Jeanne C. Stein

Jeanne C. Stein lives in San Diego where, according to her website, dogs tread quietly or they disappear. You can check out the Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles Book List for additional information about her urban fantasy series.

She has her own blog JeanneStein.com. She shares a blog with fellow vampire writer Mario Acevedo called The Biting Edge: An Author’s Blog. She and Mario share a writer’s group called The League of Reluctant Adults.

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Horror Books

  1. The Becoming,
    • December 2004 (Trade Paperback — Imajinn Books)
    • November 2006 (Mass Market Paperback — Ace)
    • November 2007 (eBook — Ace)
    • February 2010 (MP3 Audio Book — Audible Frontiers)

  2. Blood Drive,
    • January 2006 (Trade Paperback — Imajinn Books)
    • June 2007 (Mass Market Paperback — Ace)
    • August 2007 (eBook — Ace)
    • February 2010 (MP3 Audio Book — Audible Frontiers)

  3. The Watcher,
    • November 2007 (Mass Market Paperback — Ace)
    • August 2010 (eBook — Ace)
    • February 2010 (MP3 Audio Book — Audible Frontiers)

  4. Legacy,
    • August 2008 (Mass Market Paperback — Ace)
    • August 2010 (eBook — Ace)
    • February 2010 (MP3 Audio Book — Audible Frontiers)

  5. Retribution,
    • August 2009 (Mass Market Paperback — Ace)
    • August 2010 (eBook — Ace)
    • February 2010 (MP3 Audio Book — Audible Frontiers)

  6. Chosen,
    • August 2010 (Mass Market Paperback — Ace)
    • August 2010 (eBook — Ace)
    • August 2010 (MP3 Audio Book — Audible Frontiers)

  7. Hexed, with Ilona Andrews, Yasmine Galenorn and Allyson James
    • June 2011 (Mass Market Paperback — Berkley)
    • June 2011 (eBook — Berkley)

  8. Crossroads,
    • August 2011 (Mass Market Paperback — Ace)
    • August 2011 (eBook — Ace)



Horror Books: Detailed List

Crossroads is the seventh urban fantasy book in the Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles Series by Jeanne C. Stein

Crossroads (Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles #7)

Author: Stein, Jeanne C.
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Page Count: 304pp.
Pub. Date: August 30, 2011
Publisher: Ace Books/Penguin (USA)

As a bounty hunter, Anna Strong knew how to find trouble. But now that she’s a vampire, trouble seems to have a knack for finding her . . .

The death of Anna’s old vampire mentor is causing ripples in the mortal world. His forensic report has brought up some anomalies and people are asking questions — questions that no vampire wants to answer.

Anna needs to lie low, but the sudden discovery of a slew of drained bodies near the Mexican border brings an old flame back into her life and with him, a new challenge.

Then, some stunning news from an unexpected source sends Anna and her friend Daniel Frey on a journey that may change both their lives — forever.

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Chosen is the sixth urban fantasy book in the Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles Series by Jeanne C. Stein

Chosen (Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles #6)

Author: Stein, Jeanne C.
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Page Count: 304pp.
Pub. Date: August 31, 2010
Publisher: Ace Books/Penguin (USA)

Anna Strong’s primitive vampire instincts are getting harder to control. And a new enemy wants to take advantage of that fact, for Anna has been chosen to shape the destiny of all vampires — and all humans.

Amazon.com online bookstore August 2010 (Mass Market Paperback — Ace Books)
Amazon.com online bookstore August 2010 (Kindle — Ace Books)
Amazon.com online bookstore August 2010 (MP3 Audio Book — Audible Frontiers)
Barnes and Noble online bookstore August 2010 (Mass Market Paperback — Ace Books)
Barnes and Noble online bookstore August 2010 (NOOKbook — Ace Books)
Retribution is the fifth urban fantasy book in the Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles Series by Jeanne C. Stein

Retribution (Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles #5)

Author: Stein, Jeanne C.
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Page Count: 304pp.
Pub. Date: August 25, 2009
Publisher: Ace Books/Penguin (USA)

With her partner out of town, her family abroad, and her mentor estranged, newly-turned vampire Anna Strong is keeping a low profile.

