Elodie Hart Books in Order (Updated April 2, 2026)

Elodie Hart is the pen name of Sara Madderson, and that matters when you build a reading-order guide. Right now, her catalogue falls into four practical lanes: the main Alchemy sequence, the Seraph spin-off, the newer Belvedere series, and the Love in London books that have been relaunched under the Elodie Hart name after first appearing as Sara Madderson titles.

For most readers, the safest approach is not one giant chronological list. It is to read each lane in order, keep the epilogue book separate until the end of Alchemy, and treat the reissued Love in London books as a separate continuity track.

The Shortest Correct Answer

• If you want the main Elodie Hart experience, start with Unfurl. That opens the Alchemy world and is still the clearest entry point into the core interconnected books.
• If you want the newest series, start with The Heir. That begins Belvedere, which is a separate line and should not replace Unfurl as the overall starting point.

If you want to read everything currently surfaced under Elodie Hart, use this order:

1. Alchemy
2. Seraph
3. Belvedere
4. Love in London as separate/reissued backlist
5. Optional box sets last

The Main Reading Path

Alchemy series

1. Unfurl (2023): The real starting point of the main catalogue, introducing Alchemy and the club-centered world that anchors the books that follow.
2. Undulate (2023): Continues the Alchemy line with another interconnected romance, so it works best once the club and its tone are already established.
3. Unveil (2023): Deepens the same world again, making publication order the cleanest way to preserve continuity and recurring context.
4. Untether (2024): Returns to Alchemy with a heroine entering the club’s program after her marriage collapses, so it still fits squarely inside the same ongoing framework.
5. Unstitch (2024): The fifth main Alchemy novel, expanding the club’s emotional map while remaining part of the same interconnected-standalone sequence.
6. Unbind (2024): Another Alchemy-linked romance and best read after the earlier books, since by this point the appeal is partly in knowing the world already.
7. Always Alchemy (2024): A full-length extended-epilogues book for the earlier Alchemy couples, so it belongs after the main novels rather than in the middle of them.

This is the core Elodie Hart series, and it is the one where order matters most. Even though the books function as interconnected standalones, the world-building and couple callbacks accumulate across the run.

Spin-off continuity

Seraph series

1. Audacity (2025): A billionaire workplace romance explicitly described as spun off from the Alchemy series, so it is best read after you already know that world.
2. Duplicity (2025): Continues the Seraph line with another connected billionaire romance, making it a better second step than a standalone first try.
3. Vivacity (2025): The third Seraph book, best read after the first two so the spin-off continuity feels cumulative rather than dropped-in.

Seraph should be treated as connected but secondary continuity. It is not the place to begin Elodie Hart, because the series is presented as an Alchemy spin-off.

New series

Belvedere series

1. The Heir (2026): Opens the Belvedere series and should be read first if you are following this newer aristocratic line from the beginning.
2. The Spare (expected 2026): Listed as book two, so it belongs after The Heir but should still be treated as forthcoming until publication details settle.
3. The Muse (expected 2027): Currently listed as book three, making it part of the planned sequence rather than a currently readable step.

This is a separate active series, not a replacement name for Alchemy or Seraph. For most readers, it makes more sense after Alchemy, unless you specifically want to follow her newest release line first.

Separate continuity / reissued backlist

Love in London

1. A Fair Affair (reissued 2025; originally under Sara Madderson): Opens the Love in London run and is best treated as a separate romance lane rather than part of Alchemy continuity.
2. A Very London Christmas (reissued 2025; originally under Sara Madderson): A holiday follow-up in the same line, best read after A Fair Affair.
3. Falling Stars (reissued 2025; originally under Sara Madderson): Continues the series and is explicitly noted as previously published under Sara Madderson with unchanged content.
4. Wilder at Heart (reissued 2025; originally under Sara Madderson): Another Love in London entry and best kept in sequence with the rest of that series.
5. The Reluctant Billionaire (reissued 2025; originally under Sara Madderson): Listed as book five in the series and should stay there in reading order.
6. The Rest Is History (reissued 2025; originally under Sara Madderson): Commonly listed alongside the series and best treated as part of the same reissued backlist track.

This lane is where the catalogue can look more confusing than it really is. These books are now surfacing under Elodie Hart, but multiple listings note that they were previously published under her real name, Sara Madderson, with the content unchanged. That makes them better labeled as separate continuity / reissued backlist than as part of the main Alchemy-first reading path.

Optional collections

1. Alchemy: Books 1-3: A collected edition of the first three Alchemy novels, useful for convenience but not a separate reading-order step.
2. Foiled Alchemy Box Set: A box set edition of the series, again a format choice rather than additional continuity.
3. Love in London: The Box Set: A collection of the Love in London books, not a new branch of the bibliography.
4. Seraph: The Box Set: A collected edition of the Seraph books rather than a distinct reading entry.

Collections should always come after the individual-book order, not inside it.

Best starting points

1. Best overall starting point: Unfurl. It begins the central series and gives you the world Elodie Hart is currently most associated with.
2. Best place to start for the newest material: The Heir. It opens the new Belvedere line cleanly, but it is not the best entry point if your goal is to understand the full Elodie Hart catalogue.
3. Best place to start if you want the reissued contemporary line: A Fair Affair. That gives you the proper entry to Love in London without mixing it into the Alchemy/Seraph books.

Do you need a chronological order?

Not really. Elodie Hart’s books are better understood by series relationship than by one grand author-wide timeline.

Inside Alchemy, publication order is the right choice because the books are interconnected standalones and the later epilogue book clearly assumes you already know the earlier couples. Inside Seraph, publication order also makes the most sense because it is a defined spin-off. For Belvedere, publication order is the only practical order available right now.

Latest release status

The most recent fully published main-sequence items I could confirm are Unbind and Always Alchemy in 2024 for Alchemy, Audacity, Duplicity, and Vivacity in 2025 for Seraph, and the reissued Love in London books in 2025. The Heir is published in 2026, while The Spare and The Muse are currently listed as expected future Belvedere entries.

FAQs

Do Elodie Hart books need to be read in order?

Yes inside each named series, especially Alchemy and Seraph. No across the entire bibliography, because Love in London and Belvedere sit in separate continuity lanes.

What is the best Elodie Hart series to start with?

Alchemy is the best place to start, and Unfurl is the correct first book.

Is Always Alchemy a main novel?

No. It is a full-length extended-epilogues book for earlier couples, so it belongs after the main Alchemy novels.

Are the Love in London books really Elodie Hart books?

They are now being surfaced under Elodie Hart, but several listings state they were previously published under Sara Madderson with unchanged content.

Should you read Seraph before Alchemy?

No. Since Audacity is described as spun off from Alchemy, Alchemy is the safer first read.

Conclusion

The cleanest Elodie Hart reading order is not one long shelf list. It is a sequence of related lanes.

Start with Unfurl and read through Alchemy in publication order. Move to Seraph after that, then read Belvedere as the newer separate series. Keep Love in London together as the reissued Sara Madderson backlist now appearing under the Elodie Hart name. That gives you the most accurate, least confusing path through the catalogue.