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Books like The Dark Kiss: 9 series to read next

The Dark Kiss is paranormal romance, set in contemporary and our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Dark Kiss is 4 books, 2010–2011.

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Carpathian
Black Dagger
Twilight / Wings in the Night
The Midnight Breed
Dark-Hunter
Tantalize / Quincie, Kieren and Zachary
Beautiful Creatures
Fallen
Guild Hunter

CarpathianSeries

seriesChristine Feehan48 books1999

Paranormal romance, emotional in tone, about vampires, set in contemporary and our world.

“Carpathian is Christine Feehan's long-running paranormal romance series about an ancient, near-immortal species who slowly lose color and feeling until they find a lifemate who restores both.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dark Prince →

Black DaggerUniverse

universe52 books2005

Paranormal romance, emotional in tone, about vampires, set in contemporary.

“Come to Caldwell, New York, after dark, where the war has been running longer than the city has had a name.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Twilight / Wings in the NightSeries

seriesMaggie Shayne22 books1993

Paranormal romance, about vampires, set in contemporary and our world.

“Beginning with Twilight Phantasies in 1993, the series predates and helped establish the modern vampire-romance genre well before the paranormal romance boom of the 2000s.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Twilight Phantasies →

The Midnight BreedSeries

seriesLara Adrian29 books2007

Paranormal romance, about vampires, set in contemporary and our world.

“Lara Adrian's long-running paranormal romance series, beginning with Kiss of Midnight, follows different Breed warriors and their human partners across twenty-five novels.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Touch of Midnight →

Dark-HunterSeries

seriesSherrilyn Kenyon, Alethea Kontis, Carol Shaughnessy & Madaug Kenyon65 books2000

Paranormal romance, set in contemporary and our world.

“Kenyon began writing the series in 1986 in horror, fantasy and science fiction magazines.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Fantasy Lover →

Tantalize / Quincie, Kieren and ZacharySeries

seriesCynthia Leitich Smith4 books2007

“Can Quincie transform their new hire into a culinary Dark Lord before opening night?”
from the catalogue description of Tantalize

Start with Tantalize →

Beautiful CreaturesUniverse

universe50 books1997

Paranormal romance, set in contemporary and our world.

“The most dangerous thing in the room is never the fang or the claw.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

FallenSeries

seriesLauren Kate7 books2009

About reincarnation.

“Lauren Kate's Fallen opens with Luce Price, sent to a reform school in Savannah after a fire she can't explain, where she meets Daniel, a boy she is certain she has met before.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Fallen →

Guild HunterSeries

seriesNalini Singh23 books2009

Paranormal romance, about angels, set in contemporary and our world.

“Guild Hunter is set in a world where angels rule openly over human society, served by vampires bound to them for a century of servitude and policed in part by hunters who track down vampires who break their bonds.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Angels' Blood →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after The Dark Kiss?: Carpathian — the closest match to The Dark Kiss on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Dark Kiss?: My Love Eternal. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Dark Kiss.
How big is The Dark Kiss?: The Dark Kiss is 4 books, 2010–2011.

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