Jennifer Estep

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  • Bibliography:
    64 Books (8 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 2007
  • Latest Book:
    October 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Bigtime

1 - Karma Girl (May-2007)
2 - Hot Mama (Nov-2007)
3 - Jinx (Sep-2008)
3.5 - A Karma Girl Christmas (Sep-2011)
4 - Nightingale (Jul-2012)
5 - Fandemic (May-2015)

Black Blade

1 - Cold Burn of Magic (May-2015)
2 - Dark Heart of Magic (Nov-2015)
3 - Bright Blaze of Magic (May-2016)

Crown of Shards

1 - Kill the Queen (Sep-2018)
2 - Protect the Prince (Jul-2019)
3 - Crush the King (Mar-2020)

Elemental Assassin

1 - Spider's Bite (Feb-2010)
2 - Web of Lies (May-2010)
3 - Venom (Oct-2010)
4 - Tangled Threads (May-2011)
5 - Spider's Revenge (Oct-2011)
5.5 - Thread of Death (Feb-2012)
6 - By a Thread (Mar-2012)
7 - Widow's Web (Aug-2012)
8 - Deadly Sting (Apr-2013)
8.5 - Parlor Tricks (Jun-2013)
8.7 - Kiss of Venom (Jul-2013)
9 - Heart of Venom (Sep-2013)
10 - Poison Promise (Jul-2014)
11 - Black Widow (Nov-2014)
12 - Spider's Trap (Aug-2015)
13 - Bitter Bite (Feb-2016)
13.5 - Unwanted (Jul-2016)
14 - Unraveled (Sep-2016)
14.5 - Nice Guys Bite (Dec-2016)
15 - Snared (Apr-2017)
16 - Venom in the Veins (Jun-2018)
16.5 - Winter's Web (Mar-2019)
17 - Sharpest Sting (Oct-2019)
18 - Last Strand (Mar-2021)
18.4 - Heart Stings (May-2023)
18.5 - Spider and Frost (Oct-2023)
The Spider (Dec-2013)

Galactic Bonds

1 - Only Bad Options (Sep-2022)
2 - Only Good Enemies (Jul-2023)
2.5 - Only Hard Problems (Feb-2024)

A Gargoyle Queen Novel

1 - Capture the Crown (Jul-2021)
2 - Tear Down the Throne (May-2022)
3 - Conquer the Kingdom (Mar-2023)

A Mythos Academy Novel

0.5 - First Frost (Jul-2011)
1 - Touch of Frost (Aug-2011)
1.5 - Halloween Frost (Sep-2011)
2 - Kiss of Frost (Nov-2011)
3 - Dark Frost (Jun-2012)
4 - Crimson Frost (Dec-2012)
4.5 - Spartan Frost (Jun-2013)
5 - Midnight Frost (Aug-2013)
6 - Killer Frost (Feb-2014)
7 - Spartan Heart (Dec-2017)
8 - Spartan Promise (Jan-2019)
9 - Spartan Destiny (Jan-2020)
9.5 - Spider and Frost (Oct-2023)

Section 47

1 - A Sense of Danger (Jul-2021)
2 - Sugar Plum Spies (Nov-2022)

Multi-Author Series List

Fairytale Retellings: Beauty and the Beast

The Beauty of Being a Beast (Feb-2021)

Book List in Order: 64 titles

  • Karma Girl

    Bigtime - 1

    Someone has to pay for what happened to Carmen Cole... Bigtime, New York, is not big enough for both Carmen Cole and the superheroes and ubervillains who stalk its streets. An intrepid reporter, Carmen's dedicated her life to unmasking the spandexwe...

  • Hot Mama

    Bigtime - 2

    She can melt steel -- ans also men's hearts... By day, Fiona Fine is a successful couture designer, catering to the high society players of Bigtime, New York. By night, she's Fiera, a member of the heroic Fearless Five who can create and manipulat...

  • Jinx

    Bigtime - 3

    She never wanted to be a superhero. Too much danger. Too much spandex. Bella Bulluci's big passion is the arts. Her big pain is being born into a family of superheroes. Bella might feel differently if her own superpower was one she could control -- ...

  • Spider's Bite

    Elemental Assassin - 1

    My name is Gin, and I kill people. They call me the Spider. I'm the most feared assassin in the South -- when I'm not busy at the Pork Pit cooking up the best barbecue in Ashland. As a Stone elemental, I can hear everything from the whispers of ...

