Leenie Brown Books in Order (Updated May 10, 2026)

Leenie Brown writes sweet Regency romance, Jane Austen-inspired fiction, and Pride and Prejudice variations. Her catalogue is wide, but it is not one single timeline.

The easiest way to read her books is to follow each series separately. Some books are connected by setting or family relationships, while many Austen variations restart the story from a new premise.

Reading Compass

1. Best first Austen-variation starting point: Oxford Cottage
2. Best connected Pride and Prejudice family sequence: Marrying Elizabeth
3. Best original Regency series starting point: And Then Love
4. Best newer Darcy-and-Elizabeth path: Matching Mr. Darcy
5. Best Mary Bennet-focused path: Moonlight, Mistletoe, and Mary, then the Sweet Extras novelettes.

Choices Series in Order

The Choices series is a Pride and Prejudice variation sequence. Read it in order because the books follow connected decisions and consequences.

1. Her Father’s Choice (2015): Mr. Bennet’s decision changes Elizabeth’s future, pushing the romance into a path shaped by duty, family pressure, and limited options.
2. No Other Choice (2015): The second book continues the consequences of the first, keeping choice, obligation, and emotional trust at the center.
3. His Inconvenient Choice (2016): A difficult romantic decision becomes inconvenient for both heart and family, widening the series beyond its opening situation.
4. Her Heart’s Choice (2016): The series closes by bringing the emotional question back to personal conviction and the courage to choose love.

Darcy and… A Pride and Prejudice Variations in Order

These are Pride and Prejudice variations. They are related by theme and author grouping, but each can usually be read as its own altered Austen path.

1. Oxford Cottage (2015): Elizabeth and Darcy’s relationship is reshaped through a more private, emotionally reflective variation centered around Oxford Cottage.
2. For Peace of Mind (2015): A variation about security, trust, and the emotional work needed before Darcy and Elizabeth can find peace together.
3. Listen to Your Heart (2015): The romance turns on whether the characters can move beyond pride, expectations, and fear by trusting what they truly feel.
4. Through Every Storm (2015): Darcy and Elizabeth’s connection is tested by difficulty, making constancy and endurance the heart of the story.
5. With the Colonel’s Help (2017): Colonel Fitzwilliam becomes an important force in helping the romance move past misunderstanding and hesitation.

Dash of Darcy and Companions Collection in Order

This collection includes Pride and Prejudice variations and companion stories. Publication order is the cleanest route because some titles answer or complement earlier ideas.

1. Finally Mrs. Darcy (2016): Elizabeth reaches the role promised by the title, with the story focused on how she and Darcy arrive at marriage.
2. Waking to Mr. Darcy (2016): A changed circumstance brings Elizabeth into closer contact with Darcy, forcing new awareness before old assumptions can settle.
3. A Very Mary Christmas (2016): Mary Bennet receives unusual attention in a Christmas variation, making the holiday setting part of her emotional change.
4. Discovering Mr. Darcy (2017): Elizabeth’s view of Darcy shifts as she learns more about his character, making discovery the central romantic movement.
5. Not an Heiress (2017): A sequel-style companion to Discovering Mr. Darcy, focused on what changes when assumptions about wealth and worth are challenged.
6. Unravelling Mr. Darcy (2017): Darcy’s control and reserve begin to come undone as the romantic situation forces him into greater honesty.
7. Becoming Entangled (2017): A companion-style continuation where relationships become more complicated through attachment, misunderstanding, and family pressure.
8. Enticing Miss Darcy (2018): Georgiana Darcy receives a more active romantic role, moving the focus beyond Elizabeth and Darcy.
9. Mr. Darcy’s Comfort (2018): Darcy’s emotional steadiness and need for comfort become central, giving the variation a gentler, healing shape.
10. Master of Longbourn (2018): Longbourn’s future and household authority influence the romance, placing estate and family responsibility near the center.
11. Assessing Mr. Darcy (2018): Darcy is measured by more than pride and rank, with Elizabeth’s judgment becoming part of the romantic test.

Darcy Family Holidays in Order

These seasonal Pride and Prejudice variations can be read as holiday stories, but order is useful if you want the family arc to feel tidy.

