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  • Bibliography:
    73 Books (9 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 1994
  • Latest Book:
    September 2023
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About the Author

Lori Handeland is a two time RITA Award winner and the New York Times Bestselling author of the paranormal romance series, The Nightcreature Novels, as well as the urban fantasy series, The Phoenix Chronicles and the historical fantasy series, Shakespeare Undead. She also writes western historical romance under the name Lori Austin. Lori lives in Wisconsin with her husband, enjoying occasional visits from her grown sons.

Full Series List in Order

A Feel Good Classic

1 - Out of Her League (Dec-2012)
2 - Mommy for Rent (Feb-2017)
3 - Lori's Classic Love Stories (Nov-2017)

Luchettis

0.25 - Leave It to Max (Aug-2001)
0.5 - A Sheriff in Tennessee (Jun-2002)
1 - The Farmer's Wife (Dec-2002)
2 - The Daddy Quest (Aug-2003)
3 - The Brother Quest (Mar-2004)
4 - The Husband Quest (Sep-2004)
5 - A Soldier's Quest (Aug-2005)
6 - The Mommy Quest (Mar-2006)

A Midnight Madness Nightcreature Novel

1 - Nothing Good Happens After Midnight (Jul-2023)
2 - Blame It On Midnight (Aug-2023)
3 - In the Midnight Hour (Sep-2023)

Nightcreature

0.5 - Blame it on the Moon (Feb-2016)
1 - Blue Moon (Oct-2004)
1.25 - Shadow of the Moon (Dec-2011)
1.5 - Red Moon Rising (Nov-2004)
2 - Hunter's Moon (Feb-2005)
3 - Dark Moon (Jun-2005)
3.5 - Charmed By The Moon (Oct-2006)
4 - Crescent Moon (Feb-2006)
5 - Midnight Moon (Aug-2006)
6 - Rising Moon (Jan-2007)
6.5 - Voodoo Moon (Oct-2007)
7 - Hidden Moon (Aug-2007)
7.5 - Cobwebs Over the Moon (Oct-2007)
8 - Thunder Moon (Jan-2008)
9 - Marked by the Moon (Nov-2010)
10 - Moon Cursed (Mar-2011)
11 - Crave the Moon (Jul-2011)

Once Upon a Time in the West

1 - Beauty and the Bounty Hunter (Sep-2022)
2 - An Outlaw in Wonderland (Nov-2022)
3 - The Lone Warrior (Dec-2022)

Phoenix Chronicles

0.25 - There Will Be Demons (Jun-2012)
0.5 - In the Beginning (Jan-2008)
1 - Any Given Doomsday (Nov-2008)
2 - Doomsday Can Wait (May-2009)
3 - Apocalypse Happens (Nov-2009)
4 - Chaos Bites (May-2010)
4.5 - Dances with Demons (Feb-2014)

Second Chances

1 - Second Chance (Jul-1994)
2 - Charlie and the Angel (Apr-1995)

Shakespeare Undead

1 - Shakespeare Undead (Jun-2010)
2 - Zombie Island (May-2012)

Sisters of the Craft

1 - In the Air Tonight (Jun-2015)
2 - Heat of the Moment (Jul-2015)
3 - Smoke on the Water (Aug-2015)

Multi-Author Series List

The Rock Creek Six

1 - Reese (Sep-2001)
3 - Rico (Nov-2001)
5 - Nate (Jan-2002)

Book List in Order: 73 titles



  • It was a small Missouri town where the people believed that anyone who had done wrong deserved another shot. All the condemned man needed was someone to take responsibility for him. And that someone would never be Katherine Logan. With a bad marriage...



  • Secrets in the Shadows Devastated by the loss of her brother, Rachel Taylor vowed to avenge his death. And after three long years, only one unforeseen problem would make her well-laid plans go awry: she was falling under the seductive spell of the...



  • THE OUTLAW On the run from his past, Charlie Coltrain never planned on rescuing a young nun in the desert. Charlie told himself he wanted only the money she offered him to take her to the convent. But hiding away such shimmering beauty was a sin he ...



