C.J. Archer

cjarcher.com @CJ_Archer

Fantasy Fiction historique Mystère

C.J. Archer is a USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author specializing in historical mystery and fantasy novels.
Her popular series include GLASS AND STEELE, CLEOPATRA FOX MYSTERIES, MINISTRY OF CURIOSITIES, and THE GLASS LIBRARY. She has worked as a librarian, IT support person, and technical writer but considers herself a fiction writer at heart.
Archer has loved history and books since childhood and successfully combined these passions in her career.
She lives in Melbourne, Australia, with her husband, two children, and cat named Coco.
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Livres de C.J. Archer

The Librarian of Crooked Lane

par C.J. Archer • 2022

A librarian seeking magical roots lands in an enchanted art heist beside a haunted war hero.

3.83

25 000+

🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 🧳 Orphaned Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 📚 Magical Library

The Librarian of Crooked Lane

A librarian seeking magical roots lands in an enchanted art heist beside a haunted war hero.

par C.J. Archer 2022 284 pages

3.83

25 000+ évaluations

🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 🧳 Orphaned Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 📚 Magical Library

The Medici Manuscript

par C.J. Archer • 2023

In postwar London's magical library, an orphan finds a coded manuscript that could rewrite her past.

4.01

14 000+

🏛️ Magical Library 👥 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance 📜 Ancient Manuscript ✨ Latent Magic

The Medici Manuscript

In postwar London's magical library, an orphan finds a coded manuscript that could rewrite her past.

par C.J. Archer 2023 280 pages

4.01

14 000+ évaluations

🏛️ Magical Library 👥 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance 📜 Ancient Manuscript ✨ Latent Magic

The Untitled Books

par C.J. Archer • 2023

A magical librarian feels her power surface when a bookbinder is murdered for enchanted manuscripts.

4.09

10 000+

📚 Book Magic ✨ Magical Awakening 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 📖 Bibliophile Mystery

The Untitled Books

A magical librarian feels her power surface when a bookbinder is murdered for enchanted manuscripts.

par C.J. Archer 2023 282 pages

4.09

10 000+ évaluations

📚 Book Magic ✨ Magical Awakening 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 📖 Bibliophile Mystery

The Dead Letter Delivery

par C.J. Archer • 2024

A paper magician follows dead letters to her mother's hidden past and an asylum's buried crimes.

4.07

9 000+

🕵️ Magical Mystery 🏰 Historical Fantasy 💕 Found Family 💗 Slow Burn Romance ✨ Magical Inheritance

The Dead Letter Delivery

A paper magician follows dead letters to her mother's hidden past and an asylum's buried crimes.

par C.J. Archer 2024 264 pages

4.07

9 000+ évaluations

🕵️ Magical Mystery 🏰 Historical Fantasy 💕 Found Family 💗 Slow Burn Romance ✨ Magical Inheritance

Secrets of the Lost Ledgers

par C.J. Archer • 2024

An invisible plea in a library book pulls a paper magician into 1920s London's magical underworld.

4.13

7 000+

🔍 Magical Detective 👥 Found Family 💘 Slow Burn Romance ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy 🌿 Hidden Magical Heritage

Secrets of the Lost Ledgers

An invisible plea in a library book pulls a paper magician into 1920s London's magical underworld.

par C.J. Archer 2024 272 pages

4.13

7 000+ évaluations

🔍 Magical Detective 👥 Found Family 💘 Slow Burn Romance ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy 🌿 Hidden Magical Heritage

The Journal of a Thousand Years

par C.J. Archer • 2025

A magical journal reveals her bloodline, making her the weakness of the man his enemies hunt.

4.24

6 000+

🧻 Paper Magic 🫂 Found Family ✨ Magical Inheritance 🏙️ Postwar London 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets

The Journal of a Thousand Years

A magical journal reveals her bloodline, making her the weakness of the man his enemies hunt.

par C.J. Archer 2025 278 pages

4.24

6 000+ évaluations

🧻 Paper Magic 🫂 Found Family ✨ Magical Inheritance 🏙️ Postwar London 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets

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