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  • Bibliography:
    86 Books (7 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2009
  • Latest Book:
    May 2024
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About the Author

Kristen Painter is published in poetry, short stories and non-fiction. Besides being a 2005 and 2007 Golden Heart finalist and the co-founder of an award-winning website for romance writers, Romance Divas, she's also the webmistress for STAR.

She writes fantasy romance, contemporary paranormals, urban fantasy and young adult and hopes to soon change her RWA PRO status to RWA PAN, with the help of her fabulous agent.

She likes to balance her obsessions with shoes and cats by making the lives of her characters miserable and surprising her readers with interesting twists. She currently writes award-winning paranormal romance and cozy mysteries.

Full Series List in Order

Crescent City

1 - House of the Rising Sun (May-2014)
2 - City of Eternal Night (Dec-2014)
3 - Garden of Dreams and Desires (Apr-2015)
5 - The Vampire's Fake Fiancee (Jan-2016)

First Fangs Club

1 - Sucks To Be Me (Feb-2020)
2 - Suck It Up, Buttercup (Apr-2020)
3 - Sucker Punch (Nov-2020)
4 - The Suck Stops Here (Aug-2021)
5 - Embrace The Suck (Mar-2022)

A Frost & Crowe Mystery

1 - Lost in Las Vegas (Jan-2021)
2 - Wrapped up in Christmas (Nov-2022)

House of Commare

1 - Blood Rights (Oct-2011)
2 - Flesh and Blood (Oct-2011)
3 - Bad Blood (Nov-2011)
3.5 - Forbidden Blood (May-2012)
4 - Out for Blood (Nov-2012)
5 - Last Blood (Aug-2013)

Nocturne Falls

1 - The Vampire's Mail Order Bride (Jan-2015)
2 - The Werewolf Meets His Match (Jun-2015)
3 - The Gargoyle Gets His Girl (Aug-2015)
4 - The Professor Woos the Witch (Oct-2015)
5 - The Vampire's Fake Fiancee (Jan-2016)
5.5 - The Werewolf's Christmas Wish (Feb-2016)
6 - The Shifter Romances The Writer (May-2016)
7 - The Dragon Finds Forever (Mar-2017)
8 - The Vampire's Accidental Wife (May-2017)
9 - The Reaper Rescues The Genie (Apr-2018)
10 - The Detective Wins The Witch (Aug-2018)
11 - The Vampire's Priceless Treasure (Oct-2019)
12 - The Werewolf Dates The Deputy (Jul-2020)
13 - The Siren Saves The Billionaire (Apr-2021)
14 - The Vampire's Sunny Sweetheart (Jun-2022)
15 - Death Dates The Oracle (Apr-2023)

A Nocturne Falls Mystery / Jayne Frost

1 - Miss Frost Solves a Cold Case (Mar-2016)
2 - Miss Frost Ices the Imp (Sep-2016)
3 - Miss Frost Saves The Sandman (Nov-2016)
4 - Miss Frost Cracks A Caper (Oct-2017)
4.5 - When Birdie Babysat Spider (Dec-2017)
5 - Miss Frost Braves The Blizzard (Jan-2018)
6 - Miss Frost Chills The Cheater (Nov-2018)
7 - Miss Frost Says I Do (Dec-2019)

Shadowvale

1 - The Trouble With Witches (May-2019)
2 - The Vampire's Cursed Kiss (Jun-2019)
3 - The Forgettable Miss French (Aug-2019)
4 - Moody and the Beast (Sep-2020)
5 - Her First Taste of Fire (Dec-2021)
6 - Monster In The Mirror (Jan-2023)

Multi-Author Series List

Fairytale Retellings: Beauty and the Beast

Moody and the Beast (Sep-2020)

Happy Everlasting

4 - Witchful Thinking (Sep-2017)

Sin City Collectors

2 - Queen of Hearts (Jun-2014)
4 - Dead Man's Hand (Oct-2014)
6 - Double or Nothing (Dec-2014)

Book List in Order: 86 titles





  • Sometimes love is the most dangerous magic of all... Eager to find her place in the world and understand the frightening gifts she's been born with, Jessalyne Brandborn leaves her sheltered life to become apprentice to the most powerful sorceress in ...




  • Texas-born Kelly Spicer is not just one of Manhattan's hottest young chefs, he's also one of the city's most eligible bachelors. Desperate to help his grieving sister, Kelly uses the magic cookbook passed down through his family's generations to conj...



  • *Previously titled THE PERFECT DISH and COWBOY IN THE KITCHEN*“This is an absolutely adorable book. I picked it up, read it, and wanted more.” " Book-Addicts.com“From the first page, I couldn't put the book down. Ms Painter has written a win...