1. Two Days Before Christmas (2017): A Christmas-set variation where limited time, family gathering, and holiday emotion shape Darcy and Elizabeth’s path.
2. One Winter’s Eve (2018): A winter evening becomes the turning point for altered understanding, making the story quieter and more intimate than a broad social variation.
3. A Scandal in Springtime (2019): A spring scandal changes the usual courtship pressure, forcing reputation and affection into direct conflict.
4. Sketches and Secrets of Summer (2021): Summer, art, and concealed feelings shape the romance, giving the holiday sequence a warmer seasonal close.

Other Pens: Mansfield Park in Order

This series moves away from Pride and Prejudice and works with Mansfield Park characters. Read in order because the books build a linked set of alternate Austen outcomes.

1. Henry: To Prove Himself Worthy (2017): Henry Crawford receives a reform-centered story, with the central question being whether he can become worthy of lasting love.
2. Charles: To Discover His Purpose (2018): Charles must find direction and meaning, making personal purpose the heart of the romance.
3. Mary: To Protect Her Heart (2018): Mary Crawford’s emotional caution shapes her story, with protection and vulnerability held in tension.
4. Tom: To Secure His Legacy (2019): Tom Bertram’s position and future become the focus, connecting romance with inheritance, responsibility, and reform.
5. Addie: To Wager on Her Future (2019): Addie’s story turns on risk, independence, and the decision to trust a possible future.

Touches of Austen in Order

The Touches of Austen books are original sweet romances inspired by Austen themes rather than direct Pride and Prejudice variations. Read them in publication order.

1. His Beautiful Bea (2017): A sweet romance shaped by admiration, worth, and the quiet recognition of a woman’s value.
2. His Darling Friend (2019): Friendship becomes the foundation for romance, with affection growing from familiarity and emotional trust.
3. Her Convenient Forever (2020): A practical arrangement opens the door to lasting love, making convenience and commitment work together.
4. His Irreplaceable Belle (2020): The romance centers on a heroine whose place in the hero’s life becomes impossible to replace.
5. Her Secret Beau (2020): Hidden affection and private understanding drive the courtship, creating tension between secrecy and public commitment.
6. His Sensible Heart (2021): A heart governed by sense must still make room for feeling, giving the book a restrained but romantic shape.

Marrying Elizabeth Series in Order

The Marrying Elizabeth series is one of Brown’s most useful reading lanes for Pride and Prejudice fans. It begins with Darcy and Elizabeth, then broadens into related Bennet and Darcy-family romances.

1. Confounding Caroline (2018): Caroline Bingley’s interference becomes the obstacle to manage, while Darcy and Elizabeth’s relationship develops around social manipulation.
2. Delighting Mrs. Bennet (2019): Mrs. Bennet becomes more than comic pressure, and Darcy must contend with family approval in a new way.
3. Loving Lydia (2019): Lydia Bennet receives a more sympathetic romantic path, shifting attention from scandal to growth and affection.
4. Persuading Miss Mary (2019): Mary Bennet’s future takes center stage, with persuasion, self-worth, and unexpected romance shaping her story.
5. Cherishing Kitty (2020): Kitty Bennet’s quieter hopes become the focus, giving another Bennet sister room for a gentler romantic arc.
6. Protecting Miss Darcy (2020): Georgiana Darcy’s safety and future become central, moving the series into Darcy-family protection and romance.

Sweet Possibilities Series in Order

The Sweet Possibilities books are Darcy and Elizabeth variations with companion extras. Each main book is a complete romance, but the series order keeps the related material easy to follow.

1. Matching Mr. Darcy (2020): A matchmaking premise changes the usual romantic route, making the question not whether Darcy can love, but how he is matched and understood.
2. Christmas in Gracechurch Street (2020): A Christmas setting around the Gardiners shifts the emotional atmosphere and gives Darcy and Elizabeth a more domestic path.
3. With Quill and Ink (2021): Letters, writing, and private expression become the tools that move Darcy and Elizabeth toward understanding.
4. His Father’s Last Gift (2023): Darcy’s family legacy shapes the romance, placing inheritance, memory, and emotional duty around his relationship with Elizabeth.
5. How to Marry an Accomplished Lady (2024): Accomplishment, manners, and romantic strategy frame the courtship, with Austen-style social expectations at the center.

