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Kay Hooper (born 1957) is a New York Times bestselling American author of more than 60 books. Biography Kay Hooper was born in Merced County, California to Martha and James Hooper. Her father, an Air Force employee, was stationed in the base hospital. James, Martha (1938-2002), and Kay lived on the base. Shortly after Kay's birth, the family moved back to North Carolina where she was raised and went to school. Her two younger siblings were born in North Carolina. Kay Hooper lives in Rutherford County, North Carolina, near her father and her siblings. She fosters cats and kittens for the Community Pet Center, a non-profit rescue organization on whose board she also sits. Her first book, entitled The Lady Thief, was published in 1981 and she has since gone on to publish over 70 books. She made the New York Times Best Sellers List in 2000 with her book Stealing Shadows and was nominated for the Shamus Award for Best Original P.I. Paperback for House of Cards, part of The Bishop Series, in 1992. Selected works The Quinn/Thief series Once a Thief. October 2002. ISBN 978-0-553-58511-7. Always a Thief. November 2002. ISBN 978-0-553-58568-1. The Men of Mysteries Past series All for Quinn / August 1993 The Trouble with Jared / June 1993 Hunting the Wolfe / April 1993 The Touch of Max / February 1993 The Once Upon a Time series The Matchmaker / October 1991 Star-Crossed Lovers / October 1990 The Lady and the Lion / September 1990 Through the Looking Glass / June 1990 What Dreams May Come / April 1990 The Glass Shoe / November 1989 Golden Threads / September 1989 The Bishop / Special Crimes Unit series Shadows trilogy Stealing Shadows. August 2000. ISBN 978-0-553-57553-8. Hiding in the Shadows. September 2000. ISBN 978-0-553-57692-4. Out of the Shadows. October 2000. ISBN 978-0-553-57695-5. Evil trilogy Touching Evil. July 2001. ISBN 978-0-553-58344-1. Whisper of Evil. July 2002. ISBN 978-0-553-58346-5. Sense of Evil. July 2003. ISBN 978-0-553-80300-6. Fear trilogy Hunting Fear. July 2004. ISBN 978-0-553-80316-7. Chill of Fear. July 2005. ISBN 978-0-553-80317-4. Sleeping With Fear. July 2006. ISBN 978-0-553-80318-1. Blood trilogy Blood Dreams. December 2007. ISBN 978-0-553-80484-3. Blood Sins. December 2008. ISBN 978-0-553-80485-0. Blood Ties. January 2010. ISBN 978-0-553-80486-7. Haven trilogy Haven. July 2012. ISBN 978-0-425-25874-3. Hostage. November 2013. Haunted. September 2014. Dark Trilogy Fear the Dark. October 2015. Wait for Dark. March 2017. Hold Back the Dark. April 2018. The Bishop Files The First Prophet. November 2012. A Deadly Web. December 2014. Final Shadows. December 2018. Bishop / Special Crimes Unit Hidden Salem. April 2020. The Hagen series Aces High / April 1989 It Takes a Thief / March 1989 Captain's Paradise / December 1988 Shades of Gray / October 1988 Outlaw Derek / April 1988 Unmasking Kelsey / February 1988 The Fall of Lucas Kendrick / January 1988 Zach's Law / December 1987 Rafferty's Wife / November 1987 Raven on the Wing / May 1987 In Serena's Web / April 1987 Compilations The Real Thing / November 2004(Reissue of 2 novels: Enemy Mine and The Haviland Touch) Elusive / March 2004(Reissue of 3 novels: Elusive Dawn, On Her Doorstep, and Return Engagement) Enchanted / January 2003(Reissue of 3 novels: Kissed by Magic, Belonging to Taylor, and Eye of the Beholder) Stand-alone novels Haunting Rachel / July 1999 Finding Laura / July 1998 After Caroline / October 1997 Amanda / September 1996 The Haunting of Josie / August 1994 Masquerade / February 1994 The Wizard of Seattle / June 1993 House of Cards / November 1991 The Haviland Touch / June 1991 (Reissued December 2005) Crime of Passion / February 1991 Enemy Mine / August 1989 (Reissued November 2005) Delaney Historicals II: Velvet Lightning / November 1988 Delaney Historicals: Golden Flames / April 1988 Summer of the Unicorn / March 1988 The Delaney's of Killaroo: Adelaide, the Enchantress / September 1987 On Her Doorstep / December 1986 The Shamrock Trinity: Rafe, the Maverick / October 1986 Time After Time / July 1986 Larger Than Life (1986; available only through Loveswept book club until 2009 reissue) Belonging to Taylor / March 1986 Rebel Waltz / February 1986 Eye of the Beholder / May 1985 Illegal Possession / March 1985 If There Be Dragons / December 1984 Pepper's Way / September 1984 Something Different / May 1984 Moonlight Rhapsody / May 1984 CJ's Fate / February 1984 Kissed by Magic / November 1983 Elusive Dawn / July 1983 On Wings of Magic / June 1983 Taken by Storm / March 1983 Breathless Surrender / November 1982 Return Engagement / September 1982 Mask of Passion / August 1982 Lady Thief / July 1981 (Reissued March 2005) Stories published in anthologies Hooper, Kay; Pappano, Marilyn; Martin, Michelle; Shalvis, Jill; Kauffman, Donna (December 1999). "Arts Magica". Yours 2 Keep. ISBN 978-0-553-58167-6. Hooper, Kay; Chastain, Sandra; Krinard, Susan; Thornton, Elizabeth; Monk, Karyn (March 1995). "Almost an Angel". My Guardian Angel. ISBN 978-0-553-76260-0. Hooper, Kay; Johansen, Iris; Preston, Fayrene (November 2005) [December 1992]. "Christmas Future". The Delaney Christmas Carol. ISBN 978-0-553-80287-0. Hooper, Kay; Drake, Shannon; Davis, Diane Wicker; Kleypas, Lisa (Christmas 1991). "Holiday Spirit". Christmas Love Stories. ISBN 978-0-380-76572-0. References External links "Official Kay Hooper website". Kay Hooper at the Internet Book List "Kay Hooper". Literary Spotlight. www.writersnewsweekly.com. Archived from the original on July 19, 2009.. Discover the Kay Hooper popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Kay Hooper books.

