Nalini Singh (author)

For the Indian journalist of the same name, see Nalini Singh.

Nalini Singh (born 1977) is a New Zealand author of Indo-Fijian descent. She has authored numerous paranormal romance novels.

Nalini Raadhika Singh
At the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair
Born	(1977-09-07) 7 September 1977 (age 48) Suva, Fiji
Occupation	Author
Language	English
Citizenship	New Zealand
Education	Bachelor of Laws (hons) (conj) 2001
Alma mater	University of Auckland
Genre	Paranormal romance Science fiction Fantasy Romance Thriller
Years active	1999–
Notable awards	Clendon Award (readers' choice), 2001 Sir Julius Vogel Award (best novella/novelette), 2008 & 2009 Australian Romance Readers Awards (favourite paranormal romance), 2020
Website
nalinisingh.com
Literature portal

Early life

Of Indian descent, Nalini Singh was born in 1977 in Suva, Fiji, and moved to Auckland, New Zealand when she was 10.^[1][2] She attended Mount Roskill Grammar School,^[3] then studied Law and English Literature at the University of Auckland, where she graduated LLB (conjoint) with honours in 2001.

Writing

In 1999, Singh placed third in the Romance Writers of New Zealand's Clendon Award competition. In 2001 her manuscript "Coaxing the Sheik" won the Jane Porter Award for highest-placed Mills and Boon, as well as the Clendon Award's Readers' Choice Award.^[4] "Coaxing the Sheik" went on to be her first published work, published under the title Desert Warrior through the imprint Silhouette Desire in 2003.

Her books have appeared on the New York Times best-sellers list,^[5] the USA Today best-sellers list,^[6] and the Publishers Weekly best-sellers list.^[7]

She has won the Sir Julius Vogel Award for best novella/novelette (twice, in 2008 and 2009).^[8] Alpha Night won the Favourite Paranormal Romance at the 2020 Australian Romance Readers Awards.^[9] Her 2021 crime novel, Quiet in Her Bones, was a finalist for the Best Crime Novel at the 2022 Ngaio Marsh Awards.^[10]

Bibliography

Singh has had over three dozen novels published.^[11] She has also self-published several short stories.

Psy-Changeling series

Initial series

Nalini Singh discusses Heart of Obsidian in New York.

#[12]	Title	Also In	Mates	Publication Date	ISBN
0.25	Beat of Temptation	An Enchanted Season Wild Invitation[13] Paranormal Holiday Anthology Trio[14]	Tamsyn / Nathan
1	Slave To Sensation[15]		Lucas / Sascha	Sep 2006	ISBN 0-425-21286-6
2	Visions of Heat[16]		Vaughn / Faith	Mar 2007	ISBN 978-0-425-21575-3
3	Caressed By Ice[17]		Judd / Brenna	Sep 2007	ISBN 978-0-425-21842-6
3.5	Stroke of Enticement	The Magical Christmas Cat Wild Invitation[13] Paranormal Holiday Anthology Trio[14]	Zach / Annie
4	Mine to Possess[18]		Clay / Talin	Feb 2008	ISBN 978-0-425-22016-0
5	Hostage to Pleasure[19]		Dorian / Ashaya	Sep 2008	ISBN 978-0-425-22325-3
6	Branded By Fire[20]		Riley / Mercy	Jul 2009	ISBN 978-0-425-22673-5
7	Blaze of Memory[21]		Dev / Katya	Nov 2009	ISBN 978-0-425-23111-1
8	Bonds of Justice[22]		Max / Sophia	Jul 2010	ISBN 978-0-425-23544-7
8.5	Whisper of Sin	Burning Up[23]	Ria / Emmett
9	Play of Passion[24]		Drew / Indigo	Nov 2010	ISBN 978-0-425-23779-3
9.5	Declaration of Courtship	Wild Invitation[13]	Grace / Cooper
9.7	Texture of Intimacy	Wild Invitation[13]	Lara / Walker
10	Kiss of Snow[25]		Hawke / Sienna	May 2011	ISBN 978-0-425-24209-4, 978-0-425-24489-0
11	Tangle of Need[26]		Riaz / Adria	May 2012	ISBN 978-0-425-24756-3, 978-0-425-25109-6
12	Heart of Obsidian[27]		Kaleb / Sahara	Jun 2013	ISBN 978-0-425-26399-0, 978-0-425-26400-3
13	Shield of Winter[28]		Vasic / Ivy	Jun 2014	ISBN 978-0-425-26401-0, 978-0-425-26402-7
13.5	Secrets at Midnight	Night Shift[29]	Bastien / Kirby
14	Shards of Hope[30]		Aden / Zaira	Jun 2015	ISBN 978-0-425-26403-4, 978-0-425-26404-1
15	Allegiance of Honor[31]			Jun 2016	ISBN 978-1-101-98776-6, 978-1-101-98778-0
15.1	Echo of Silence	Wild Embrace[32]	Tazia/Stefan
15.2	Dorian	Wild Embrace[32]
15.3	Partners in Persuasion	Wild Embrace[32]	Dezi/Felix
15.4	Flirtation of Fate	Wild Embrace[32]	Kenji/Garnet

