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Jayne Ann Krentz

Pseudonym: Jayne Castle.
Pseudonym: Amanda Quick.
Pseudonym: Stephanie James.



http://www.jayneannkrentz.com/

Jayne Ann Krentz is the author of forty New York Times bestsellers and has over forty million books in print. Jayne writes fast-paced suspense with a sexy edge under three pen names. If you like contemporary settings, try one of her new releases written under her Krentz name. Readers looking for a similar thrill in a historical settting go for the books she writes as Amanda Quick. And those adventurous types who prefer their suspense with a futuristic/paranormal twist read the novels she writes as Jayne Castle.

Books

Fired Up
(An Arcane Society Novel #7 / Dreamlight Trilogy #1)
December 29, 2009


The New York Times—bestselling author presents her latest Arcane Society novel and introduces the first book in the Dreamlight Trilogy—the story of a curse that spans generations, and the love that can heal it. Read more...



Running Hot
(An Arcane Society Novel #5)
December 29, 2009


Ex-cop Luther Malone, lifelong member of the secretive paranormal organization known as the Arcane Society, is waiting to meet Grace Renquist. Hired as an aura-reading consultant in the quest for a murder suspect, Read more...



Uneasy Alliance
(The Harlequin Famous Firsts Collection)
June 1, 2009


After ending a relationship gone terribly and unexpectedly wrong, Abby Lyndon is left wary and determined to control her own life. Two years later, she meets a man who doesn't frighten her. Read more...



Sizzle and Burn
(An Arcane Society Novel #3)
January 27, 2009


When Raine Tallentyre made the mistake of revealing her paranormal abilities, her most recent romantic relationship came to a hasty end. Her Aunt Vella, a gifted but troubled soul, had told her years Read more...



Running Hot
(An Arcane Society Novel #5)
December 30, 2008


Ex-cop Luther Malone, lifelong member of the secretive paranormal organization known as the Arcane Society, is waiting to meet Grace Renquist. Hired as an aura-reading consultant in the quest for a murder suspect, Read more...



Dangerous Games
November 1, 2008


The Devil To Pay (originally published in Silhouette Desire #187, 1985)
Emelina Stratton was desperate to save her brother's life. Desperate enough to ask mafia-chieftain-in-hiding Julian Colter for help. The man, shrouded in mystery Read more...



White Lies
(An Arcane Society Novel #2)
February 5, 2008


Petite, thirtysomething Clare Lancaster is a Level Ten para-sensitive—and a "human lie detector." Over the years, she's come to accept that someone with her extraordinary talents is likely to have trouble in the relationship Read more...



Sizzle and Burn
(An Arcane Society Novel #3)
January 29, 2008


With more than 25 million books sold, Jayne Ann Krentz "excels at crafting superior, sexy romantic suspense" (Booklist), and with her Arcane Society novels—written under both the Krentz and Amanda Quick names—she has thrilled Read more...



Eclipse Bay
January 2, 2008


Eclipse Bay has grown and flourished on the rugged Oregon coast, where the shore can be rocky and forbidding, full of sharp cliffs and hidden coves. But this small town is Read more...



The Man in the Mask
November 1, 2007


Look in his eyes. He's hiding something...

Fabulous Beast (originally published in Silhouette Desire #127, 1984)
Shy daydreamer Tabitha Graham had a vivid imagination. When she rescued tourist Devin Coulter from a back-alley mugging, she Read more...



Twist Of Fate
February 1, 2007


Cloistered as a faculty member at a small college, beautiful Hannah Jessett can almost forget her family heritage. Few know she's the niece of Elizabeth Nord, the legendary anthropologist who stunned the world Read more...



All Night Long
January 30, 2007


The smaller the town, the darker the secrets...

Shy, studious Irene Stenson and wild, privileged Pamela Webb had been the best of friends for one short high school summer. Their friendship ended the Read more...



White Lies
January 23, 2007


Petite, thirtysomething Clare Lancaster is a Level Ten para-sensitive—and a "human lie detector." Over the years, she's come to accept that someone with her extraordinary talents is likely to have trouble in the relationship Read more...



Stormy Challenge
(writing as Stephanie James)
December 1, 2006


Leya Brandon didn't know what—if anything—she could believe of all Court Tremayne told her. He'd already lied about his name. And while she thought her heart wasn't at risk, she'd clearly underestimated his Read more...



Serpent In Paradise
(writing as Stephanie James)
December 1, 2006


Amy Shannon met Jase Lassiter at a seedy bar called The Serpent, and she should have heeded the warning in the name. At first he offered her paradise—nights of love and days of Read more...



