Laura Thalassa Books in Order (Updated April 28, 2026)

Laura Thalassa writes fantasy romance, paranormal romance, dystopian romance, and dark romantasy. Her books are not one single universe, so the useful reading order is by series.

The best place to start depends on the tone you want. Rhapsodic is the usual romantasy entry point. Pestilence is the clearest start for dark apocalyptic romance. Bewitched is the best newer-series start. The Queen of All That Dies is the dystopian route.

The Cleanest Starting Choice

• Start with Rhapsodic if you want the most representative Laura Thalassa reading experience.
• Start with Pestilence if you want the most popular dark, high-concept series.
• Start with Bewitched if you want the current ongoing world with the newest release activity.
• Do not begin with Dark Harmony, Death, The Queen of All That Lives, or Bespelled. Those books depend too much on earlier setup.

Laura Thalassa Books by Series

The Unearthly Books in Order

1. The Unearthly (2013): Gabrielle Fiori enters Peel Academy and discovers the supernatural world around her is more dangerous than a normal boarding-school mystery.
2. The Coveted (2013): Gabrielle’s place in the supernatural world becomes more complicated as desire, danger, and hidden motives push closer.
3. The Cursed (2014): The series deepens its darker paranormal stakes as Gabrielle faces consequences tied to power, identity, and survival.
4. The Forsaken (2015): Gabrielle’s connection to prophecy and the underworld becomes harder to escape, making this a late-series turning point.
5. The Damned (2015): The series closes Gabrielle’s arc and should be read only after the earlier four books.

Read this series in order. It is one of Thalassa’s earlier paranormal/young-adult-leaning fantasy series, and the later books build directly on Gabrielle’s discoveries.

The Vanishing Girl Books in Order

1. The Vanishing Girl (2014): Ember Pierce discovers she has been altered into a teleporter, pulling her into a controlled and dangerous government project.
2. The Decaying Empire (2015): Ember’s story continues after the first book’s upheaval, with the project’s control and her fight for freedom becoming central.

Read these two books together. The second book is a direct continuation, not a loose companion.

The Fallen World Books in Order

1. The Queen of All That Dies (2015): Serenity Freeman enters negotiations with the immortal King Lazuli while the world remains trapped in war.
2. The Queen of Traitors (2016): Serenity’s political and personal position becomes more unstable as loyalty, marriage, and power collide.
3. The Queen of All That Lives (2016): The trilogy concludes Serenity’s arc and resolves the central dystopian romance conflict.

Read The Fallen World in publication order. This is a completed trilogy with a continuous heroine and a continuing political-romantic storyline.

The Bargainer Books in Order

1. Rhapsodic (2016): Callypso Lillis must repay years of magical favors to Desmond Flynn, the Bargainer, opening the series with debt, fae politics, and a dangerous past.
2. A Strange Hymn (2017): Callie and Des move deeper into the fae realm, where romance and supernatural politics become harder to separate.
3. The Emperor of Evening Stars (2017): A companion novella focused on Desmond Flynn’s past, explaining how he became the Bargainer before the main story began.
4. Dark Harmony (2018): The main trilogy concludes with the largest confrontation and the payoff to Callie and Des’s central arc.

For first-time readers, read The Emperor of Evening Stars after A Strange Hymn. It is chronologically earlier, but it works best once Des and Callie’s relationship has already been established.

The Infernari Books in Order

• Blood and Sin (2016): Co-written with Dan Rix, this paranormal romance begins the Infernari world with demons, blood magic, and a cross-species conflict.

Only one Infernari novel is confidently placed in the main Laura Thalassa bibliography. Treat it as a separate co-written project, not as part of The Bargainer or The Four Horsemen.

The Four Horsemen Books in Order

1. Pestilence (2018): The first horseman rides across the world spreading plague, while Sara Burns makes the desperate choice that begins the series’ enemies-to-lovers pattern.
2. War (2019): The second horseman brings conquest and destruction, shifting the series from plague survival to battlefield apocalypse.
3. Famine (2020): The third horseman’s story turns toward hunger, cruelty, and revenge, with the emotional stakes becoming sharper.
4. Death (2021): The final horseman brings the series to its largest moral and apocalyptic question, closing the overall arc.

