They married in 1990, and they moved to Jackson, Mississippi, while he studied law. She went to Georgia College in the 1980's, and there she met her future husband, Lawrence Kenyon. Kenyon started writing while in high school, in part as therapy to escape other aspects of her life. She describes her childhood as defined by abuse and poverty, but she remained close to her mother, who encouraged and shared her interest in horror, the paranormal and science fiction. The fourth child in a family of five children, her parents, Harold and Malene Woodward, divorced when she was eight, at which point she lived with her grandparents. Sherrilyn Kenyon was born on 11 December 1965 in Columbus, Georgia.

Under both names, her books have appeared at the top of the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today lists, and they are frequent bestsellers in Germany, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

Kenyon's novels have over 70 million copies in print in over 100 countries. Under the pseudonym Kinley MacGregor she writes historical fiction with paranormal elements. She is best known for her Dark Hunter series. Under her former married name, she wrote both urban fantasy and paranormal romance. Sherrilyn Kenyon (born December 11, 1965) is a bestselling US writer. Paranormal romance, Urban fantasy, Science fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal, Suspense Wanting to believe that love and loyalty do exist.Įven more disturbing, I find myself wondering if there's any way a woman like Amanda can love a man whose battle scars run deep, and whose heart was damaged by a betrayal so savage that he's not sure it will ever beat again.Kinley MacGregor, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Sherrilyn McQueen Yet every time I look at her, I find myself wanting to try again. Not to mention the last time I fell in love it cost me not only my human life, but also my very soul.

My attraction to Amanda Devereaux goes against everything I stand for. She's smart, sexy, witty, and wants nothing to do with the paranormal–in other words, me. Or in Amanda's case, one buttoned all the way up to her chin. Or so I thought until one night when I woke up handcuffed to my worst nightmare: a conservative woman in a button-down shirt. I play hero to thousands, but am known to none. Have you ever wanted to know what it's like to be immortal? To journey through the night stalking the evil that preys on humans? To have unlimited wealth, unlimited power? That is my existence, and it is dark and dangerous.

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