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  • Sleeping with Fear synopsis, comments

    Sleeping with Fear

    Kay Hooper

    Bestselling author Kay Hooper returns with a relentless thriller that brings her readers facetoface with fear itself. In this terrifying novel, a psychic special agent finds hers...

  • Sideswiped synopsis, comments

    Sideswiped

    Kim Harrison

    Don’t miss this thrilling first look into the elite world of Peri Reed, government agency operative extraordinaire, and catch more of her character in The Drafter, the first book i...

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    Once a Thief

    Kay Hooper

    With a priceless collection at stake...Is everything for the taking?It had taken centuries for Max Bannister’s family to acquire their treasures, and now he’s been asked to risk hi...

  • If There Be Dragons synopsis, comments

    If There Be Dragons

    Kay Hooper

    New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper weaves seduction, suspense, and the paranormal into a spellbinding romance centered on an enigmatic womanand the man whose touch thre...

  • The Operator synopsis, comments

    The Operator

    Kim Harrison

    Ontherun exagent Peri Reed returns bigger and bolder than ever in this second highlyanticipated installment in #1 New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison's new suspense tril...

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    Final Shadows

    Kay Hooper

    A desperate underground war with the survival of millions at stake looms in the electrifying conclusion of the New York Times bestselling Bishop Files Trilogy.Tasha Solomon's world...

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    Larger than Life

    Kay Hooper

    From New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper comes a novel of romantic intrigue about a pop music sensation with an unforgettable voiceand a secret past she keeps hidden even ...

  • Shades of Gray synopsis, comments

    Shades of Gray

    Kay Hooper

    Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac. But in this classic novel of romance and suspense from New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper, a strong man who always takes what he wants ...

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    Touching Evil

    Kay Hooper

    Sometimes evil lingers so close, you can feel it....Seattle police sketch artist Maggie Barnes has an extraordinary gift. She listens as traumatized crime victims describe their or...

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    Always a Thief

    Kay Hooper

    In a deadly game of skill and deception...A master thief is just the first wild card…The priceless, rarely displayed Bannister collection is about to be exhibitedand the show’s dir...

