🎯 Where Should I Start?
ⓘ About Lorna Cook
Lorna Cook is a bestselling and award winning novelist, former PR professional and journalist. She left the world of journalism and public relations to become an author of novels full of history, romance, secrets and intrigue. Her debut novel “The Forgotten Village” was a blockbuster as it became a Kindle bestseller over the first two weeks after publishing and sold more than 150,000 copies. It would go on to spend more than four months on the Top 100 List on Kindle. It has also won the Romance Novelists of America Joan Hessayon Award, and the Debut Romance Novel of the Year Award by RNA. It has also been published in more than a dozen languages across the world.
All Book Series by Lorna Cook
The Forgotten Village / The Forgotten Wife
Series opener · book 1 of 10 · published 2019
It Was You All Along
Latest in the series · book 10 of 10 · published 2026 Pen name · Elle Cook
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Lorna Cook?
Lorna Cook is a bestselling and award winning novelist, former PR professional and journalist. She left the world of journalism and public relations to become an author of novels full of history, romance, secrets and intrigue. Her debut novel “The Forgotten Village” was a blockbuster as it became a Kindle bestseller over the first two weeks after publishing and sold more than 150,000 copies.
Which Lorna Cook series should I start with?
The best place to start is The Secrets of Trelenna House series, the earliest of Lorna Cook's multi-book series: it opens with The Distant Daughter (2025) and runs to 2 books across 2025–2026, ending with The Gilded Girl (2026).
How many books has Lorna Cook written?
Lorna Cook has 12 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2019 and 2026. 2 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being The Secrets of Trelenna House series with 2 books — and 10 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Lorna Cook's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Lorna Cook's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Secrets of Trelenna House (2025–2026, 2 books).
How are Lorna Cook's books organised into series?
This guide splits Lorna Cook's 12 books into 1 named series and 10 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Secrets of Trelenna House (2 books, 2025–2026).