  • A Viking chieftain and his modern day bride get tested by the goddess of love on their first Valentine’s Day.This short is a follow on to ALL FIRED UP and features Alrik and Calleigh on their first Valentine's Day....



  • He'll steal her heart, then take her soul... The Angel of Death has a name: Azrael. He also has a purpose - to soothe the souls of the suffering into the peaceful passage of the afterlife. But in his twilight existence, Azrael himself has never known...



  • born into a life of secrets and service, Chrysabelle's body bears the telltale marks of a comarre -- a special race of humans bred to feed vampire nobility. When her patron is murdered, she becomes the prime suspect, which sends her running into the...



  • With the ring of sorrows still missing, and the covenant between othernaturals and mortals broken, Chrysabelle and Malkolm's problems are just beginning. Chrysabelle still owes Malkolm for his help, but fulfilling that debt means returning to Corvine...






  • Violent murders occur in Paradise City as counterfeit comarré are systematically hunted. As war erupts at home, Malkolm and Chrysabelle head to New Orleans to recover the Ring of Sorrows. Forced to make a life and death decision, Chrysabelle will re...



  • Set in the world of the House of Comarre, Kristen Painter gives us a new novella about the price of freedom. Maris's life as a comarre has come down to three options: escape her patron and spend the rest of her days looking over her shoulder, figh...



  • After nearly dying at the hands of the Aurelian, Chrysabelle finds new determination to move beyond life as a comarré. That is until the Kubai Mata bring a new task to her doorstep: rescue the child Tatiana has kidnapped, or Mal becomes enemy number...



  • In the final showdown between the forces of dark and light, Mal and Chrysabelle face not only Tatiana, but the ancient evil that now controls her: the Castus Sanguis. Chrysabelle gathers her friends and family around her, forming a plan to bring an e...



  • Every vampire has heard rumor of the mythical place where their kind can daywalk. But what no vampire knows is that this City of Eternal Night actually exists. And its name is New Orleans. For centuries, the fae have protected the city from vam...



  • Welcome to Las Vegas, home of the Sin City Collectors. The job description is easy: Bring the offending supernatural in to the Boss and don’t ask any questions. Feline shifter Claudette Marchon traded life as a showgirl to become a Sin City Collect...



  • Welcome to Las Vegas, home of the Sin City Collectors. The job description is easy: Bring the offending supernatural in to the Boss and don’t ask any questions.Demi-goddess and muse Seraphina Kostos has been tasked with bringing her employer’s wa...



  • House of Comarré author Kristen Painter weaves a tale of intrigue and betrayal, as the battle for New Orleans escalates in this second novel of the Crescent City series. Mardi Gras approaches, bringing with it hordes of tourists eager to see the ...



  • Welcome to Las Vegas, home of the Sin City Collectors. The job description is easy: Bring the offending supernatural in to the Boss and don’t ask any questions. Queen of Hearts, Vol 1Feline shifter Claudette Marchon traded life as a showgirl to bec...



  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrats Halloween 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the t...






  • Magic is twisted and chaos reigns in this climactic final novel in the Crescent City trilogy by award-winning author Kristen Painter. New Orleans is on the brink of war. Harlow is a ghost in her own body. She has no control, no power -- all she...



  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town kn...



  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town kn...



  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town kn...



  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town kn...



  • *A Nocturne Falls Short Story*Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supern...



  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the tow...



  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year.The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town kno...



  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year.Jayne Frost is a lot of things. Winter elf, Jack Frost’s daughter, Santa Claus’s niece, heir to the Winter Throne and now…private investigator. Sort of.Needing someon...



  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town kn...






  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls " the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year.Jayne Frost is a lot of things. Winter elf, Jack Frost’s daughter, Santa Claus’s niece, heir to the Winter Throne and now…private investigator. Sort of.When she bu...



  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year.Jayne Frost is a lot of things. Winter elf, Jack Frost's daughter, Santa Claus's niece, heir to the Winter Throne and now...private investigator. Sort of.When the Sandman c...



  • Holly Dent is one overworked Reaper. After receiving orders from the Reaper’s Guild, she’s arrived in the beautiful Nocturne Falls for her next assignment -- to assist the passing of one Max Hyland. She quickly realizes he’s devilishly hands...



  • Like many paranormals of Greek descent, Kai Xanthopoulos will not know her true nature until her young powers fully manifest. Unlike her parents -- and much to the dismay of her stray cat best friend -- Kai has chosen not to spend the rest of her lif...



  • Can a vampire dance and shoot at the same time?Vampire bounty hunter Nathaniel Newburg follows his mark into Nocturne Falls, a place where it’s easy for anyone to hide and blend in. At first it seems as though he has his prey cornered, only to conf...



  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, where every day is Halloween, and the residents are not who - or what - they seem.Lidia Reston's magic is fading.She hopes that a move to Nocturne Falls will help her find out why - and maybe get some of it back. But when ...



