Sarah M. Eden Books in Order: Jonquil Brothers, Longing for Home, and More

Sarah M. Eden writes historical romance with a strong emphasis on family, community, faith, personal resilience, and detailed historical settings. Her books range from Regency family sagas and Victorian mystery-romances to frontier stories, Western romance, and more recent time-slip and paranormal romance. Eden’s official website describes her as a USA Today bestselling author of more than eighty historical novels and notes multiple Whitney Awards and Best of State Gold Medals.

Her bibliography can look confusing because several series overlap through families, settings, or the broader historical-romance universe. Some titles are also short stories or novellas, while others are collaborations. The lists below focus first on the principal series and then cover the shorter and collaborative works separately.

Jonquil Brothers Books in Order

The Jonquil Brothers series is one of Sarah M. Eden’s foundational Regency family series. It begins with Friends and Foes and follows members of the large Jonquil family through different romances and stages of their lives. The series currently contains seven main books.

1. Friends and Foes

Published: 2003

Friends and Foes introduces Philip Jonquil, a spy hunter pursuing a French agent during the Napoleonic era. His investigation takes an unexpected turn when he encounters Sorrel Kendrick, a sharp-tongued woman who complicates both his mission and his carefully controlled life.

As the first Jonquil story, it establishes the family and historical world that Eden would revisit in later books.

2. The Kiss of a Stranger

Published: 2008

The Kiss of a Stranger follows another member of the Jonquil family into an unexpected romance. The novel was originally published under this title and is also known as The Ramshackle Knight.

It expands the Jonquil family saga while introducing another relationship shaped by secrets, reputation, and the expectations of Regency society.

3. Drops of Gold

Published: 2008

Drops of Gold continues the Jonquil family story with another romance set against the social expectations of Regency England.

The book works as part of the larger family saga because recurring family relationships and connections become increasingly important as the series progresses.

4. As You Are

Published: 2008

As You Are adds another Jonquil romance to the family sequence. Like the earlier books, it combines courtship with questions about identity, family expectations, and finding someone who can see beyond social appearances.

5. A Fine Gentleman

Published: 2008

A Fine Gentleman continues the interconnected Jonquil family stories and adds another perspective to the brothers’ expanding world.

Readers who enjoy family-centered Regency romance will get more from this book after following the preceding Jonquil stories because the family’s relationships are part of the appeal.

6. For Love or Honor

Published: 2017

For Love or Honor returned to the Jonquil family several years after the earlier books. Its later publication date means there is a considerable gap between it and the original cluster of Jonquil novels, but it remains part of the same family series.

7. The Heart of a Vicar

Published: 2019

The Heart of a Vicar continues the Jonquil family saga with a romance involving faith, duty, and personal expectations.

It is best saved until after the earlier Jonquil books if you want to experience the family’s development in publication order.

Lancaster Family Books in Order

The Lancaster Family series follows another interconnected Regency family and overlaps with the broader world of Eden’s Regency romances. Seeking Persephone begins the series, followed by Courting Miss Lancaster and later books centered on members of the family.

1. Seeking Persephone

Published: 2008

Seeking Persephone introduces Adam and Persephone Lancaster. What begins as a marriage arrangement develops into a relationship in which both characters have to overcome assumptions about themselves and each other.

The book is particularly useful as an entry point into Eden’s interconnected Regency family world.

2. Courting Miss Lancaster

Published: 2010

Courting Miss Lancaster continues the Lancaster family story with another romance and expands the network of relationships surrounding the family.

3. Romancing Daphne

Published: 2017

Romancing Daphne returns to the Lancaster family for another romance several years after the first two books.

4. Loving Lieutenant Lancaster

Published: 2018

Loving Lieutenant Lancaster follows another member of the Lancaster family and continues the series’ emphasis on family, duty, and love.

5. Charming Artemis

Published: 2021

Charming Artemis is another Lancaster romance and also connects with the wider Regency world surrounding Eden’s other family series.

6. Christmas at Falstone Castle

Published: 2021

Christmas at Falstone Castle is a holiday entry associated with the Lancaster Family series. It works best after becoming familiar with the Lancaster characters and their relationships.

Longing for Home Books in Order

The Longing for Home series moves away from Regency England and into 1870s Wyoming. It follows an Irish immigrant community trying to build new lives in the American West.

There are currently eight books in the series, ending for now with Home to Me in 2026.

1. Longing for Home

Published: 2013

Longing for Home introduces an Irish immigrant community in Wyoming and establishes the frontier setting that remains central to the series.

The romance is intertwined with the larger question of what it means to leave one home behind and build another in an unfamiliar place.

