Nancy Warren Books in Order (Updated April 29, 2026)

Nancy Warren writes cozy mysteries, paranormal cozy mysteries, romantic comedy, contemporary romance, and category romance. Her best-known current work is the Vampire Knitting Club world, which combines Oxford, witches, vampires, yarn-shop sleuthing, and light paranormal mystery.

Her catalogue has two very different halves. The newer cozy mysteries are easiest to organize by series. The older romances are mostly separate series, category-romance contributions, or standalones.

For most mystery readers, the best place to begin is The Vampire Knitting Club. For romance readers, begin with Kiss a Girl in the Rain or The Almost Wives Club: Kate.

The Nancy Warren Shelf Map

Nancy Warren’s books fall into three main shelves.

• The first shelf is paranormal cozy mystery. This includes The Vampire Knitting Club, The Vampire Knitting Club: Cornwall, The Great Witches Baking Show, The Vampire Book Club, and The Village Flower Shop Mysteries.
• The second shelf is non-paranormal cozy mystery. This includes Toni Diamond Mysteries and Abigail Dixon Mysteries.
• The third shelf is romance. This includes Take a Chance, The Almost Wives Club, The Grandma Series, The British Are Coming, Changing Gears, several Harlequin-style category romances, and standalone romantic comedies.

The shelves do not need to be merged into one master timeline. Read each series in order, then move to another shelf when you want a different tone.

Nancy Warren Books in Order by Series

The Vampire Knitting Club Books in Order

This is Nancy Warren’s main paranormal cozy mystery series. The mysteries are often self-contained, but Lucy Swift’s magic, relationships, and Oxford circle develop across the series.

1. Tangles and Treason (2023): A prequel set in Elizabethan Oxford, giving background to Rafe Crosyer and Constance before Lucy Swift’s modern-day story begins.
2. The Vampire Knitting Club (2018): Lucy Swift inherits an Oxford knitting shop and discovers vampires, witchcraft, and a murder mystery tied to her grandmother.
3. Stitches and Witches (2018): Lucy and the undead knitters investigate a poisoned tea-shop death while her place in Oxford’s magical world keeps growing.
4. Crochet and Cauldrons (2018): Lucy’s parents visit, an unusual assistant arrives, and the series deepens its mix of family, magic, and murder.
5. Stockings and Spells (2018): A holiday market becomes a crime scene, while Lucy continues learning witchcraft with help from her familiar and supernatural friends.
6. Purls and Potions (2019): Lucy’s first love potion goes badly wrong, tangling romance, magic, and another suspicious death.
7. Fair Isle and Fortunes (2019): A village fair and a fortune teller’s ominous prediction pull Lucy into a mystery where prophecy may hide murder.
8. Lace and Lies (2019): Cardinal Woolsey’s Yarn Shop is chosen for television, but the publicity turns dangerous when a murder interrupts filming.
9. Bobbles and Broomsticks (2019): A wedding rehearsal at an old building turns deadly, forcing Lucy to look past the obvious explanation.
10. Cat’s Paws and Curses (2019): A shorter holiday whodunnit involving a knitting circle, murder, and Lucy’s paranormal Oxford circle.
11. Popcorn and Poltergeists (2020): A deadly fall at an Oxford library raises the question of whether a poltergeist is responsible or whether a human killer is using the haunting as cover.
12. Garters and Gargoyles (2020): The secretive Gargoyle Club becomes the center of a murder case, bringing Oxford privilege and paranormal suspicion into the same investigation.
13. Diamonds and Daggers (2020): Lucy faces another Oxford mystery where valuable objects, dangerous motives, and the vampire knitters’ help all matter.
14. Herringbones and Hexes (2021): Lucy’s cousin Violet appears to be hexed, making this a later-series case tied closely to the shop and Lucy’s magical circle.
15. Ribbing and Runes (2021): Lucy’s magical education and mystery-solving continue, with runes and knitting-world trouble shaping the case.
16. Mosaics and Magic (2022): A crystal ball wedding gift foretells disaster, and Lucy must decide whether the danger is fate, magic, or murder.
17. Cables and Conjurers (2024): Lucy attends a marketing course in Oxford, only to face illusions, misdirection, and a corpse in her dormitory.

The Vampire Knitting Club: Cornwall Books in Order

This is a related spin-off with familiar connections to the wider Vampire Knitting Club world. Read the main Vampire Knitting Club series first if you want every returning reference in place.