Trinity series

#	Title	Also In	Mates	Publication Date	ISBN
1	Silver Silence[33]		Valentin / Silver	Jun 2017	ISBN 978-1-101-98779-7, 978-1-101-98780-3
2	Ocean Light[34]		Bowen / Kaia	Jun 2018	ISBN 978-1-101-98782-7
3	Wolf Rain[35]		Alexei / Memory	Jun 2019	ISBN 978-1-984-80359-7
4	Alpha Night[36]		Ethan / Selenka	Jun 2020	ISBN 978-1984803641
5	Last Guard[37]		Canto / Payal	Jul 2021	ISBN 978-1984803658
6	Storm Echo[38]		Ivan / Soleil	Aug 2022	ISBN 978-0593440674
7	Resonance Surge[39]		Yakov / Theodora	July 2023	ISBN 978-0593440711
8	Primal Mirror[40]		Remi / Auden	July 2024	ISBN 978-0593440735
9	Atonement Sky[41]		Eleri / Adam	July 2025	ISBN 978-0593819524

Short stories

These short stories were made available on Singh's own website,^[42] or in her "Newsletter Exclusives" e-book.^[43]

#	Title	Published	Comments
1	The Cannibal Princess	Website[42]	slice of life: Sascha, Lucas, Julian, Roman
2	A Conversation	Website[42]	The Rats
3	A Gift for Kit	Website[42]	slice of life: Kit, Rina
4	Movie Night	Website[42]	Judd, Brenna
5	Christmas in the Kitchen	Website[42]	Dorian, Clay
6	Wolf School	Website[42]	Drew, Indigo
7	Clean and Dirty	Website[42]	slice of life: Faith, Vaughn
8	Home	Website[42]	slice of life: Clay, Talin
9	Wild Night	Website[42]	Tai, Evie
10	Naya’s Most Important Visitors	Website[42]	Sascha, Lucas, Nate, Tasmyn
11	Grocery Shopping	Website[42]	slice of life: Lucas, Sascha
12	Stalking Hawke	Website[42]	slice of life: pup follows Hawke
13	Pancakes	Website[42]	slice of life: Lara, Walker
14	Dancing with Cooper	Newsletter[43]	Cooper, Grace
15	Poker Night	Newsletter[43]	slice of life: SnowDancers, DarkRiver
16	Sunday Morning	Website[42]	Max, Sophie
17	Making Dinner	Website[42]	slice of life: Mercy, Riley, Mercy's brothers
18	Hide and Seek	Website[42]	Kaleb, Sahara
19	New Year’s Kisses	Website[42]	Riordan/Noelle, young adult changelings from both packs
20	Housewarming at the Orchard	Website[42]	Ivy, Vasic
21	Romancing Drew	Website[42]	Drew, Indigo
22	Song of the Wolf	Website[42] Newsletter[43]	Hawke, Sienna
23	Rowan	Newsletter[43]	slice of life: Kaleb, Sahara, Zach, Anne
24	Baubles and Ben	Website[42]	slice of life Ben & SnowDancers