2. Hope Springs

Published: 2014

Hope Springs continues the Wyoming community introduced in the first book. New relationships develop against the challenges of frontier life, while the characters’ connections to the growing community become increasingly important.

3. Love Remains

Published: 2017

Love Remains continues the emotional and family threads of the Hope Springs community. It is particularly rewarding for readers who have already become invested in the characters introduced earlier.

4. My Dearest Love

Published: 2017

My Dearest Love is a shorter companion novella associated with the series in some bibliographies, although it is also listed as Book 4 in current series catalogs. For readers following the numbered series, placing it after Love Remains is the simplest approach.

5. Long Journey Home

Published: 2018

Long Journey Home continues the community’s story and reinforces one of the series’ central themes: finding belonging after leaving everything familiar behind.

6. Valley of Dreams

Published: 2020

Valley of Dreams returns to the established community for another historical romance and continues the long-running character connections of the series.

7. Choices of the Heart

Published: 2022

Choices of the Heart moves the Hope Springs saga into another generation of relationships while retaining the shared community setting.

8. Home to Me

Published: 2026

Home to Me is the newest Longing for Home book. It brings the series into its current phase and is the latest published addition to the Wyoming community as of 2026. Eden’s official website currently highlights it among her recent releases.

Savage Wells Books in Order

The Savage Wells series is another Western historical-romance sequence, this time centered on a Wyoming town and the people connected to its law enforcement and community.

1. The Sheriffs of Savage Wells

Published: 2016

The Sheriffs of Savage Wells introduces the town and its lawmen, combining Western adventure with romance and community drama.

The book established Savage Wells as one of Eden’s major Western settings and was a finalist for both the Foreword Reviews INDIE Awards and the Whitney Awards.

2. Healing Hearts

Published: 2019

Healing Hearts returns to Savage Wells with another romance involving characters whose past experiences have left emotional wounds.

3. Wyoming Wild

Published: 2023

Wyoming Wild continues the Savage Wells world and expands the Western setting with another historical romance. It was a finalist for both the Whitney Awards and Foreword Reviews INDIE Awards.

Dread Penny Society Books in Order

The Dread Penny Society is one of Eden’s most distinctive series. It combines Victorian romance with penny-dreadful adventures, secret identities, criminal mysteries, and theatrical storytelling.

1. The Lady and the Highwayman

Published: 2019

The Lady and the Highwayman introduces the Victorian world of the Dread Penny Society. The story follows two writers of penny dreadfuls whose secret identities become intertwined with a dangerous mystery.

The book earned a Foreword Reviews INDIE Awards Gold Medal for Romance.

2. The Gentleman and the Thief

Published: 2020

The Gentleman and the Thief continues the Victorian mystery-romance world with another pair of characters caught between respectable society and the dangerous underground world surrounding the penny dreadfuls.

3. The Merchant and the Rogue

Published: 2021

The Merchant and the Rogue combines another romance with the mystery-driven atmosphere that defines the series. It won the 2021 Swoony Award for Best Mystery.

4. The Bachelor and the Bride

Published: 2022

The Bachelor and the Bride continues the Dread Penny Society’s mixture of romance, secret identities, and Victorian adventure.

5. The Queen and the Knave

Published: 2023

The Queen and the Knave is currently the fifth and latest main Dread Penny Society novel. The series is also available in a collected edition containing the five penny-dreadful romances.

The Gents Books in Order

The Gents series uses an unusual naming pattern: its books are named after flowers. Each romance focuses on a different gentleman while sharing the wider Regency setting.

1. Forget Me Not

Published: 2020

Forget Me Not begins the series with a romance shaped by memory, reputation, and the possibility of a second chance.

The book won a Foreword Reviews INDIE Awards Gold Medal for Romance and was a Whitney Award finalist.

2. Lily of the Valley

Published: 2022

Lily of the Valley continues the series with another gentleman’s romance. It won the 2022 Swoony Award for Best Historical Romance and received a Readers’ Favorite silver medal.

3. Fleur de Lis

Published: 2023

Fleur de Lis continues the flower-themed romance sequence and expands the collection of gentlemen whose stories form the series.

4. Snapdragons

Published: 2024

Snapdragons adds another Regency romance to the series and continues its flower-based naming tradition.

5. Snowdrops and Winterberry

Published: 2024

Snowdrops and Winterberry is another Gents romance published in 2024.

6. Love in a Mist

Published: 2025

Love in a Mist is the latest Gents book and one of Eden’s recent releases. Her official website currently highlights it alongside Home to Me and Echoes of the Sea.

The Huntresses Books in Order

The Huntresses series is another Regency romance sequence, with a group of women whose stories are connected through their friendships and social world.