Read these in order. Each book follows a different couple, but the horsemen arrive in sequence and the final book works better after the previous three.

The Bewitched Books in Order

1. The Curse That Binds (2025): A prequel set long before Selene’s story, explaining an older curse and backstory that sits beneath the main trilogy.
2. Bewitched (2023): Selene Bowers enters Henbane Coven and crosses paths with Memnon, beginning the main Bewitched storyline.
3. Bespelled (2024): The second main Bewitched book continues Selene and Memnon’s conflict, memory issues, and dangerous romantic bond.
4. Bedeviled (scheduled for 2026): The final main Bewitched book is expected to close Selene and Memnon’s trilogy arc.

• For a first read, begin with Bewitched, then read Bespelled, then The Curse That Binds, then Bedeviled when available.
• For a chronological reread, begin with The Curse That Binds.
• The reason is simple: the prequel gives background, but Bewitched is the better introduction to Selene, Memnon, and the main conflict.

Standalone and Shorter Works

1. Reaping Angels (2015): A superhero paranormal romance about Angel and a dangerous supervillain whose touch should be fatal.
2. The Curse Catcher (2016): A shorter paranormal/science-fiction romance entry connected to The Complex multi-author setting, best treated as optional side reading.

These are not required before any of Thalassa’s major series.

Laura Thalassa Publication Order

This order is useful if you want to follow Thalassa’s career from earlier paranormal romance into dystopian romance, dark romantasy, and newer witch-centered fantasy romance.

1. The Unearthly (2013): Opens Gabrielle Fiori’s supernatural-school storyline.
2. The Coveted (2013): Continues Gabrielle’s early paranormal conflicts.
3. The Vanishing Girl (2014): Begins Ember Pierce’s teleporter-focused science-fiction romance duology.
4. The Cursed (2014): Pushes The Unearthly series into darker supernatural territory.
5. The Queen of All That Dies (2015): Starts the Fallen World dystopian romance trilogy.
6. The Decaying Empire (2015): Continues Ember’s escape-and-survival story after The Vanishing Girl.
7. The Forsaken (2015): Moves Gabrielle closer to the prophecy and underworld stakes of The Unearthly.
8. The Damned (2015): Concludes The Unearthly series.
9. Reaping Angels (2015): A standalone superhero romance outside the main series continuities.
10. The Queen of Traitors (2016): Continues Serenity and King Lazuli’s dystopian romance.
11. The Queen of All That Lives (2016): Concludes The Fallen World trilogy.
12. Blood and Sin (2016): A co-written paranormal romance with Dan Rix in the Infernari world.
13. The Curse Catcher (2016): A short side entry connected to The Complex shared setting.
14. Rhapsodic (2016): Begins The Bargainer series with Callie, Des, magical debt, and fae danger.
15. A Strange Hymn (2017): Continues The Bargainer with deeper fae-world stakes.
16. The Emperor of Evening Stars (2017): A Bargainer companion novella focused on Desmond Flynn’s past.
17. Pestilence (2018): Begins The Four Horsemen with plague, apocalypse, and enemies-to-lovers romance.
18. Dark Harmony (2018): Concludes the main Bargainer arc.
19. War (2019): Continues The Four Horsemen with conquest and battlefield destruction.
20. Famine (2020): The third horseman’s story brings the series into revenge, starvation, and moral pressure.
21. Death (2021): Concludes The Four Horsemen.
22. Bewitched (2023): Begins Selene and Memnon’s witch-centered romantasy storyline.
23. Bespelled (2024): Continues the main Bewitched trilogy.
24. The Curse That Binds (2025): A Bewitched prequel about an older curse and an earlier doomed love.
25. Bedeviled (scheduled for 2026): The planned final Bewitched book.