  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals in town know better.Li...



  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the tow...



  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, where every day is Halloween, and the residents are not who - or what - they seem.Dr. Sophie Mead has a problem.She's falling for one of Nocturne Falls' resident gargoyles: the tall, muscled, and sexy Elias Saunders.But wh...



  • After her dream job shatters like Humpty's shell, psychic Jess Callahan returns home to Nocturne Falls to put her life back together and get her career back on track. Left heartbroken years ago by a shifter, Jess keeps anything or anyone supernatural...






  • Palm reader Darcy Kumar is cursed. She'll be dead within a year, so why bother with love? After a brush with death she resolves not to squander what little time she has left. So when sexy firefighter Aiden Becker asks her out, she accepts. As long as...



  • Penelope Bechtel comes from a long line of mediums, so she shouldn’t have been surprised to see a ghost for the first time at the Waffle Emporium. But the gift he gives her puts her in terrible danger and sends her on the run…right back to where ...



  • Luna Matsya is a local celebrity as a trendsetting hairstylist, but she’d prefer to spread her fin in a nice body of water rather than make a big splash around town. She’s starting to believe that her ability to live and walk among mortals is mor...



  • Laurel Barker is a nymph on a mission: find a new home for herself, her lackadaisical dog, and her tree. The free-spirited wood nymph is soul-bound to the tree she saved before it was cut down to make room for a golf course. She hopes that a town ful...



  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the tow...



  • Pilot. Guard. Prisoner. ... Stowaway. Crashed in the Georgia woods, all are lost on a world where aliens are the stuff of science fiction. But what if the locals are far from human themselves, with secrets of their own?Holden Grigori is lost on an al...



  • Ariah Callahan was raised on tales of dragons and magic and a wonderful hidden realm. The fairytales ended when her father became estranged from her beloved uncle, and cold, hard reality set in. Surviving day to day as her father spirals into addicti...



  • Brianna Putnam needs a juicy scandal and fast. Up for a promotion at a high-profile tabloid, she has one month to convince a hard-nosed editor that she has the chops for the job. What could be better than a story exposing Nocturne Falls, a town full ...



  • Unicorn shifter Keke LaFleur is known around Nocturne Falls as the ‘love ‘em and leave ‘em’ gal. She’s been running from relationships since her childhood sweetheart accidentally witnessed her transformation. Just when she believes her hoov...



  • Runaway bride Katya Dostoyevna escaped to Nocturne Falls ten years ago. She’s lived a quiet life since then, establishing a much-needed animal sanctuary. It’s good work for a shy witch who prefers to talk to animals, both supernatural and mundane...






  • After a rocky start, wood nymph Laurel and bear-shifter Aiden have made a happy home together in Nocturne Falls. Sure, Laurel is still getting over the trauma of being stalked and almost killed by an old boyfriend, and Aiden keeps having nightmares a...



  • Leopard shifter Sasha Weisberg arrives in Nocturne Falls hoping someone in the town of supernaturals might be able to undo the spell an angry ex-friend put on her. Otherwise, she’s doomed to live most of every day as a bird, with only three preciou...



  • Everybody knows that goblins and fairies can't be friends. But that never stopped Tinker and Bell.Bellamy Merriweather Larousse isn't like the other fairies at Harmswood Academy, with her giant wings and their magical dust. Southern Bell works as a b...



  • Welcome to Everlasting, Maine, where there’s no such thing as normal. Charlotte Fenchurch knows that, which is why she’s not that surprised when a very special book of magic falls into her hands at the library where she works. As a fledgling witc...



  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year.Jayne Frost is a lot of things. Winter elf, Jack Frost's daughter, Santa Claus's niece, heir to the Winter Throne and now...private investigator. Sort of.When Lark Bramble,...



  • The nine holiday stories in this collection:Have Yourself a Merry Little Alien by Fiona RoarkeDraeken and Stella Phoenix are celebrating Christmas in Nocturne Falls with a festive holiday party in their new vacation home. Each has a big surprise for ...



  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year.Jayne Frost is a lot of things. Winter elf, Jack Frost's daughter, Santa Claus's niece, heir to the Winter Throne and now...private investigator. Sort of.But none of that m...



  • 2019 Scribe Award Winner!Heather Hayden has everything a young witch could desire: beauty, money, popularity, and exceptionally strong magical powers. Too bad she's also got a dysfunctional family that couldn't care less about her and a Head Witch wh...



  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year.Jayne Frost is a lot of things. Winter elf, Jack Frost's daughter, Santa Claus's niece, heir to the Winter Throne and now...private investigator. Sort of.Christmas is over,...





