Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bianca | 2012 | Bertrice Small | Buy |
| 2 | Francesca | 2013 | Bertrice Small | Buy |
| 3 | Lucianna | 2013 | Bertrice Small | Buy |
| 4 | Serena | 2014 | Bertrice Small | Buy |
| 5 | Adora | 1980 | Bertrice Small | Buy |
| 6 | Unconquered | 1981 | Bertrice Small | Buy |
| 7 | Beloved | 1983 | Bertrice Small | Buy |
| 8 | Enchantress Mine | 1987 | Bertrice Small | Buy |
| 9 | The Spitfire | 1990 | Bertrice Small | Buy |
| 10 | A Moment in Time | 1991 | Bertrice Small | Buy |
| 11 | To Love Again | 1993 | Bertrice Small | Buy |
| 12 | Love Slave | 1995 | Bertrice Small | Buy |
| 13 | Hellion | 1996 | Bertrice Small | Buy |
| 14 | Betrayed | 1997 | Bertrice Small | Buy |
| 15 | Deceived | 1998 | Bertrice Small | Buy |
| 16 | The Innocent | 1999 | Bertrice Small | Buy |
| 17 | A Memory of Love | 2000 | Bertrice Small | Buy |
| 18 | The Duchess | 2001 | Bertrice Small | Buy |
| 19 | The Dragon Lord’s Daughters | 2004 | Bertrice Small | Buy |
The Silk Merchant’s Daughters by Bertrice Small centers on four novels set in Renaissance Florence: Bianca, Francesca, Lucianna, and Serena. Published between 2012 and 2014, these books follow the four daughters of Giovanni Pietro d’Angelo, a prosperous silk merchant, as each young woman finds love and navigates the social expectations of Italian Renaissance society. These same four novels also appear at the end of The Border Chronicles.
This extended reading order includes Small’s fifteen standalone historical novels alongside the four core Silk Merchant’s Daughters books. The standalones span a wide range of periods and settings, from the Byzantine Empire (Adora, 1980) to Norman England (Enchantress Mine, 1987) to medieval Wales (The Dragon Lord’s Daughters, 2004). Each is an independent story with its own heroine and historical backdrop. For readers specifically interested in the standalone novels, those are also listed on their own page.
The four Florence novels are best read in order since the sisters’ stories overlap and later books reference events from earlier ones. The standalone novels can be read in any order.