Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bargain: Episode I | 2015 | Vanessa Riley | Buy |
| 2 | Swept Away | 2014 | Vanessa Riley | N/A |
| 3 | The Bargain: Episode II | 2015 | Vanessa Riley | Buy |
| 4 | The Bargain: Episode III | 2015 | Vanessa Riley | Buy |
| 5 | The Bargain: Episode IV | 2015 | Vanessa Riley | Buy |
| 6 | The Bargain: The Complete Season One | 2017 | Vanessa Riley | Buy |
Vanessa Riley’s A Port Elizabeth Regency Tale is a six-entry historical romance series published between 2014 and 2017. The structure is unusual: the main story, The Bargain, was released as four separate episodes (I through IV) in 2015, preceded by Swept Away in 2014. Riley later collected the episodic releases into The Bargain: The Complete Season One in 2017.
The serialized format gives this series a different feel from a standard novel sequence. Each episode picks up where the last one ended, and the “Season One” collection suggests Riley originally planned for additional seasons. Readers who prefer to read the full story in one sitting can go straight to the complete edition, while those who like shorter installments can follow the original episode-by-episode release order listed above.