  • MISSION OF LOVE D.J. Halloran didn't believe in love. She'd just seen too much heartache -- in her work as a police officer and in her own life. And she'd vowed a long time ago never to let anyone get close enough to hurt her, even if ...



  • Moon Of Desire Though born into the magic and mystery of the circus, Emmaline Monroe was not prepared for the frightening reality of a dark myth. Fellow performers had met suspicious deaths on nights when the moon shone full and bright, and Emma...



  • A collection of spine-tingling, heartwarming romance treats sweetened with a touch of the paranormal includes the story of a skeptical reporter who investigates a New Orleans medium and imbibes a mystical love stronger than any potion. Original....



  • WHAT'S IN A NAME? For Julia Colton, it meant the difference between war and peace, friendship and hatred. From birth, her father had taught her that the Jayhawkers of Kansas were the enemy -- especially the Murphys, who had taken the Coltons'...



  • After losing everything in the War Between The States, including her husband, and young daughter, Genny McGuire was haunted by the dream of a white eagle who took her to the heights of happiness, then left her in despair. Frightened, yet compelled to...



  • When her father is killed in an avalanche, Megan Daily finds herself the owner of The Celebration, a glittering jewel of a dance hall in the Klondike Gold Rush town of Dawson City. When unexpected danger forces her to seek the help of the authorities...






  • All about Evie! Evie Vaughn is a struggling but devoted single parent of three boys. She has quips to spare but never any cash. She's about to spend a summer working with brawny but brainy ex-football hero Joe Scalotta. He's a single parent, too,...



  • The story of a lifetime Newspaper writer Maggie O'Shea had always dreamed of writing a thrilling Western novel and when she saw the clipping about famous gunslinger Ethan King, she knew she'd found the perfect inspiration for her book. Yet when she ...



  • ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE... With any luck, massage therapist Grace Lighthorse is about to get funding for a cherished project: supplying sick children with security blankets. But her benefactor insists that she first work with brilliant scientist Dr. D...



  • Three rules govern Dr. Gwen Bartelt's life: No kids, no pets, no everlasting love. Veterinarian Dr. Elijah Drycinski, Gwen's next-door neighbor and best friend in the small Wisconsin town she'd fled many years ago, is on a mission to get Gwen...



  • Sometimes good things go bump in the night. To Garrett Stark, bestselling horror novelist, Savannah is the place his career began. So when a deadline looms and he still has only a couple of sentences on a page, he returns to the city that once spa...



  • Their friendship forged during the bloody battles of the War Between the States, they are men with nothing left but their honor. When one calls, the others answer -- and this time they will gather in the tiny town of Rock Creek, Texas, where their br...



  • The Heart Never Forgets... On an orphan train bound for Kansas, ten-year-old Ruth Kelly has only one thing to hold onto -- a sad-eyed boy named Noah who takes pity on her grief. Arriving at the depot on Christmas Eve, Ruth is lucky to be adopted b...



  • Their friendship forged during the bloody battles of the War Between the States, they are men with nothing left but their honor. When one calls, the others answer -- and this time they will gather in the tiny town of Rock Creek, Texas, where their br...



  • Dr. Samuel Cole thinks being promoted to head of the English department will fill the emptiness inside him. Can eccentric bookstore owner Laila convince him that it's love he's missing? http://www.harlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=477&chapt...



  • Love Was All She Had To Give When Josephine Clancy, the pastor's daughter, met gun-for-hire Nate Lang, she couldn't help but offer her friendship. Haunted by the War Between the States, Nate was the kind of man who needed someone. But Jo h...






  • Disappointed, disheartened, and burned-out, Gabriel Klein has had it with working in big cities. He hopes the small town of Pleasant Ridge, Tennessee, will bring him peace of mind. Isabelle Ash is a successful model, but she's always wanted more. ...



  • Kim Luchetti couldn't get away fast enough from the Illinois farm she grew up on -- and from boyfriend Brian Riley. Now she's back. Her father is ailing, and so is Brian -- after his first sight of Kim causes him to tumble off a barn roof and brea...



  • Come experience the magic and joy that only true love can bring in this heartwarming collection of tales featuring three governesses who find romance when they least expect it... "Love Passages" by Kate Donovan Miranda Kent has no idea what lies...