0.5. The Best-Laid Plans

Published: 2021

The Best-Laid Plans is a shorter prequel/novella and is generally listed as Huntresses 0.5.

It is optional for readers who want only the full-length novels, but it provides an earlier introduction to the characters and setting.

1. The Best Intentions

Published: 2022

The Best Intentions begins the main Huntresses series and introduces the women whose friendships and romantic adventures drive the books.

2. The Best of Friends

Published: 2024

The Best of Friends continues the series and was a 2024 Whitney Award finalist for Historical Romance.

3. The Best-Kept Secrets

Published: 2025

The Best-Kept Secrets continues the interconnected romances and expands the social world introduced in the first books.

4. The Best of Luck

Published: 2026

The Best of Luck is the fourth main Huntresses novel and the newest entry in the series. Current bibliographic listings place its publication in 2026.

Storm Tide Books in Order

The Storm Tide books introduce a different element into Eden’s historical romance: time travel and time-slip romance.

1. The Tides of Time

Published: 2025

The Tides of Time begins with Lili Minet, a woman fleeing Revolutionary France. A mysterious storm sends her decades into the future, where she encounters lighthouse keeper Armitage Pierce in England.

The romance combines historical fiction with time travel and gives Eden’s bibliography a supernatural element that is quite different from her Regency family sagas.

2. Echoes of the Sea

Published: 2025

Echoes of the Sea continues the Storm Tide world with another time-crossing romance. The story involves modern-day actor Kipling Summerfield, who travels to Guilford Island and encounters Amelia Archibald in the past.

The two books can be read in publication order, although their individual romantic stories can also stand independently.

Mercury Raine Books in Order

The Mercury Raine books add paranormal romance to Eden’s historical fiction. The series imagines a Regency world where wealthy households can acquire and keep ghosts, while Mercury Raine works as a specialist in arranging supernatural “placements.”

1. Ghost Broker

Published: 2025

Ghost Broker introduces Mercury Raine and the unusual supernatural world surrounding his profession. The story combines Regency romance with ghosts, secrets, and a mystery surrounding Mercury’s carefully protected past.

2. A Whisper in the Wind

Published: 2025

A Whisper in the Wind continues Mercury’s story and expands the ghost-broker world through a new client and a spirit with an unexpected connection to Mercury.

3. Twenty and One

Published: 2026

Twenty and One brings Mercury face to face with a mysterious ghost whose knowledge of him threatens secrets he has spent years protecting.

4. The Forever Flame

Published: 2026

The Forever Flame continues Mercury’s supernatural adventures and develops the ongoing mysteries surrounding his past.

5. Written in Red

Published: 2026

Written in Red is the fifth Mercury Raine story and continues the series’ blend of Regency romance and paranormal mystery.

6. Laid to Rest

Published: 2026

Laid to Rest is currently listed as Mercury Raine Book 6 and is scheduled for October 2026. Because the current date is October 1, it should be treated as an upcoming/current release rather than an older published title.

Sarah M. Eden’s Short Stories, Novellas, and Standalones

Sarah M. Eden has also published numerous shorter works that do not fit neatly into the major series. Some are associated with specific series, while others were published in collections or anthologies.

The Best-Laid Plans

This 2021 novella is associated with The Huntresses and is best placed before The Best Intentions.

Sweet Treat Novellas

Eden has also been publishing a growing collection of short historical romances under the Sweet Treat Novellas label. Current listings include titles such as A Friend Indeed, A Happy Beginning, A Lady of Sense, A Match for Princess Pompous, A Place to Call Home, A Billionaire Abroad, The Pebbled Path, A Most Unsuitable Suitor, A Soldier’s Heart, and Love of My Heart.

These are better treated as individual short romances rather than forcing them into one numbered series.

Sarah M. Eden Collaborative Books

Eden has also contributed to several multi-author historical-romance collections.

Timeless Georgian Collection

Her contributions include:

1. Her Country Gentleman
2. A Lady’s Wager

These are collaborative anthology entries rather than books that need to be inserted into the main Eden series order.

The Fiction Kitchen Trio Cookbook

Eden co-authored The Fiction Kitchen Trio Cookbook with Traci Hunter Abramson and Sian Ann Bessey. It is a cookbook rather than a fiction title and should not be included in the fiction reading order.

Sarah M. Eden Series at a Glance

The series counts above reflect the current bibliographic listings available in 2026.

What Order Should You Read Sarah M. Eden’s Books?

For Regency Family Romance

Start with Seeking Persephone if you want the Lancaster family, or Friends and Foes if you want to begin with the Jonquil Brothers.

Because these families and later Regency books share a broader fictional world, readers interested in Eden’s interconnected Regency stories may eventually want to read both series.

