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ⓘ About Jaid Black
Jaid Black is the pen name of Tina Marie Engler, an author born in Salem, Ohio in 1972. She has been credited with fusing romance and erotica to create a whole new genre. +Biography Jaid Black is the child of Patricia Robb Marks and Mark Engler. By the time the author was four, her parents had separated, this eliciting her move to Cuyahoga Falls in Ohio. Jaid was mostly raised by her mother, though things changed somewhat when Patricia married Charles Marks. Black was ten years of age by this point, with the family eventually moving to Akron, Ohio. Events prompted the author to move again when she was 15, the family eventually settling in Tampa, Florida where Jaid Black stayed until the age of 29.
All Book Series by Jaid Black
Things That Go Bump in the Night
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2001 Co-authored · Cheyenne McCray,Marilyn Lee,Treva Harte
Things That Go Bump In The Night III
Book 2 of 5 · published 2003 Anthology · Cheyenne McCray,Mlyn Hurn,Stephanie Burke
Things That Go Bump in the Night IV
Book 3 of 5 · published 2004 Anthology · J.C. Wilder,Lorie O'Clare,Ashleigh Raine
Things That Go Bump in the Night V
Book 4 of 5 · published 2005 Anthology · B.J. McCall,Melani Blazer,Cynthia Williams
Things That Go Bump In the Night VI
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2006 Anthology · Sally Painter
The Hunted
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2002 Co-authored · J.W. McKenna
Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down
Book 2 of 5 · published 2005 Co-authored · Sherrilyn Kenyon,Melanie George
Playing Easy to Get
Book 3 of 5 · published 2006 Co-authored · Sherrilyn Kenyon,Kresley Cole
Something Wicked This Way Comes Volume 2
Latest in the series · book 12 of 12 · published 2012
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Jaid Black?
Jaid Black is the pen name of Tina Marie Engler, an author born in Salem, Ohio in 1972. She has been credited with fusing romance and erotica to create a whole new genre. +Biography Jaid Black is the child of Patricia Robb Marks and Mark Engler. By the time the author was four, her parents had separated, this eliciting her move to Cuyahoga Falls in Ohio.
Which Jaid Black series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Trek Mi Q'an series, the earliest of Jaid Black's multi-book series: it opens with The Empress' New Clothes (2000) and runs to 13 books across 2000–2020, ending with Claimed (2020). Jaid Black's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Jaid Black written?
Jaid Black has 71 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2000 and 2023. 40 of them belong to 10 named series — the largest being the Trek Mi Q'an series with 13 books — and 31 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Jaid Black's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Jaid Black's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Trek Mi Q'an (2000–2020, 13 books), Things That Go Bump in the Night (2001–2006, 5 books) and MacGregors (2001–2009, 2 books), plus 7 more.
How are Jaid Black's books organised into series?
This guide splits Jaid Black's 71 books into 10 named series and 31 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Trek Mi Q'an (13 books, 2000–2020); Things That Go Bump in the Night (5 books, 2001–2006); Viking Underground (5 books, 2002–2009); Called Through Time: Highlander Brides (4 books, 2015–2023); Death Row (4 books, 2003), plus 5 further series.