How cool could it be to get both mystery and romance in one book? It is like experiencing the best of both worlds! It has been known that literary genres have broad scopes and can fuse with one another; and, this is the case with mystery romance fiction.
Mystery alone is all about finding culprits and solving crimes while romance is all about falling in love and showing affection. When you combine these two together, you’d get a genre that is all about mystery solving and falling in love all at once; hence, provoking intense emotions that readers may or may not have experience often.
With that being said, let’s get to know more about mystery romance fiction by checking out these remarkable authors provided below!
Nora Roberts
J.D. Robb, Jill March, Nora Roberts, and Sarah Hardesty are the pseudonyms of Eleanor Marie Robertson. Despite her real names and other pen names, she is commonly known as Nora Roberts by many. She was born in Silver Spring, Maryland on October 10, 1950. Nora is among the most popular female authors in the world of contemporary literature. She has already been known as the very first novelist that was listed in the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. Most of her books have stayed on The New York Times bestseller list for more than 800 weeks, where 176 weeks of it was spent by conquering the first rank. Her novels are commonly under romance, suspense, fantasy, or combination of either of the three.
Janet Evanovich
Janet Schneider, also known in her pen names Janet Evanovich and Steffie Hall, is one of the prolific American novelists of today. She was born in South River, New Jersey on April 22, 1943, but now lives in Florida. Her writing career started after writing short contemporary books about romance by using her Steffie Hall pseudonym. But what gave her popularity is her Stephanie Plum series, which is a mystery series about a former buyer of lingerie that turned into a bounty hunter. Moreover, Janet’s novels are mostly about romance, mystery, suspense, and fiction. She has authored several novels that have been giving chills and sparking interest from the readers until today. However, her Stephanie Plum series is definitely the most notable for it stayed in different best seller list, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon.
Patricia Sims
Patricia Sims is not just an amazing author but also a singer-songwriter. But before anything else, she was an educator who has always loved writing. Because of her extreme passion for writing, she tried to step into the magical world of fiction that she has always dreamed of entering since she was a kid. She has a book that is categorized under mystery and romance titled A Major Hurdle. Furthermore, Patricia has a bachelor’s degree in business education with additional studies in computer applications. She is married to Johnny Sims, a minister, who always got her back on whatever her endeavors are and will be. In fact, they collaborated for a gospel CD titled In The Name that was released January of last year.
Julie James
Julie James is a Chicago born author. Her books are categorized in genres of romance, fiction, mystery, and even a mixture of the three. She is known as one of the New York Times bestselling author of many books, including but not limited to Something About You, About that Night, Practice Makes Perfect, It Happened One Wedding, etc. James also known for pursuing law and practiced in a firm that is among the largest firms in the country. While pursuing law, she also ended up writing screenplays, which some producers from Hollywood optioned two of her works. After that moment, she decided to put a stop on her practice of law so that she could allocate all of her time in writing.
Kendall Elliott
The American novelist Kendall Elliott was born on June 11 and was raised in the abundant Pacific Northwest. She still lives in the area where she grew up along with her family and three pet cats. She always has huge interest in forensics. That said, her novels are commonly under mystery, thriller, and romance genres. Elliott is known to be one of the #1 Amazon best-selling authors, who has sold more than 8 million copies.
Oliver’s Twist 