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  • Bibliography:
    97 Books (6 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 2009
  • Latest Book:
    August 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Jim Knighthorse

1 - Dark Horse (Feb-2013)
2 - The Mummy Case (Aug-2010)
3 - Hail Mary (Nov-2011)
4 - Clean Slate (Dec-2013)

A Samantha Moon Story

1 - Teeth (Oct-2010)
2 - Vampire Nights (Dec-2010)
3 - Vampire Blues (Sep-2011)
4 - Vampire Dreams (Sep-2012)
5 - Halloween Moon (Nov-2012)
6 - Vampire Gold (Feb-2013)

Samantha Moon Origins

1 - New Moon Rising (Oct-2017)
2 - Moon Mourning (Jan-2018)

Spinoza

1 - The Vampire with the Dragon Tattoo (Sep-2010)
2 - The Vampire Who Played Dead (May-2011)
3 - The Vampire in the Iron Mask (Nov-2012)

Vampire for Hire / Samantha Moon

1 - Moon Dance (Aug-2009)
2 - Vampire Moon (Oct-2010)
3 - American Vampire (Apr-2011)
4 - Moon Child (Jul-2012)
4.5 - Christmas Moon (Dec-2011)
5 - Vampire Dawn (Mar-2012)
6 - Vampire Games (Aug-2012)
7 - Moon Island (Dec-2012)
8 - Moon River (Aug-2013)
9 - Vampire Sun (May-2014)
10 - Moon Dragon (Oct-2014)
11 - Moon Shadow (Jan-2016)
12 - Vampire Fire (Jul-2016)
13 - Midnight Moon (Mar-2017)
14 - Moon Angel (Jun-2017)
15 - Vampire Sire (Aug-2018)
16 - Moon Master (Jan-2019)
17 - Dead Moon (Apr-2019)
18 - Lost Moon (Sep-2019)
19 - Vampire Destiny (Apr-2020)
20 - Infinite Moon (Jun-2020)
21 - Vampire Empress (Aug-2020)
22 - Moon Elder (Jan-2021)
23 - Wicked Moon (Jul-2021)
24 - Winter Moon (Nov-2021)
25 - Moon Blade (Mar-2022)
26 - Sasquatch Moon (Jun-2022)
27 - Wild Moon (Aug-2022)
28 - Moon Magic (Oct-2022)
29 - Moon World (Mar-2022)
30 - Vampire Deep (Mar-2023)
31 - Moon Matador (Jun-2023)
32 - Silver Moon (Aug-2024)
Vampire for Hire: The Short Stories (Oct-2011)

Witches

1 - The Witch and the Gentleman (Jul-2013)
2 - The Witch and the Englishman (Feb-2014)
3 - The Witch and the Huntsman (Jul-2015)

Book List in Order: 97 titles



  • Six years ago federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinkable happens, an attack that changes her life forever. And forever is a very long time for a vampir...




  • Private investigator Jim Knighthorse takes on a very, very cold case. When historian Willie Clarke dies of mysteriously of dehydration in the California deserts, ex-football hero Jim Knighthorse is hired to dig a little deeper - and discovers his sho...



  • Three years ago, high school student Veronica Fortune witnessed the brutal murder of her parents. Now armed and dangerous, she sets out to hunt down the very thing that destroyed her life. That is, until she disappears. Spinoza is a private investiga...



  • From J.R. Rain, the international #1 bestselling author of over seventy novels, comes the epic standalone mystery thriller that asks the question: what if Elvis faked his death?It's tough being the King.Which is why in 1977 Elvis faked his own death...



  • Teeth - Fang's Story!J.R. Rain here. When I get email regarding my books, more often than not that email consists of a single question: "Who's Fang?" Fang, for those of you who have not read my vampire mystery novel, Moon Dance, is Samantha Moon's on...



  • Book Two in the bestselling Vampire for Hire series!Mother, wife, private investigator...vampire. Six years ago federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinka...



  • Bundle of FOUR #1 bestselling novels by J.R. Rain, including:MOON DANCE (Vampire for Hire #1)The thrilling first novel in J.R. Rain's epic vampire mystery series! For fans of Charlaine Harris, Laurell K. Hamilton and Bella Forrest.Six years ago feder...



