Jana DeLeon Books in Order
Jana DeLeon has written 64 books, published between 2006 and 2026. The first book is Rumble on the Bayou (2006) and the newest is Marsh Mystics (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 64
- Published
- 2006–2026
- Confirmed
- 63 of 64 titles
- Pages on record
- 9,919 in 35 of 64 books
- Reading time
- 165–248 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,919 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 35 of 64 titles with a page count on record.
Rumble on the Bayou (2006) is the first of 64 Jana DeLeon books in the catalogue, which reaches Marsh Mystics (2026). DeLeon's series include Miss Fortune Mystery, Ghost-in-Law, Shaye Archer, Mystere Parish: Family Inheritance, Tempest Island and Marina at Midlife. Subjects cover romantic suspense, humorous mystery, murder, missing persons, private investigators, plantations and New Orleans. Early titles include Trouble in Mudbug (2009), Bayou Bodyguard (2011) and Louisiana Longshot (2012).
The Miss Fortune Mystery series follows CIA assassin Fortune Redding, who hides in the town of Sinful, Louisiana, posing as a beauty queen while working with two retirees to solve local crimes.
How many Jana DeLeon books are there?
Jana DeLeon has 64 books, released between 2006 and 2026. They include 7 separate series.
Jana DeLeon Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 64 Jana DeLeon books in the order they were released, 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.
- 120063253/4
- 220073083/4
- 320092483/4
- 420093043/4
- 52010–3/4
- 62011–3/4
- 720112163/4
- 820122484/4
- 92012–3/4
- 1020122173/4
- 112012–3/4
- 122012–3/4
- 1320132883/4
- 1420132703/4
- 1520132183/4
- 162013–2/4
- 1720132664/4
- 182013–3/4
- 1920132583/4
- 2020132383/4
- 212014–3/4
- 2220142684/4
- 2320142544/4
- 2420142643/4
- 252014–3/4
- 2620153563/4
- 2720152504/4
- 2820152564/4
- 2920163373/4
- 302016–3/4
- 3120162484/4
- 3220162504/4
- 3320172883/4
- 3420173463/4
- 352017–3/4
- 3620172584/4
- 3720183623/4
- 382018–3/4
- 3920182704/4
- 4020182964/4
- 4120182884/4
- 422019–3/4
- 432019–4/4
- 4420193004/4
- 452019–3/4
- 462020–3/4
- 4720203204/4
- 4820203284/4
- 4920213183/4
- 502021–3/4
- 5120213204/4
- 522021–3/4
- 532021–3/4
- 5420223383/4
- 552022–3/4
- 562022–3/4
- 572023–3/4
- 582023–3/4
- 592023–3/4
- 602024–3/4
- 612024–3/4
- 622024–3/4
- 632025–3/4
- 642026–3/4
Jana DeLeon series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
Jana DeLeon 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.
Ghost-in-Law in order
8 booksShaye Archer in order
7 books- 1. Malevolent
- 2. Sinister
- 3. Diabolical
- 4. Wicked
- 5. Unseen
- 6. Dreadful
- 7. Damned
Jana Deleon Standalone Novels
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Mystere Parish in order
3 booksMystere Parish: Family Inheritance in order
3 books- 1. The Accused
- 2. The Betrayed
- 3. The Reunion
Tempest Island in order
3 booksHappily Everlasting in order
2 books12 Days of Christmas in order
1 bookEmerald in order
1 bookLizzy Gardner Files Series by Dylan Keefer in order
1 book- 1. Unsavory
Marina at Midlife in order
1 bookShivers in order
1 bookDo you have to read Jana DeLeon books in order?
You only need to read Jana DeLeon books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Jana DeLeon
Start with the first book of the Jana DeLeon series you want to read: Miss Fortune Mystery starts with Louisiana Longshot (2012), Miss Fortune Mysteries starts with Louisiana Longshot (2012) and Ghost-In-Law Mysteries starts with Trouble in Mudbug (2009). The earliest catalogued title overall is Rumble on the Bayou (2006).
What is the newest Jana DeLeon book?
Marsh Mystics (2026) is the newest Jana DeLeon book released so far.
Is there a new Jana DeLeon book coming?
No next Jana DeLeon book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jana DeLeon at a glance
- Still publishing
- Jana DeLeon published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Jana DeLeon books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 9,919 pages across the 35 of 64 books with a recorded length, a median of 270 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jana DeLeon books, 41 of 64, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 17 of the 64 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 63 in at least three.
What the Jana DeLeon books are about
20 of the 64 Jana DeLeon books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romantic suspense is tagged on 7 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Romantic suspense 7 of 20 books
- Missing persons 4 of 20 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 20 books
- Romance 4 of 20 books
- Humor 2 of 20 books
- Louisiana 2 of 20 books
- Man-woman relationships 2 of 20 books
- Murder 2 of 20 books
- New Orleans (La.) 2 of 20 books
- Plantations 2 of 20 books
- Private investigators 2 of 20 books
- Romans, nouvelles 2 of 20 books