For Western Romance

Start with Longing for Home for the Irish immigrant community in Wyoming, or The Sheriffs of Savage Wells for a more traditional Western setting.

For Victorian Mystery and Adventure

Start with The Lady and the Highwayman. The Dread Penny Society is one of Eden’s most distinctive series because it combines romance with penny-dreadful mystery and secret identities.

For Something Unusual

Try The Tides of Time for time-slip romance or Ghost Broker for paranormal Regency romance.

Are Sarah M. Eden’s Books Connected?

Some are, but not all.

The Jonquil Brothers and Lancaster Family books form part of a broader interconnected Regency world, and later series such as The Gents and The Huntresses also sit within Eden’s historical-romance universe.

The Longing for Home and Savage Wells books are separate Western settings, while Storm Tide introduces time-slip elements and Mercury Raine adds paranormal elements.

That is why there is no single mandatory reading order for the entire Sarah M. Eden bibliography. Reading each individual series from its first book is generally the clearest approach.

Where Should You Start with Sarah M. Eden?

Start with Seeking Persephone

Choose Seeking Persephone if you want Regency romance with a strong family-saga element. It is the first Lancaster Family novel and also provides a useful introduction to Eden’s interconnected Regency world.

Start with Longing for Home

Choose Longing for Home if you prefer frontier settings, immigrant communities, and Western historical romance.

Start with The Lady and the Highwayman

Choose The Lady and the Highwayman if you want Victorian romance mixed with mystery, secret identities, and penny-dreadful adventures.

Start with The Best Intentions

Choose The Best Intentions if you prefer a Regency friendship group and interconnected romantic stories.

Start with The Tides of Time

Choose The Tides of Time if you want historical romance with a time-travel premise.

Start with Ghost Broker

Choose Ghost Broker if you like Regency romance with paranormal elements and supernatural mysteries.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Sarah M. Eden written?

Sarah M. Eden’s bibliography contains more than eighty historical novels according to her official website, alongside shorter fiction, novellas, anthology contributions, and collaborative works. Different databases count her works differently because some include individual anthology stories, alternate editions, collections, and short fiction.

What is Sarah M. Eden’s first book?

Friends and Foes is generally recognized as Sarah M. Eden’s first published novel, dating to 2003, and it begins the Jonquil Brothers series.

What is the Longing for Home series order?

The series order is Longing for Home, Hope Springs, Love Remains, My Dearest Love, Long Journey Home, Valley of Dreams, Choices of the Heart, and Home to Me.

What is the Dread Penny Society series order?

Read The Lady and the Highwayman, The Gentleman and the Thief, The Merchant and the Rogue, The Bachelor and the Bride, and The Queen and the Knave.

What is the Jonquil Brothers series order?

The Jonquil Brothers books are Friends and Foes, The Kiss of a Stranger, Drops of Gold, As You Are, A Fine Gentleman, For Love or Honor, and The Heart of a Vicar.

What is the latest Sarah M. Eden book?

As of October 2026, recent Sarah M. Eden releases include Home to Me, Love in a Mist, and the Mercury Raine books Twenty and One, The Forever Flame, and Written in Red. Laid to Rest is listed for October 2026.

Is Sarah M. Eden’s Longing for Home series finished?

Home to Me, published in 2026, is currently the eighth and latest listed Longing for Home book. No additional volume is currently listed in the sources consulted.

Is Mercury Raine connected to Sarah M. Eden’s Regency books?

Yes. Mercury Raine introduces a paranormal variation on Eden’s Regency world, where ghosts have become part of fashionable society and Mercury works as a specialist ghost broker. The series currently has five published stories, with Laid to Rest listed as Book 6 for October 2026.

What is the best Sarah M. Eden series to start with?

There is no single required starting point because her major series have different settings and styles. Seeking Persephone suits readers interested in her Regency family world, Longing for Home focuses on frontier Wyoming, The Lady and the Highwayman combines Victorian romance and mystery, while The Tides of Time and Ghost Broker offer time-slip and paranormal variations.

Final Thoughts

Sarah M. Eden’s books are best understood as several interconnected historical-romance worlds rather than one enormous reading sequence. Her Jonquil Brothers and Lancaster Family books are the foundation of her Regency fiction, while Longing for Home and Savage Wells explore the American West. The Dread Penny Society adds Victorian mystery and adventure, The Gents and The Huntresses continue her Regency romance, and her newer Storm Tide and Mercury Raine books introduce time travel and paranormal elements.

For a first read, choose the series that matches the setting you enjoy most, then follow that series in publication order. If you want to explore Eden’s bibliography more broadly, starting with the Jonquil and Lancaster books gives you the clearest introduction to the interconnected Regency side of her work.

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