  • "Vampire Nights" - In J.R. Rain's exclusive ebook short story, Samantha Moon meets someone unexpected on a late night trip to Denny's, someone who seems to know all her secrets and has all the answers.Also included:"Book Burning" - Two brothers find ...









  • Book Three in the bestselling Vampire for Hire series!Mother, wife, private investigator...vampire. Six years ago federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthin...



  • Two years ago, a woman is murdered in cold blood. Now a son she'd given up for adoption returns to claim his inheritance. To verify his claim, a Dna test is ordered. Except there's one problem. Her grave is empty. Spinoza is a private investigator wh...



  • "Vampire Blues" - In J.R. Rain's exclusive short story, Samantha Moon discovers that even a routine case can offer a few surprises―and that not all men are created equal....Also included:"Nightmare" - One parasitic vampire is about to meet his own ...





  • The first four bestselling "Vampire for Hire" short stories, including:"Teeth" - Fang's very bloody and tragic backstory."Vampire Nights" - Samantha Moon meets someone unexpected on a late night trip to Denny's, someone who seems to know all her secr...



  • Private investigator Jim Knighthorse finds himself on the trail of his mother's killer, a cold case spanning two decades. While on the hunt, he takes on a brutal case that takes him into shark-infested waters and deep into the heart of Mexico. All th...



  • Seven years ago, federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinkable happens, an attack that changes her life forever. And forever is a very long time for a vam...



  • Mother, wife, private investigator. . .vampire. Seven years ago, federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinkable happens, an attack that changes her life fo...






  • In a lonely bar in eastern Turkey, ex-National Geographic photojournalist Sam Ward is hired to find an eccentric professor who disappeared high atop Mount Ararat, fabled resting spot of Noah's Ark. Accompanied by the professor's beautiful daughter, a...



  • Book Four in the bestselling Vampire for Hire series!Mother, wife, private investigator...vampire. Six years ago federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthink...



  • Mother, wife, private investigator. . .vampire. Seven years ago, federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinkable happens, an attack that changes her life fo...



  • "Vampire Dreams" - In J.R. Rain’s exclusive ebook short story, Samantha Moon sets out to find the answer to a mysterious, haunting dream... a dream in which she sees a young woman die, over and over again. What she discovers, what she finds out abo...



  • "Halloween Moon" - In bestselling author J.R. Rain's exclusive ebook short story, Samantha Moon is about to confront a monster of the worst kind - a killer who preys on the innocent. A killer who lives just down her street...Also included:"The Falcon...



  • "The Santa Call" - After accidentally forgetting his wife at home during a weekend getaway, ol' St. Nick returns to discover she's left him. At wit's end, Santa turns to a radio talk show for some much needed love advice. But will he win Mrs. Claus ...



  • In this third and final Spinoza mystery, a worker at a popular medieval dinner theater hires Spinoza to find out the identity of one of his co-workers, a co-worker who's never been seen without an iron mask. . .and who just might be a real prisoner. ...



  • Mother, wife, private investigator. . .vampire. Seven years ago, federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinkable happens, an attack that changes her life fo...



  • Three short stories by #1 bestselling author, J.R. Rain, including:"The Bleeder" - Leo Dershowitz is an unsuccessful artist with minimal talent. But all that changes one day when he finds the macabre source of his artistic muse - and now nothing will...



  • When high school student Derrick Booker, the only black student at a posh Orange County high school, is accused of killing his white girlfriend, ex-college football hero and detective Jim Knighthorse is hired to dig a little deeper into the murder. I...






  • "Vampire Gold" - Samantha Moon takes on a dead man's riddle. . .and soon finds herself on the hunt for real buried treasure. "Grampire" - Somebody has to be the world's oldest vampire. "More Sugar" - Benjamin the Baker has all the answers, but the ke...



  • When a killer broke into James Blakely’s apartment and fired twelve bullets into his body, it was the end of James’s life -- but just the beginning of his journey to redemption. Sentenced to burn in hell for a crime he cannot remember, James is g...