  • Web of Lies

    Elemental Assassin - 2

    CURIOSITY IS DEFINITELY GOING TO GET ME DEAD ONE OF THESE DAYS. PROBABLY REAL SOON. I'M GIN BLANCO. You might know me as the Spider, the most feared assassin in the South. I'm retired now, but trouble still has a way of finding me. Like the other da...

  • Venom

    Elemental Assassin - 3

    What kind of assassin works pro bono? It's hard to be a badass assassin when a giant is beating the crap out of you. Luckily, I never let pride get in the way of my work. My current mission is personal: annihilate Mab Monroe, the Fire elemental wh...

  • Tangled Threads

    Elemental Assassin - 4

    I'd rather face a dozen lethal assassins any night than deal with something as tricky, convoluted, and fragile as my feelings. But here I am. Gin Blanco, the semi-retired assassin known as the Spider. Hovering outside sexy businessman Owen Grayson...

  • First Frost

    A Mythos Academy Novel - 0.5

    I am Gwen Frost, and I have a Gypsy gift. It’s called psychometry -- that's a fancy way of saying that I see images in my head and get flashes of other people’s memories off almost everything I touch, even guys. My gift makes me kind of nosy...

  • Touch of Frost

    A Mythos Academy Novel - 1

    My name is Gwen Frost, and I go to Mythos Academy -- a school of myths, magic and warrior whiz kids, where even the lowliest geek knows how to chop off somebody's head with a sword and Logan Quinn, the hottest Spartan guy in school, also happens to b...



  • A Karma Girl Christmas

    Bigtime - 3.5

    It's Christmastime in Bigtime, New York, but society reporter Carmen Cole isn't in the mood to celebrate since her husband, Sam, has to go on a business trip and might not make it home for the holiday. But Carmen has plenty to keep her busy, since sh...

  • Halloween Frost

    A Mythos Academy Novel - 1.5

    It’s Halloween at Mythos Academy, and Gwen Frost and her friends are ready to have a little fun. But when a mythological monster shows up, the night turns out to be more trick than treat....

  • Spider's Revenge

    Elemental Assassin - 5

    OLD HABITS DIE HARD FOR ASSASSINS. And I plan on murdering someone before the night is through. Killing used to be my regular gig, after all. Gin Blanco, aka the Spider, assassin-for-hire. And I was very, very good at it. Now, I'm ready to make the...

  • Kiss of Frost

    A Mythos Academy Novel - 2

    Logan Quinn was trying to kill me. My Spartan classmate relentlessly pursued me, swinging his sword at me over and over again, the shining silver blade inching closer to my throat every time. A smile tugged up his lips, and his ice-blue eyes practica...

  • Thread of Death

    Elemental Assassin - 5.5

    Gin Blanco, aka the assassin the Spider, might have finally killed her nemesis, Mab Monroe, but that doesn’t mean that it’s smooth sailing. Gin goes to Mab’s funeral to say her goodbyes and runs into some of Ashland’s most notorious underworl...

  • By a Thread

    Elemental Assassin - 6

    When killing people is your job, there's no such thing as a vacation. Then again, how often does an assassin live long enough to enjoy her retirement? In this line of work, you either get lucky or you get dead. And since I destroyed my nemesis Mab...

  • Dark Frost

    A Mythos Academy Novel - 3

    I’ve seen so many freaky things since I started attending Mythos Academy last fall. I know I’m supposed to be a fearless warrior, but most of the time, I feel like I’m just waiting for the next Bad, Bad Thing to happen. Like someone trying to k...

  • Nightingale

    Bigtime - 4

    Anxious brides. Drunken businessmen. Panicked partygoers. As Bigtime, New York’s premiere event planner, Abby Appleby is capable of handling almost any crisis, but even she’s not prepared when she finds herself in the middle of a fight between su...

  • Widow's Web

    Elemental Assassin - 7

    I used to murder people for money, but lately it’s become more of a survival technique. Once an assassin, always an assassin. So much for being plain old Gin Blanco. With every lowlife in Ashland gunning for me, I don’t need another problem, ...