Deleted Scenes

#	Title	Deleted Scene From[44]	Comments
1	Beat of Temptation Scenes	Beat of Temptation	Nathan, Tamsyn, & other characters
2	The Shower	after Slave to Sensation	Lucas, Sascha
3	Miss Leozandra’s	Caressed by Ice	Female pack members go for an outing
4	The Party	Branded By Fire	DarkRiver females have a party
5	Kiss of Snow Scenes	Kiss of Snow	Brenna, Judd, Lara, Walker, Sienna, & others
6	Tangle of Need Scenes	Tangle of Need	Mercy, Riley, Hawke, Sienna
7	Heart of Obsidian Scenes	Heart of Obsidian	Sahara, Kaleb
8	Shield of Winter Scenes	Shield of Winter	Ivy, Vasic, & others

Guild Hunter series

Novels

#	Title	Also In	Publication Date	ISBN
0.5	Angels' Judgment	Must Love Hellhounds	Nov 2009
		Angels' Flight	Feb 2012
1	Angels' Blood[45]		Mar 2009	ISBN 978-0-425-22692-6
1.5	Angel's Dance	Angels' Flight	Feb 2012
2	Archangel's Kiss[46]		Feb 2010	ISBN 978-0-425-23336-8
2.5	Angel's Pawn	Angels' Flight	Feb 2012
3	Archangel's Consort[47]		Jan 2011	ISBN 978-0-425-24013-7
3.5	Angel's Wolf	Angel of Darkness	Oct 2011
		Angels' Flight	Feb 2012
4	Archangel's Blade[48]		Sep 2011	ISBN 978-0-425-24391-6
5	Archangel's Storm[49]		Sep 2012	ISBN 978-0-425-24658-0
6	Archangel's Legion[50]		Oct 2013	ISBN 978-0-425-25124-9
7	Archangel's Shadows[51]		Oct 2014	ISBN 978-0-425-25117-1
8	Archangel's Enigma[52]		Sep 2015	ISBN 978-0-425-25126-3
9	Archangel's Heart[53]		Nov 2016	ISBN 978-0-451-48800-8
10	Archangel's Viper[54]		Sep 2017	ISBN 978-0-451-48824-4
11	Archangel's Prophecy[55]		Oct 2018	ISBN 978-0-451-49164-0
12	Archangel's War		Sep 2019	ISBN 978-0-451-49166-4
13	Archangel's Sun		Nov 2020	ISBN 978-0-593-19813-1
14	Archangel’s Light		Oct 2021	ISBN 978-0-593-19814-8
15	Archangel's Resurrection		Oct 2022	ISBN 978-1-473-23149-8
16	Archangel's Lineage		Apr 2024	ISBN 9780593550014
17	Archangel's Ascension[56]		May 2025	ISBN 9780593550038

Short stories

These short stories were made available on Singh's own website,^[57] or in her "Newsletter Exclusives" e-book.^[43]

#	Title	Published
1	A Small Fairy Tale	Website[57]
2	One Night in the Refuge	Website[57]
3	Weapons Training	Website[57]
4	Knives and Sheaths	Newsletter[43]
5	Zoe's Workshop	Website[57]
6	A Sip of Eternity	Website[57]
7	Fairy Balloons	Website[57]
8	A Walk on the Cliffs	Website[57]
9	An Unexpected Guest	Newsletter[43]

Deleted Scenes

#	Title	Deleted Scene From[44]	Comments
1		Archangel's Storm
2		Archangel's Shadows

Rock Kiss series

Novels

#	Title	Also In	Lovers	Publication Date
1	Rock Addiction		Molly / Fox	Sep 2014
1.5	Rock Courtship		Thea / David	June 2015
2	Rock Hard		Gabriel / Charlotte	Mar 2015
3	Rock Redemption		Noah / Kit	Oct 2015
4	Rock Wedding		Abe / Sarah	Jul 2016

Short stories

Available in Newsletter Exclusives: Volume 1^[43]

1. Music Awards (Molly, Fox, others)
2. David's Memo to Thea (Thea, David)
3. Thea's Reply (David, Thea)
4. With This Memo (the main characters)
5. Sunshine (the main characters)

Hard Play series

#	Title	Also In	Lovers	Publication Date
1	Cherish Hard		Sailor / Isa	Nov 2017
2	Rebel Hard		Nayna / Raj	Sep 2018
3	Love Hard[58]		Juliet / Jacob	Mar 2020
4	Kiss Hard[59]		Daniel / Catie	May 2022

