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Gena Showalter is a bestselling American author that writes romance novels. She keeps her stories interesting by dipping her toes into various romance sub-genres, including fantasy, paranormal, and YA. Born in 1975 in Oklahoma, Showalter wasn’t particularly enthusiastic about reading when she was young.
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Order of Lords of the Underworld Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Darkest Fire (Short Story) | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Darkest Night | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Darkest Kiss | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Darkest Pleasure | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Darkest Prison | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Darkest Whisper | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
7 | The Darkest Angel (Short Story) | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
8 | The Darkest Passion | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
9 | The Darkest Lie | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
10 | The Darkest Secret | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
11 | The Darkest Surrender | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
12 | The Darkest Seduction | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
13 | The Darkest Craving | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
14 | The Darkest Touch | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
15 | The Darkest Torment | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
16 | The Darkest Promise | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
17 | The Darkest Warrior | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
18 | The Darkest Captive | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
19 | The Darkest Assassin | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
20 | The Darkest King | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
21 | The Darkest Destiny (Short Story) | 2021 | Description / Buy |
Order of Lords Of The Underworld Non-Fiction Books
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Darkest Facts | 2010 | Description / Buy |
Order of Alien Huntress Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Awaken Me Darkly | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Enslave Me Sweetly | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Savor Me Slowly | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Seduce the Darkness | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Ecstasy in Darkness | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Dark Taste of Rapture | 2011 | Description / Buy |
Order of Angels of the Dark Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Wicked Nights | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Beauty Awakened | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Burning Dawn | 2014 | Description / Buy |
Order of Atlantis Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Heart of the Dragon | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Jewel of Atlantis | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Nymph King | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Vampire's Bride | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Into the Dark | 2010 | Description / Buy |
Order of Everlife Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Firstlife | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Lifeblood | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Everlife | 2018 | Description / Buy |
Order of The Forest of Good and Evil Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Evil Queen | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Glass Queen | 2020 | Description / Buy |
Order of Gods of War Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Shadow and Ice | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Frost and Flame | 2019 | Description / Buy |
Order of Immortals After Dark Series with Kresley Cole
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Warlord Wants Forever / Blood Red Kiss | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
2 | A Hunger Like No Other | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
3 | No Rest for the Wicked | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Dark Needs at Night's Edge | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Dark Desires After Dusk | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Kiss of a Demon King | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Deep Kiss of Winter | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Pleasure of a Dark Prince | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Demon from the Dark | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Dreams of a Dark Warrior | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Lothaire | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
13 | The Brothers Wroth | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Shadow's Claim | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
15 | MacRieve | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Untouchable | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Dark Skye | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Sweet Ruin / Dark Heart | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
19 | Shadow's Seduction | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
20 | Wicked Abyss | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Munro | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
22 | The Witch Queen of Halloween | 2024 | Description / Buy | |
23 | Shadow's Heart | 2025 | Description / Buy |
Order of Imperia Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Stone Prince | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Pleasure Slave | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Prince of Stone | 2020 | Description / Buy |
Order of Immortal Enemies Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Heartless | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Ruthless | 2022 | Description / Buy |
Order of Intertwined Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Intertwined | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Unraveled | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Twisted | 2011 | Description / Buy |
Order of Jane Ladling Mystery Series with Jill Monroe
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Romancing the Gravestone | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Fifty Shades of Grave | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Game of Gravestones (Short Story) | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Twelve Graves of Christmas (Short Story) | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Conrad: Falling For the Gravekeeper | 2023 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Grave Wars | 2023 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Grave New World | 2024 | Description / Buy |
Order of Kings of Fury Series with Jill Monroe
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Wrong Bride | 2024 | Description / Buy |
Order of The Original Heartbreakers Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The One You Want (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Closer You Come | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Hotter You Burn | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Harder You Fall | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Can't Hardly Breathe | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Can't Let Go | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Can't Get Enough | 2017 | Description / Buy |
Order of Otherworld Assassin Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Last Kiss Goodnight | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Black and Blue | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Dark Swan | 2017 | Description / Buy |
