Jen Turano

Jen Turano is bestselling American author of Romance, Historical Fiction and Christian novels. She graduated with a degree in Clothing and Textile from the University of Akron, later pursued a career in management for almost a decade before settling for full-time writing after the birth of her son. Turano is famously known as the author of The Ladies of Distinction Series which debuted in 2012 when the first novel in the series A Change of Fortune was published through Bethany House.

The best place to start is the Ladies of Distinction series, the earliest of Jen Turano's multi-book series: it opens with Gentleman of Her Dreams (2012) and runs to 5 books across 2012–2014, ending with A Match of Wits (2014). Jen Turano's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Jen Turano has 26 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2012 and 2026. 24 of them belong to 8 named series — the largest being the Ladies of Distinction series with 5 books — and 2 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Jen Turano's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Ladies of Distinction (2012–2014, 5 books), A Class of Their Own (2015–2016, 3 books) and Apart from the Crowd (2017–2018, 4 books), plus 4 more.

This guide splits Jen Turano's 26 books into 8 named series and 2 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Ladies of Distinction (5 books, 2012–2014); Apart from the Crowd (4 books, 2017–2018); A Class of Their Own (3 books, 2015–2016); American Heiresses (3 books, 2019–2020); The Bleaker Street Inquiry Agency (3 books, 2020–2022), plus 3 further series.