1. The Vampire Knitting Club: Cornwall (2022): The spin-off begins in Cornwall with a new setting, while keeping the cozy paranormal tone of the original series.
2. Scallops and Sorcerers (2024): The second Cornwall mystery continues the seaside magical setup with another case involving food, sorcery, and suspicious death.

The Vampire Book Club Books in Order

This paranormal women’s fiction cozy series is connected in tone to Warren’s vampire mysteries but should be read as its own sequence.

1. Crossing the Lines (2021): A prequel to the Vampire Book Club series, useful for readers who want the setup before the main book-club mystery begins.
2. The Vampire Book Club (2020): The main series opens with a paranormal book club, vampire connections, and a mystery built around reading, secrets, and supernatural society.
3. Chapter and Curse (2020): The second book keeps the book-club mystery structure moving as supernatural trouble follows the group.
4. A Spelling Mistake (2020): The third entry adds witchy wordplay and magical complications to the series’ cozy mystery pattern.
5. A Poisonous Review (2022): A later case brings criticism, poison, and literary suspicion into the Vampire Book Club world.
6. In Want of a Knife (2023): The fifth main book continues the paranormal bookish mystery line with a sharp-edged case and returning series context.

The Great Witches Baking Show Books in Order

This paranormal culinary cozy mystery series is set around a baking-show competition. Read it in order because the contest framework and the heroine’s magical discoveries build across the books.

1. The Great Witches Baking Show (2020): The series begins under a baking-contest tent where pastry, competition, and witchcraft mix with murder.
2. Baker’s Coven (2020): The second book continues the magical baking contest and raises the pressure on the heroine’s ability to survive both recipes and suspicion.
3. A Rolling Scone (2020): Baking-show charm turns dangerous again as a new murder threatens the contest and its contestants.
4. A Bundt Instrument (2020): A village baking event becomes another murder scene, keeping the series focused on culinary clues and magical trouble.
5. Blood, Sweat and Tiers (2021): The competition structure continues with higher emotional and magical stakes as the baking tent becomes unsafe again.
6. Gingerdead House (2021): A standalone holiday whodunnit in the Great Witches Baking Show world, best read after the first several books.
7. Crumbs and Misdemeanors (2021): The sixth numbered book returns to the main run with another food-centered mystery.
8. A Cream of Passion (2021): A later contest mystery where romance, baking, and danger continue to overlap.
9. Cakes and Pains (2021): The eighth numbered book keeps the magical baking setup moving toward the end of the listed sequence.
10. Whisk and Reward (2022): The ninth book closes the current main sequence and should be read after the earlier baking-show cases.

The Village Flower Shop Mysteries Books in Order

This paranormal cozy mystery series is set in the Cotswolds and follows Peony Bellefleur. Read in order because the shop, village, and magical elements develop across the books.

1. Peony Dreadful (2022): Peony Bellefleur’s flower-shop mystery world begins, introducing the Cotswolds setting and the series’ paranormal cozy tone.
2. Karma Camellia (2022): The second book continues Peony’s floral mystery work with another magical village case.
3. Highway to Hellebore (2023): Peony’s world widens beyond the shop as another flower-themed mystery brings danger close.
4. Luck of the Iris (2023): The fourth book continues the plant-name pattern and the paranormal mystery rhythm of the village.
5. Game of Thorns (2025): The newest listed Village Flower Shop mystery brings the series into another thorny case and should follow the first four books.

Toni Diamond Mysteries Books in Order

This is a non-paranormal cozy mystery series centered on beauty products, cosmetics, and murder. Read it in order for Toni’s career and investigative development.

1. Frosted Shadow (2011): Toni Diamond’s mystery series begins in the cosmetics world, where beauty business and murder collide.
2. Ultimate Concealer (2014): Toni returns for another case where appearances, sales, and secrets all hide danger.
3. Midnight Shimmer (2014): The third book continues Toni’s beauty-industry mystery path with another suspicious death.
4. A Diamond Choker for Christmas (2020): A holiday novella that gives Toni a shorter seasonal mystery after the main three novels.

Abigail Dixon Mysteries Books in Order

This is a 1920s historical cozy mystery series. It is separate from Warren’s paranormal cozy worlds.

