Jayne Ann Krentz Books in Order
See the Jayne Ann Krentz books in order, with contemporary romantic‑suspense summaries, cross‑series connections to Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle, and guidance on the best places to begin reading.
Jayne Ann Krentz also writes as Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle. This bibliography includes books published under all of these names.
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Jayne Ann Krentz books in publication order
156 books
Wait Until Midnight
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Amanda Quick)
2004
When art tutor Caroline Fordyce finds a dead body in a waxworks, she is drawn into a murder investigation that echoes the sensational crime in her own gothic serial. Private enquiry agent Adam Hardesty needs her cooperation to trace stolen journals, but working together puts them both in a killer’s sights.
Lie by Moonlight
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Amanda Quick)
2005
Concordia Glade helps four girls escape a sinister school by blowing up part of the building, only to collide with private agent Ambrose Wells on the castle grounds. As they protect the girls and dig into Vanza‑tinged experiments, a London crime lord closes in.
Ghost Hunter
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2006
Botanist Elly St. Clair leaves her fiancé Cooper Boone after Guild secrets threaten her career. When a friend disappears beneath Cadence City, the powerful ghost hunter returns to help, reopening their relationship alongside a dangerous investigation.
Second Sight
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Amanda Quick)
2006
Victorian photographer Venetia Milton spends one unforgettable night with Gabriel Jones while cataloging the Arcane Society’s artifacts, then believes him dead. When he reappears very much alive, their sham marriage and her psychic talent pull them into a deadly hunt for a stolen formula.
Silver Master
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2007
Psychic matchmaker Celinda Ingram needs a bodyguard who can also accompany her to her sister's wedding. Security expert Davis Oakes distrusts matchmakers, while she distrusts his Guild connections, but approaching danger forces them to cooperate.
The River Knows
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Amanda Quick)
2007
Louisa Bryce lives quietly in London while secretly writing investigative pieces about vice and corruption. When she witnesses a drowning she suspects is murder, she joins forces with skeptical aristocrat Anthony Stalbridge to expose a gaming hell’s deadly secrets and a conspiracy that reaches far beyond the river.
White Lies
by Jayne Ann Krentz
2007
Aura reader Clare Lancaster can sense every lie, a gift that has wrecked past relationships. Hired into her wealthy father’s business empire, she clashes and sparks with security consultant Jake Salter as they unravel a corporate conspiracy laced with murder and long‑buried family secrets.
Dark Light
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2008
Reporter Sierra McIntyre investigates disappearing ghost hunters on Harmony with Guild boss John Fontana. His proposed marriage of convenience offers a way to pursue the mystery, but her distrust of the Guild complicates their growing attraction.
Running Hot
by Jayne Ann Krentz
2008
Ex‑cop Luther Malone, a burned‑out Arcane Society operative, is sent to protect librarian and aura reader Grace Renquist on a mission to Hawaii. Posing as honeymooners, they must track a psychic killer while rogue Nightshade sensitives converge on their resort, powered by a volatile new drug.
Sizzle and Burn
by Jayne Ann Krentz
2008
Raine Tallentyre hears disembodied voices, a psychic talent she keeps secret until it leads her to a kidnap victim hidden in her late aunt’s house. Investigator Zack Jones accepts her ability without flinching, and together they hunt a killer tied to the Arcane Society’s rogue enemies.
The Third Circle
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Amanda Quick)
2008
Crystal worker Leona Hewitt breaks into a private museum to steal back a family relic and instead collides with mesmerist Thaddeus Ware. Both linked to the Arcane Society, they must protect a powerful crystal from a ruthless nobleman and an assassin known as the Midnight Monster.
Obsidian Prey
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2009
Amber prospector Lyra Dore blames Cruz Sweetwater for stealing her claim to an ancient ruin. When dangerous forces gather around the discovery, the powerful businessman must overcome her anger while confronting the ruin’s unusual psychic energy.
The Perfect Poison
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Amanda Quick)
2009
Botanist Lucinda Bromley can identify poisons by touch, a talent that makes her invaluable and suspect when a rare fern from her conservatory turns up in a murder. Arcane investigator Caleb Jones needs her help to stop a deadly conspiracy, even as madness stalks his own powerful mind.
