Stella Riley

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  • Bibliography:
    18 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    December 1983
  • Latest Book:
    September 2024
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About the Author

I first started writing in response to the same thought that has probably occurred to nearly everyone at some time or another. You’re reading something dreadful and think ‘I could do better than that.’ So I decided to find out if I actually could write a book … the result being Lucifer’s Champion. Sadly, by the time poor Lucifer was published, it had been through so many incarnations it was neither fish nor fowl – which is why it will never be making a re-appearance in any format.

After Lucifer, I got an agent and wrote The Marigold Chain – my first published work. I should say that the version currently available, is not the 1983 original. It was an early work and changes were needed so I took the opportunity to make them.

Stella Riley

Full Series List in Order

Brandon Brothers

1 - A Trick of Fate (Oct-2019)
2 - Under A Dark Moon (Apr-2021)
3 - The Montesoro Legacy (Apr-2022)

English Civil War

2 - A Splendid Defiance (Dec-2012)
3 - Garland of Straw (Dec-2013)
4 - The King's Falcon (Oct-2014)

Rockcliffe

1 - The Parfit Knight (Jul-2012)
2 - The Mesalliance (Oct-2012)
3 - The Player (Mar-2015)
4 - The Wicked Cousin (Jun-2017)
5 - Hazard (Feb-2018)
6 - Cadenza (Nov-2018)
6.5 - Midwinter Magic (Jan-2020)

Roundheads & Cavaliers

1 - A Splendid Defiance (Dec-2012)
2 - The Black Madonna (Jun-2013)
3 - The King's Falcon (Oct-2014)
4 - Lords of Misrule (May-2016)

Shadows

1 - The Shadow Earl (Jul-2023)
2 - Masque of Deceptions (Sep-2024)

Book List in Order: 18 titles

  • The Marigold Chain

    "SHE WAS THE MOST AMAZING PRIZE..... Rather than pass another night in her dissolute brother's household, Chloe Ashton accepted the stranger who had won her at cards. But marriage to the charming Alex Deveril had more than its share of pro...

  • The Parfit Knight

    Rockcliffe - 1

    When the Marquis of Amberley's coach is waylaid by highwaymen and his coachman shot, he is forced to take shelter at the first house he finds.Oakleigh Manor is the home of Rosalind Vernon who lives alone but for her devoted servants and an ill-manner...

  • The Mesalliance

    Rockcliffe - 2

    ROCKLIFFE SERIES recommended by Hilary Rose of THE TIMESReluctantly, the Duke of Rockliffe is in the market for a wife. His requirements are simple; a lady who will occupy her position with well-bred grace and chaperone his sister, Nell â€" but who ...

  • A Splendid Defiance

    English Civil War - 2
    Roundheads & Cavaliers - 1

    2017 B.R.A.G. MEDALLION HONOREEFor two years, England has been in the grip of Civil War. In Banbury, Oxfordshire, the Cavaliers hold the Castle, the Roundheads want it back and the town is full of zealous Puritans. Consequently, the gulf between Cap...

  • The Black Madonna

    Roundheads & Cavaliers - 2

    As England slides into Civil War, master-goldsmith and money-lender, Luciano Falcieri del Santi embarks on his own hidden agenda. A chance meeting one dark night results in an unlikely friendship with Member of Parliament, Richard Maxwell. Richardâ€...

  • Garland of Straw

    English Civil War - 3

    The marriage of a well-bred Royalist lady and an illegitimate Roundhead Colonel is less a match made in heaven than a union doomed to hell. Unfortunately, Sir Robert Brandon's last will and testament leaves Venetia Clifford and Gabriel Brandon with ...

  • The King's Falcon

    English Civil War - 4
    Roundheads & Cavaliers - 3

    A tale of war and witchcraft ...plots and playhouses ... love and loyalty.Following his coronation in Scotland, Charles ll leads an army south to reclaim his throne but the dream ends in a crushing defeat at Worcester, leaving no alternative but flig...

  • The Player

    Rockcliffe - 3

    ROCKLIFFE SERIES recommended by Hilary Rose of THE TIMES2018 B.R.A.G. MEDALLION HONOREETragedy drove him into unwilling exile. Death demands his equally reluctant return.In the decade between, he has answered to many names and amassed a variety of se...

  • Lords of Misrule

    Roundheads & Cavaliers - 4

    Still tied to his desk in the Intelligence Office, Colonel Eden Maxwell has become increasingly disenchanted with both Oliver Cromwell and his own daily existence; and with the advent of new Royalist conspiracies, he despairs of ever getting away.The...



  • The Wicked Cousin

    Rockcliffe - 4

    Sebastian Audley has spent years setting every city in Europe by the ears and keeping the scandal-sheets in profit. Word that he is finally returning to London becomes the hottest topic of the Season and casts numerous young ladies -- many of whom ha...

  • Hazard

    Rockcliffe - 5

    ROCKLIFFE SERIES recommended in THE TIMES newspaper by Hilary RoseHazard: a game of Chance and Luck, made riskier when Fate is rolling the dice.For Aristide Delacroix, the first throw summons shades from his past. A man he had met, just once, over a...

  • Cadenza

    Rockcliffe - 6

    The performance finished in a flourish of technical brilliance and the young man rose from the harpsichord to a storm of applause. Julian Langham was poised on the brink of a dazzling career when the lawyers lured him into making a catastrophic mi...

  • A Trick of Fate

    Brandon Brothers - 1

    Someone is misusing Max Brandon’s name - resulting in bills for services he never ordered and goods he did not buy. For reasons he can't begin to guess, he has become the victim of some unknown person's campaign of persecution. When the ...

  • Midwinter Magic

    Rockcliffe - 6.5

    Lord and Lady Sarre cordially invite you to spend Christmas at Sarre Park …Celebrate among old friends … and perhaps a gate-crasher or two. There will be wassailers and kissing-boughs; music, dancing and romance; laughter and some tears. ...

  • Under A Dark Moon

    Brandon Brothers - 2

    BRAG Medallion Honoree and 2022 Global Book Award Gold Medallist!Meet Adam Brandon … acutely intelligent and master-swordsman but gradually realising that he isn't yet ready for the future he had previously planned.And Camilla Edgerton-Foxe ...

  • The Montesoro Legacy

    Brandon Brothers - 3

    A dangerous step-brother … a letter from a Venice … a secret key … and London’s most fashionable portraitist. Dark doings and deceptions surround an unexpected legacy … and an equally unexpected love story.Upon learning ...

  • The Shadow Earl

    Shadows - 1

    At the end of his Grand Tour, somewhere between Athens and Constantinople, Christian Selwyn, the young Earl of Hazelmere, vanished - seemingly without a trace. Time passes. In London, his uncle and cousin move into his home … while his unofficia...

  • Masque of Deceptions

    Shadows - 2

    Had it not been for the scent bottles, it is unlikely that Daniel Shelbourne, Viscount Reculver, and Anna Hawthorne of Hawthorne’s Porcelain would ever have met. Daniel’s late father left him an impoverished estate -- which he had expected ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Stella Riley has published 18 books.

Stella Riley does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Masque of Deceptions, was published in September 2024.

The first book by Stella Riley, The Marigold Chain, was published in December 1983.

Yes. Stella Riley has 5 series.
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