1. Death of a Flapper / Murder at the Paris Fashion House (2020): Abigail Dixon’s first case begins in a 1920s fashion setting, mixing glamour, secrets, and murder.
2. Death at Darrington Manor (2024): The second Abigail Dixon mystery moves the historical sleuthing into a manor-house case after the Paris fashion mystery.

Take a Chance Books in Order

This is a small-town romance series. Read in order if you want the community and recurring relationship background to unfold naturally.

1. Chance Encounter (2014): A prequel that sets up the Take a Chance romance world before the main numbered books begin.
2. Kiss a Girl in the Rain (2014): The first main book introduces the small-town romance tone and gives the series its cleanest starting point.
3. Iris in Bloom (2014): The second romance continues the same community with a new central relationship.
4. Blueprint for a Kiss (2014): The third book keeps the series focused on love, life changes, and small-town connection.
5. Every Rose (2015): The fourth book adds another romance to the Take a Chance setting.
6. Love to Go (2016): The fifth book continues the series with another relationship shaped by timing, risk, and emotional change.
7. The Sheriff’s Sweet Surrender (2017): The sixth book brings a sheriff-centered romance into the series.
8. The Daisy Game (2018): The seventh main entry closes the listed Take a Chance sequence.

The Almost Wives Club Books in Order

This contemporary romance series centers on women close to marriage, heartbreak, or second chances. Read in order for the best series rhythm.

1. The Almost Wives Club: Kate (2015): Kate’s story opens the series with the emotional fallout of a wedding-that-was-not.
2. Secondhand Bride (2015): The second book continues the Almost Wives idea with another heroine facing love after disappointment.
3. Bridesmaid for Hire (2015): A wedding-adjacent romance that keeps the series’ bridal complications front and center.
4. The Wedding Flight (2015): The fourth book uses travel, weddings, and romantic disruption to continue the series.
5. If the Dress Fits (2015): The fifth book closes the listed sequence with another romance shaped by bridal expectations and real feelings.

The Grandma Series Books in Order

This is a light romance and women’s-fiction-style series. Read in order because the title character’s adventures build from the first book.

1. The Christmas Grandma Ran Away from Home (2014): The series begins with a grandmother leaving home at Christmas, creating a comic, emotional reset.
2. Grandma Catches a Wave (2014): The second book continues Grandma’s late-life adventures with a warmer, more independent spirit.

The British Are Coming Books in Order

This romance series centers on British heroes and transatlantic romantic complications. The author’s current site lists George, Arthur, Jack, and Courting Chloe; older bibliography sources also associate British Bad Boys with the grouping.

1. British Bad Boys (2006): Commonly associated with the British romance grouping, this earlier title can be read before the later reissued British Are Coming books.
2. George (2015): George, an earl with a crumbling estate, meets an ambitious American TV producer whose work threatens to become personal.
3. Arthur (2015): A thriller writer meets the local pub owner she thinks looks like a villain, turning writer’s block into romantic trouble.
4. Jack (2015): The third modern British Are Coming romance gives another British hero his own love story.
5. Courting Chloe (2015): Chloe’s story rounds out the listed British Are Coming sequence.

Changing Gears Books in Order

This is a short romance series connected by motorcycles, risk, and emotional turns.

1. Fast Ride (2014): The first Changing Gears book introduces the series’ motorcycle-romance energy.
2. Crazy Ride (2014): The second book continues the high-motion romance setup with another couple and another emotional risk.

Crane Books in Order

This short trilogy is separate from the cozy mystery and small-town romance series.

1. Sun Kissed (2014): The Crane trilogy begins with a warm-weather romance and the first relationship in the set.
2. Sea Kissed (2014): The second book keeps the trilogy’s romantic tone while shifting to a sea-centered premise.
3. Star Kissed (2014): The third book completes the Crane sequence with another romance built around the title’s dreamy imagery.

Other Category Romance and Series Contributions

These books belong to publisher-created lines or shared romance series rather than Nancy Warren’s current cozy mystery continuity. They can be read independently unless a reader is following that publisher line.

