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Suite Scarlett

by Maureen Johnson

The Suite Scarlett series by Maureen Johnson has 2 known books (2 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Suite Scarlett (2008). The latest book with a fully recorded publication date is Scarlett Fever.

Books
2 known books (2 novels)
Published
2
First published
2008
Status
completed
Shelved under
Young Adult
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Start here: Suite Scarlett (2008) — then read straight through in publication order.

Book one

Cover of Suite Scarlett

Suite Scarlett (2008)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. Suite Scarlett

    Novel

    Maureen Johnson's Suite Scarlett (May 2008) runs 368 pages, introducing Scarlett Martin, whose family owns Manhattan's shabby, barely-solvent Hopewell hotel, and the flamboyant former actress Mrs. Amberson, who hires Scarlett as her unpaid personal assistant.

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  2. Scarlett Fever

    Novel

    Scarlett Fever continued the story roughly a year and a half later, in February 2010, at 352 pages, keeping Mrs. Amberson in Scarlett's orbit while shifting focus to her brother Spencer's stalled acting career and a new client complicating Scarlett's life further.

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About the Suite Scarlett series

Scarlett Martin's family owns the Hopewell, a shabby, barely-solvent historic hotel on Manhattan's Upper East Side, and as the only Martin child without a hotel-themed "job" of her own, she gets saddled with the Hopewell's strangest long-term guest: Mrs. Amberson, a flamboyant, broke former actress who promptly hires Scarlett as her unpaid personal assistant and drags her into one improvised scheme after another, from producing an off-off-Broadway play to chasing down old Hollywood connections. Meanwhile Scarlett is quietly falling for Eric, the hotel's hot young actor-employee, who happens to be dating her older brother's actress girlfriend's understudy -- New York teen-summer messiness at its finest.

Maureen Johnson wrote Suite Scarlett as a love letter to a version of Manhattan that runs on family-owned institutions rather than chain hotels, populating the Hopewell with Scarlett's three wildly different siblings (Spencer the aspiring actor, Lola the ultra-organized college student, and Marlene, a former child cancer patient with a gift for chaos) and letting the family's finances -- always one bad season from collapse -- sit under every plot as real stakes rather than backdrop. The sequel, Scarlett Fever, keeps Mrs. Amberson in Scarlett's orbit as an unofficial business partner while shifting focus to Spencer's stalled acting career and a new client relationship that complicates Scarlett's life further.

Johnson has spoken about a possible third Scarlett book for years, but as of 2026 the series remains a duology.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in the Suite Scarlett series?

Two: Suite Scarlett (2008) and Scarlett Fever (2010). A long-rumored third book has not been published as of 2026.

Is Suite Scarlett a standalone or a series?

It's the first book of a two-book series -- Scarlett Fever is a direct sequel that continues the same characters and storylines.

What is the Hopewell in Suite Scarlett?

It's the fictional family-owned hotel on Manhattan's Upper East Side where Scarlett Martin lives and works, and the setting for most of both books.

Is there a third Suite Scarlett book coming?

None has been announced or published as of 2026, despite periodic reader interest; the series currently stands at two books.

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