Susan Krinard

Updated
March 17, 2009

What's New

New romance novel Lord of Legends

Upcoming romance novel Lord of Sin

Welcome.

I write paranormal romance for HQN. I've been reading science fiction and fantasy since my fifth grade teacher read Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle In Time to our class. From that moment, I was hooked on science fiction and fantasy.

Since 1994 I've also written romance novels for Bantam and Berkley. All my romance novels have a strong fantasy element. Drama and strong, deep personal relationships are a hallmark of my work.

-- Susan Krinard

New Releases

Lord of Legends
(Romance)

HQN
April 1, 2009

This is the third book in the Fane series that began with The Forest Lord and Lord of the Beasts.

He is Arion, King of the Unicorns. Powerful, seductive, he could possess any female he desired - until now. He is condemned to live as a man, and it is only the enchanting Lady Mariah Donnington's innocence that can release him from his curse.

Abandonned on her wedding night, frightened of her hidden, otherwordly heritage, Mariah is instinctively drawn to the mysterious stranger she discovers imprisoned on her husband's estate. But, as the secret of Arion's magical identity unfolds, their friendship burns into a passion that cannot, must not, be comsummated. For to do so would destroy them both. read more...

Upcoming Releases

Lord of Sin
(Romance)

HQN
October 2009 (tentative)

This is the fourth book in the Fane series that began with The Forest Lord then was followed by Lord of the Beasts and the newly released Lord of Legends.

Nuala is descended from ancient witch folk, eternally bound to help others find love. But after the death of her husband, she harbors no such dreams for herself. Then she meets, Sinjin, the Earl of Donnington, and feels something stir within her for the first time in centuries...

Handsome and scandalously tempting, Sinjin has never met a woman he couldn't seduce. Yet from the moment he sees the stunning young widow, he knows he wants more than just one night of sin - and even the discovery of the dark secret they share won't stop him from trying to possess her forever. But first he must free her from her immortal bondage, which means robbing her of her magic for all time. read more...

I will have two novellas out in 2010.

One, tentatively called Lady of the Nile, will appear in a currently untitled Paranormal Anthology from HQN. It is a spinoff from my upcoming novel, Lord of Sin.

Bespelling Jane, an HQN anthology, will include Blood and Prejudice, a modern reworking of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, with vampires.

Details will follow as soon as possible.

Current Releases

Come the Night
(Romance)

HQN
October 1, 2008

The Great War has ended and Gillian Maitland is to marry a werewolf of her father's choosing – ensuring the purity of their noble bloodline. Still, she can't forget Ross Kavanaugh, the American whose forbidden touch unleashed a passion she had never known. And when Ross returns unexpectedly to England, he's no longer the man she remembers, but a hard-boiled ex-cop who harbors a dark secret.

The discovery that they have a son makes Ross even more determined to prove his worth to Gillian, despite being merely a quarter werewolf. The a mysterious spate of murders cast him under a pall of suspicion, and, torn between duty and desire, Gillian knows she must drive Ross away. Even as their hunger for each other grows by the hour... read more...

"Ride a Dark Horse"
in anthology
Hotter Than Hell
(Romance)

Harper
June 24, 2008

When Catalina O'Roarke travels to Taos, New Mexico, to get away from Los Angeles and bad memories of her recent divorce, she meets the devastatingly handsome and mysterious cowboy named Andrés--a man with an uncanny power over horses... and her soul. She doesn't realize she'd known him in another life... or that he's so much more than he seems... read more...

Dark of the Moon
(Romance)

HQN
March 2008

During the heyday of the Clan, New York's vampire organization of gangsters and bootleggers, Dorian Black was an enforcer for the notorious boss Raoul Boucher. But when the Clan is shattered by violence and betrayal, Dorian abandons his old ways and is prepared to die for his sins ... until he saves the life of a brave and determined woman reporter, Gwen Murphy.

Gwen realizes at once that there is something very unusual about Dorian Black. She's drawn to the haunted suffering in his eyes as well as to his strength and sexual allure. But he hides secrets that lie dangerously close to the ones she is pursuing for the New York Sentinel. Soon human and vampire must join forces and comes to terms with their growing attraction as they battle warring vampire factions and a fanatical cult bent on changing their world forever... read more...