But now young vampires are turning up dead, completely drained of their life force. And though Anna wants to say no when Williams, her former teacher and now leader of a supernatural enforcement squad, asks for her help, she can’t.

But soon, she’ll wish she did.

Amazon.com online bookstore August 2009 (Mass Market Paperback — Ace Books)
Amazon.com online bookstore August 2009 (Kindle — Ace Books)
Amazon.com online bookstore February 2010 (MP3 Audio Book — Audible Frontiers)
Barnes and Noble online bookstore August 2009 (Mass Market Paperback — Ace Books)
Barnes and Noble online bookstore August 2009 (NOOKbook — Ace Books)
Legacy is the fourth urban fantasy book in the Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles Series by Jeanne C. Stein

Legacy (Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles #4)

Author: Stein, Jeanne C.
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Page Count: 304pp.
Pub. Date: August 26, 2008
Publisher: Ace Books/Penguin (USA)

Anna has struggled to adapt to her supernatural status while clinging to the vestiges of her humanity. Now she must deal with her legacy.

The sinister vampire who transformed her is dead, and Anna is entitled to his vast fortune.

But a predatory werewolf comes forward, claiming the inheritance as her own — and she’ll kill to get what she wants most: blood and money.

Amazon.com online bookstore August 2008 (Mass Market Paperback — Ace Books)
Amazon.com online bookstore August 2008 (Kindle — Ace Books)
Amazon.com online bookstore February 2010 (MP3 Audio Book — Audible Frontiers)
Barnes and Noble online bookstore August 2008 (Mass Market Paperback — Ace Books)
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The Watcher is the third urban fantasy book in the Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles Series by Jeanne C. Stein

The Watcher (Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles #3)

Author: Stein, Jeanne C.
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Page Count: 304pp.
Pub. Date: November 27, 2007
Publisher: Ace Books/Penguin (USA)

Newly-made vampire Anna has become a Watcher — one of the supernatural world’s enforcers — even as she fights to control her vampiric rage.

When a series of very dangerous events threatens to draw out her unstable powers, her Watcher mentor sends her away for her own safety. But if there’s one thing Anna has always been able to find, it’s trouble.

Amazon.com online bookstore August 2007 (Mass Market Paperback — Ace Books)
Amazon.com online bookstore August 2007 (Kindle — Ace Books)
Amazon.com online bookstore February 2010 (MP3 Audio Book — Audible Frontiers)
Barnes and Noble online bookstore August 2007 (Mass Market Paperback — Ace Books)
Barnes and Noble online bookstore August 2007 (NOOKbook — Ace Books)
Blood Drive is the second urban fantasy book in the Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles Series by Jeanne C. Stein

Blood Drive (Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles #2)

Author: Stein, Jeanne C.
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Page Count: 304pp.
Pub. Date: June 26, 2007
Publisher: Ace Books/Penguin (USA)

This is the first edition of Blood Drive by Jeanne C. Stein

Blood Drive (Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles #2)

Author: Stein, Jeanne C.
Format: Trade Paperback
Page Count: 220pp.
Pub. Date: January 30, 2006
Publisher: ImaJinn Books

Anna Strong was a tough-as-nails bounty hunter, until the night she was attacked — and changed forever.

Now a vampire, Anna discovers that her long-dead brother may have had a daughter — and the girl’s in serious trouble. There are some very dangerous people after her, but they’re about to learn that to a bounty hunter with an unnatural thirst for blood, even the deadliest human predators are easy prey.

