Melissa Bourbon Books in Order
Melissa Bourbon has written 35 books, published between 2008 and 2025. The first book is Living the Vida Lola (2008) and the newest is Hem Fatale (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 35
- Published
- 2008–2025
- Confirmed
- 2 of 35 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,800 in 14 of 35 books
Melissa Bourbon has 35 books in the catalogue, from Living the Vida Lola (2008) to Hem Fatale (2025). Subjects on file include cozy mystery, dressmaking, magic, ghosts and women business owners. Series include the Magical Dressmaking Mysteries, Lola Cruz Mysteries, Pippin Lane Hawthorne Mystery / Book Magic Mysteries, Deadly Legends and Foxy Ladies Mystery. Pleating for Mercy (2011) and A Fitting End (2012) are among the earlier titles.
How many Melissa Bourbon books are there?
Melissa Bourbon has 35 books, released between 2008 and 2025. They include 5 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.
Melissa Bourbon Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 35 Melissa Bourbon 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.
- 120082742/4
- 220102722/4
- 32010–2/4
- 420113032/4
- 5Silent Echoes / The Final Prey / Sacrifice of PassionDeadly Legends #12012 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/420122642/4
- 620122142/4
- 72012–2/4
- 82012–2/4
- 920122582/4
- 10Silent Obsession / The Final Victim / A Deadly CurseDeadly Legends #22013 · 282 pages · confirmed 2/420132822/4
- 1120133092/4
- 1220143082/4
- 1320153202/4
- 142019–2/4
- 15The Secret on Rum Runner's LanePippin Lane Hawthorne Mystery / Book Magic Mysteries #12020 · 122 pages · confirmed 2/420201222/4
- 16Murder in Devil's CovePippin Lane Hawthorne Mystery / Book Magic Mysteries #22020 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/420203122/4
- 1720202442/4
- 18Murder at Sea Captain's InnPippin Lane Hawthorne Mystery / Book Magic Mysteries #32021 · 318 pages · confirmed 2/420213182/4
- 19Field Guide to Writing a Cozy Mystery Companion Workbook2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 202022–3/4
- 21Ready, Set, WRITE!2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 22Murder Through an Open DoorPippin Lane Hawthorne Mystery / Book Magic Mysteries #42022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 23Murder and an Irish CursePippin Lane Hawthorne Mystery / Book Magic Mysteries #52022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 24Murder on Rum Runner's LanePippin Lane Hawthorne Mystery / Book Magic Mysteries #62022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 252023–2/4
- 262023–2/4
- 27The Fiction Writer's Character Bible2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 28What's Your Story: Writing Your Memoir2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 29The Fiction Writer's Pocket-Sized+ Character Bible2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 302023–2/4
- 312023–2/4
- 32Writing a Cozy Mystery: Case Files: A Step-by-Step Field Guide2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 332023–2/4
- 342024–3/4
- 352025–2/4
Melissa Bourbon 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.
Magical Dressmaking Mysteries in order
9 booksLola Cruz Mysteries in order
8 booksPippin Lane Hawthorne Mystery / Book Magic Mysteries in order
6 booksDeadly Legends in order
2 booksFoxy Ladies Mystery in order
2 booksSpellbound in order
1 bookTrouble In Tumbleweed Mysteries in order
1 bookStandalone books
6 books6 Melissa Bourbon titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Melissa Bourbon books in order?
You only need to read Melissa Bourbon books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Melissa Bourbon
Start with Living the Vida Lola (2008), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Melissa Bourbon book?
Hem Fatale (2025) is the newest Melissa Bourbon book released so far.
Is there a new Melissa Bourbon book coming?
No next Melissa Bourbon book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Melissa Bourbon at a glance
- Still publishing
- Melissa Bourbon published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Melissa Bourbon books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,800 pages across the 14 of 35 books with a recorded length, a median of 278 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Melissa Bourbon books, 21 of 35, were published in the 2020s.
What the Melissa Bourbon books are about
6 of the 35 Melissa Bourbon books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: a magical dressmaking mystery is tagged on 6 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- A Magical Dressmaking Mystery 6 of 6 books
- Cozy mystery 6 of 6 books
- Dressmaker 6 of 6 books
- Murder 5 of 6 books
- Ghosts 4 of 6 books
- Dressmaking 3 of 6 books
- Magic 3 of 6 books
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