Elyse Douglas Books in Order

Where to Start with Elyse Douglas

Elyse Douglas (the pen name of husband-and-wife writing duo Elyse Parmentier and Douglas Pennington) has spent over a decade crafting highly engaging romantic suspense, cozy holiday mysteries, and time-travel romance. If you are new to their catalog, the best place to begin is with their flagship series, the Christmas Eve Series. Starting with The Christmas Eve Letter, this series showcases their signature blend of historical detail, time-slip mechanics, and emotional stakes.

Alternatively, if you prefer standalone stories that can be enjoyed in a single sitting, you can start with their thematic 'Time' Standalones (such as Time Passage or Time With Norma Jeane) or their classic holiday romance debut, The Christmas Diary.

The Christmas Eve Series (Reading Order)

The Christmas Eve series is the authors' most popular work. It follows Eve Gantly and her family as they discover a mysterious lantern that transports them back to late-19th-century New York. Because this series features a continuous narrative arc, character development, and ongoing family secrets, it is highly recommended to read these books in exact publication order:

• The Christmas Eve Letter (2016)
• The Christmas Eve Daughter (2018)
• The Christmas Eve Secret (2019)
• The Christmas Eve Promise (2020)
• The Christmas Eve Journey (2021)

The Christmas Diary Books

This series centers on holiday mysteries, emotional discoveries, and long-lost journals. The two books should be read in order:

1. The Christmas Diary (2012)
2. Lost and Found (2020)

The Speakeasy Series

Stepping away from the Victorian era, this two-part series plunges readers into the jazz-filled, dangerous world of the Roaring Twenties in New York City. Read these in order to follow the complete time-travel adventure:

The 'Time' Standalone Novels

Elyse Douglas has written a extensive list of standalone time-travel novels. While they share similar sci-fi elements, romance, and historical backdrops, each book features an independent cast and self-contained story. You can read these in any order, though reading them in order of publication lets you experience the authors' evolving style:

• Time Change (2019)
• Time With Norma Jeane (2020) – A time-travel story involving Marilyn Monroe.
• Time Shutter (2020)
• Time Stranger (2021)
• Time Sensitive (2021)
• Time Visitor (2021)
• Time Zone (2022)
• Time Past (2023)
• Time Passage (2023)
• Time and Tide (2023)
• Time Lost (2024)
• Time Parallel (2024)

Other Standalone Novels and Stories

Beyond time travel, Elyse Douglas has written contemporary romance, women's fiction, and holiday standalones. These can be read in any order:

• Wanting Rita (2012)
• The Astrologer's Daughter (2012)
• Christmas Ever After (2012)
• A Season for Juliet (2013)
• Christmas for Juliet (2013)
• The Christmas Town (2013)
• The Christmas Women (2014)
• The Summer Diary (2015)
• The Other Side of Summer (2015)
• The Christmas Bridge (2015)
• The Summer Letters (2017)
• The Date Before Christmas (2017)
• The Lost Mata Hari Ring (2018)
• Daring Summer (2019)
• Frantic (2020)
• Betrayed (Short Story, 2020)
• City of Deadly Dreams (2021)