L.J. Andrews Books in Order

Below is the complete list of L.J. Andrews books in order of publication. This is the recommended reading sequence for the series.

Dragon Mage Series

1. Ward of Wyvern (2018)
2. The War of Ages (2018)
3. Queen of Jade (2021)
4. Prince of Night (2021)
5. Mage of Kings (2021)

Standalone Novels Series

1. Lightborn (2022)

Marked in Shadow’s Keep Series

1. Marked in Shadow’s Keep (2018)
2. The After Plague (2018)
3. Knight’s Awakening (2018)

The Awakened Series

1. Ashes of Retribution (2018)
2. Embers of Resistance (2018)
3. Flames of Reckoning (2018)
4. Fire of Shadows (2018)
5. Rewritten (2018)
6. Reclaimed (2018)

The Broken Kingdoms Series

1. Curse of Shadows and Thorns (2021)
2. Court of Ice and Ash (2021)
3. Night of Masks and Knives (2022)
4. Game of Hate and Lies (2022)
5. Dance of Kings and Thieves (2022)
6. Crown of Blood and Ruin (2022)
7. These Wicked Crowns (2022)
8. Den of Blades and Briars (2023)
9. Reign of Stars and Fire (2023)
10. Song of Sorrows and Fate (2023)
11. Bonds of Fate (2025)
12. These Vicious Games (2025)
13. These Wicked Lies (2025)
14. These Cruel Vows (2025)

The Broken Souls and Bones Series

1. Broken Souls and Bones (2025)
2. Heir of Twisted Lies (2026)

The Djinn Kingdom Series

1. Pirate’s Vengeance (2017)
2. Island of Bones (2017)
3. The Band of Shadows (2017)
4. Into The Unknown (2017)
5. Mount of Gods (2017)

The Ever Seas Series

1. The Ever King (2023)
2. The Ever Queen (2024)
3. The Mist Thief (2024)
4. The Stolen Crown (2026)

The Lost Relics Series

1. Rise of a Guardian (2016)
2. Trinity Rises (2016)
3. Fire and Ice (2016)
4. Rise of the Black Dawn (2016)

Short Story Collections Series

1. When Fate is Cruel (2026)

Forgotten Kingdoms Series

1. Of Mischief and Mages (2024)

About L.J. Andrews

L.J. Andrews writes fantasy romance with a very clear identity: dark Nordic atmosphere, Viking influence, dangerous magic, and love stories built around high emotional stakes rather than light decorative fantasy. Her official site currently describes her as a USA Today and internationally bestselling fantasy-romance author whose worlds are shaped by dark Nordic and Viking myths, and that self-description is useful because it captures the strongest through-line in her bibliography. Whether she is writing rival kingdoms, sea-bound vengeance, or broken empires and blood-tied dynasties, the books are built around mythic mood, conflict, and romance intense enough to survive brutality.

Her bibliography is best understood through series clusters rather than one single uninterrupted shelf. The official reading-order page on her site is especially helpful here because it lays out the major lines clearly and also answers one of the most common reader questions: how her biggest series connect. The two central pillars of her current reputation are The Broken Kingdoms and The Ever Seas. Andrews states directly that The Ever Seas is set in the same world as The Broken Kingdoms and follows the second generation, but it is written so readers can enjoy it with or without reading The Broken Kingdoms first. That matters because her work is interconnected, but not in a way designed to trap new readers behind a huge backlist.

That balance between accessibility and continuity is one of the most useful ways to understand her career. Andrews has written earlier fantasy series as well, but her official site now foregrounds the romantasy lines that have made her most visible: The Broken Kingdoms, The Ever Seas, and the newer Broken Souls and Bones series. Public series listings also show how quickly that shelf has been growing, with The Ever King, The Ever Queen, The Mist Thief, and the scheduled The Stolen Crown forming the core of The Ever Seas, while Broken Souls and Bones and the forthcoming Heir of Twisted Lies extend her newer work into another branch.

What makes her books distinctive within fantasy romance is not only trope or setting, but texture. Andrews is clearly drawn to worlds that feel weathered, violent, and half-legendary. Sea kingdoms, broken crowns, bloodlines, curses, and old powers recur throughout her series framing. Even the way her books are grouped on her site suggests a writer interested in eras, kingdoms, dynasties, and inherited conflict rather than isolated one-book premises. The result is a bibliography that feels more mythic than contemporary romantasy in mood, even when it is written for readers who want the speed and emotional directness of modern fantasy romance.

Another useful way to read her career is through the shift from broader fantasy beginnings into a more clearly branded romantasy identity. Public bibliographic listings show a longer backlist that includes earlier fantasy lines such as The Lost Relics, The Djinn Kingdom, and other series from the mid-2010s onward. But the official site now centers the mythic-romance worlds that have defined her recent rise. That gives the bibliography a clear shape: an early phase of prolific fantasy-world building, followed by a stronger market identity built around darkly romantic, interconnected kingdom sagas.

The best way to understand L.J. Andrews, then, is as a fantasy-romance writer who found a powerful niche by combining court and sea fantasy, Viking and Nordic mythic atmosphere, and emotionally intense romance inside connected series worlds. Her shelf is not random, and it is not built on one accidental hit. It is organized around recurring promises: dangerous kingdoms, wounded and forceful characters, myth-haunted settings, and love stories forged inside violence, revenge, and inheritance. That consistency is what gives her bibliography its identity, and why her books are best approached in series order rather than as disconnected standalones.