Need recommendation on any PNR with older characters?

[Becki]

I'm down with the YA and all but I'm hitting 40 and find I need something more out of the books. I'd like the characters to be at least 30 so I can sort of relate.

[L.E.]

Becki wrote: "I'm down with the YA and all but I'm hitting 40 and find I need something more out of the books. I'd like the characters to be at least 30 so I can sort of relate. "

Hey Becki! I know exactly what you mean. :) Have you checked out my Deathless Night Series ? All of the characters are mid-late twenties (at the youngest) and up. :) Here are the links if you'd like to check them out. :) They're all available on KU also.

http://amzn.to/1QF1ABS
http://amzn.to/1QF1Roq
http://amzn.to/1NOagFf

[Becki]

Perfect! I will check these out! Thanks!

[Kathleen]

LOL 30 is older? :)

[MadameZelda]

Well, I'm older than 40 and I still enjoy YA.

[Krysta]

I have a love/hate relationship with YA.
I think it all depends on the maturity of the main character.

I'm only 25 and find myself drawn more towards New Adult/Adult novels instead of Young Adult.

[Jenna]

Isabel Jordan's series has a heroine that is 30 (by book 2) and an interesting secondary character (who will be getting her own book this year) that is 40. Honestly, I haven't found any PNR with a heroine older than that. Seems like genre age discrimination, huh? Give these a try, though. It's good, light and funny PNR (with just the right amount of angst-y brooding from the hot hero!)

[Krysta]

Hear that writers!?!?!?

30+ is a mostly untapped age group, and you have willing readers!

[Becki]

Thanks Jennifer! Sounds like what I'm looking for. I have a lot of great ideas but I can't write. What I'm really looking for is a book with a hot 40 yr old who's secretly something paranormal (werewolf, vampire, whatever) but his wife and family have no clue. Now his past is sneaking up behind him And he and his wife are kinda drifting apart. Plus he's also dealing with his back-talking 13-yr-old, hormonal 11-yr-old and just plain loud and crazy 9-yr-old...OMG! I think I'm just talking about my life minus the paranormal part!

[L.E.]

Jennifer wrote: "Isabel Jordan's series has a heroine that is 30 (by book 2) and an interesting secondary character (who will be getting her own book..."

I second this recommendation! I love these books also. :)

[Lis]

I tend to like darker PNR and UF series... One that comes to mind is the Charlie Madigan series by Kelly Gay. First book in the series is

Adult UF, Charlie Madigan is a divorced mother of one, and a kick-ass cop trained to take down the toughest human and off-world criminals.

[Becki]

Thanks, Lis! Sounds perfect!

[Andrea]

Becki wrote: "I'm down with the YA and all but I'm hitting 40 and find I need something more out of the books. I'd like the characters to be at least 30 so I can sort of relate. "

Think how I feel at 50+ . I shudder. I've found a couple of good ones, but most I've read end on the DNF pile.

[Rebecca]

The characters in my Fada Shapeshifter Series are mature. In the first, she's a 200-yr-old fae queen and he's a 100-yr-old shifter alpha. I enjoyed putting these two leaders together and having them realize how much they needed each other. And bonus is, they're very *experienced.* Did I mention these are sexy? :)

A dark shifter alpha... A jaded fae queen... Are they enemies--or mates?

[Robin]

Just putting my 2 cents in here. I've found that there is a big difference between characters who are supposed to be ancient and characters who act like it. Lynsay Sands Argeneau series has vampires who are mostly centuries or millennia old and they generally act like it even with the humor element. Then there are those characters who are supposed to be ancient or even gods and goddesses and they act like teenagers. I can't think of specific examples off the top of my head for this.

As a woman in her mid-40's, I agree with those who would like to see more mature characters. I do recall Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld featured several stories involving a female werewolf, Elena, who was older (30's at least if I recall) and she acts like it. It gets a little old to read about characters, regardless of how old they're supposed to be, acting like children.

BTW, I have not read anything by any authors in this discussion, so my opinion is not directed at any stories in particular.

[Robin]

Okay, I just read a book and I immediately thought of this thread. . The main character is a 38 year old mother of a 14 year old daughter and a 2 year old son. Her husband is an attorney who is preparing to launch a political campaign to run for district attorney and nobody in her life knows that she is a retired Demon Hunter. She gets dragged out of retirement to deal with demons in her small town while keeping demons, etc. a secret from the world and juggling her mommy/wife responsibilities which creates some very humorous situations. I loved it and am off to find out how many other books are in this series and whether or not I can find any in my local library.

[Becki]

THANK YOU!! Sounds great! I will check it out!