Reading order · 3 books · 2017 to 2018
Loyal League Books in Order
The Loyal League books are historical romances set during the American Civil War, following Black spies and their allies working for the Union behind Confederate lines.
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Series facts
- Books
- 3
- Published
- 2017 to 2018
- First book
- An Extraordinary Union
- Latest
- An Unconditional Freedom (2018)
The reading order
Every Loyal League book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
3 books
- 1An Extraordinary Union2017With Elle Burns and Malcolm McCallElle Burns, a free Black woman with a perfect memory, goes undercover as a slave in a Richmond senator’s house to spy for the Union.Buy on Amazon
- 2A Hope Divided2017With Marlie LynchMarlie Lynch, the free daughter of a Southern plantation family and a skilled herbalist, shelters an escaped Union prisoner, Ewan Cumberland, and the two are drawn into the dangerous work of the Loyal League.Buy on Amazon
- 3An Unconditional Freedom2018With Daniel CumberlandDaniel Cumberland, a free man from the North who was kidnapped and sold into slavery, joins the Loyal League bent on revenge, and is partnered with Janeta Sanchez, a Cuban woman who is secretly spying for the Confederacy.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Each book follows a new couple, but they share a cast and a war, so publication order works best.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Elle Burns | Malcolm McCall | Marlie Lynch | Daniel Cumberland |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 An Extraordinary Union | LLead | LLead | ||
| 2 A Hope Divided | LLead | |||
| 3 An Unconditional Freedom | LLead |
Characters in the Loyal League books
4 characters from Alyssa Cole’s chart, with the number of Loyal League books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Elle BurnsSpy with a perfect memory | 1 | An Extraordinary Union 2017 |
| Malcolm McCallScottish Union detective | 1 | An Extraordinary Union 2017 |
| Marlie LynchFreewoman and herbalist | 1 | A Hope Divided 2017 |
| Daniel CumberlandFormer prisoner turned spy | 1 | An Unconditional Freedom 2018 |