Susan Krinard Books in Order
Browse Susan Krinard books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and where to start across her paranormal romance, fantasy, and science fiction novels.
Last updated: July 6, 2026
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Publication Order
35 books
Prince of Wolves
by Susan Krinard
1994
Joelle Randall travels to the Canadian Rockies to face the site of her parents' fatal plane crash. Her guide, Luke Gevaudan, is magnetic, dangerous, and one of the last survivors of an ancient werewolf race.
Prince of Dreams
by Susan Krinard
1995
Psychologist Diana Ransom is searching for her missing cousin when she meets mysterious patron Nicholas Gage. He feeds on dreams rather than blood, but darker forces of his kind are already moving around them.
Star Crossed
by Susan Krinard
1995
After her brother's death, Ariane Burke-Marchand blames Kalian refugee Rook Galloway. Years later she travels to the prison planet where he is held and finds vengeance, political danger, and an old passion that never fully died.
Prince of Shadows
by Susan Krinard
1996
Wildlife biologist Alexandra reunites with the black wolf she loved as a child and discovers he is a man named Kiernan. To help him clear his name, she must untangle amnesia, murder, and their shared past.
Twice a Hero
by Susan Krinard
1997
MacKenzie Sinclair goes to Guatemala to return an amulet and lift her family's curse. Instead she falls back to 1884 and meets Liam O'Shea, the man tied to the mystery that has haunted her line.
Body and Soul
by Susan Krinard
1998
Search-and-rescue worker Jesse Copeland investigates her mother's strange death and becomes entangled with a present danger and a man from two centuries ago. It is a romantic ghost story about guilt, memory, and second chances.
Touch of the Wolf
by Susan Krinard
1999
In Victorian England, Braden Forster is determined to preserve his werewolf bloodline, even at the cost of his own happiness. Then Cassidy Holt arrives from New Mexico, and duty collides headlong with desire.
Once a Wolf
by Susan Krinard
2000
Victorian werewolf Rowena is dragged west into a deadly feud when Tomas Alejandro uses her as bait against his enemy. Their fierce attraction grows in a landscape shaped by revenge, captivity, and divided loyalties.
Secret of the Wolf
by Susan Krinard
2001
Hypnotist Johanna Schell offers refuge to troubled souls and becomes fascinated by Quentin Forster's claimed werewolf blood. Under hypnosis he turns frightening and violent, forcing her to ask whether he is monster, victim, or both.
The Forest Lord
by Susan Krinard
2002
Eden Fleming learns that the cousin she eloped with is no ordinary man, but a powerful guardian of the forest. Years later she must return and face old lies, unfinished love, and a magical inheritance.
To Catch A Wolf
by Susan Krinard
2003
After years in prison, Morgan wants only freedom among wolves. A traveling circus and wealthy, tightly guarded Athena Munroe pull him back toward humanity, and toward a love neither of them can safely ignore.
Kinsman's Oath
by Susan Krinard
2004
Escaped captive Ronan VelKalevi is saved by starship captain Cynara D'Accorso after years among the Shaauri. Their telepathic bond deepens as they uncover programming, betrayal, and a threat that could reshape human space.
Shield of the Sky
by Susan Krinard
2004
When Rhenna learns that the Stone God's followers are spreading chaos and have captured a shapeshifter, she goes after them. A shaman, a panther shapechanger, and a rebel join her in a quest that could save their world.
To Tame A Wolf
by Susan Krinard
2005
Widowed Tally Bernard hires tracker Simeon Kavanaugh to find her missing brother in Arizona Territory. Their search uncovers danger, buried pain, and Simeon's struggle to accept both the man and the wolf inside him.
Hammer Of The Earth
by Susan Krinard
2006
Rhenna and her companions cross deserts, jungles, and swamps to find the Hammer and break the Stone God's growing power. Every victory costs more, and trusting one another may be the hardest fight of all.
Lord Of The Beasts
by Susan Krinard
2006
Half-Fane Donal Fleming has a rare gift with animals and little patience for polite society. When Cordelia Hardcastle enters his life with grief, danger, and a house full of rescued creatures, love becomes a risk for them both.
Chasing Midnight
by Susan Krinard
2007
Jazz Age vampire Allegra Chase prowls Greenwich Village by night and collides with werewolf Griffin Durant. Their attraction is immediate, but vampire politics and a coming race war make every choice more dangerous.
Come The Night
by Susan Krinard
2008
After the Great War, Gillian Maitland is expected to marry for bloodline duty, not love. But Ross Kavanaugh returns with secrets, a claim on her heart, and a murder mystery that puts them both under suspicion.
Dark Of The Moon
by Susan Krinard
2008
Outcast vampire Dorian Black drifts through the shadows of 1920s New York until reporter Gwen Murphy crosses his path. Her search for the truth draws them together, and puts them in grave danger.
Lord of Legends
by Susan Krinard
2009
Abandoned bride Mariah Donnington discovers a strange prisoner hidden on her husband's estate. He is Arion, a cursed king of unicorns, and freeing him may cost both of them far more than they can bear.
Lord of Sin
by Susan Krinard
2009
Nuala has spent centuries helping others find love while denying herself the same chance. Then the charming and reckless Sinjin Donnington awakens a dangerous hope, and with it the possibility of losing everything she has been.
Bride of the Wolf
by Susan Krinard
2010
Rachel Lyndon reaches Texas dreaming of a fresh start and is widowed almost at once. On a dangerous ranch she is drawn to Holden Renshaw, a hunted man whose secret nature could ruin them both.
Luck of the Wolf
by Susan Krinard
2010
In Gold Rush-era San Francisco, outcast werewolf Cort Renier meets a frightened young woman who may be a missing heiress. Their risky plan pulls them into hidden identities, old feuds, and a future neither of them expected.