Raven's Prey
(writing as Stephanie James)
December 1, 2006


When a shady business deal went awry, Honor Knight was desperate to flee the U.S. with her life—even if it meant taking refuge deep in rural Mexico. Her captor had other ideas. Judd Read more...



Dangerous Magic
(writing as Stephanie James)
December 1, 2006


Sleeping her way to the top was not Elissa Sheldon's style...

Sure, she had skills and intelligence, but senior work colleague Wade Taggert was convinced that Elissa had slept with a married man Read more...



Gambler's Woman
(writing as Stephanie James)
November 1, 2006


Dark, dangerous Jordan Kyle lived life on his own terms, setting his own rules and playing for high stakes. He'd moved through this world alone, and was satisfied to have it that way—until Read more...



The Pirate, The Adventurer & The Cowboy
May 1, 2006


The Pirate (originally published in Harlequin Temptation #287 in January 1990)
Katherine Inskip's life is at a complete standstill. She's overworked, stressed out and feeling blasé about love—a bad state for the author Read more...



Lady's Choice
March 14, 2006


After one night of passionate intimacy, Travis Sawyer realized he'd taken his need for revenge too far. Juliana Grant was under his skin and in the way. And now there was no turning Read more...



All Night Long
January 3, 2006


The smaller the town, the darker the secrets...

Shy, studious Irene Stenson and wild, privileged Pamela Webb had been the best of friends for one short high school summer. Their friendship ended the Read more...



Raven's Prey
December 1, 2005


When a shady business deal goes awry, Honor Knight is desperate to flee the U.S. with her life—even if it means taking refuge deep in rural Mexico. Her captor has other ideas. Judd Read more...



Falling Awake
October 25, 2005


A red scarf. A roller coaster. A tidal wave of blood...

Isabel Wright spends her days at the Belvedere Center for Sleep Research analyzing the dreams of others. Dr. Martin Belvedere, a Read more...



Serpent in Paradise
December 1, 2004


Amy Shannon met Jase Lassiter at a seedy bar called The Serpent, and she should have heeded the warning in the name. At first he offered her paradise—nights of love Read more...



Falling Awake
November 18, 2004


A red scarf. A roller coaster. A tidal wave of blood...

Isabel Wright spends her days at the Belvedere Center for Sleep Research analyzing the dreams of others. Dr. Martin Read more...



Truth or Dare
November 1, 2004


The suspenseful sequel to LIGHT in SHADOW.

After a whirlwind courtship and a dangerous adventure, psychic interior designer, Zoe Luce and private investigator Ethan Truax have decided to gamble on Read more...



Stormy Challenge
(reprint)
September 1, 2004


Leya Brandon didn't know what—if anything—she could believe of all Court Tremayne told her. He'd already lied about his name. And while she thought her heart clearly wasn't at risk, Read more...



No Going Back
July 6, 2004


Soft Focus writing as Jayne Ann Krentz
Executive Elizabeth Cabot knows when to cut her losses—and she runs her personal life the same way. So when she learns that Jack Fairfax Read more...



Dangerous Affair
(reprint)
March 1, 2004


After Glow
March 1, 2004


Life is complicated for Lydia Smith. She's working at that tacky, third-rate museum, Shrimpton's House of Ancient Horrors, trying to salvage her career in para- archaeology—and dating the most dangerous man Read more...



The Private Eye
January 1, 2004


Truth Or Dare
(A Whispering Springs Novel #2)
January 1, 2004


Zoe is an interior designer with a unique sense of style. But even more uncanny is her sense of what's going on under the surface, the secrets a house can Read more...



One More Time
October 1, 2003


Light In Shadow
October 1, 2003


Zoe Luce is a successful interior designer in the Arizona town of Whispering Springs who's developed an unusual career specialty-helping recently divorced clients redesign their homes, to help them forget Read more...



Together In Eclipse Bay
September 1, 2003


In this breathtaking trilogy, collected in one volume for the first time, Jayne Ann Krentz welcomes her readers to Eclipse Bay, a small Oregon town filled with secrets as treacherous Read more...



Deep Waters
June 1, 2003


Charity Truitt and Elias Winter, two of the Pacific Northwest's most powerful corporate figures, are both facing crises of career and the heart. Fate has brought them together in Washington's Read more...



Witchcraft
(reprint)
March 1, 2003


When Kimberly Sawyer is threatened by a needle-pierced rose on her doorstep and a hooded figure wielding a dagger, she seeks protection at Darius Cavenaugh's Napa Valley vineyard and questions Read more...



Family Man
(reprint)
February 1, 2003


Almost a decade of working for the high-powered Gilchrist family empire has made Katy Wade sassy, spunky -- and secretly determined to open her own business. There's one last problem Read more...