Royal House of Shadows

A series of 4 books each by a different author

#	Title	Author	Publication Date	ISBN
1	Lord of the Vampires	Gena Showalter	Aug 2011	ISBN 978-0-373-61866-8
2	Lord of Rage	Jill Monroe[60]	Sep 2011	ISBN 978-0-373-61868-2
3	Lord of the Wolfyn	Jessica Andersen	Oct 2011	ISBN 978-0-373-61870-5
4	Lord of the Abyss	Nalini Singh	Dec 2011	ISBN 978-0-373-61872-9

Other books

Standalone

• A Madness of Sunshine (December 2019) ISBN 978-0-593-09913-1
• Quiet in Her Bones^[61] (Feb 2021) ISBN 147322957X, 978-1473229570
• There Should Have Been Eight^[62] (Nov 2023) ISBN 9780593549766

Silhouette Desire

Title	Publication Date	ISBN	Comments
Desert Warrior	Aug 2003	ISBN 0-373-76529-0	in Lord of the Abyss
Awaken To Pleasure	Aug 2004	ISBN 0-373-76602-5
Awaken the Senses[63]	May 2005	ISBN 0373766513, 978-0373766512
Craving Beauty	Jul 2005	ISBN 0-373-76667-X	Formerly: Marriage at First Sight
Marriage Bed Secrets	Mar 2006	ISBN 0-373-76716-1	Formerly: Secrets in the Marriage Bed
To Have and to Hold	Feb 2007	ISBN 0-373-76781-1	Formerly: Bound By Marriage

Short stories

• Star Kissed - free short story - about the Keepers - available on Nalini's website or Newsletter Exclusives: Volume 1

Anthologies and collections

Anthology or Collection	Contents	Publication Date	Publisher	ISBN	Comments
An Enchanted Season	Beat of Temptation	2007		ISBN 9780425217856	Psy-Changeling Series
The Magical Christmas Cat	Stroke of Enticement	2008		ISBN 9781440656835 ISBN 9781440656873	Psy-Changeling Series
Must Love Hellhounds	Angels' Judgment	2009		ISBN 9781101139165 ISBN 9781101140079	Guild Hunter Series
Burning Up[23]	Whisper of Sin	2010	Berkley		Psy-Changeling Series e-book
Paranormal Holiday Anthology Trio[14]	Beat of Temptation Stroke of Enticement	2010	Berkley	ISBN 9781101497005	Psy-Changeling Series e-book
Angel of Darkness	Angel's Wolf	2011		ISBN 9781101542026 ISBN 9781101544907 ISBN 978-0-425-24312-1	Guild Hunter Series
Guild Hunter Novels 1-4	Angel's Blood Archangel's Kiss Archangel's Consort Archangel's Blade	2012		ISBN 9781101579053	Guild Hunter Series
Angels' Flight	Angels' Wolf Angels' Judgement Angels' Pawn Angels' Dance	Feb 2012		ISBN 1101560398, 9781101560396	Guild Hunter Novellas
Wild Invitation[13]	Beat of Temptation Stroke of Enticement Declaration of Courtship Texture of Intimacy	Mar 2013		ISBN 978-0-425-25513-1	Psy-Changeling Novellas
Wide Awake[64]	Awaken To Pleasure Awaken The Senses Craving Beauty	Feb 2014	Mills & Boon	ISBN 9781488704628	Silhouette Desire
Night Shift[29]	Secrets at Midnight	2014		ISBN 9780698154049	Psy-Changeling Series e-book
Wild Embrace[32]	Echo of Silence Dorian Partners in Persuasion Flirtation of Fate	Aug 2016			Psy-Changeling Novellas
Newsletter Exclusives: Volume 1[43]	Dancing with Cooper Poker Night Song of the Wolf Rowan Knives and Sheaths An Unexpected Guest Music Awards (Molly, Fox, others) David's Memo to Thea (Thea, David) Thea's Reply (David, Thea) With This Memo (the main characters) Sunshine (the main characters)	Dec 2017	Self-Published		Psy-Changeling Series Guild Hunter Series Rock Kiss Series

Other work

Singh engaging audience at book signing in New York.

Singh spent three years working in Japan as an English teacher and touring other parts of Asia. At other times she has also worked as a lawyer, a librarian, a candy factory general hand, and a bank temp, but "not necessarily in that order".^[65]