In Too Deep
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Amanda Quick)
2010
Reclusive para‑detective Fallon Jones has turned the odd coastal town of Scargill Cove into his base. When efficient, secretive Isabella Valdez arrives fleeing dangerous men, she becomes his assistant and partner as they uncover a sinister clockwork artifact and a conspiracy rooted in both their families.
Canyons of Night
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2011
Charlotte Enright and her teenage crush, Slade Attridge, return to Rainshadow Island after fifteen years away. Their psychic abilities and Slade's dust bunny companion become crucial as the mysterious woods of the Preserve threaten to draw them in.
Quicksilver
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Amanda Quick)
2011
Glass‑reader Virginia Dean awakens beside a dead body and a smoking psychic mirror, instantly branded a suspect. Owen Sweetwater, hunter for the Arcane Society, knows she was set up and joins forces with her to stop a murderer who uses Bridewell’s deadly inventions to trap his victims in reflections.
The Scargill Cove Case Files
by Jayne Ann Krentz
2011
In this Arcane Society novella, Fallon Jones investigates a body found locked in a bookstore vault in Scargill Cove. Scratched symbols on the door hint at encoded messages, forcing Fallon and his small team to decode the past before another psychic experiment turns lethal.
Copper Beach
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2012
Rare-book expert Abby Radwell receives blackmail threats after a deadly incident in a collector’s library. She hires psychic investigator Sam Coppersmith, whose expertise with paranormal crystals draws them into a dangerous search for an ancient alchemical text.
Crystal Gardens
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Amanda Quick)
2012
Psychic investigator and novelist Evangeline Ames retreats to a country cottage after an attack linked to a recent case. When another assailant breaks in, she flees into the mysterious Crystal Gardens and straight into the path of Lucas Sebastian, whose family’s experiments have turned the estate into a paranormal hotspot.
The Lost Night
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2012
Psychically gifted bookstore owner Rachel Bonner has found refuge on Rainshadow Island. Harry Sebastian’s investigation of strange events in the island’s mysterious Preserve brings attraction and uncertainty, especially when Rachel senses something troubling beneath his charming exterior.
Deception Cove
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2013
Magician Alice North can make herself invisible, but Drake Sebastian sees her despite his damaged vision. Their search for missing crystals takes them to Rainshadow Island, where a marriage of convenience masks a perilous investigation into gathering storms.
Dream Eyes
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2013
Psychic counselor Gwen Frazier returns to Oregon after her mentor’s suspicious death revives memories of a deadly research project. Investigator Judson Coppersmith helps her examine the connection, while his troubled dreams and their attraction complicate the search.
The Mystery Woman
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Amanda Quick)
2013
Beatrice Lockwood, an operative for the Ladies of Lantern Street, poses as a paid companion while secretly exposing fraudulent mediums. After she and government agent Joshua Gage thwart an abduction, they join forces against a killer with hypnotic skills and a connection to Beatrice’s own shadowed past.
Otherwise Engaged
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Amanda Quick)
2014
Globe‑trotting journalist Amity Doncaster survives an attack by a serial killer known as the Bridegroom. Back in London, to shield them both from scandal, a former spy she once aided claims they are engaged. Together they bait a murderer who likes his victims elegant, terrified, and very much alive.
River Road
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2014
Returning after her aunt’s fatal accident, forensic genealogist Lucy Sheridan learns that her teenage rescue concealed a dangerous secret. Reunited with security expert Mason Fletcher, she investigates a disturbing discovery and suspicious figures from their past.
The Hot Zone
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2014
Sedona Snow hopes running an inn on Rainshadow Island will give her a fresh start. A catacomb disaster, visiting ghost hunters, her returning ex, and the arrival of Guild boss Cyrus Jones threaten her carefully rebuilt life.
Garden of Lies
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Amanda Quick)
2015
Ursula Kern runs a secretarial agency that employs capable women, including her close friend Anne. When Anne dies in what looks like an accident, Ursula suspects foul play and teams up with archaeologist and businessman Slater Roxton. Their search through museums, gardens, and gentlemen’s clubs uncovers murder and buried scandals.