  • Crimson Frost

    A Mythos Academy Novel - 4

    For a moment, a face flashed before my eyes -- the most hideous face I’d ever seen. No matter how hard I tried to forget what had happened, I saw him everywhere I went. It was Loki -- the evil god that I’d helped set free against my will. I sh...



  • Deadly Sting

    Elemental Assassin - 8

    Red is definitely my color. Good thing, because in my line of work, I end up wearing it a lot. Most people shy away from blood, but for an assassin like me -- Gin Blanco, aka the Spider -- it’s just part of the job. Still, it would be nice to g...

  • Spartan Frost

    A Mythos Academy Novel - 4.5

    I’m Logan Quinn, the deadliest Spartan warrior at Mythos Academy. At least I was -- until the day I almost killed Gwen Frost. Professor Metis and Nickamedes say that I’m fine, that Loki and the Reapers don’t have a hold on me anymore, but I...

  • Parlor Tricks

    in Carniepunk
    Elemental Assassin - 8.5

    Come one! Come all! Witness Gin Blanco -- aka the Elemental Assassin, aka the Spider -- go toe to toe against the Esmerelda the Amazing's Wheel of Death and some dangerously creepy clowns! Only at The Carnival of Wondrous Wonders!A story from the for...

  • Kiss of Venom

    Elemental Assassin - 8.7

    e "New York Times" bestselling Elemental Assassin series continues with a new e-novella-from the hero's point of view Owen Grayson is bound and determined to get Gin back...if her enemies don't get her first. When you have a history of dating an a...

  • Midnight Frost

    A Mythos Academy Novel - 5

    Here we go again... Just when it seems life at Mythos Academy can't get any more dangerous, the Reapers of Chaos manage to prove me wrong. It was just a typical night at the Library of Antiquities--until a Reaper tried to poison me. The good news ...

  • Heart of Venom

    Elemental Assassin - 9

    When I say you’re a dead man, take that literally. To me, killing people is like a day at the salon: cut and dry. Well, more like rinse and repeat when you moonlight as the assassin the Spider. But my last spa day ended redder than my freshly pa...

  • The Spider

    Elemental Assassin

    How did I end up in a career where I always have blood on my hands? Well, let me tell you a story about an assassin who thought she could do no wrong. . . . Ten years ago. A blistering hot August night. I remember like it was yesterday. The night...

  • Killer Frost

    A Mythos Academy Novel - 6

    I've battled the Reapers of Chaos before--and survived. But this time I have a Bad, Bad Feeling it's going to be a fight to the death. . .most likely mine. Yeah, I've got my psychometry magic, my talking sword, Vic, and even the most dangerous Spa...

  • Poison Promise

    Elemental Assassin - 10

    I specialize in making death wishes come true. Pop quiz. Which do you think is deadlier: Burn, the nastiest drug ever to hit the mean streets of Ashland, or me, Gin Blanco, the assassin known as the Spider? Answer: Me -- because I don’t kill you...

  • Black Widow

    Elemental Assassin - 11

    Lethal, sexy, and always ready to protect her friends, Gin Blanco (a.k.a. the Spider) takes on the mysterious M.M. Monroe in book twelve of the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series. There’s nothing wor...



  • Cold Burn of Magic

    Black Blade - 1

    There Be Monsters Here. . . It's not as great as you'd think, living in a tourist town that's known as "the most magical place in America." Same boring high school, just twice as many monsters under the bridges and rival Families killing each othe...

  • Fandemic

    Bigtime - 5

    Piper Perez has always wanted to be a superhero. Always wanted to wear a cool costume, have amazing abilities, and save the day. There’s just one problem -- Piper doesn’t have any superpowers.So she focuses on other things. Facts, figures, memora...

  • Spider's Trap

    Elemental Assassin - 12

    Keep your friends close but your enemies within stabbing distance. One important lesson I’ve learned in the assassination business is that to be the best you have to roll with the punches. Now that I’m queen of Ashland’s underworld -- by def...

  • Dark Heart of Magic

    Black Blade - 2

    Something Wicked This Way Comes . . . As a thief, I stick to the shadows as much as possible. But when the head of the Sinclair Family picks me to compete in the Tournament of Blades, there's no escaping the spotlight--or the danger. Even thoug...

  • Bitter Bite

    Elemental Assassin - 13

    Which is stronger: blood ties or a battle-tested friendship? That’s the question Gin Blanco asks when a friend’s long-lost relative strolls into town. The suspicious reunion is a surprise for everyone -- and a big problem for Gin. Book fourteen i...

