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ⓘ About Karen Kelley
Karen Kelley is an American author of fiction. She resides in Texas with her husband and more than a few animals. She is a mother and a grandmother. She believes that you really can have it all. Besides being an author, Karen has been working for the better part of a decade as part of an ambulance service that provides life support. She supposes that she feels the same way that her characters do when they are flooded with adrenaline in risky situations that become life or death scenarios! Kelley has been in scenarios involving everything from accidents to tornadoes to hostage situations. She has been in a number of situations where shootings or stabbings occurred with the person that did them still on the loose.
All Book Series by Karen Kelley
Where There's Heat / Smoking Hot
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2013
Scavenger Hunt Collection: Books 1-3
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2017
Scavenger Hunt Collection: Books 4-6
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2017
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Karen Kelley?
Karen Kelley is an American author of fiction. She resides in Texas with her husband and more than a few animals. She is a mother and a grandmother.
Which Karen Kelley series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Bachelor series, the earliest of Karen Kelley's multi-book series: it opens with Bachelor Party (2000) and runs to 3 books across 2000–2018, ending with Thief of Hearts (2018). Karen Kelley's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Karen Kelley written?
Karen Kelley has 56 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1992 and 2023. 47 of them belong to 16 named series — the largest being the Bound by Loyalty, Honor, Truth series with 5 books — and 9 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Karen Kelley's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Karen Kelley's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Bachelor (2000–2018, 3 books), Southern (2004–2015, 4 books) and Planet Nerak (2007–2009, 4 books), plus 12 more.
How are Karen Kelley's books organised into series?
This guide splits Karen Kelley's 56 books into 16 named series and 9 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Bound by Loyalty, Honor, Truth (5 books, 2021–2022); Badge of Honor (4 books, 2020); Hayes Brothers (4 books, 2018–2019); Planet Nerak (4 books, 2007–2009); Southern (4 books, 2004–2015), plus 11 further series.