Secret Sisters
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2015
A dying man’s warning forces Madeline to revisit the night that destroyed her childhood friendship with Daphne. Together with security expert Jack Rayner and his brother, the women confront a killer determined to bury their shared secrets.
Siren's Call
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2015
Rafe Coppersmith needs Ella Morgan’s unusual musical abilities to investigate deadly creatures beneath Rainshadow Island. His unexplained disappearance after their earlier encounter makes cooperation difficult, while Ella guards a secret about the dangerous power of her voice.
Trust No One
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2015
Finding her employer dead brings Grace Elland’s traumatic past back to the surface. When she returns home, an unlikely alliance with venture capitalist Julius Arkwright helps her investigate threats linked to the dead man’s troubled business.
'Til Death Do Us Part
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Amanda Quick)
2016
Calista Langley arranges discreet introductions for lonely clients in Victorian London. Someone begins sending her chilling mourning gifts, suggesting an obsession from her past. Detective novelist Trent Hastings suspects Calista’s business is a front, but soon finds himself helping her unmask a killer haunting both their circles.
Illusion Town
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2016
Hannah West wakes up married to mining heir Elias Coppersmith, with neither remembering the ceremony. Retracing their frantic night through Illusion Town and its underground ruins draws them into a mystery connected to secrets from their pasts.
When All the Girls Have Gone
by Jayne Ann Krentz
2016
Charlotte Sawyer discovers that her stepsister has vanished after a friend’s death. Private investigator Max Cutler joins her search, uncovering connections among an investment club’s members and a violent incident that still threatens the women involved.
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Amanda Quick)
2017
Fleeing a bloody scene in New York, Anna Harris remakes herself as reporter Irene Glasson and heads west. At the glamorous Burning Cove Hotel she finds an actress dead in a pool and teams up with owner Oliver Ward, a former stage magician, to expose secrets Hollywood would kill to keep buried.
Promise Not to Tell
by Jayne Ann Krentz
2018
Gallery owner Virginia Troy doubts an artist’s apparent suicide after receiving a disturbing painting. She turns to investigator Cabot Sutter, another survivor of the cult fire that scarred her childhood, to unravel its dangerous implications.
The Other Lady Vanishes
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Amanda Quick)
2018
Adelaide Blake escapes from a private sanitarium where she was drugged and discredited, then starts over serving herbal teas in Burning Cove. A wary alliance with widowed businessman Jake Truett pulls her into a web of experimental drugs, illusionists, and the people who will kill to control them.
Tightrope
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Amanda Quick)
2019
Trapeze artist Amalie Vaughn retires after a near‑fatal fall and opens a boardinghouse in Burning Cove. When a guest is murdered on her front steps, she joins forces with Matthias Jones, a designer of stage illusions, to untangle a plot involving assassins, spies, and a stolen invention.
Untouchable
by Jayne Ann Krentz
2019
Cold-case consultant Jack Lancaster finds relief from his unsettling investigations with meditation therapist Winter Meadows. When the cult leader responsible for his childhood trauma targets him, their growing relationship becomes entangled in a calculated campaign of revenge.
Close Up
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Amanda Quick)
2020
Vivian Brazier photographs crime scenes for Los Angeles papers, a job respectable society loathes. When she captures an image that links several killings, she becomes a target and reluctantly accepts protection from enigmatic psychic investigator Nick Sundridge as they hunt a serial killer with a taste for actresses.
The Vanishing
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2020
Psychic investigator Catalina Lark searches for her missing partner, Olivia LeClair, with help from Slater Arganbright. Their investigation leads back to Fogg Lake, where a strange disaster changed the townspeople and a long-ago murder still holds danger.
All the Colors of Night
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2021
Psychic tracker North Chastain seeks an artifact that might save his comatose father. Antiquities specialist Sierra Raines joins the search, drawing them into a dangerous paranormal underworld and secrets surrounding an old government research program.
Guild Boss
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2021
Lucy Bell’s account of surviving a kidnapping in alien ruins has damaged her reputation. When her rescuer Gabriel Jones returns as Illusion Town’s new Guild boss, they confront the lingering danger and the distrust left by his departure.