  • Leaving Las Vegas... Thirteen-year-old Rayne Houston is on a quest. After discovering that her father is alive, she angrily packs her bag and goes off to find him, with only a six-year-old orphan named Tim at her side. Nicole Houston is frantic...



  • If anything ever happens to me, go to 445 Briar Lane, Wind Lake, Minnesota Colin Luchetti's brother Bobby is missing and the only clue is a cryptic note sending Colin to Wind Lake. What he finds when he gets there is unexpected -- a day-care ce...



  • Jilly Hart is used to being called an unsavory thing or two. Gold digger. Serial bride. You name it. All because Jilly doesn't believe in love...or magic. Just cold hard cash. There's no way she's going to go back to living a life of poverty. But ...



  • By the light of a blue moon, danger prowls -- Miniwa, Wisconsin is under siege, but not by the usual summer tourists. The area's normally shy wolf population has begun stalking human prey, and their victims have been disappearing...or worse. Some...



  • Novelist Maya Alexander's peace is shattered when she is stalked by a Navaho skinwalker who has taken on the guise of a wolf. Her only hope is the mysterious Clay Philips. In his arms, she seeks protection-but as the red moon rises, no one is safe fr...



  • Under a hunter's moon, blood turns from crimson to black -- Leigh Tyler was once a kindergarten teacher with starry-eyed dreams-dreams that turned into nightmares when the biggest mistake she ever made came back to tear her world apart. Now, Leigh l...



  • WHEN DUSK FALLS, NIGHTMARES BECOME REALITY Dr. Elise Hanover quite literally lives for her job--since quitting would mean meeting a silver bullet with her name on it. She works alone, struggling to unlock the mysteries of an affliction that should o...






  • Bobby Luchetti, a U.S. Special Forces soldier, has a mission: go to Mexico and rescue Dr. Jane Harker, the kidnapped daughter of a U.S. senator. Fresh from discovering that the woman he loved has married his brother, Bobby's desperate to concentrate ...



  • AN ANCIENT EVIL HUNTS BY THE CRESCENT MOON -- New Orleans is known for sinful pleasures and strange magic, but for cryptozoologist Diana Malone it offers one irresistible attraction. For over a hundred years there have been whispers of wolves aro...



  • Life has never been easy for Tim. Abandoned and left to fend for himself, he's finally found a home with Dean Luchetti. But something's missing. Tim's convinced that what he needs is a mother and what Dean needs is a wife. And he thinks he's got the ...



  • She thought her date was out of this world. Actually, he was not of this world . . . We've all been on bad dates, nightmare dates, dreadful experiences that turned out to be uniquely memorable in the very worst way. But at least our partners for...



  • Under the midnight moon... Cassandra thought she had the perfect life until she suffered a devastating tragedy. Now she has a new identity as Priestess Cassandra, owner of a New Orleans voodoo shop, and a new purpose. A research trip for a paranorma...



  • Werewolves, vampires, witches, voodoo, Elvis---and weddings An "ordinary" wedding can get crazy enough, so can you imagine what happens when otherworldly creatures are involved? Nine of the hottest authors of paranormal fiction answer that questi...



  • Over a city of wicked pleasures and dangerous passions... Denizens of The Big Easy know its steamy nights can hide any number of sins and secrets. Private-eye Anne Lockhart is counting on it. Her life has been in a holding pattern ever since her sis...



  • HE'S GOT A SECRET... Claire Kennedy left Lake Bluff, Georgia, for the bright lights of Atlanta and a promising career in journalism. Now, recovering from a cruel betrayal, she's back in the one place she always felt safe, starting over as Lake Bluff'...



  • For Devil's Fork -- based FBI Agent Dana Duran, the only way to fight a supernatural serial killer just may be to embrace life. But little did she know that voodoo could be so viciously sexy......



  • In "Cobwebs Over the Moon" by Lori Handeland, Manhattanite Carly Kelly is pursued by werewolves across the wintry Alaskan wilderness, and only ruggedly handsome soldier Dylan Shepard stands between her and death....