  • "Blue Moon" - In bestselling author J.R. Rain's exclusive ebook short story, Samantha Moon is about to meet some very unexpected in a local Starbucks... someone who looks hauntingly familiar.Also included:"Vampire vs. Bigfoot" - The ultimate hunter ...



  • Allison Lopez is not your everyday Psychic Hotline operator. She's a real psychic with real abilities that seem to grow daily, thanks to her close association with an immortal friend. Now, as her abilities continue to grow, Allison meets a very stran...



  • Book Eight in the bestselling Vampire for Hire series!Mother, wife, private investigator...vampire. Seven years ago federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unth...



  • Curiosity Quills Press brings together bestselling authors like J.R. Rain, Tony Healey, and more to create a spine-tingling, mind-blowing, quirky collection of short stories in their first ever, annual Curiosity Quills: Primetime Anthology.10% of eve...



  • 15 short tales by USA Today bestselling author, J.R. Rain, including:Vampire Nights - Samantha Moon meets someone unexpected on a late night trip to Denny's, someone who seems to know all her secrets and has all the answers.Book Burning - Two brothe...



  • A fun, creepy, unique serving of short stories by USA Today bestselling author, J.R. Rain, including:Teeth - What happens when a child is born with a rare throwback gene, a gene that produces two exceptionally long teeth?Vampire Dreams - Samantha Mo...



  • Plagued by months of persistent dreams of King Arthur, Merlin and the Holy Grail, mystery novelist James Dupree finally sets out to England to understand the meaning behind his nightly visions. Upon arriving in Glastonbury, a locale deeply connected ...



  • Someone is stealing the cursed thirty coins paid to betray Christ. Disturbed by these events, the Vatican hires our hero, antiquities thief, Trey Jordan. Trey's mission is simple: find the coins first. And to combat the dark power contained within th...






  • Jack Rome, working at the Swiss Embassy in Tehran, is approached by a young woman with a very unusual story, a story that reaches back through the ages. The woman also looks frustratingly familiar, and as Jack realizes just who she is, he finds himse...



  • Written in the tradition of Robert B. Parker's Spenser and Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, the Jim Knighthorse series introduces a new hard-hitting, wise-cracking hero with a modern twist. Private investigator Jim Knighthorse returns in book 4 of ...



  • Not much could drag Jim Booker out of a peaceful, if lonely, retirement and back to late nights, crime scenes, and chases. Jim Booker is done with detective work and would just like to enjoy a cup of coffee on a sunny day. But when an old friend show...



  • "Vampire Rain" - Some vampires don't die. Some vampires can't be killed. At least, not by mortals. Now, one ancient vampire takes it upon himself to rid the world of a deadly plague... himself.Also included:"Zombie App" - Tommy and Billy are just a ...



  • Witch and psychic Allison Lopez returns in The Witch And The Englishman. . .and her powers are stronger than ever, thanks to her close association with an immortal friend, and her coaching by a ghost witch. In book #2 of this series, Allison is asked...



  • Samantha Moon gets in touch with the creature inside her, and takes a trip beyond where she's ever gone before: deep into the revelations of her inner self, and into the black vastness of outer space. She risks everything to discover just how powerfu...



  • The first eight short stories from the #1 bestselling "Vampire for Hire" series by J.R. Rain. Included in this collection is Samantha Moon's Blog, and three bonus scenes."Teeth" - What happens when a child is born with a rare throwback gene, a gene ...



  • Book Nine in the bestselling Vampire for Hire series.Mother, wife, private investigator...vampire. Eight years ago federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unth...



  • Bundle of FOUR bestselling mystery novels by J.R. Rain, including:DARK HORSEWhen high school student Derrick Booker, the only black student at a posh Orange County high school, is accused of killing his white girlfriend, ex-college football hero and ...



  • Private investigator Jim Knighthorse returns in "Easy Rider," a standalone mystery short story!When Knighthorse discovers a female burglar sleeping in his office, he officially knows his day is off on the wrong foot.Camry is a woman who knows too muc...






  • Book Ten in the bestselling Vampire for Hire series!Mother, wife, private investigator...vampire. Nine years ago, federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthin...



  • Nine years ago, federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinkable happens, an attack that changes her life forever. And forever is a very long time for a vamp...



