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C.J. Redwine Books in Order

C.J. Redwine has written 13 books, published between 2012 and 2025. The first book is Defiance (2012) and the newest is Tinsel Trouble (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
2012–2025
Confirmed
4 of 13 titles
Pages on record
3,087 in 8 of 13 books
Reading time
51–77 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,087 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

See all 13 books in order Printable C.J. Redwine checklist

Fantasy is the ground C.J. Redwine works on: magic, princesses, princes and adaptations run through the subjects recorded for the 13 books credited to Redwine. The catalogue opens with Defiance (2012) and reaches Tinsel Trouble (2025). Ravenspire, Rise of the Vicious Princess and Melinda Doolittle Presents are the recorded series, and The Shadow Queen (2016), The Wish Granter (2017), The Traitor Prince (2018) and The Blood Spell (2019) appeared in successive years. Redwine is still publishing.

How many C.J. Redwine books are there?

C.J. Redwine has 13 books, released between 2012 and 2025. They include 4 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.

C.J. Redwine Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 C.J. Redwine 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. Cover of Defiance by C.J. Redwine, book 1 of the Defiance series (2012)
  2. Cover of Deception by C.J. Redwine, book 2 of the Defiance series (2013)
  3. Cover of The Shadow Queen by C.J. Redwine, book 1 of the Ravenspire series (2016)
  4. Cover of The Traitor Prince by C.J. Redwine, book 3 of the Ravenspire series (2018)
  5. Cover of The Blood Spell by C.J. Redwine, book 4 of the Ravenspire series (2019)
  6. Cover of Rise of the Vicious Princess by C.J. Redwine, book 1 of the Rise of the Vicious Princess series (2022)
  1. 1
    DefianceDefiance #12012 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012432
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  2. 2
    Query2012 · 56 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201256
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  3. 3
    DeceptionDefiance #22013 · 496 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013496
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  4. 4
    DeliveranceDefiance #32014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  5. 5
    OutcastDefiance #42014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  6. 6
    The Shadow QueenRavenspire #12016 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016416
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  7. 7
    The Wish GranterRavenspire #22017 · 423 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017423
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  8. 8
    The Traitor PrinceRavenspire #32018 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018416
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  9. 9
    The Blood SpellRavenspire #42019 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019448
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  10. 10
    The Disappearance of Emily Downs2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  11. 11
    Rise of the Vicious PrincessRise of the Vicious Princess #12022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  12. 12
    Return of the Vengeful QueenRise of the Vicious Princess #22024 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2024400
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  13. 13
    Tinsel TroubleMelinda Doolittle Presents #12025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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C.J. Redwine 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.

Defiance in order

4 books
  1. 1. Defiance
  2. 2. Deception
  3. 3. Deliverance
  4. 4. Outcast

Ravenspire in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Shadow Queen
  2. 2. The Wish Granter
  3. 3. The Traitor Prince
  4. 4. The Blood Spell

Rise of the Vicious Princess in order

2 books
  1. 1. Rise of the Vicious Princess
  2. 2. Return of the Vengeful Queen

Melinda Doolittle Presents in order

1 book
  1. 1. Tinsel Trouble

Standalone books

2 books

2 C.J. Redwine titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read C.J. Redwine books in order?

You only need to read C.J. Redwine books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with C.J. Redwine

Start with Defiance (2012), the earliest published title.

What is the newest C.J. Redwine book?

Tinsel Trouble (2025) is the newest C.J. Redwine book released so far.

Is there a new C.J. Redwine book coming?

No next C.J. Redwine book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

C.J. Redwine at a glance

Still publishing
C.J. Redwine published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
C.J. Redwine books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,087 pages across the 8 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 420 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most C.J. Redwine books, 9 of 13, were published in the 2010s.

What the C.J. Redwine books are about

7 of the 13 C.J. Redwine 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 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.