  • Bright Blaze of Magic

    Black Blade - 3

    Bad Things Always Come In Threes… As a thief, I'm good at three things: hiding in the shadows, getting in and out unseen, and uncovering secrets. I put these skills to work for the Sinclair Family, one of the magical mobs that run the tourist to...

  • Unwanted

    Elemental Assassin - 13.5

    The New York Times bestselling Elemental Assassin series continues with a new e-novella -- from the point of view of Finnegan Lane, the foster brother of Gin Blanco, and a fan favorite of readers of the series. The fallout from his disastrous “f...

  • Unraveled

    Elemental Assassin - 14

    After the shocking revelations of the previous book, Bitter Bite, the world of Ashland’s become even more sinister, and Gin Blanco (aka Ashland’s most fearsome assassin, the Spider) no longer knows who -- or what -- she can count on. Only one thi...

  • Nice Guys Bite

    Elemental Assassin - 14.5

    New York Times bestseller Jennifer Estep continues her Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series with a novella starring Silvio Sanchez, the vampire assistant of Gin Blanco, as he goes on a holiday date that turns out to be more deadly than romantic. ...

  • Snared

    Elemental Assassin - 15

    If you don’t know Gin “the Spider” Blanco, you don’t know dangerous female heroines. Irony 101 -- The Spider herself snared in someone else’s web… Another week, another few clues trickling in about the Circle, the mysterious group t...



  • Spartan Heart

    A Mythos Academy Novel - 7

    New school year, same old problems . . .At Mythos Academy, everyone knows exactly who I am: Rory Forseti, Spartan girl and the daughter of Reapers.Even though I fought alongside my cousin Gwen Frost to save the mythological world from Loki and his ev...

  • Venom in the Veins

    Elemental Assassin - 16

    Blood might be thicker than water, but venom is stronger than just about anything …It was supposed to be a nice, quiet, simple dinner with friends -- but nothing is ever nice, quiet, or simple when you’re Gin Blanco, the Spider, notorious assassi...

  • Kill the Queen

    Crown of Shards - 1

    Gladiator meets Game of Thrones: a royal woman becomes a skilled warrior to destroy her murderous cousin, avenge her family, and save her kingdom in this first entry in a dazzling fantasy epic from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author ...

  • Haints and Hobwebs

  • Spartan Promise

    A Mythos Academy Novel - 8

    Hunting for the bad guys has never been so dangerous . . .My name is Rory Forseti, and I attend the Colorado branch of Mythos Academy, a school of warrior kids, powerful artifacts, and mythological monsters.I’m a student, a fierce Spartan warrior, ...

  • Winter's Web

    Elemental Assassin - 16.5

    An assassin at a renaissance faire. What could possibly go wrong? Everything, if you’re the Spider . . .I might be Gin Blanco, aka the assassin the Spider, but even I need a break from the bad guys every now and then. So when Owen Grayson, my signi...

  • Protect the Prince

    Crown of Shards - 2

    Magic, murder, adventure, and romance combine in this second novel in the exciting Crown of Shards saga from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Estep. Everleigh Blair might be the new gladiator queen of Bellona, but her probl...

  • Sharpest Sting

    Elemental Assassin - 17

    The truth won’t set me free -- but it will probably get me killed ...

    As Gin Blanco, aka the assassin the Spider, I’m used to having a target on my back. But ever since I started investigating the secret society known as the Circle, that...

  • Spartan Destiny

    A Mythos Academy Novel - 9

    This Spartan makes her own destiny . . . Most kids at the Colorado branch of Mythos Academy know me as Rory Forseti, the daughter of Reaper assassins. Secretly, I'm a member of Team Midgard, a group of students and adults tasked with stopping ...

  • Crush the King

    Crown of Shards - 3

    A fierce gladiator queen must face off against her enemies in an epic battle in this next thrilling installment of New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Estep’s Crown of Shards series -- an action-packed adventure full of magic, ...



  • The Beauty of Being a Beast

    Fairytale Retellings: Beauty and the Beast

    Some curses aren't meant to be broken . . .Lady Griselle Mottern is cursed. On her sixteenth birthday, an evil wizard transformed Griselle into a wolflike beast because of a past misdeed by one of her ancestors. Now, with her twenty-first birthday ap...