Sweet Extras Novelettes in Order

These are shorter companion pieces connected to the Sweet Possibilities world, with Mary Bennet receiving special attention. Read after the related main books if you want the fuller experience.

1. Moonlight, Mistletoe, and Mary (2020): Mary Bennet steps into a Christmas romance of her own, with seasonal atmosphere softening her usual severity.
2. Midnight with Mary (2021): Mary’s romantic path continues through a more private, late-night emotional turning point.
3. Arguing with Mary (2022): Mary’s strong opinions become part of the courtship, turning disagreement into a route toward deeper feeling.
4. Pretending to Love Mary (2023): A false or strategic romantic appearance creates real emotional pressure around Mary’s future.
5. None So Accomplished as Mary (2025): Mary’s accomplishments and self-image become the center of a short follow-up romance.

Teatime Tales in Order

The Teatime Tales books are short Austen-inspired pieces. They are better treated as light supplemental reading than as a strict novel sequence.

1. Teatime Tales (2015): The original collection-style entry gathers short Austen-flavored reading around tea, conversation, and romantic possibility.
2. From Tolerable to Lovely (2020): A short Pride and Prejudice-inspired piece that turns an early insult or low opinion into romantic reconsideration.
3. Mr. Bingley Plans a Ball (2021): Bingley takes a more active role in arranging society and romance through a ball-centered premise.
4. Two Days in November (2021): A brief, time-limited story where two important days create enough pressure to alter relationships.
5. A Battle of Wills and Words (2021): Verbal sparring and stubbornness shape the emotional conflict, making conversation the battlefield.
6. The Beginning of Prudence (2022): Prudence begins to matter as both a virtue and a romantic force, giving the story a quieter moral center.
7. An Accomplished Lady (2023): Accomplishment becomes the issue around which courtship, judgment, and self-worth turn.

Willow Hall Romance in Order

The Willow Hall Romance books are original sweet Regency romances rather than direct Austen variations. Read them in order because they share a series setting.

1. And Then Love (2016): The series opens with a Regency romance built around the moment when affection becomes possible after uncertainty.
2. The Tenant’s Guest (2016): A guest’s arrival changes the emotional balance, bringing social proximity and romantic possibility into the Willow Hall world.
3. So Very Unexpected (2017): An unforeseen relationship or situation disrupts expectations, pushing the romance away from the safe path.
4. Better than She Deserved (2017): The heroine’s sense of worth and what she believes she deserves become central to the love story.
5. At All Costs (2017): Love, loyalty, and protection are tested by what the characters are willing to risk.

Nature’s Fury and Delights in Order

This group includes original sweet Regency novelettes and related nature-themed stories. Treat the order as thematic rather than one long plotline.

1. Thunder, Mist, and Frost (2018): A nature-themed collection that brings storm, mist, and winter imagery into sweet Regency romance.
2. First Blooms and Second Chances (2019): A springlike second-chance romance where renewal and old feeling drive the story.
3. A Lily in Midwinter (2021): A winter-set short romance built around gentleness, endurance, and emotional bloom in a cold season.
4. Apple Blossoms and Whispering Hearts (2021): A soft seasonal romance where spring imagery and quiet feeling guide the courtship.
5. Dispelling the Fog (2021): Confusion, uncertainty, or emotional clouding must clear before the romance can settle.
6. Hope at Dawn (2021): A dawn-centered short romance about renewed hope and the possibility of a fresh beginning.
7. Frosted Windowpanes (2021): A wintery short piece where separation, reflection, or closeness is framed through a cold-season setting.
8. Morning Mist (2021): A brief nature-themed romance shaped by softness, uncertainty, and gradual clarity.
9. Thunder (2021): A storm-centered short piece where heightened emotion and changing weather mirror the romantic tension.

Collections and Box Sets

These are useful for readers who want several books together, but they are not usually new stories.

