Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Master of Aysgarth | 1976 | Margaret Mayhew | Buy |
| 2 | Three Black Cormorants | 1976 | Margaret Mayhew | Buy |
| 3 | The Cry of the Owl | 1977 | Margaret Mayhew | Buy |
| 4 | The Railway King | 1979 | Margaret Mayhew | Buy |
| 5 | The Owlers | 1979 | Margaret Mayhew | Buy |
| 6 | The Flame and the Furnace | 1982 | Margaret Mayhew | Buy |
| 7 | Regency Charade | 1986 | Margaret Mayhew | Buy |
| 8 | Bluebirds. The Heartbreaking and Triumph Story of Four Women in Wartime | 1993 | Margaret Mayhew | Buy |
| 9 | Bluebirds | 1993 | Margaret Mayhew | Buy |
| 10 | The Crew | 1997 | Margaret Mayhew | Buy |
| 11 | The Little Ship | 1999 | Margaret Mayhew | Buy |
| 12 | Our Yanks | 2001 | Margaret Mayhew | Buy |
| 13 | The Pathfinder | 2002 | Margaret Mayhew | Buy |
| 14 | Those in Peril | 2003 | Margaret Mayhew | Buy |
| 15 | I’ll Be Seeing You | 2004 | Margaret Mayhew | Buy |
| 16 | Rosebuds | 2004 | Margaret Mayhew | Buy |
| 17 | A Foreign Field | 2005 | Margaret Mayhew | Buy |
| 18 | Quadrille | 2005 | Margaret Mayhew | Buy |
| 19 | The Boat Girls | 2007 | Margaret Mayhew | Buy |
| 20 | The Other Side Of Paradise | 2009 | Margaret Mayhew | Buy |
| 21 | The Last Wolf | 2011 | Margaret Mayhew | Buy |
Margaret Mayhew’s standalone novels span her entire career, from The Master of Aysgarth in 1976 through The Last Wolf in 2011. Her early work includes historical romances and period adventure stories, but she became best known for her wartime fiction. Books like Bluebirds, The Crew, The Little Ship, and Our Yanks tell stories of women in Britain during World War II, from WAAF recruits to villagers dealing with American soldiers stationed nearby.
Her later standalone novels moved between wartime settings and quieter English village stories. A Foreign Field and The Other Side Of Paradise show her range within historical fiction, while Rosebuds and Quadrille have a lighter touch. Across more than three decades of standalone work, Mayhew returns again and again to themes of duty, community, and the way ordinary people handle extraordinary circumstances.