  • Over 40 bestselling short stories by USA TODAY BESTSELLING author, J.R. Rain, including:

    "Vampire Nights" - Samantha Moon meets someone unexpected on a late night trip to Denny's, someone who seems to know all her secrets and has all the ans...



  • A vampire on a train. What could possibly go wrong?Spinoza is a private investigator who specializes in finding the missing. He’s good at what he does. Damn good. But he’s also got a secret past that haunts him. In the short story, THE VAMPIRE ON...



  • From #1 bestselling author, J.R. Rain comes the heart-pounding, heart-breaking thrill ride of the year.

    Five years ago, Lee Jordan was nearly killed on the job. Now deaf, blind, and mute, he's recovered enough to live a routine but silent li...



  • A missing woman. Hunters with a taste for human flesh. An immortal witch who can't be stopped. All in a day's work for witch and psychic, Allison Lopez. After Allison receives a call on the Psychic Hotline from Marisa, who says someone named The H...



  • Ten years ago, federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, a typical soccer mom with a minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinkable happens, an attack that changes her life forever. And forever is a very long time for a vampire. ...



  • Book 12 in the bestselling "Vampire for Hire" series!

    Ten years ago, federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, a typical soccer mom with a minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinkable happens, an attack that changes her...




  • From J.R. Rain, the international bestselling author of over seventy novels, and bestselling author Randy Keys, comes their latest co-written action thriller, THE SPEAR, first in their epic new Major Quatermain adventure series!

    Legend has i...



  • Book 13 in the bestselling "Vampire for Hire" series!
    In Midnight Moon, private investigator Samantha Moon returns in an all-new adventure when she's hired to look into a haunting. A female house ghost is wreaking havoc on the life of her new clie...



  • From J.R. Rain, the #1 bestselling author of the Samantha Moon vampire mysteries, comes his latest collection of strange and wonderful tales, including:

    Blue Moon - Samantha Moon is about to meet some very unexpected in a local Starbucks...s...



  • Ten vampire tales of mystery, suspense, love and horror from #1 bestselling paranormal author, J.R. Rain - plus four never-before-published bonus scenes with Samantha Moon, America's favorite vampire detective!

    Included within:

    "Tee...



  • Book 14 in the bestselling "Vampire for Hire" series!

    In Moon Angel, vampire private investigator Samantha Moon must save her mind-reading teenage daughter from the devil. When Tammy is tricked into a pact with the evil one, he invades her min...



  • A collection of nine wicked fun short stories from #1 bestselling author J.R. Rain! (Includes a Samantha Moon bonus scene.)What's inside:Vampire Road - One vampire's thirst for adventure finds him on new roads... and in a carefully laid trap.The ...



  • America's favorite vampire detective is back in this fun-filled, wild collection of bonus and deleted scenes!

    Read Samantha Moon's conversation with her long-dead, no-good, cheating ex-husband, Danny. Drop in on deleted scenes with Archibald...



  • Mother, wife, federal agent...mortal.

    Samantha Moon hadn't always been a vampire. Once, she had been a wife and mother, happily married to her soul mate and raising two adorable kids. Once, she had been a federal agent investigating a world te...



  • Coping with being attacked and left for dead isn't easy, but Samantha Moon is grateful that she survived - until she suspects she didn't.

    Vanishing from mirrors is only the first of a series of bizarre events that defies explanation, even to h...



  • In Vampire Sire, private investigator Samantha Moon has the sword of all swords in her pocket - and she's going to need it.... A crack private eye for her client cases, Sam's been tormented by her own cold-case mystery - the elusive identi...





  • Book 16 in the bestselling Vampire for Hire series!To save a child, Samantha Moon would go to the end of the Earth-even past it to alternate dimensions.At long last, she's learned the truth behind her vampire sire and why he turned her. But with that...



  • America's favorite vampire detective is back! Book 17 in the bestselling Vampire for Hire series!Samantha Moon once considered being turned into a vampire as the single greatest upheaval of her life-but she'd been wrong.Still reeling from the afteref...



