbrella name for six shorter Regency romances originally published across several multi-author series and anthologies - Earl of Benton, Earl of Oakhurst and Earl of Kendal in the Wicked Earls' Club, Mesmerizing the Marquis in Enduring Legacy, and Discovering the Duke in the Dukes by the Dozen anthology. Years below are first publication; most were reissued by Oliver Heber Publishing in 2022.
| Book | Title | First published |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Earl of Benton novella | 2018 |
| 2 | Mesmerizing the Marquis novella | 2018 |
| 3 | Discovering the Duke novella | 2019 |
| 4 | Earl of Oakhurst novella | 2019 |
| 5 | Earl of Kendal novella | 2021 |
| 6 | Unmasking the Earl novella | 2022 |
Wedding a Wallflower in order (2022-)
Regency romance published by Harlequin Historical / Mills & Boon, and her only ongoing romance series. Three further books - The Duke's Arrangement, Scandal and the Viscount and Forbidden Rogue - are announced on her site as forthcoming and are not counted as published.
| Book | Title | First published |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Earl's Hoyden | 2022 |
| 2 | The Rake's Convenient Bride | 2024 |
Historical fiction (not romance) in order (2021-2026)
Standalone novels published by Hanover Square Press, an imprint of HarperCollins. These are book- and library-themed historical fiction rather than romance: the first four are Second World War novels, The Secret Book Society is set in Victorian London in 1895, and A Time of Witches runs a dual timeline between the 1645 Suffolk witch trials and the present day. A further novel, The Forgotten Pages, is announced for autumn 2027.
| Book | Title | First published |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Last Bookshop in London | 2021 |
| 2 | The Librarian Spy | 2022 |
| 3 | The Keeper of Hidden Books | 2023 |
| 4 | The Booklover's Library | 2024 |
| 5 | The Secret Book Society | 2025 |
| 6 | A Time of Witches | 2026 |
Madeline Martin: books outside the series
These sit outside the numbered series and can be read in any order.
| Title | First published | |
|---|---|---|
| — | Her Highland Beast anthology-contribution | 2018 |
| — | The Highlander's Challenge novella | 2019 |
| — | The Highlander's Stolen Bride | 2022 |
Where to start with Madeline Martin
The Last Bookshop in London
Her breakout historical fiction novel and the book most readers arrive looking for, though it is not a romance.
The Earl's Hoyden
The first of Wedding a Wallflower, her most recent and most accessible Regency romance series.
Marin's Promise
The opener of Borderland Ladies, the strongest entry point to her Scottish-border romances.
How to Tempt a Duke
A self-contained Regency and the start of a completed three-book series.
Frequently asked questions
Does Madeline Martin write romance or historical fiction?
Both, in two clearly separate halves. From 2015 to 2024 she published about thirty-five Scottish and Regency historical romances, mostly independently or with small presses. Since 2021 she has also written book-themed historical fiction for Hanover Square Press, starting with The Last Bookshop in London; those novels are not romances.
Do Madeline Martin's books need to be read in order?
Only the Borderland books. Borderland Ladies and its sequel series Borderland Rebels share the Werrick family and read best in sequence. Her historical fiction novels are all standalones, and her other romance series are self-contained.
Is The Last Bookshop in London part of a series?
No. It is a standalone novel set in London during the Blitz. It was followed by four more standalone historical novels on similar themes - The Librarian Spy, The Keeper of Hidden Books, The Booklover's Library and The Secret Book Society - but they share no characters.
What order do the Borderland Ladies books go in?
Marin's Promise, Anice's Bargain, Ella's Desire, Catriona's Secret and Leila's Legacy, one for each of the Earl of Werrick's five daughters. Ena's Surrender is a prequel about their mother, numbered 0.5 but published last in February 2020. Borderland Rebels follows, with the prequel novella The Highlander's Lady Knight.
How many books has Madeline Martin written?
Forty-one published titles: thirty-five historical romances and six works of historical fiction. Several more are announced, including three further Wedding a Wallflower Regencies and the 2027 novel The Forgotten Pages.
Are Madeline Martin's romances Regency?
Some are. The London School for Ladies, Wedding a Wallflower and the Matchmaker of Mayfair novellas are Regency-set. The larger part of her romance output - Heart of the Highlands, The Mercenary Maidens, Highland Passions, Borderland Ladies and Borderland Rebels - is Scottish and Anglo-Scottish border historical romance rather than Regency.
Is Madeline Martin still writing historical romance?
Yes, but at a much slower rate. Her recent output is dominated by the annual Hanover Square Press historical fiction novels; on the romance side, The Rake's Convenient Bride appeared in December 2024 and three more Wedding a Wallflower books are announced as forthcoming.
How this list was counted
This guide lists 41 titles — 38 across 9 series and 3 outside them. 41 published titles under the name Madeline Martin: 35 historical romances (novels and novellas across eight series plus three standalones) and 6 works of historical fiction. Excludes four announced but unpublished titles - The Duke's Arrangement, Scandal and the Viscount and Forbidden Rogue, all listed on her site as forthcoming Wedding a Wallflower books, and The Forgotten Pages, due from Hanover Square Press in autumn 2027. Also excludes the Highland Passions boxed set and other bundles, which reprint titles already counted. Her Highland Beast is counted once, at its 2018 anthology appearance, not again for its 2020 standalone release.
The series structure here comes from Madeline Martin's own books page, which groups her work into ten categories, read directly in a browser because the page is JavaScript-driven. Publication years come from FictionDB, which carries month-level first-publication dates; her own book pages show the Oliver Heber Publishing reissue date of 18 November 2022 for most of the older romances, which is a reissue and not first publication - several aggregator sites repeat those 2022 and 2023 dates as if they were original. Matchmaker of Mayfair is the author's own retrospective grouping for six novellas that first appeared in other people's multi-author series and anthologies; no database lists it as a series, so its internal numbering here is by publication date rather than by any authorial numbering. Her Highland Beast first appeared in the anthology Romantically Enchanted in September 2018 and was released alone in October 2020; it is counted once, at 2018. The US title of the 2024 novel is The Booklover's Library and the author's own page heads it The Book Lover's Library; the former is used here. The Highlander's Lady Knight and The Highlander's Stolen Bride both belong to multi-author series (Midsummer Knights Romance and Highland Alliances respectively) but were written by Martin and are counted. bookseriesinorder.com lists a Wedding a Wallflower entry and various anthology titles without distinguishing forthcoming books from published ones; all four announced-but-unpublished titles have been excluded here.