  • Practical, skeptical Grace McDaniel was not looking for romance. The Sheriff of Lake Bluff, Georgia, and the granddaughter of a Cherokee doctor, Grace's hands are full with the daily trouble of small-town life. Arriving in the wake of a freak storm i...



  • From New York Times Bestselling author Lori Handeland, comes a short story in her urban fantasy world, The Phoenix Chronicles.Liz Phoenix does her best not to let anyone on the Milwaukee Police Force know that she's psychic. But her partner, Max Mur...



  • Every woman comes to motherhood in her own way... In Mommy for Rent by Lori Handeland, a Rent-a-Mommy job for the Mother's Day picnic turns into the real thing....



  • Elizabeth Phoenix once used her unique skills as a psychic to help in the Milwaukee Police Department's fight against injustice. But when Liz's foster mother is found viciously murdered--and Liz is discovered unconscious at the scene--her only memory...



  • She can see evil coming from all directions It took the near annihilation of humanity for Liz Phoenix to understand the true meaning of her premonitions. Liz is one of the sacred few on earth who has the psychic powers to fight the malevolent forces ...



  • She is the leader of the light Elizabeth Phoenix is one of a select few with the power to battle those who have escaped from the darkest level of hell--demons bent on destroying humanity and reclaiming earth once and for all. Liz is determined to sto...



  • HER DREAM LIFE It's not the end of the world--yet. But Doomsday once again lies in wait for demon-slayer Elizabeth Phoenix. Several weeks ago she had no choice but to kill a man she loved. Sawyer was a witch and shape-shifter, a sorcerer of incredibl...



  • Something wicked this way comes . . . and it keeps coming and coming and coming. . . . William Shakespeare was one of history's greatest writers, a master of words with a body of work that is truly impressive . . . some may say a little too impres...



  • SEDUCE AND DESTROY Tough as nails Alexandra Trevalyn does what most people can’t: She kills werewolves. Once part of an elite group of hunters, she’s going rogue these days, though no less determined to rid the world of bloodthirsty beasts…onc...



  • New York Times bestselling and RITA-winning author Lori Handeland brings you back to the breathtaking realm of the otherworldly, where the greatest myths are waiting to be revealed... BLESSING OR A CURSE? Kristin Daniels is passionate in her pu...






  • THE ENEMY Gina O'Neill will do anything to hold on to her beloved ranch that has been in her family for generations. Enter Mateo Mecate, an archeologist whose greatest wish is to dig there. Prepared to despise Matt -- and to thwart his agenda -- Gin...



  • The hero and heroine from the award winning novel BLUE MOON, Jessie McQuade and Will Cadotte, return in a short story adventure. Sent to a small Wisconsin town to investigate a sudden rash of insanity, Jessie and Will meet a mad scientist who has inv...



  • In the follow-up to Shakespeare Undead, vampire William Shakespeare and his Dark Lady are stranded on a mystical island where zombies are plentiful and one man will stop at nothing to become all-powerful Fresh from a triumphant battle over the zo...



  • Fall under the intoxicating spell of their hex appeal…

     

    In the magical world that lies hidden beneath our own, witches and conjurers play deadly games. They know just the right spell to kill a man with one kiss -- or raise him back...



  • Life has never been easy for Tim. Abandoned and left to fend for himself, he's finally found a home with Dean Luchetti. And yet...something's missing. Now that he has a dad, Tim's convinced that what he needs is a mom. Which means he has to find Dean...



  • After the death of her husband, Evie Vaughn realizes her dream of becoming a high school teacher. She and her three sons move to Oak Grove, Iowa and become part of the community. Evie would like nothing better than to be able to send her boys to coll...



  • " . . . an action packed roller coaster reading experience. . . . this is nothing like any other series out there."--Paranormal Romance on The Phoenix ChroniclesIs anything easy when you're saving the world?After a demon comes calling and Megan Murph...



  • Four centuries ago, in a small Scottish village, three baby girls escaped the wrath of a witch hunter. Today, one young woman will learn about her secret history, her heart's destiny, and the sisters she never knew she had... With her blue-black h...



  • A spell that tore three sisters apart is broken four hundred years later, when the magic in their blood reunites them. Now, one of them will discover her gift -- and reignite a love long thought lost… Flame-haired Becca Carstairs was born to be ...