Amazon.com online bookstore January 2006 (Trade Paperback — ImaJinn Books)
Amazon.com online bookstore November 2007 (Mass Market Paperback — Ace Books)
Amazon.com online bookstore August 2007 (Kindle — Ace Books)
Amazon.com online bookstore February 2010 (MP3 Audio Book — Audible Frontiers)
Barnes and Noble online bookstore January 2006 (Trade Paperback — ImaJinn Books)
Barnes and Noble online bookstore August 2007 (Mass Market Paperback — Ace Books)
The Becoming is the first urban fantasy book in the Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles Series by Jeanne C. Stein

The Becoming (Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles #1)

Author: Stein, Jeanne C.
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Page Count: 304pp.
Pub. Date: November 28, 2006
Publisher: Ace Books/Penguin (USA)

This is the first edition of The Becoming by Jeanne C. Stein

The Becoming (Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles #1)

Author: Stein, Jeanne C.
Format: Trade Paperback
Page Count: 196pp.
Pub. Date: December 2004
Publisher: ImaJinn Books

Anna Strong is trained for anything — until she’s attacked one night, only to awaken in a dark world that exists between the living and the dead. Here, Anna struggles with her love for the two men who inhabit the realms of each: Max, a human DEA agent, and Avery, a Night Watcher who joins Anna in pursuit of the vampire who changed her life.

Now, as her two worlds collide, fate plunges Anna into the ultimate battle between good and evil where survival is not just for the living.

Amazon.com online bookstore December 2004 (Trade Paperback — ImaJinn Books)
Amazon.com online bookstore November 2006 (Mass Market Paperback — Ace Books)
Amazon.com online bookstore November 2007 (Kindle — Ace Books)
Amazon.com online bookstore February 2010 (MP3 Audio Book — Audible Frontiers)
Barnes and Noble online bookstore December 2004 (Trade Paperback — ImaJinn Books)
Barnes and Noble online bookstore November 2006 (Mass Market Paperback — Ace Books)


Anthology: Detailed List

Hexed is a collection of urban fantasy stories by Jeanne C. Stein, Ilona Andrews, Yasmine Galenorn and Allyson James

Hexed

Author: Stein, Jeanne C.; with Ilona Andrews, Yasmine Galenorn and Allyson James
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Page Count: 336pp.
Pub. Date: June 7, 2011
Publisher: Berkley

Four of the bestselling names in romance and fantasy come together in this collection of thrilling novellas featuring powerful women who know how to handle a hex or two . . .

New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews spins “Magic Dreams.” Shapeshifting tigress Dali Harimau finds herself in deep waters when she must challenge a dark being to a battle of wits or risk losing the man for whom she secretly longs.

In “Ice Shards,” New York Times bestselling author Yasmine Galenorn returns to the Otherworld as Iris Kuusi, a Finnish house sprite, journeys to the frozen Northlands to confront the crazed shadow of her former lover and break the curse that is keeping her from marrying the man she loves.

National bestselling author Allyson James takes you to Magellan, Arizona, where Stormwalker Janet Begay and her friends are trapped by a powerful curse. It will take every bit of magic simmering beneath her skin for the Stormwalker to survive being “Double Hexed.”

From national bestselling author Jeanne C. Stein comes “Blood Debt,” in which bounty-hunter-turned-vampire Anna Strong is visited by three witches who ask her to right an old magical wrong. Anna will have to live up to her last name to make it through alive.

Amazon.com online bookstore June 2011 (Mass Market Paperback — Berkley)
Amazon.com online bookstore June 2011 (Kindle — Berkley)
Amazon.com online bookstore June 2011 (MP3 Audio Book — Tantor Media, Inc.)
Barnes and Noble online bookstore June 2011 (Mass Market Paperback — Berkley)
Barnes and Noble online bookstore June 2011 (NOOK book — Berkley)
Barnes and Noble online bookstore June 2011 (MP3 Audio Book — Tantor Media, Inc.)


Title Lists

Horror Book

  1. The Becoming,
  2. Blood Drive,
  3. The Watcher,
  4. Legacy,
  5. Retribution,
  6. Chosen,
  7. Crossroads,

Urban Fantasy Anthology

  1. Hexed,


Series List

Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles

  1. The Becoming,
  2. Blood Drive,
  3. The Watcher,
  4. Legacy,
  5. Retribution,
  6. Chosen,
  7. Crossroads,

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