1. The Choices Series Compilation: Collects the four Choices books, so buy it as a bundle rather than as an additional installment.
2. Marrying Elizabeth, Books 1-3 Compilation: Collects the first three Marrying Elizabeth books.
3. Marrying Elizabeth, Books 4-6 Compilation: Collects the later three Marrying Elizabeth books.
4. Darcy Family Holidays, Volume 1: Collects seasonal Darcy-family holiday stories.
5. Sweet Possibilities and Extras, Books 1-3: Collects early Sweet Possibilities books and companion material.
6. Teatime Tales, Volume 1: Collects the early Teatime Tales pieces.
7. Touches of Austen: A collection edition for the Austen-inspired original romances.
8. Willow Hall Romance / Willow Hall: Collection editions for the Willow Hall books, useful if you want the original Regency material together.

Best Leenie Brown Reading Order for New Readers

Use this route if you want a guided path rather than a complete publication-order marathon.

1. Oxford Cottage (2015): Start here for a clear early Pride and Prejudice variation.
2. For Peace of Mind (2015): Continue with another early Darcy-and-Elizabeth variation focused on trust and emotional safety.
3. Through Every Storm (2015): Read next for a more testing, endurance-focused romance.
4. Her Father’s Choice (2015): Begin the connected Choices sequence.
5. No Other Choice (2015): Continue the same decision-driven path.
6. His Inconvenient Choice (2016): Stay with the sequence as the romantic consequences widen.
7. Her Heart’s Choice (2016): Finish Choices before moving to a new lane.
8. Finally Mrs. Darcy (2016): Shift into Dash of Darcy and Companions for shorter Pride and Prejudice variations.
9. A Very Mary Christmas (2016): Add Mary Bennet’s Christmas-centered story early if you enjoy secondary-character romances.
10. Confounding Caroline (2018): Begin Marrying Elizabeth, the best next connected Austen path.
11. Delighting Mrs. Bennet (2019): Continue through the same family-focused sequence.
12. Loving Lydia (2019): Read here for Lydia’s alternate romantic development.
13. Persuading Miss Mary (2019): Continue with Mary’s larger role.
14. Cherishing Kitty (2020): Keep the Bennet-sister order intact.
15. Protecting Miss Darcy (2020): Finish the sequence with Georgiana Darcy’s story.
16. Matching Mr. Darcy (2020): Move to the newer Sweet Possibilities line.
17. Christmas in Gracechurch Street (2020): Continue the Sweet Possibilities order.
18. With Quill and Ink (2021): Read next for a letter-centered variation.
19. His Father’s Last Gift (2023): Continue with the later Darcy-family legacy story.
20. How to Marry an Accomplished Lady (2024): Finish the current main Sweet Possibilities sequence.

Chronological Order

There is no single chronological order for all Leenie Brown books.

The Pride and Prejudice variations restart Austen’s story from different points. The Mansfield Park books use a different Austen source. Willow Hall and Touches of Austen are original sweet romances. Nature’s Fury and Delights is grouped by theme rather than by one continuous timeline.

Use chronological order only inside a series:

• Choices: read Books 1-4 in order.
• Willow Hall Romance: read Books 1-5 in order.
• Other Pens: Mansfield Park: read Books 1-5 in order.
• Marrying Elizabeth: read Books 1-6 in order.
• Sweet Possibilities: read Books 1-5 in order, then add Sweet Extras if desired.

Are Leenie Brown’s Books Connected?

Some are connected, but the full catalogue is not one shared story.

The strongest connected reading lanes are Choices, Marrying Elizabeth, Willow Hall Romance, Other Pens: Mansfield Park, and Sweet Possibilities.

The shorter Pride and Prejudice variations can often stand alone. Collections and box sets should be checked before purchase because they may duplicate individual books.

Latest Leenie Brown Book

The latest confirmed new story-format release I found is None So Accomplished as Mary, published in 2025 as a Sweet Extras short story.

A 2026 audiobook release of Two Days Before Christmas is also listed, but that is an audio edition of an earlier book rather than a new novel.

As of this update, I found no newly published 2026 Leenie Brown novel with a fixed release date.

Do You Need to Read Jane Austen First?

It helps for the Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park books. Brown’s Austen-inspired stories assume the reader understands the original characters, family tensions, and social expectations.

For Willow Hall Romance, Touches of Austen, and the original Regency stories, Austen background is helpful but not required.

Final Reading Advice

Begin with Oxford Cottage if you want Leenie Brown’s Pride and Prejudice variations. Choose Her Father’s Choice if you want a connected Austen sequence. Choose And Then Love if you want original sweet Regency romance.