Order of Out of Ozland Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Great and Terrible | 2024 | Description / Buy |
Order of Rise of the Warlords Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Warlord | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Immortal | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Phantom | 2023 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Wrath | 2024 | Description / Buy |
Order of Royal House of Shadows Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Lord of the Vampires | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Lord of Rage | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Lord of the Wolfyn | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Lord of the Abyss | 2011 | Description / Buy |
Order of Tales of an Extra-Ordinary Girl Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Playing with Fire | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Twice as Hot | 2010 | Description / Buy |
Order of Teen Alien Huntress Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Red Handed | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Blacklisted | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Darkness Eternal | 2013 | Description / Buy |
Order of White Rabbit Chronicles Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Alice in Zombieland | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Through the Zombie Glass | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Queen of Zombie Hearts | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Cole… Meet Ali (Short Story) | 2014 | Published on the authors blog. | |
5 | A Mad Zombie Party | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Kat in Zombieland (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
7 | The White Rabbit Chronicles | 2016 | Description / Buy |
Order of Gena Showalter Standalone Novels
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Animal Instincts | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Oh My Goth | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Catch a Mate | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Tempt Me Eternally | 2009 | Description / Buy |
Order of Gena Showalter Short Stories/Novellas
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Haunted | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Temptation in Shadows (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Ever Night (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy |
Order of Gena Showalter Short Story Collections
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | On the Hunt | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Mysteria Nights | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
3 | After Moonrise | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Magic at Midnight | 2013 | Description / Buy |
Order of Gena Showalter Non-Fiction Books
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Dating the Undead | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
2 | All Write Already: Year of Your Book | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Darkest Organizer: A Gena Showalter Journal | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Write Life: A Year Of Your Records | 2021 | Description / Buy |
Order of Mysteria Series with MaryJanice Davidson, Susan Grant, P.C. Cast
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Mysteria | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Mysteria Lane | 2008 | Description / Buy |
Gena Showalter Anthologies
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Heart of Darkness | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Bodyguard | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Royal House of Shadows Anthology | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
4 | All For You | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Blood Red Kiss | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
6 | 1001 Dark Nights: Bundle Twenty-Nine | 2020 | Description / Buy |
She only changed her tune when she discovered the Sweet Valley High series. The desire to explore the highs and lows of the characters, their conflicts, and their relationships, drove Showalter to ferociously devour the Sweet Valley High books.
She also remembers reading Johanna Lindsay’s ‘Silver Angel’ and falling for the heroine, a sassy 18-year-old that had the sexiest man in Regency England wrapped around her finger. The author was still in high school when she first attempted to write fiction.
Though, back then, she limited her efforts to a few scenes. It wasn’t until she reached her early twenties that Gena Showalter wrote ‘Heaven’s Fury’, her first full-length novel. But she has no interest in showing it to anyone because it was terrible. Showalter knows this, which is why she is frequently tempted to burn the manuscript.
Fortunately, she was not discouraged by the attempt. She kept writing until she found a publisher that was willing to take a chance on her stories. The author was 27. At the time, she had no idea that she would go on to write dozens of novels over the years, with some of the books becoming New York Times and USA Today bestsellers.
Showalter learned early on that she had to treat her career as a business. She couldn’t wait for inspiration to strike her. She had to make sure that she wrote every single day regardless of whether or not she felt like it.
Admittedly, once she became a published author, she no longer had a choice in the matter. She had deadlines and she understood that failing to meet them meant losing the trust of her publishers.
She uses the same discipline that got her into the publishing industry to meet her objectives. The author tries to write at least one chapter every single day regardless of the circumstances.
The fact that her work isn’t always pristine doesn’t bother Showalter. She knows that her first draft is just the bare bones and that, over time, she will fix and refine it to produce a manuscript worth publishing.
Showalter wants aspiring writers to approach their manuscripts the same way. They should write their first draft for themselves, acting as if no one will ever read it. This will enable them to make steady progress until they finally finish the draft.
The tactic has worked for Showalter. Her books are fascinating because she combines so many interesting ideas, including myths, legends, and folktales. But even when she experiments with fantasy, her books always emphasize the romantic aspects.
Gena Showalter Awards
Showalter won the South Carolina Children’s, Junior, and Young Adult Book Award (2014). She was a finalist for the Rita Award in 2009.
Best Gena Showalter Books
The author is an avid fan of Stephenie Meyer‘s Twilight novels. Showalter’s best books include:
The Darkest Night: For Ashlyn, Budapest was her only hope. She had spent her life trying and failing to escape the voices. Finally, she stumbled upon a solution that would bring her torment to an end. Rumors had revealed that a group of men in Budapest had supernatural abilities.
She made the trip hoping that one of them would help her. But Maddox wasn’t quite what Ashlyn expected. His touch had unleashed a hunger she could barely control. For his part, Maddox was just as helpless. He yearned for Ashlyn. But was their love enough to survive the test awaiting them?
The Darkest Kiss: Anya’s life was empty. Even with all her gifts, true pleasure had eluded the goddess of Anarchy. But then Lucien entered the picture and changed everything. As the incarnation of death, the warrior spent his days guiding the souls of the dead.
When the two collided, Anya realized that Lucien was the only person who could awaken the fire in her heart. But Lucien had been tasked with a heart-wrenching job. He had been sent to claim Anya. Anya and Lucien must sacrifice everything to protect their love.
When Does The Next Gena Showalter book come out?
Gena Showalter doesn't seem to have an upcoming book. Their newest book is The Great and Terrible and was released on November, 4th 2024. It is the newest book in the Out of Ozland Series.