  • Reunited after four hundred years, three sisters join together to vanquish the power that tore them apart...and embrace the sorcery that is their birthright. Abandoned as an infant, Willow Black spent her childhood in foster care, the object of wh...



  • A Nightcreature short story featuring Edward Mandenauer.France, 1944 and the Nazis are up to no good in the Black Forest. French Resistance member, Renée, is sent to find out what mischief they are concocting in an isolated castle. On the way, she...



  • From New York Times Bestselling author Lori Handeland, a duet of classic contemporary love stories. Humor with heart! This bundle contains two novels-Leave it to Max and A Sheriff in Tennessee, both prequels to the popular Luchetti...



  • A TOP PICK of the month from Romantic Times, which said:"Lori Handeland creates a stirring yet uplifting romance as she tackles bulimia, self-worth and society's image of what is beautiful." From bestselling author Lori Handeland, a group of classic ...



  • In this classic romantic novella, Kelly Rosholt has just opened a satellite office for her "Rent a Mommy" business in Wisconsin. Once upon a time, all Kelly wanted was to be a mother. When her dreams were dashed, she started a business doing everyt...



  • In this classic romantic novella, Kelly Rosholt has just opened a satellite office for her "Rent a Mommy" business in Wisconsin. Once upon a time, all Kelly wanted was to be a mother. When her dreams were dashed, she started a business doing everyt...



  • What do you do when you are forgotten by the man you’ve loved for twenty years? What do you do if you are the one who is remembered? Frankie Sicari is roused from sleep late one night by a key rattling in the front door lock. It’s her ex-husb...



  • Some Never Before Published in Print!Blame it on the MoonA Nightcreature prequel short story featuring Edward MandenauerFrance, 1944 and the Nazis are up to no good in the Black Forest. French Resistance member, Renée, is sent to find out wha...



  • Once Upon a Time . . .Beauty Became the Bounty HunterCathleen Chase was an unassuming farmer's wife until her husband was gunned down in front of her. Desperate for revenge, she offered con artist Alexi Romanov anything if he would school her in the ...



  • Once Upon a Time . . .A Spy Was BornConvinced his actions will save countless lives by shortening the war, Union doctor Ethan Walsh agrees to share with his government what he learns while working undercover in Chimborazo Hospital, deep in the heart ...



  • Once Upon a Time . . .Love Healed More Than a Broken HeartAfter years spent in a Union prison, Luke Phelan goes West to fight the Indians. He soon realizes he can't stomach the slaughter of innocents and agrees to be traded to the Cheyenne in exchang...



  • Set during the same tumultuous era as THE WOMEN.1967: They called it the Summer of Love . . .For small-town Wisconsin siblings Billy and Jay Johnson, it's a summer of change, confusion, and self-discovery.Billy enlists in the army and is soon on his ...



  • They say a mother will do anything for her child . . . I'm living proofThis nightmare began when I got the call every parent dreads. My daughter, Jenna, was missing from her college campus. Of course, my mind went to the worst place. After all, my la...



  • I saved my daughter. But how do I save myself?I did what I had to. Try and kill my girl? I will end you faster than you can say have mercy. Sure I broke a cardinal pack rule, which will get me executed by my mate. If they find out. If they find me.Sa...



  • Just when I thought it was safe to go home...I've been running too long. I'd gotten sloppy. Sloppy gets you captured. But it turns out, the very one I thought I had to hide from, saved me. I just want to live peacefully. But happy family, er, pack re...


Award-Winning Books by Lori Handeland

Blue Moon
2005 Rita Award -- Futuristic/Fantasy/Paranormal
2005 RWA PRISM Award -- Dark Paranormal
The Mommy Quest
2007 Rita Award -- Long Contemporary Romance
Red Moon Rising
2005 RWA PRISM Award -- Novella
A Soldier's Quest
2005 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Harlequin SuperRomance


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Lori Handeland has published 73 books.

Lori Handeland does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, In the Midnight Hour, was published in September 2023.

The first book by Lori Handeland, Second Chance, was published in July 1994.

Yes. Lori Handeland has 9 series.