Devonshire Sagas books in order

The Devonshire Sagas are an eleven-book series of standalone historical novels by Tania Anne Crosse set in Victorian Dartmoor, each following a different working-class woman through love, hardship, and the industrial communities of Devon.

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 The Harbour Master’s Daughter 2004 Tania Anne Crosse Buy
2 The River Girl 2006 Tania Anne Crosse Buy
3 The Gunpowder Girl 2008 Tania Anne Crosse Buy
4 The Dartmoor Girl 2009 Tania Anne Crosse Buy
5 The Quarry Girl 2009 Tania Anne Crosse Buy
6 The Convent Girl 2009 Tania Anne Crosse Buy
7 The Girl at Holly Cottage 2010 Tania Anne Crosse Buy
8 The Railway Girl 2011 Tania Anne Crosse Buy
9 The Wheelwright Girl 2013 Tania Anne Crosse Buy
10 The Ambulance Girl 2014 Tania Anne Crosse Buy
11 The Butterfly Girl 2025 Tania Anne Crosse Buy

The Devonshire Sagas span eleven novels published between 2004 and 2025, each one drawing on a different aspect of Victorian Dartmoor’s industrial and social history. The Harbour Master’s Daughter opens the series, and subsequent books move through the communities of quarry workers, railway navvies, gunpowder mill employees, and convent girls — each story anchored in careful research and emotional honesty.

Tania Anne Crosse has spent years walking Dartmoor and studying its archives, and that familiarity shows in the texture of the series. The moorland landscape isn’t just a backdrop; it shapes the characters’ lives, their work, and the limits placed on what they can hope for.


Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Devonshire Sagas series?

There are eleven books in the Devonshire Sagas series, published between 2004 and 2025.

What is the first book in the Devonshire Sagas series?

The first book in the Devonshire Sagas series is The Harbour Master’s Daughter, published in 2004.

Do the Devonshire Sagas need to be read in order?

Each book is a standalone story with its own protagonist and can be read in any order, though they share the same Dartmoor region and occasionally reference overlapping communities.

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