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    Amanda

    Kay Hooper

    A spellbinding tale of contemporary suspense that begins with a mysterious homecoming and ends in a shattering explosion of passion, greed, and murder. And all because a stranger s...

  • Sense of Evil synopsis, comments

    Sense of Evil

    Kay Hooper

    Kay Hooper is the brightest new star of suspense fiction. Now the New York Times bestselling author who’s built a reputation for keeping her readers’ pulse in the red zone delivers...

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    Out of the Shadows

    Kay Hooper

    To catch this killer, she must break every rule and cross every line.Out Of The ShadowsA pictureperfect Tennessee town has just become a monster's hunting ground. Two bodies are f...

  • Hidden Salem synopsis, comments

    Hidden Salem

    Kay Hooper

    A town shrouded in the occult. An evil that lurks in the dark. The SCU returns in a hairraising novel from New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper. Nellie Cavendish ...

  • Blood Sins synopsis, comments

    Blood Sins

    Kay Hooper

    New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper delivers once again with this chilling novel in which the Special Crimes Unit sends a Haven operative undercover to catch a charis...

  • Blood Ties synopsis, comments

    Blood Ties

    Kay Hooper

    New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper takes us to the outer reaches of fear in Blood Ties, as the Special Crimes Unit is targeted by a monster intent on destroying both Noah...

  • After Caroline synopsis, comments

    After Caroline

    Kay Hooper

    Joanna Flynn was lucky to be alive. Twice in a matter of minutes she almost died on a patch of oilslicked highway. But when the doctors told her that she would suffer no lasting e...

  • Whisper of Evil synopsis, comments

    Whisper of Evil

    Kay Hooper

    Someone is stalking the little town of Silence. Three victims have fallen to a killer’s savage vengeance. Each of the dead men was a successful and respected member of the communit...

  • On Wings of Magic synopsis, comments

    On Wings of Magic

    Kay Hooper

    A stunning beauty with an air of seductive innocence, Kendall James looks like the proverbial dumb blondeand she plays the part to perfection. But it's all an act of selfpreservati...

  • Rebel Waltz synopsis, comments

    Rebel Waltz

    Kay Hooper

    New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper tells a timelessly seductive tale of a romance touched by the paranormal and of a woman who opens a door to the unknown and finds a str...

  • Hunting Fear synopsis, comments

    Hunting Fear

    Kay Hooper

    Lucas Jordan has an extraordinary psychic skill that police all over the country find invaluable: he locates missing people. And since being recruited by Noah Bishop for his ...

  • Unmasking Kelsey synopsis, comments

    Unmasking Kelsey

    Kay Hooper

    All is not as it seems as a daring undercover agent and an unconventional southern belle mix business with pleasure in this classic story of romance and suspense from New York Time...

  • Son of the Morning synopsis, comments

    Son of the Morning

    Linda Howard

    New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard captivates readers in the deeply romantic tale of a contemporary woman who unravels an extraordinary mystery from the pastby living i...

  • Finding Laura synopsis, comments

    Finding Laura

    Kay Hooper

    Mirror, mirror on the wall,who's the deadliest one of all?It's an antique mirror that can reveal secrets...or tarnish the truth. And for struggling artist Laura Sutherland, buying ...

  • The Haunting of Josie synopsis, comments

    The Haunting of Josie

    Kay Hooper

    Before writing such New York Times bestselling thrillers as Blood Dreams and Sleeping with Fear, Kay Hooper made her mark with novels uniquely blending romance and suspense. In thi...

  • Illegal Possession synopsis, comments

    Illegal Possession

    Kay Hooper

    From New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper comes a novel of suspense, mystery, and seduction that begins at the scene of a crimeand brings a man and woman together in a dang...

  • Hiding in the Shadows synopsis, comments

    Hiding in the Shadows

    Kay Hooper

    Terror waits just out of sightHiding In The ShadowsAccident victim Faith Parker has done what her doctors feared she never would: awakened from the coma that held her prisoner for ...

  • Stealing Shadows synopsis, comments

    Stealing Shadows

    Kay Hooper

    What if you can enter a madman's cruel mind as he plans his vicious crimes? What if you can see the terrified face of his prey as he moves in for the killbut you can't stop his fr...

