Dark-Hunter is a best-selling paranormal romance

Paranormal romance

Paranormal romance is a sub-genre of the romance novel. A type of speculative fiction, paranormal romance focuses on romance and includes elements beyond the range of scientific explanation, blending together themes from the genres of traditional fantasy, science fiction, or horror...

 book series by the American author Sherrilyn Kenyon

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Sherrilyn Kenyon is a bestselling US writer. Under her own name she writes Urban Fantasy, but is best known for her Dark-Hunter vampire series. Under the pseudonym Kinley MacGregor she wrote historicals also with paranormal elements...

. The books are published by St. Martin's Press

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. The first novel in the series, Fantasy Lover, was published in 2002. Fantasy Lover was voted one of the Top Ten Romances of 2002 by Romance Writers of America

Romance Writers of America

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. Both Dark Side of the Moon and Unleash the Night sold more than 500,000 copies in 2006. The twelfth book in the series, Devil May Cry, was published in August 2007 and reached number two in the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list.

Novels

1. Fantasy Lover (February 1, 2002) (Julian and Grace)
2. Night Pleasures (September 1, 2002) (Kyrian and Amanda)
3. Night Embrace (July 1, 2003) (Talon and Sunshine)
4. Dance with the Devil (December 1, 2003) (Zarek and Astrid)
5. Kiss of the Night (April 4, 2004) (Wulf and Cassandra)
6. Night Play (August 3, 2004) (Vane and Bride)*Part of the Were Hunter Series
7. Seize the Night (December 28, 2004) (Valerius and Tabitha)
8. Sins of the Night (June 28, 2005) (Alexion and Danger)
9. Unleash the Night (December 27, 2005) (Wren and Maggie)*Part of the Were Hunter Series
10. Dark Side of the Moon (May 30, 2006) (Ravyn and Susan)*Part of the Were Hunter Series
11. The Dream-Hunter (February 6, 2007)(Arik and Geary)*part of the Dream Hunter series, not the Dark Hunter series*
12. Devil May Cry (July 31, 2007) book 13 (Sin and Kat)
13. Upon The Midnight Clear (October 30, 2007) (Aidan and Leta)*part of the Dream Hunter series, not the Dark Hunter series.*
14. Dream Chaser (February 5, 2008) (Xypher and Simone)*part of the Dream Hunter series, not the Dark Hunter series.*
15. Acheron (August 4, 2008) (Acheron and Soteria)
16. One Silent Night (November 25, 2008) (Stryker and Zephyra)
17. Dream Warrior (February 3, 2009) (Jericho and Delphine)*part of the Dream Hunter series, not the Dark Hunter series.*
18. Bad Moon Rising (August 4, 2009) (Fang and Aimee)*Part of the Were Hunter Series
19. No Mercy (September 7, 2010) (Dev and Samia)*Part of the Were Hunter Series
20. Retribution (August 2, 2011) (Sundown and Abigail)
21. The Guardian (November 1, 2011) (Seth and Lydia)*part of the Dream Hunter Series, not the Dark Hunter series.*

Short stories and novelettes

1. "The Beginning" (2002)
2. "Dragonswan" (2002)
3. "Phantom Lover", in the anthology Midnight Pleasures (November 2003)
4. "A Dark-Hunter Christmas", also in the back of Dance with the Devil (December 2003)
5. "Winter Born", in the anthology Stroke of Midnight (October 2004)
6. "Second Chances", free giveaway (2005)
7. "A Hard Day's Night-Searcher", in the anthology My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding (October 3, 2006)
8. "Until Death We Do Part", in the anthology Love At First Bite (October 3, 2006)
9. "Fear the Darkness", free e-book
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   (January 2007)
10. "The Dream-Hunter" (February 6, 2007)
11. "Upon the Midnight Clear" (October 30, 2007)
12. "Dream Chaser" (February 5, 2008)
13. "Shadow of the Moon," in the anthology "Dead after Dark" (December 2, 2008)

External links

• Official website.
• Reading order.
• Sherrilyn Kenyon interview about the Dark-Hunter series at Crescent Blues.
• Sherrilyn Kenyon interview about Devil May Cry at Sci Fi Wire.
• Year of Acheron