1. Bad Boys Down Under (2004): A Bad Boys Undercover contribution with an Australian-romance angle and no required link to Warren’s cozy series.
2. Aftershocks (2004): A Code Red romance contribution that can be read as a standalone category romance.
3. Bayou Bad Boys (2005): A multi-author Bad Boys anthology contribution with a bayou-romance setting.
4. Private Relations (2005): A Do Not Disturb line entry built around romantic privacy, tension, and category-romance conflict.
5. The Trouble With Twins (2006): A Single Father romance contribution centered on family, children, and romantic complication.
6. Indulge (2006): A For a Good Time Call romance entry with a sensual category-romance setup.
7. Speed Dating (2007): A NASCAR romance contribution using speed, competition, and attraction as the hook.
8. Turn Two (2007): Another NASCAR-line romance, best read after Speed Dating only if following Warren’s NASCAR contributions together.
9. French Kissing (2008): A Lust in Translation title built around travel, language, and romance.
10. Under the Influence (2009): A Forbidden Fantasies entry with a more sensual category-romance premise.
11. Power Play (2009): Another Forbidden Fantasies book, using control, attraction, and romance-line stakes.
12. Too Hot to Handle (2010): A later Forbidden Fantasies entry with heat-driven category-romance conflict.
13. My Fake Fiancée (2010): A fake-engagement romance in the Forbidden Fantasies grouping.
14. The Ex-Factor (2010): A second-chance or ex-centered romance that completes Warren’s listed Forbidden Fantasies run.
15. Face-Off (2011): A 3 Encounters contribution involving confrontation, chemistry, and romance-line tension.
16. Just One Night (2012): A Wrong Bed romance where one night sets off larger emotional consequences.
17. Best Man…with Benefits (2015): A Wrong Bed romance built around wedding-party proximity and romantic complication.

Standalone Nancy Warren Novels

These can be read in any order. They are separate from the cozy mystery series unless a later edition clearly places them elsewhere.

1. Flashback (2001): An early standalone romance or romantic suspense title from Warren’s pre-cozy-mystery backlist.
2. Live a Little! (2001): A standalone romance about taking emotional chances and changing the shape of a life.
3. Whisper (2002): A standalone romantic title with a quieter, suspense-leaning feel.
4. Breathless (2002): An early standalone romance focused on attraction and emotional urgency.
5. Hot Off the Press (2003): A media or publishing-adjacent romance from Warren’s early category-romance period.
6. By the Book (2003): A standalone romance using rules, expectations, and romantic disruption as its center.
7. Fringe Benefits (2003): A workplace or benefit-driven romance from the early backlist.
8. Drive Me Crazy (2004): A standalone romance with motion, irritation, and attraction built into the premise.
9. Underneath It All (2004): A romance about what lies beneath first impressions and surface roles.
10. Turn Left at Sanity (2005): A comic-sounding standalone romance about emotional detours and unexpected change.
11. The One I Want (2008): A standalone romance centered on desire, choice, and the person who changes the heroine’s expectations.
12. Steamy Southern Nights (2013): A heat-forward romance with a Southern setting and standalone structure.
13. Her Valentine Fantasy (2014): A Valentine-themed romance that can be read separately from Warren’s main series.

Short Stories and Novellas

These are optional unless they are already listed inside a series above.

1. The 12 Dates of Christmas (2012): A Christmas romance short or novella built around holiday dating.
2. Unwrapping Santa (2013): A holiday novella with a festive romantic setup.
3. Let It Snow (2013): A winter romance short that can be read as seasonal standalone material.
4. Rich Bitch (2014): A short-format romance or comic-romance title listed outside the main series.

Box Sets and Collections

Collections are not new reading-order entries. Use them for buying convenience.

1. The Vampire Knitting Club boxed sets: Collect groups of Lucy Swift books and should be read according to the main series order.
2. The Great Witches Baking Show bundles: Collect the baking-show mysteries and should not be treated as new stories.
3. The Vampire Book Club Series Bundle: Collects the book-club mysteries for easier reading.
4. The Village Flower Shop Bundle: Collects Peony Bellefleur’s flower-shop mysteries.
5. The Toni Diamond Mysteries series bundle: Collects Toni Diamond’s cosmetics-world mysteries.
6. A Valentine from Harlequin (2012): A multi-author collection and optional for completists.
7. Sugarplum Trio (2014): A holiday collection and not a separate series installment.

