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If you’re new to my website, welcome! I’m Meredith Allard, and I write psychological literary fiction. I love to write stories that live in other worlds and other times. If you’d like to know more about me, check here.

My weekly blog has literary essays about everything from books I’ve read, my writing process, and writing tips. I also have a monthly newsletter with book news and writing updates.

Where to Start With My Books

I write in several genres within the psychological literary fiction category. My suggestion is always to choose the book that best matches your reading tastes.

For more about The Professor of Eventide, my campus-set Gothic literary mystery, a standalone novel in the Loving Husband Series, check here.

For more about the Loving Husband Series, which includes my bestselling paranormal historical Loving Husband Trilogy set around the Salem Witch Trials, check here.

For more about my psychological literary historical fiction, check here.

Woman of Stones (a novella of Biblical Jerusalem)

Victory Garden (a novel of World War I and the Women’s Suffrage Movement)

For more about my lighthearted Victorian England duology, the Hembry Castle Chronicles, check here.

When It Rained at Hembry Castle

Christmas at Hembry Castle

For more about my nonfiction books for writers, check here.

Painting the Past: A Guide for Writing Historical Fiction

The Swirl and Swing of Words: Embracing the Writing Life

Want to read my posts about writing tips and tricks? Check here.

Love Dark Academia? Check here.

If you’d like to purchase my books, they can be found on all major retailers.

You can also use the Search bar at the bottom of the page if you’re looking for something specific.

Loving Husband Series Reading Order

Though the Loving Husband Series books are part of the same world, you don’t need to read them in any particular order. If I were to make a suggestion, I’d say to read the original trilogy (Book 1: Her Dear & Loving Husband; Book 2: Her Loving Husband’s Curse; and Book 3: Her Loving Husband’s Return) in order, but even that isn’t set in stone. Again, choose the book that is most interesting to you.

The Professor of Eventide is completely standalone, and you don’t need to read any of the other books to follow the story. The majority of my readers begin with Her Dear & Loving Husband.

Here is the publication order of the seven-book series.

  1. Her Dear & Loving Husband
  2. Her Loving Husband’s Curse
  3. Her Loving Husband’s Return
  4. Down Salem Way
  5. The Duchess of Idaho
  6. And Shadows Will Fall 
  7. The Professor of Eventide

If you’d prefer to read the books in chronological order, then read them in this order:

  1. Down Salem Way
  2. The Professor of Eventide
  3. Her Dear & Loving Husband
  4. Her Loving Husband’s Curse
  5. Her Loving Husband’s Return
  6. And Shadows Will Fall 
  7. The Duchess of Idaho

My Short Fiction Collection

If you’d like to read the short stories from the Loving Husband Series, check here.

If you’d like to read the short fiction from the Hembry Castle Chronicles, check here.

Happy reading!