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Christine Rains is a multi-genre writer, book blogger, and geek mom. When she's not playing games with her son, she's playing games with her friends. She has four degrees which do not help at all with motherhood but make her a great Jeopardy player.

Christine has several novels, novellas, and short stories published. Her writing covers all genres of fiction, but she loves to lose herself in paranormal romance most of all. ...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 1,103 ratings · 407 reviews · 58 distinct works • Similar authors

	Fearless 3.73 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	1301: The Marquis (The 13th Floor, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The 13th Floor Complete Collection 4.45 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	1302 - The Alpha (The 13th Floor series, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of Blood and Sorrow 4.04 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	1303 - The Dragonslayer (The 13th Floor series, #3) 4.21 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Dawning (Totem, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 40 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	1304 - The Harbinger (The 13th Floor series, #4) 4.26 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	1305 & 1306 - The Oracle and The Vampire (The 13th Floor series, #5) 4.25 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ghost 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Christine Rains

The 13th Floor (5 books)
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Totem (9 books)
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4.17 avg rating — 140 ratings

Dice & Debauchery (3 books)
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3.70 avg rating — 43 ratings

The Paramours (3 books)
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4.11 avg rating — 38 ratings

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Christine Rains rated a book really liked it Minding The Minotaur (Monsters of the Labyrinth, #1) by Lilith Stone (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Samantha Buggins doesn't have the great job, but she gets to live in the best domed city on Earth. Yet when she's fired, she desperately searches for a job that will bring her to the mysterious handsome minotaur, Arlo, who she met in the parking gara ...more
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Sunshine House was once a famous Hollywood hotel catering to the stars of the Silent Film Era. Now it's an assisted living home for seniors, and its residents are dying. A few of the residents try to solve the case themselves, thinking it could be th ...more
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The time is approaching for Dawn's first choosing; a time in the villages when girls are selected to be sent to monsters as mates to keep the peace. Except Dawn doesn't make it to the choosing, but is swept away by those who can't stand outsiders. Sh ...more
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Christine Rains rated a book really liked it The Night Swim (Rachel Krall, #1) by Megan Goldin (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The new season of Rachel Krall's true-crime podcast is going to be bigger than the ones before. This time, she's following the case as it goes to trial. A championship swimmer is accused of raping the granddaughter of the local police chief. The coas ...more
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Christine Rains rated a book really liked it Batch Made in Hell: A Steamy Small-Town Paranormal Romance (Monster Mates of Maplemoon Hollow: A Steamy Small-Town Paranormal Romance Series Book 1) by Winnie Alder	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Maeve Hollis is a baker who never has gotten credit for the hard work she's done. She inherits her grandmother's bakery in a small hidden paranormal town, Maplemoon Hollow. She quickly discovers the hearth demon, Ash, who has kept the bakery's ovens ...more
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Christine Rains rated a book liked it The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Two fishermen in the wilderness of Ireland find a ruin of a house on the edge of a pit, and inside that house, they find a journal of a strange recluse. What's ever odder is what is written inside. This short cosmic horror story was written in the sam ...more
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Lauren Tranter is an exhausted mom of newborn twins. When someone tries to take her babies, everyone tries to convince her she was hallucinating, but she knows what she saw. A month later, she stops at a park while taking the boys for a walk and rest ...more
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The Navidson Record tries to film the regular everyday events of a family moving into a new home only to have it turn into a nightmare. Johnny Truant finds the notes of an old man, Zampano who was obsessed with the Navidson Record and thus Johnny bec ...more
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Christine Rains rated a book really liked it Payback's a Witch (The Witches of Thistle Grove, #1) by Lana Harper	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Emmy Harlow has left her witchy past behind and has a successful future in Chicago. Yet when she returns to Thistle Grove after nine years of self-exile, she finds she misses her family, friends, and picturesque hometown. The reason she never came ba ...more
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message 10: by Rick

May 16, 2018 06:45AM

Hi Christine,

Thanks for having me as a friend. Much appreciated.

Rick

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message 9: by Kim

Mar 14, 2017 01:19AM

I've never read any paranormal romance books, Will give them a go. I have read Stephen King years ago but not for a long time. Will have to try him again as well.

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message 8: by Christine

Jul 10, 2014 09:38AM

Decadent wrote: "I have read Fearless and The Marquis under my real name- but I started the next book in the 13th floor series under my author name, Decadent Kane. I will be posting a review when i finish the book. :)"

No problem! :)

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message 7: by Decadent (last edited Jul 10, 2014 08:42AM)

Jul 10, 2014 08:42AM

I have read Fearless and The Marquis under my real name- but I started the next book in the 13th floor series under my author name, Decadent Kane. I will be posting a review when i finish the book. :)

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message 6: by Rusty

May 07, 2014 03:23PM

Hello,

Hopefully, we will become great buddies. I am an 42 year old southern gentleman author. I am working on my third novel. It's an paranormal, horror, adventure, magical, romantic, urban, dark fantasy book series, named Moonwarriors: In An Blackened Dawn. Take a look at my second novel Moonwarriors: Guardians of the Night. Come by and we'll chat, leave a comment.

Until Next Time . . .

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message 5: by Christine

Mar 19, 2014 06:11PM

Thanks so much! It's nice to meet you too.

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message 4: by Rosanna

Mar 19, 2014 05:20PM