Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Mrs MacKinnons | 2018 | Jayne Davis | Buy |
| 2 | An Embroidered Spoon | 2019 | Jayne Davis | Buy |
| 3 | The Curlew’s Call | 2022 | Jayne Davis | Buy |
| 4 | King George’s Man | 2023 | Jayne Davis | Buy |
| 5 | An Improper Correspondence | 2024 | Jayne Davis | Buy |
Jayne Davis’s standalone novels are Regency-era romances that exist outside her Marstone series. Each book is a self-contained story with its own characters and setting, though they share the same historical period and attention to period detail that runs through all of Davis’s work.
The Mrs MacKinnons, her debut novel from 2018, was her first published book and set the tone for her career. She followed it with titles like An Embroidered Spoon and The Curlew’s Call, each exploring different corners of Regency life, from Scotland to the English countryside. Her most recent standalone, An Improper Correspondence (2024), continues this pattern.
These books are good starting points for readers new to Davis’s work, since none of them require any background knowledge from her other series. They also give a sense of her range within the Regency genre, with each book taking on a slightly different premise and setting.