Best Reading Order for New Readers

For cozy mystery readers, use this order:

1. The Vampire Knitting Club (2018): Start with Lucy Swift and Cardinal Woolsey’s yarn shop.
2. Continue The Vampire Knitting Club through Cables and Conjurers (2024): Stay with Lucy because her magic and relationships develop across the full series.
3. Read The Vampire Knitting Club: Cornwall (2022) and Scallops and Sorcerers (2024): Move to Cornwall after the main Oxford series is familiar.
4. Read The Vampire Book Club from Crossing the Lines through In Want of a Knife: This gives you Warren’s other vampire-centered cozy shelf.
5. Read The Great Witches Baking Show from book 1 through Whisk and Reward: Choose this next if you want baking-show structure and witchcraft.
6. Read The Village Flower Shop Mysteries from Peony Dreadful through Game of Thorns: Move to the Cotswolds flower-shop mysteries after the baking series.
7. Read Toni Diamond Mysteries and Abigail Dixon Mysteries last: These are separate non-paranormal mystery lanes.

For romance readers, use this order:

1. Kiss a Girl in the Rain (2014): Start with Take a Chance for small-town romance.
2. Continue Take a Chance through The Daisy Game (2018): This gives you Warren’s cleanest romance-series arc.
3. Read The Almost Wives Club: Kate through If the Dress Fits: Follow with the wedding-themed romance series.
4. Read George through Courting Chloe: Move to The British Are Coming for transatlantic romance.
5. Read Fast Ride and Crazy Ride: Add Changing Gears for a shorter motorcycle-romance set.
6. Use the standalones and category romances as optional backlist reading: These do not require a strict master order.

Chronological Order or Publication Order?

Publication order is not the best route for Nancy Warren.

Her career spans category romance, romantic comedy, cozy mystery, paranormal cozy mystery, and historical cozy mystery. Reading everything by release date would move too abruptly between unrelated tones.

Series order is better. It protects character continuity in the mysteries and keeps each romance setting together.

The only meaningful chronological note is with The Vampire Knitting Club: Tangles and Treason is a prequel, but many readers can still read it after the first few Lucy Swift books because it is background rather than the modern starting point.

Latest Nancy Warren Release Status

As of April 29, 2026, the newest confirmed Nancy Warren novel I found in the main series listings is Game of Thorns (2025), book 5 in The Village Flower Shop Mysteries.

Recent series additions also include Cables and Conjurers (2024) in The Vampire Knitting Club, Scallops and Sorcerers (2024) in The Vampire Knitting Club: Cornwall, and Death at Darrington Manor (2024) in Abigail Dixon Mysteries.

I did not find a reliably confirmed unreleased next title with a fixed publication date in the sources checked.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Nancy Warren book should I read first?

Start with The Vampire Knitting Club (2018) if you want cozy mystery. Start with Kiss a Girl in the Rain (2014) if you want romance.

Do Nancy Warren’s cozy mysteries need to be read in order?

Yes, within each series. The individual mysteries may resolve, but relationships, magic, settings, and recurring characters develop across the books.

Should I read Tangles and Treason before The Vampire Knitting Club?

You can, but it is not required. Tangles and Treason is a prequel. The most natural modern entry point remains The Vampire Knitting Club.

Are The Vampire Knitting Club and The Vampire Knitting Club: Cornwall connected?

Yes. The Cornwall books are a related spin-off with familiar elements from the original Vampire Knitting Club world.

Is The Great Witches Baking Show connected to The Vampire Knitting Club?

Treat it as a separate paranormal cozy series. It has its own baking-show structure and should be read in its own order.

Which Nancy Warren series is non-paranormal mystery?

Toni Diamond Mysteries and Abigail Dixon Mysteries are the main non-paranormal mystery options.

Which Nancy Warren books are romances?

The major romance series are Take a Chance, The Almost Wives Club, The Grandma Series, The British Are Coming, Changing Gears, and Crane. She also has many standalone and category romances.

Are the boxed sets new stories?

No. Boxed sets and bundles collect existing books. They should not be inserted as new entries in the reading order.

Final Reading Advice

Choose The Vampire Knitting Club for the clearest Nancy Warren starting point. It gives readers Oxford, Lucy Swift, vampires, witchcraft, and the cozy paranormal tone that defines her best-known current work.

Choose The Great Witches Baking Show for baking-contest mysteries, The Village Flower Shop Mysteries for Cotswolds flower-shop magic, or Toni Diamond Mysteries for a non-paranormal cozy route.

For romance, begin with Kiss a Girl in the Rain and follow the Take a Chance series. After that, move through the wedding, British, motorcycle, and standalone romances only as your mood changes.