Bella Ellis / Rowan Coleman Books in Order

Bella Ellis / Rowan Coleman has written 30 books, published between 2002 and 2023. The first book is Growing Up Twice (2002) and the newest is A Gift of Poison (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
30
Published
2002–2023
Pages on record
6,241 in 18 of 30 books
Reading time
104–156 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,241 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 30 titles with a page count on record.

Rowan Coleman writes contemporary fiction and children's books, and publishes the Bronte Sisters Mysteries as Bella Ellis. The Ruby Parker novels, about a child actor, run from 2005 to 2007 and take in Ruby Parker Hits the Small Time, Ruby Parker: Soap Star, Ruby Parker: Film Star and Ruby Parker: Hollywood Star. Motherhood carries the adult fiction, in The Accidental Mother (2005), Mommy by Mistake (2007) and The Baby Group (2007), and Sophie Mills is her other series. The 30 catalogued books open with Growing Up Twice (2002) and close with A Gift of Poison (2023).

How many Bella Ellis / Rowan Coleman books are there?

Bella Ellis / Rowan Coleman has 30 books, released between 2002 and 2023. They include 3 series and 17 titles listed outside any series.

Bella Ellis / Rowan Coleman Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 30 Bella Ellis / Rowan Coleman books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    Growing Up Twice2002 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002400
  2. 2
    After Ever After2003 · 431 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003431
  3. 3
    River Deep2004 · 420 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004420
  4. 4
    Ruby Parker Hits the Small TimeRuby Parker #12005 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005240
  5. 5
    The Accidental MotherSophie Mills #12005 · 392 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005392
  6. 6
    Ruby Parker: Soap StarRuby Parker #22007 · 239 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007239
  7. 7
    Ruby Parker: Film StarRuby Parker #32007 · 316 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007316
  8. 8
    Mommy by Mistake2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007
  9. 9
    Ruby Parker: Hollywood StarRuby Parker #42007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007
  10. 10
    The Baby Group2007 · 422 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007422
  11. 11
    The Accidental WifeSophie Mills #22008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008
  12. 12
    Ruby Parker: Musical StarRuby Parker #52008 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008256
  13. 13
    Another Mother's Life2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008
  14. 14
    The Accidental FamilySophie Mills #32009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009
  15. 15
    Ruby Parker: Shooting StarRuby Parker #62009 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009256
  16. 162010
  17. 17
    The Home for Broken Hearts2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010
  18. 18
    Lessons in Laughing Out Loud2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011
  19. 19
    Dearest Rose / The Runaway Wife2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012
  20. 20
    The Memory Book2014 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014320
  21. 21
    The Day We Met2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014
  22. 22
    We Are All Made of Stars2015 · 342 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015342
  23. 23
    The Other Sister2016 · 394 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016394
  24. 24
    The Summer of Impossible Things2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017
  25. 25
    Mirror, Mirror2017 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017368
  26. 26
    The Vanished BrideBrontë Sisters Mystery #12019 · 293 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019293
  27. 27
    The Girl at the Window2019 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019464
  28. 28
    The Diabolical BonesBrontë Sisters Mystery #22020 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020336
  29. 29
    The Red MonarchBrontë Sisters Mystery #32021 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021352
  30. 30
    A Gift of PoisonBrontë Sisters Mystery #42023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023

Bella Ellis / Rowan Coleman books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Ruby Parker in order

6 books
  1. 1. Ruby Parker Hits the Small Time
  2. 2. Ruby Parker: Soap Star
  3. 3. Ruby Parker: Film Star
  4. 4. Ruby Parker: Hollywood Star
  5. 5. Ruby Parker: Musical Star
  6. 6. Ruby Parker: Shooting Star

Brontë Sisters Mystery in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Vanished Bride
  2. 2. The Diabolical Bones
  3. 3. The Red Monarch
  4. 4. A Gift of Poison

Sophie Mills in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Accidental Mother
  2. 2. The Accidental Wife
  3. 3. The Accidental Family

Standalone books

17 books

17 Bella Ellis / Rowan Coleman titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Bella Ellis / Rowan Coleman books in order?

You only need to read Bella Ellis / Rowan Coleman books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Bella Ellis / Rowan Coleman

Start with Growing Up Twice (2002), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Bella Ellis / Rowan Coleman book?

A Gift of Poison (2023) is the newest Bella Ellis / Rowan Coleman book released so far.

Is there a new Bella Ellis / Rowan Coleman book coming?

No next Bella Ellis / Rowan Coleman book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Bella Ellis / Rowan Coleman at a glance

Paused
No new Bella Ellis / Rowan Coleman title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Bella Ellis / Rowan Coleman books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
6,241 pages across the 18 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 347 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Bella Ellis / Rowan Coleman books, 15 of 30, were published in the 2000s.

What the Bella Ellis / Rowan Coleman books are about

27 of the 30 Bella Ellis / Rowan Coleman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 7 of 27. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.