Madeline Hunter Books in Order
Madeline Hunter has written 35 books, published between 2000 and 2023. The first book is By Possession (2000) and the newest is The Heiress Bride (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 35
- Published
- 2000–2023
- Pages on record
- 10,936 in 29 of 35 books
- Reading time
- 182–273 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,936 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 29 of 35 titles with a page count on record.
Madeline Hunter was the pen name of an American romance novelist who lived from June 8, 1952 to April 15, 2025 and twice won the Romance Writers of America RITA award. The Hunter catalogue holds 35 historical romances published between 2000 and 2023, opening with By Arrangement, By Design and By Possession, all from 2000, and ending with The Heiress Bride (2023). Series include the Seducers, the Rothwell Brothers, the Rarest Blooms, the Fairbourne Quartet, the Decadent Dukes Society and 14th Century London. Nobility and English social customs recur among the recorded subjects.
How many Madeline Hunter books are there?
Madeline Hunter has 35 books, released between 2000 and 2023. They include 7 separate series.
Madeline Hunter Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 35 Madeline Hunter 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.
- 120003712/4
- 220003732/4
- 320003892/4
- 420013392/4
- 520023702/4
- 620023572/4
- 720034192/4
- 820034052/4
- 920033662/4
- 1020033722/4
- 1120043852/4
- 1220054062/4
- 1320064162/4
- 1420064052/4
- 1520074162/4
- 1620084162/4
- 1720093702/4
- 182010–2/4
- 1920103452/4
- 2020103572/4
- 2120113592/4
- 222012–2/4
- 232013–2/4
- 242013–2/4
- 2520143892/4
- 2620154232/4
- 2720153902/4
- 2820163762/4
- 2920172962/4
- 3020183412/4
- 3120193042/4
- 3220204612/4
- 332020–2/4
- 342021–2/4
- 3520233202/4
Madeline Hunter 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.
Seducers in order
7 books- 1. The Seducer
- 2. The Saint
- 3. The Charmer
- 4. The Sinner
- 5. The Romantic
- 6. Lord of Sin
- 7. Lady of Sin
14th Century London in order
6 booksRothwell Brothers in order
4 booksRarest Blooms in order
4 booksFairbourne Quartet in order
4 booksWicked Trilogy in order
3 booksDecadent Dukes Society in order
3 booksDuke's Heiress in order
3 booksMidsummer Knights in order
1 bookDo you have to read Madeline Hunter books in order?
You only need to read Madeline Hunter 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 Madeline Hunter
Start with By Possession (2000), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Madeline Hunter book?
The Heiress Bride (2023) is the newest Madeline Hunter book released so far.
Is there a new Madeline Hunter book coming?
No next Madeline Hunter book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Madeline Hunter at a glance
- Died
- Madeline Hunter died in 2025, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Madeline Hunter on record dates from 2023.
- Release pace
- Madeline Hunter books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 10,936 pages across the 29 of 35 books with a recorded length, a median of 373 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Madeline Hunter books, 17 of 35, were published in the 2000s.
What the Madeline Hunter books are about
32 of the 35 Madeline Hunter books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romance is tagged on 18 of 32. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Romance 18 of 32 books
- Man-woman relationships 13 of 32 books
- Historical romance 11 of 32 books
- Nobility 5 of 32 books
- Fairbourne Quartet series 4 of 32 books
- Social life and customs 4 of 32 books
- Guardian and ward 3 of 32 books
- Rarest Blooms series 3 of 32 books
- Arranged marriage 2 of 32 books
- Death 2 of 32 books
- Fathers 2 of 32 books