The Riddle Saga in Order

About the Riddle Saga

The Riddle Saga books file under Regency historical romance on the Riddle Saga shelf, clean romance and regency romance threaded through the records.

The rest of the catalogue past Riddle Saga is mapped in the Patricia Veryan reading guide, Riddle Saga included.

A scope note for Riddle Saga: the 4 books here are the catalogue's Riddle Saga records; Patricia Veryan may well have written Riddle Saga books beyond our shelves.

The Riddle Saga books in order

Series numbering exists in the Riddle Saga records, and the Riddle Saga list keeps to it — numbers first, years beside.

1. The Riddle of the Lost Lover (1998) — Book 2 — Captain Jack Vespa has just discovered the man he thought was his father wasn't at all, but a cold-hearted villain in search of a fortune.
2. The Riddle of the Reluctant Rake (1999) — Book 3 — Lieutenant-Colonel Hastings Adair, best friend of Captain Jack Vespa, the dashing hero of Veryan's last two novels, wakes up in the arms of an unwed noblewoman, scandalizing…
3. The Riddle of the Shipwrecked Spinster (2001) — Book 4 — Possessing neither fortune nor beauty, Cordelia Stansbury seems doomed to spinsterhood until the machinations of her mother land her in a locked room with the rich and highly…
4. The Riddle of the Deplorable Dandy (2002) — Book 5 — Elspeth Clayton's family has been living in considerably reduced circumstances, and to improve their finances, her brother Vance becomes a soldier of fortune.