  • ONLY A DOG'S FIERCE COURAGE CAN SAVE A MAN...ONLY A MAN'S TRUE CALLING CAN SAVE A DOG.The epic adventure of a lifetime. Be prepared to be swept away by J.R. Rain's thrilling novel of redemption, self-discovery and powerful love. Dr. Shaye Fox has los...



  • A standalone, coming-of-age novel by #1 bestselling author, J.R. Rain.In picturesque Springdale, California, one high school student's world is about to be rocked. Now, confused and hurting, Calvin is on a personal quest to find himself again and to ...



  • In the next highly anticipated installment of J.R. Rain's best-selling supernatural mystery series, Samantha Moon finds herself stranded on a distant planet of dragons...and confronted with a powerful demon hellbent on destroying worlds. Sam...



  • TWO TEENAGERS...TRAPPED ON AN UNDERGROUND RIVER.The thrilling young adult adventure novel by #1 bestselling author, J.R. Rain.Kent Barnum and Patrick Hall, both fifteen years old, are busy excavating a tree trunk on Kent's rural Oregon farm when the ...



  • AN ANCIENT TREASURE MAP...A BAFFLING RIDDLE...A SECRET CHAMBER BENEATH THE GREAT SPHINX.The thrilling first book in the bestselling young adult adventure series! For fans of Indiana Jones, Tomb Raider, and Percy Jackson!As archaeologist Tom McCroy an...



  • JIM MATHESON DOESN'T REMEMBER HIS PAST...BUT HE KNOWS SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED.SOMETHING VERY, VERY BAD.With over 4 million novels sold and 100,000 reviews and ratings on Goodreads, J.R. Rain is one of Amazon Kindle's all-time bestselling writers. Now ...



  • TWO BACKPACKERS...AND ONE OUT-OF-THIS WORLD STRANGER.The first exciting book in the Distant World Trilogy for young readers by #1 bestselling author, J.R. Rain!While backpacking, two friends come across a mysterious stranger who doesn't seem entirely...



  • America's favorite vampire detective is back! Book 19 in the #1 bestselling Vampire for Hire series!Samantha Moon isn't prepared to handle the scariest moment of her life-her daughter's turning eighteen.Facing the truth her children are powerful in t...



  • Samantha Moon is back in her wildest tale yet!Dealing with one's greatest nemesis can be frustrating, but Samantha Moon is literally beside herself.From the moment Elizabeth escaped her mind prison, Sam and her family braced for the worst. With the p...



  • Latest in the #1 bestselling Vampire for Hire series!Dark Masters vs. Light WarriorsSam vs. ElizabethThe final battle begins!Samantha Moon would go to the ends of the Earth to stop Elizabeth-or into another world entirely.Fourteen years ago, her life...





  • Wealthy, reclusive families seldom hire private investigators for ordinary jobs.So when a woman from such a family asks Samantha Moon to locate her missing brother, the vampire detective suspects all is not quite as it seems. Indeed, it doesn't take ...






  • Samantha Moon finds herself in a world of trouble... literally.Being trapped in an alternate dimension is not usually a problem for her. Unfortunately, the reality around her came from the mind of Quentin Arnbury, an author with a penchant for being ...







  • The latest Samantha Moon novel is here!Quentin Arnbury is a Creator. He's also the author of the popular Contest of Sovereignty series of fantasy novels. Like most true creators, his characters are real and exist in a parallel world designed and cons...





  • The latest Samantha Moon novel is here!When a swimmer goes missing off the coast of California, Samantha Moon enlists the aid of a very different kind of private investigator. Alexis Silver is quick-witted, clever, and Kingsley's ex-wife. She's also ...



  • The wait is over! The latest Samantha Moon novel is here!When the owner of an ancient bullfighting ring-a bullring that had been transplanted piece by piece from Madrid-calls on Sam to look into a family curse, the private detective is pretty sure th...





  • Vampire private eye Samantha Moon confronts an enemy from her past in this riveting supernatural mystery from USA Today bestselling author, J.R. Rain. With unusual sunspot activity making headlines and alarming scientists, Samantha Moon gets a surrea...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

J.R. Rain has published 97 books.

The next book by J.R. Rain, Silver Moon, will be published in August 2024.

The first book by J.R. Rain, Moon Dance, was published in August 2009.

Yes. J.R. Rain has 6 series.