  • Waylaid synopsis, comments

    Waylaid

    Kim Harrison

    Worlds collide when Rachel Morgan of The Hollows meets Peri Reed of The Drafter in this exciting new short story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison.The paranorm...

  • Hostage synopsis, comments

    Hostage

    Kay Hooper

    Haven operative Luther Brinkman and Agent Callie Davis discover that they’re the ones being hunted in this Bishop/Special Crimes Unit thriller from New York Times bestselling autho...

  • Haunting Rachel synopsis, comments

    Haunting Rachel

    Kay Hooper

    Danger wears many faces....Ten years ago Rachel Grant's fiancé, Thomas, disappeared. His body was never found. Now there's a stranger in town, a man who could be Thomas's twinor hi...

  • The First Prophet synopsis, comments

    The First Prophet

    Kay Hooper

    A woman with extraordinary abilities is drawn into a shocking conspiracy in the first thriller in the Bishop Files seriesfrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Bishop/SC...

  • Rafe, the Maverick synopsis, comments

    Rafe, the Maverick

    Kay Hooper

    In a redhot saga from New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper, a Delaney rebel finds his saving grace in the arms of a woman who’s also wild at heart.   Tiny, blond Maggi...

  • Outlaw Derek synopsis, comments

    Outlaw Derek

    Kay Hooper

    New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper mixes suspense and romance in this classic novel of two unlikely souls who find love on the run.   After asking the wrong people t...

  • Golden Threads synopsis, comments

    Golden Threads

    Kay Hooper

    Passion, suspense, and a bit of magic come together in an irresistible short novel from bestselling author Kay Hooper’s Once Upon a Time series: the tale of a reallife Rapunzel who...

  • The Drafter synopsis, comments

    The Drafter

    Kim Harrison

    In the first explosive book in the Peri Reed Chronicles, Kim Harrison, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Hollows series, blazes a new frontier with an edgeofyourseat thri...

  • The Delaney Christmas Carol synopsis, comments

    The Delaney Christmas Carol

    Iris Johansen, Fayrene Preston & Kay Hooper

    Celebrate the joys of the holiday season with a trio of exquisitely crafted, richly romantic tales by three of the brightest stars in contemporary fiction. Filled with passion, d...

  • The Turn synopsis, comments

    The Turn

    Kim Harrison

    #1 New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to her beloved Hollows series with The Turnthe official prequel to the series that will introduce you to a whole new side ...

  • Harvest synopsis, comments

    Harvest

    Tess Gerritsen

    In this harrowing medical thriller filled with suspense and brilliantly crafted twists, Tess Gerritsenthe author of the acclaimed Rizzoli & Isles series that inspired the hit t...

  • Haunted synopsis, comments

    Haunted

    Kay Hooper

    How do you make peace with the dead if the dead aren’t ready to forgive? The answer lies in this Bishop/Special Crimes Unit novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Hold B...

  • The Wizard of Seattle synopsis, comments

    The Wizard of Seattle

    Kay Hooper

    She looked like a ragged, stormdrenched urchin, but from the moment Serena Smyth appeared on his Seattle doorstep, Richard Patrick Merlin recognized the spark behind her green eyes...

  • Chill of Fear synopsis, comments

    Chill of Fear

    Kay Hooper

    Bestselling author Kay Hooper turns up the heat even as she chills readers to the bone with a suspense novel that distills the essence of fear itself. In this relentless thriller...

  • Raven on the Wing synopsis, comments

    Raven on the Wing

    Kay Hooper

    New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper brings together romance and suspense in this classic love story of a woman who must lie to keep a safe distance from the man she lovesb...

  • Blood Dreams synopsis, comments

    Blood Dreams

    Kay Hooper

    New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper takes readers on a terrifying manhunt for a serial killer even the Special Crimes Unit may not be able to stop.   Dani Justice k...

  • The Fall of Lucas Kendrick synopsis, comments

    The Fall of Lucas Kendrick

    Kay Hooper

    New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper blends intrigue and romance in this classic tale of love lost and foundas an undercover agent recruits the woman he abandoned for a dan...