  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. Jayne Frost is a lot of things. Winter elf, Jack Frost's daughter, Santa Claus's niece, heir to the Winter Throne and now...private investigator. Sort of. J...



  • Shadowvale isn’t typical small town America. The sun never shines, the gates decide who enters, magic abounds, and every resident bears some kind of curse. No one knows this as well as raven shifter Deacon Evermore, who, like everyone in his famil...



  • Shadowvale isn’t your typical small town America. The sun never shines, the gates decide who enters, magic abounds, and every resident bears some kind of curse. Vampire Constantin Thibodeaux was cured of his sun "allergy" when he moved to Shadowva...



  • Shadowvale isn’t your typical small town America. The sun never shines, the gates decide who enters, magic abounds, and every resident bears some kind of curse. Werewolf Virginia "Ginny" French's curse means no one can remember her. Not even for a...



  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town kn...



  • Welcome to the North Pole, the town where Christmas is everyone’s job.Jayne Frost is a lot of things. Winter elf, Jack Frost's daughter, Santa Claus's niece, heir to the Winter Throne and soon to be newlywed.Now that she and fiancé Sinclair (and t...



  • When 49-year-old Belladonna Barrone’s mobbed up husband does her the favor of dying in a car accident, she thinks she’s finally free of the crime family she unwittingly married into. Then the boss tells her that she has to complete her husband’...



  • At 49, Belladonna Barrone’s life has taken some interesting turns. She unwittingly married into the mob but managed to get free when her husband died in a car accident. Most recently she was attacked and turned into a vampire, something else she ne...



  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town kn...



  • Shadowvale isn't your typical small town America. The sun never shines, the gates decide who enters, magic abounds, and every resident bears some kind of curse. Exiled king of the goblins, Robin Gallow, has no choice but to live in Shadowvale. That ...



  • Newly appointed vampire governor of New Jersey, Belladonna Barrone is fast discovering that life as a vampire isn't much easier than life as a mobster's wife. But that experience certainly taught her some things about how to handle the problems that ...



  • In this new Jayne Frost and Sinclair Crowe mystery, a royal road trip takes the Princess and Prince Consort of the North Pole all the way to Las Vegas. And even though they’re in Sin City on official business, it doesn’t take long for trouble ...



  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town kn...



  • Vampire governor of New Jersey, Belladonna Barrone has just gotten an epic offer from an unexpected visitor, but it's not something she's ready to respond to without serious thought. Besides, she already has a lot on her plate. The recent death of a ...



  • Shadowvale isn't your typical small town America. The sun never shines, the gates decide who enters, magic abounds, and every resident bears some kind of curse.Most people think Nasha Black lives in Shadowvale because that's where her father, one of ...



  • Vampire governor Belladonna Barrone is facing the challenge of her life. Literally. Can she outwit and outlast the vampire council? She has no idea, but she has no plans to go down without a fight.If she manages to survive, another challenge awaits h...



  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the tow...



  • Sparrow Ro Meadowcroft is about to get the promotion she's always dreamed of – curator of the museum where she works. She loves old things and the history that surrounds them, so when a patron leaves some items to the museum, Ro is eager to di...



  • Princess Jayne Frost and Prince Consort Sinclair Crowe have been called back to Nocturne Falls for Christmas so that Jayne can help out at the short-staffed Santa’s Workshop. Being back means seeing some old friends, but also finding new trouble...



  • Shadowvale isn't your typical small town America. The sun never shines, the gates decide who enters, magic abounds, and every resident bears some kind of curse.For Isadora Graham, Shadowvale seems like a dream come true. A safe haven where she can hi...



  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year.The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town kno...



  • Newly crowned queen of the Radiant fae, Sparrow Ro Meadowcroft has two goals. First, to show her fae subjects that despite growing up in the mortal realm, she plans to honor all the customs and practices of her new world. Second, to reunite the Radia...



  • Jayne Frost and husband Sinclair Crowe are off on another adventure, this time to Nashville, aka Music City, to pay a royal visit to one of the Santa's Workshops toy stores. Once that's done, they'll have a little time to sightsee and play tourist.Wh...



  • Shadowvale isn't your typical small town America. The sun never shines, the gates decide who enters, magic abounds, and every resident bears some kind of curse.Lexi Gardner is a rare creature with a nearly unlimited supply of magic. Unfortunately, th...



  • Annaleigh Bartow has one goal in mind. Save the last remaining examples of her grandfather's stonemasonry work. Unfortunately, that work is part of an old hotel scheduled for demolition.And she's not the only one out to get a piece of it.When her att...



  • Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the tow...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kristen Painter has published 86 books.

The next book by Kristen Painter, The Vampire's Former Flame, will be published in May 2024.

The first book by Kristen Painter, All Fired Up, was published in September 2009.

Yes. Kristen Painter has 7 series.