Best Reading Order for New Readers

This is the most practical route if you want to sample Laura Thalassa without starting at the very beginning of her career.

1. Rhapsodic (2016): Start here for Thalassa’s signature fae-romance setup.
2. A Strange Hymn (2017): Continue Callie and Des’s main arc.
3. The Emperor of Evening Stars (2017): Read Des’s backstory once the central relationship is already established.
4. Dark Harmony (2018): Finish The Bargainer before moving to another world.
5. Pestilence (2018): Shift into darker apocalyptic romance.
6. War (2019): Continue the horsemen in sequence.
7. Famine (2020): Read third because the emotional and apocalyptic escalation depends on the earlier books.
8. Death (2021): Finish The Four Horsemen with the final horseman.
9. Bewitched (2023): Move into Thalassa’s newer witch-romance world.
10. Bespelled (2024): Continue Selene and Memnon’s main storyline.
11. The Curse That Binds (2025): Read the prequel here for added context before the finale.
12. Bedeviled (scheduled for 2026): Read last in the Bewitched sequence once it is available.
13. The Queen of All That Dies (2015): Go back for the dystopian romance trilogy.
14. The Queen of Traitors (2016): Continue Serenity’s political and romantic conflict.
15. The Queen of All That Lives (2016): Finish The Fallen World.

After that, read The Unearthly, The Vanishing Girl, Blood and Sin, and the standalone pieces if you want a complete bibliography.

Chronological Notes

Most Laura Thalassa series should not be rearranged into internal chronology on a first read.

The main exception is The Curse That Binds, which is a prequel to Bewitched. It happens earlier, but it is better after Bewitched and Bespelled because it explains background rather than introducing the central modern storyline.

The Emperor of Evening Stars is also earlier than much of The Bargainer, but it is best after A Strange Hymn. Reading it first gives Desmond’s history before the reader has enough reason to care about its consequences.

Series Boundaries

1. The Bargainer: Fae romantasy with Callie and Des at the center.
2. The Four Horsemen: Apocalyptic dark romance with one horseman per book.
3. Bewitched: Witch-centered romantasy about Selene, Memnon, reincarnation, curses, and memory.
4. The Fallen World: Dystopian romance focused on Serenity and King Lazuli.
5. The Unearthly: Earlier paranormal academy-style fantasy romance.
6. The Vanishing Girl: Science-fiction romance duology about teleportation and control.
7. Infernari: Co-written paranormal romance, separate from the main solo series.

Latest Laura Thalassa Release Status

• The Curse That Binds is the newest published Bewitched-related book as of this update.
• Bedeviled is scheduled as the final Bewitched book in 2026.
• Because Bedeviled is not yet released, readers starting Bewitched now should expect to wait for the conclusion.

FAQ

What Laura Thalassa book should I read first?

Start with Rhapsodic if you want the most common entry point. Start with Pestilence if you want dark apocalyptic romance. Start with Bewitched if you want her newer witch-romance series.

Are Laura Thalassa’s books connected?

Most of her series are separate. The Bargainer, Four Horsemen, Fallen World, Unearthly, Vanishing Girl, and Bewitched books should be treated as different continuities.

Should I read The Curse That Binds before Bewitched?

Not for a first read. Read Bewitched first, then Bespelled, then The Curse That Binds. Save chronological order for a reread.

Is The Emperor of Evening Stars required?

Yes, if you want the full Bargainer experience. It is a companion novella, but Desmond’s backstory adds useful context before Dark Harmony.

Is The Four Horsemen series complete?

Yes. The sequence is Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death.

Is Bewitched complete?

Not yet. Bedeviled is scheduled as the final book in 2026.

Conclusion

The easiest Laura Thalassa reading path is The Bargainer first, The Four Horsemen second, and Bewitched third.

Read each series in order. Treat prequels as context, not starting points. Once those major series are finished, move into The Fallen World, The Unearthly, The Vanishing Girl, and the standalone or co-written titles.