Paranormal Romance
Paranormal
Almost anything supernatural or unexplained by natural causes is included in Paranormal Romances. Vampires, angels, psychics, ghosts, werewolves, witches, spirits, reincarnated people, and other similar characters are all at home within this grouping. Settings can be either historical or contemporary, and as with all romances, the love story drives the plot. Occasionally, aspects of the Paranormal blend with another subtype, resulting in stories, for example, about time-traveling witches or futuristic psychics.
--Kristin Ramsdell, Romance Fiction: A Guide to the Genre (Libraries Unlimited, 1999)
- Amanda Ashley
- Christine Feehan – Dark series, Ghost Walkers series, Drake Sisters series, Leopard Series
- Lori Handeland – Nightcreature series
- Kay Hooper – Bishop Special Unit Crimes series
- Dara Joy – Matrix of Destiny series
- Sherrilyn Kenyon – Dark-Hunter series
- Susan Krinard
- Marjorie Liu – Dirk & Steele series
- Linda Lael Miller – Vampire series
- Nora Roberts – Sign of Seven trilogy
- Lynsay Sands – Argeneau series
- Maggie Shayne – Wings in the Night series, The Witches series
- Lynn Viehl – Darkyn series
- Rebecca York – Moon series
Time Travel
The Time Travel romance features protagonists who are transported from one time period to another. The exchange is usually between the present and some time in the past, but other options are acceptable. Conflicts usually result because of time-based cultural differences (e.g., when a modern heroine ends up in the male-dominated past) or the fact that the hero and heroine are from different time periods and must make sacrifices to stay together. --Kristin Ramsdell, Romance Fiction: A Guide to the Genre (Libraries Unlimited, 1999)
- Jude Deveraux – Legend, Remembrance,
- Diana Gabaldon – Outlander series
- Sandra Hill – Desperado, The Outlaw Viking,
- Lynn Kurland –- A Dance Through Time, The More I See You
- Johanna Lindsey – Until Forever,
- Karen Marie Moning – Highlander series
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