Light in Shadow
("A Whispering Springs Novel #1")
January 1, 2003


Zoe Luce is a successful interior designer in the Arizona town of Whispering Springs who's developed an unusual career specialty-helping recently divorced clients redesign their homes, to help them forget Read more...



Smoke In Mirrors
October 29, 2002


Leo, if you are reading this, I'm dead.

A con artist and seductress, Meredith Spooner lived fast — and died young. Now it seems Meredith's last scam — embezzling more than Read more...



Uneasy Alliance
(reprint)
October 1, 2002


After ending a relationship gone terribly and unexpectedly wrong, Abby Lyndon is left wary and determined to control her own life. Two years later, she meets a man who doesn't Read more...



Worth the Risk
September 1, 2002


The Challoner Bride by Stephanie James
Possession of the Torres dagger had separated their families long ago -- now it brought Angie Morgan and Flynn Challoner together. But would iron-willed Read more...



Sweet Starfire and Crystal Flame
September 1, 2002


Sweet Starfire
Cidra, a fire-haired beauty raised amid the shelter of a spiritual race, really belongs to a race of wolves. Teague Severance, a ruggedly handsome adventurer, is also a wolf Read more...



The Ties That Bind
(reprint)
July 1, 2002


She watched him with a curiosity that led to attraction.

Finally Shannon Raine decides to stop speculating about her dark, brooding neighbor on California's rugged Mendocino coastline -- and just introduce Read more...



Bedazzled
(reprint)
June 1, 2002


The Montclair Emeralds: the legend continues . . .

Joy
by Jayne Ann Krentz
Sharing a Caribbean holiday seemed a perfectly sane way for solid, dependable Virginia Middlebrook and A.C. Ryerson Read more...



Summer In Eclipse Bay
("Eclipse Bay #3")
May 7, 2002


Word gets around fast in Eclipse Bay. Nick Harte should know --- his family's legendary feud with the Madisons fueled the local gossip mill for years before finally cooling off. Read more...



Family Passions
(reprint)
April 1, 2002


"The Family Way" by Jayne Ann Krentz
Expecting a baby was supposed to be the most incredible thing in her life, but for Pru Kenyon, it was bittersweet. Her relationship with Read more...



Smoke in Mirrors
January 14, 2002


Leo, if you are reading this, I'm dead.

A con artist and seductress, Meredith Spooner lived fast — and died young. Now it seems Meredith's last scam — embezzling more than a million Read more...



Lost and Found
October 31, 2001


Cady Briggs is very useful to Mack Easton—her expertise in art and antiques helps his shadowy, low-profile company, Lost and Found, find missing treasures for high-paying clients. And Cady finds Read more...



Dawn in Eclipse Bay
(Book 2 in Eclipse Bay Trilogy)
May 1, 2001


Welcome back to Eclipse Bay where the long-simmering Harte- Madison feud is about to erupt again in some pretty spectacular fireworks! Lillian Harte has done quite well with her match-making business Read more...



Man With A Past
(reprint)
December 1, 2000


MAN WITH A PAST will be published by MIRA for $6.99. Despite her love for mysterious Cole Stockton, Kelsey Murdock just can't trust him, not so long as he keeps Read more...



Soft Focus
October 7, 2000


Dumping the guy after she discovers that he's a lying, low- down, egg-sucking you-know-what was the easy part. Getting out of the business contract that handcuffs Elizabeth Cabot to Jack Read more...



Eclipse Bay
June 1, 2000


Their grandfathers hated each other. Their fathers hated each other. And as the next generation of the Hartes and Madisons, Hannah and Rafe are expected to hate each other too. Read more...



Sweet Fortune
January 1, 1998


Everyone thought Jessie Benedict's impending marriage to Sam Hatchard was a great arrangement -- everyone, that is, but Jessie herself. Was she the only one who could see that Hatchard, Read more...



Silver Linings
October 1, 1997


Successful but shy, Seattle art dealer Mattie Sharpe fell hard for handsome, outspoken, professional adventurer Hugh Abbott. When he broke her heart and returned to his South Sea island home, Read more...



Wildest Hearts
December 1, 1996


Annie Lyncroft knew her scheme was outrageous. She'd come to the elegant penthouse to meet Oliver Rain, the richest and possibly the most dangerous man in the Pacific Northwest. Annie Read more...



Shield's Lady
January 1, 1996


Sweet Starfire
January 1, 1994


Reissued in a Hardcover Duet
Sweet Starfire and Crystal Flame
by Jayne Ann Krentz

Warner Books
September 1, 2002
ISBN #0446531375
Hardcover (reprint) Read more...





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