  • Last Strand

    Elemental Assassin - 18

    Every bloody thread has been leading to this . . .I've battled a lot of bad guys in my time, both as Gin Blanco and as the notorious assassin the Spider. But I've never faced off against anyone quite as powerful and deadly as the dastardly leader of ...

  • Capture the Crown

    A Gargoyle Queen Novel - 1

    Bestselling author Jennifer Estep returns to her Crown of Shards world with an all-new trilogy and a bold new heroine who protects her kingdom from magic, murder, and mayhem by moonlighting as a spy. Gemma Ripley has a reputation for being a pamp...

  • A Sense of Danger

    Section 47 - 1

    A spy... My name is Charlotte Locke, and I'm an analyst for Section 47, a secret government agency that tracks terrorists, criminals, and other paramortal bad guys who want to unleash their abilities on an unsuspecting mortal world. I have a m...

  • Tear Down the Throne

    A Gargoyle Queen Novel - 2

    Bestselling author Jennifer Estep continues her Gargoyle Queen series with a highly anticipated sequel to Capture the Crown: Gemma Ripley must protect her kingdom and herself from threats of war, assassination, and a dangerous attraction that could b...

  • Only Bad Options

    Galactic Bonds - 1

    New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Estep blasts off with an exciting new science-fiction fantasy adventure with a dash of historical romance. This action-packed space opera features a mix of magic and technology, along with a soul mates and e...

  • Sugar Plum Spies

    Section 47 - 2

    New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Estep serves up an action-packed holiday adventure in her Section 47 urban-fantasy world of secrets, lies, and superspies with amazing magical abilities. Perfect for fans of Alias, Die Hard, James Bond, Jaso...

  • Conquer the Kingdom

    A Gargoyle Queen Novel - 3

    Magic reigns, plots abound, and a new love might not conquer all, in this must-read finale to the epic Gargoyle Queen trilogy by international bestselling author Jennifer Estep.Time is running out for crown princess Gemma Ripley. Despite being a cunn...

  • Heart Stings

    Elemental Assassin - 18.4

    Heart stings can be the most dangerous wounds of all . . .Lorelei Parker has had plenty of heart stings in her life-moments that are both happy and sad. With her grandmother's recent marriage, Lorelei has had far more good times than bad lately.That ...

  • Only Good Enemies

    Galactic Bonds - 2

    A WOMAN ON A MISSION . . . My name is Vesper Quill. I used to be a lowly lab rat, toiling away in obscurity developing brewmakers and other household appliances. But thanks to my seer magic and my own ingenuity, I'm now a Regal lady and the he...

  • Spider and Frost

    A Mythos Academy Novel - 9.5
    Elemental Assassin - 18.5

    New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Estep delivers an epic team-up featuring beloved characters from her Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series and her Mythos Academy young adult series. This crossover novella, Spider and Frost, mixes magic a...

  • Only Hard Problems

    Galactic Bonds - 2.5

    New York Times best-selling author Jennifer Estep continues her Galactic Bonds series with a new, action-packed novella that blends science-fiction technology and magical fantasy elements with a touch of historical romance. This rollicking space oper...

  • Only Cold Depths

    This is space opera at its finest.—Ilona Andrew, #1 New York Times bestselling author on Only Bad OptionsNew York Times bestselling author Jennifer Estep continues her Galactic Bonds series with a new, action-packed adventure that blends scien...

  • A Touch of Treachery

    New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Estep serves up a new, action-packed adventure in her Section 47 urban fantasy world. This series features secrets, lies, and superspies with amazing magical abilities, along with dangerous missions, double ...

  • Only Rogue Actions

    “This is space opera at its finest.”—Ilona Andrew, #1 New York Times bestselling author on Only Bad OptionsNew York Times bestselling author Jennifer Estep continues her Galactic Bonds series with a new, action-packed adventure that...

Award-Winning Books by Jennifer Estep

Spider's Bite
2010 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Urban Fantasy Protagonist
Spider's Revenge
2011 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Urban Fantasy Novel


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Jennifer Estep has published 64 books.

The next book by Jennifer Estep, Only Rogue Actions, will be published in October 2025.

The first book by Jennifer Estep, Karma Girl, was published in May 2007.

Yes. Jennifer Estep has 8 series.
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