Jennifer Armentrout

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Jennifer L. Armentrout
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Jennifer Armentrout at BookCon in 2019
BornJennifer Lynn Armentrout
Period2011 to present
Genre Young adult
Adult
New adult
Website
www.jenniferlarmentrout.com

Jennifer Lynn Armentrout is an American writer of contemporary romance, paranormal, and science fiction. [1] [2] She was born on June 11, 1980 in Martinsburg, West Virginia.

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Some of her works have been on The New York Times bestseller list. [3] [4] Her young adult novel Obsidian has been optioned by Sierra Pictures. [5] [6]

She is considered a "hybrid" author, having successfully self-published while maintaining active contracts with small independent presses, and traditional publishers. [7] [8] Her current publishers include Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Publishing, Harlequin Teen, Disney/Hyperion, and HarperCollins. [9] Armentrout is highly prolific and states that she writes for eight hours a day almost every day.

Publications

Books written under Jennifer L. Armentrout

Covenant series

  • Daimon (novella, prequel to Half-Blood) (May 10, 2011)
  • Half-Blood (October 18, 2011)
  • Pure (April 3, 2012)
  • Deity (November 6, 2012)
  • Elixir (novella, prequel to Apollyon) (November 27, 2012)
  • Apollyon (April 4, 2013)
  • Sentinel (November 2, 2013)

Titan Series (Spin-Off to Covenant)

  • The Return (February 16, 2015)
  • The Power (February 23, 2016)
  • The Struggle (March 20, 2017)
  • The Prophecy (March 8, 2018)

Lux series

  • Shadows (novella, prequel to Obsidian) (February 21, 2012)
  • Obsidian (November 29, 2011)
  • Onyx (August 14, 2012)
  • Opal (December 11, 2012)
  • Origin (August 27, 2013)
  • Opposition (August 5, 2014)
  • Oblivion (December 1, 2015)

Arum novel (Lux spin-off)

  • Obsession (May 31, 2013)

Origin series (Lux spin-off)

  • The Darkest Star (October 30, 2018)
  • The Burning Shadow (October 8, 2019)
  • The Brightest Night (October 20, 2020)

Dark Elements series

  • Bitter Sweet Love (Prequel Novella) (December 1, 2013)
  • White Hot Kiss (February 25, 2014)
  • Stone Cold Touch (October 21, 2014)
  • Every Last Breath (July 28, 2015)

The Harbinger series (Dark Elements spin off)

  • Storm and Fury (June 11, 2019)
  • Rage and Ruin (June 8, 2020)
  • Grace and Glory (June 01, 2021)

Wicked trilogy

  • Wicked (December 8, 2014)
  • Torn (July 16, 2016)
  • Brave (December 11, 2017)
  • The Prince (A 1001 Dark Nights Novella) (August 14, 2018)
  • The King (A 1001 Dark Nights Novella)
  • The Queen (A 1001 Dark Nights Novella) (July 15, 2020)

Blood and Ash series

  • From Blood And Ash (March 31, 2020)
  • A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (September 01, 2020)
  • The Crown of Gilded Bones (April 20, 2021)

de Vincent series

  • Moonlight Sins (January 30, 2018)
  • Moonlight Seduction (June 26, 2018)
  • Moonlight Scandals (January 29, 2019)

Standalone novels

  • Cursed (September 18, 2012)
  • Unchained (September 17, 2013)
  • Don't Look Back (April 15, 2014)
  • The Dead List (March 31, 2015)
  • The Problem with Forever (June 1, 2016)
  • Till Death (April 25, 2017)
  • If There's No Tomorrow (September 5, 2017)

Books written under her pen name J. Lynn

Gamble Brothers series

  • Tempting the Best Man (April 23, 2012)
  • Tempting the Player (October 23, 2012)
  • Tempting the Bodyguard (May 12, 2014)

Wait for You series

  • Wait for You (February 26, 2013)
  • Trust in Me (October 22, 2013)
  • Be With Me (February 4, 2014)
  • Believe in Me (Short Story in Fifty First Times Anthology) (February 25, 2014)
  • The Proposal (Short Story) (March 15, 2014)
  • Stay With Me (September 23, 2014)
  • Fall With Me (March 31, 2015)
  • Dream of You (A 1001 Dark Nights Novella) (June 23, 2015)
  • Forever With You (September 29, 2015)
  • Fire in You (November 28, 2016)

Frigid series

  • Frigid (July 15, 2013)
  • Scorched (June 16, 2015)

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