The Lady Has a Past
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Amanda Quick)
2021
Socialite Lyra Brazier enrolls in a private investigator’s training course, then travels to a luxury spa in Burning Cove when her mentor vanishes. There she teams up with gruff investigator Simon Cage, whose unusual talent makes him dangerous company, to expose blackmail, hidden identities, and murder behind the resort’s serene façade.
Lightning in a Mirror
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2022
Psychic investigator Olivia LeClair is recruited by the supposedly dead Harlan Rancourt to locate the legendary Vortex laboratory. Competing interests pursue its secrets, while Olivia’s unusual talent may hold the key to the facility’s dangerous technology.
Sweetwater and the Witch
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2022
Matchmaker Ravenna Chastain agrees to accompany difficult client Ethan Sweetwater to a business event in exchange for help at a family gathering. Their arrangement grows complicated when industrial espionage and a threat from Ravenna’s past intrude.
When She Dreams
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Amanda Quick)
2022
Lucid dreamer Maggie Lodge hires private investigator Sam Sage after receiving blackmail threats tied to her work for a mysterious self‑help guru. Their search through dream research circles, hypnotists, and Hollywood hangers‑on uncovers a scheme that uses subconscious suggestion as both weapon and lure.
Sleep No More
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2023
Podcaster Pallas Llewellyn investigates an abandoned asylum after a tip from sleep-deprived Ambrose Drake. Both have missing memories and heightened psychic abilities, and their search for a possible murder exposes secrets someone will kill to protect.
The Bride Wore White
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Amanda Quick)
2023
On the morning after what should have been her wedding, Prudence Ryland wakes beside a dead man and no memory of how she got there. Fleeing to Burning Cove, she turns to reclusive investigator Luther Pell and brilliant psychic Archer Norwood to clear her name and expose a killer who stages perfect crimes.
People in Glass Houses
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2024
Crystal artist Molly Griffin seeks disgraced explorer Joshua Knight, hoping his fractured memories can reveal what happened to her missing sister. His mirrored desert mansion holds unsettling secrets, and finding answers means breaking his carefully guarded rules.
The Night Island
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2024
Searching for a vanished informant, Talia March reluctantly joins forces with Luke Rand to investigate their altered psychic abilities. Their trail leads to a remote island retreat where communication fails and disappearances suggest something far more sinister.
It Takes a Psychic
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2025
Authenticating rare artifacts draws Leona Griffin into a dangerous reception involving a powerful relic and a dead waiter. Escaping with mysterious Oliver Rancourt, she investigates a cult’s experiments while questioning their pasts and her growing attraction to him.
Shattering Dawn
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2025
Amelia Rivers hires skeptical investigator Gideon Sweetwater to identify her stalker, suspecting a connection to her missing memories. An attempted kidnapping forces them to trust each other while pursuing dangerous psychic experiments and the people behind them.
Enter the Nightmare
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2026
Accused of murdering a husband she cannot remember, Alice Radstone returns to the Hotel of Dreams and faces another kidnapping. A rescue by enigmatic Owen March offers hope, but surviving requires trust while a killer pursues them.
The Shop on Hidden Lane
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2026
Sophy Harper and Luke Wells investigate the disappearance of relatives from their mutually distrustful psychic families. Evidence at a murder scene suggests someone is pursuing the dangerous secret both clans protect, forcing an uneasy partnership complicated by fierce attraction.
The Book Hunter
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
2027
Psychic rare-book specialist Chloe hires protection after acquiring a hunted wolf-dog, only to find her professional rival Mercer taking the job. A commission at a remote mansion turns deadly, forcing them to cooperate against a killer using psychic powers.
All Night Long
by Jayne Ann Krentz (writing as Jayne Castle)
A new lead brings reporter Irene Stenson back to the town where she found her parents dead seventeen years earlier. With former Marine Luke Danner, she investigates buried secrets while confronting old terror and unexpected attraction.























































