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Joanna Bourne Books in Order

Joanna Bourne has written 6 books, published between 2008 and 2017. The first book is The Spymaster's Lady (2008) and the newest is Beauty Like the Night (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
2008–2017
Pages on record
1,728 in 5 of 6 books
Reading time
29–43 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,728 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 6 titles with a page count on record.

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Joanna Bourne is an American writer of historical romance set in Europe during the Napoleonic wars. The Spymasters series follows a group of spies and has won a number of awards. The Spymaster's Lady and My Lord and Spymaster both appeared in 2008, and The Forbidden Rose (2010), The Black Hawk (2011), Rogue Spy (2014) and Beauty Like the Night (2017) complete six catalogued books. Library Journal placed Rogue Spy, which pairs a code-breaker with a British service agent, among the ten best romances of 2014.

How many Joanna Bourne books are there?

Joanna Bourne has 6 books, released between 2008 and 2017.

Joanna Bourne Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 Joanna Bourne 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 The Spymaster's Lady by Joanna Bourne, book 1 of the Spymasters series (2008)
  2. Cover of My Lord and Spymaster by Joanna Bourne, book 2 of the Spymasters series (2008)
  3. Cover of The Forbidden Rose by Joanna Bourne, book 3 of the Spymasters series (2010)
  4. Cover of The Black Hawk by Joanna Bourne, book 4 of the Spymasters series (2011)
  5. Cover of Rogue Spy by Joanna Bourne, book 5 of the Spymasters series (2014)
  1. 1
    The Spymaster's LadySpymasters #12008 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008384
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  2. 2
    My Lord and SpymasterSpymasters #22008 · 324 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008324
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  3. 3
    The Forbidden RoseSpymasters #32010 · 392 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010392
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  4. 4
    The Black HawkSpymasters #42011 · 324 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011324
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  5. 5
    Rogue SpySpymasters #52014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  6. 6
    Beauty Like the NightSpymasters #62017 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017304
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Joanna Bourne 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.

Spymasters in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Spymaster's Lady
  2. 2. My Lord and Spymaster
  3. 3. The Forbidden Rose
  4. 4. The Black Hawk
  5. 5. Rogue Spy
  6. 6. Beauty Like the Night

Do you have to read Joanna Bourne books in order?

You only need to read Joanna Bourne books in order within the Spymasters series, which holds 6 of the 6 Joanna Bourne books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Joanna Bourne

Start with The Spymaster's Lady (2008), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Joanna Bourne book?

Beauty Like the Night (2017) is the newest Joanna Bourne book released so far.

Is there a new Joanna Bourne book coming?

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

Joanna Bourne at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Joanna Bourne title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Joanna Bourne books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,728 pages across the 5 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 324 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Joanna Bourne books, 4 of 6, were published in the 2010s.

What the Joanna Bourne books are about

All 6 Joanna Bourne books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: man-woman relationships is tagged on 5 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.