Code of the Wolf
by Susan Krinard
2011
Jacob Constantine returns to New Mexico to hunt the outlaws who murdered his wife and destroyed his home. Joined by equally vengeful Serenity Campbell, he finds that revenge is not the only thing driving them forward.
Kiss of the Wolf
by Susan Krinard
2011
This novella returns to Krinard's werewolf world for a shorter, darker romance built on secrecy, danger, and the pull between human feeling and animal instinct. It is a quick, moody taste of her historical paranormal style.
Daysider
by Susan Krinard
2013
Human operative Alexia Fox goes undercover near an illegal vampire colony just as tensions with Erebus begin to rise. Forced to work with the vampire Damon, she has to choose between old hatred and a fragile peace.
Freeze Warning
by Susan Krinard
2013
In this Midgard prequel, Valkyrie Mist meets Eric Larsson and glimpses the kind of future she might still want. But warnings from a seer make it clear that fate, and the old world she escaped, are closing in.
Mist
by Susan Krinard
2013
Mist has built a quiet life in San Francisco, pretending her past died with the Norse gods. Then snow, frost giants, and Loki rip her world open, and the Valkyrie in hiding has to fight again.
Nightmaster
by Susan Krinard
2013
Undercover agent Trinity Ward enters the vampire city of Erebus posing as a blood serf. Falling for the powerful Bloodmaster Ares could destroy her mission, and the peace she was sent in to protect.
Black Ice
by Susan Krinard
2014
Mist learns that Loki is back, and that the old war of gods and giants may not be over after all. With few allies and even fewer safe choices, she must stop history from repeating itself in modern San Francisco.
Shadowmaster
by Susan Krinard
2014
Half-dhampir agent Phoenix Stryker infiltrates vampire society to stop an assassination plot. But her target, the feared assassin Drakon, may be the one person willing to save the city, if she dares trust him.
Battlestorm
by Susan Krinard
2016
Mist is caught at the center of a new war as old allies and enemies return to San Francisco. To stop Loki and keep the Last Battle from beginning again, she must master powers she barely understands.
Dark Journey
by Susan Krinard
2016
Former serf Daniel goes to the citadel of Tanis hoping to find real peace between humans and vampires. Instead he falls for the ancient Bloodlady Isis, while hidden dangers in the city threaten them both.
Night Quest
by Susan Krinard
2016
Garret Fox needs help from empathic Freeblood Artemis if he is going to save his kidnapped son. Their blood bond forces them together, while old hatred, fresh desire, and a powerful enemy keep closing in.
Twilight Crossing
by Susan Krinard
2017
Half-blood Rider Timon is sworn to protect scientist Jamie McCullough, but healing her with his bite binds them together in dangerous ways. When Jamie is accused of carrying a deadly virus to a peace conclave, trust becomes as important as survival.
Where should I start?
If you want classic werewolf romance: Prince of Wolves → Prince of Dreams → Prince of Shadows
If you like historical paranormal romance: Touch of the Wolf → Once a Wolf → Secret of the Wolf
If you want postwar vampire intrigue: Daysider → Nightmaster → Shadowmaster
If you prefer myth-heavy urban fantasy: Mist → Black Ice → Battlestorm
If you want romantic science fiction: Kinsman's Oath → Star Crossed
Author bio
Susan Krinard was born in California and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her love of speculative fiction started early, when a fourth grade teacher read A Wrinkle in Time aloud to the class. By fourteen she was going to Star Trek conventions, and the mix of wonder, fandom, and worldbuilding clearly stuck.
Before she published fiction, Krinard trained as an artist and earned a BFA in illustration from the California College of Arts and Crafts. She originally leaned toward visual storytelling, and that background still shows in the way her books move through scenes, landscapes, and action. Her stories tend to feel easy to picture.
The turn toward novels came in the early 1990s. A published author friend read a short story Krinard had written and told her she should try a romance novel. Krinard was already a longtime science fiction and fantasy reader, so instead of choosing one lane, she started blending them.
That blend shaped Prince of Wolves, her debut novel. It sold within a year as part of a three-book contract, and it helped make room for the kind of paranormal romance she would keep writing: emotionally direct love stories with werewolves, vampires, telepaths, faerie bloodlines, and a lot of danger. Readers who pick up her books usually come for the romance, then stay for the strange corners of the world around it.
Wolves show up again and again in her work. Books like Touch of the Wolf, Once a Wolf, and Secret of the Wolf use werewolf lore to talk about exile, family pressure, hidden identity, and the uneasy pull between human manners and animal instinct. Even when the setup is gothic or adventurous, the emotional center is usually two people trying to decide whether trust is worth the risk.
She does not stay in one mode for long.
In The Forest Lord and the other Fane novels, she turns to English folklore and faerie bargains. In Kinsman's Oath and Star Crossed, she moves into romantic science fiction, with telepathy, space travel, and political conflict. Then Mist opens the Midgard books by dropping Norse myth into modern San Francisco, where a Valkyrie with a sword-making job discovers that old wars are not finished after all.
Range is part of the appeal.
Across all of those books, some patterns hold. Krinard likes outsiders, people carrying old grief, and characters who live on the border between worlds. She also likes strong settings, from the Canadian Rockies to Jazz Age New York to a future starship.
Now she lives and works in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with her husband Serge Mailloux, along with dogs and cats. Outside of writing, she has written about loving music, old movies, reading, nature, and baking. That mix feels about right for her fiction too, a little dreamy, a little grounded, and always interested in what happens when ordinary life brushes up against the uncanny.
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