Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beneath a Starless Sky | 2020 | Tessa Harris | Buy |
| 2 | The Light We Left Behind | 2021 | Tessa Harris | Buy |
| 3 | The Paris Notebook | 2023 | Tessa Harris | Buy |
| 4 | The Tuscan Daughter | 2024 | Tessa Harris | Buy |
| 5 | The Florence Sisters | 2025 | Tessa Harris | Buy |
After completing her two mystery series, Tessa Harris turned to standalone historical fiction. Beneath a Starless Sky (2020), The Light We Left Behind (2021), The Paris Notebook (2023), The Tuscan Daughter (2024), and The Florence Sisters (2025) each tell a self-contained story set against the backdrop of 20th-century European history.
These books explore wars, displacement, and personal resilience through the eyes of women living through turbulent times. The settings range from wartime Europe to postwar Italy and France. Harris brings the same historical research skills she demonstrated in her mystery series to these novels, grounding the characters’ experiences in real-world events and locations.