Pets in Paranormal

[namericanwordcat]

Any recs for great PNR featuring pets? Regular Pets or paranormal ones?

[Sandra J]

Jayne Castle's futuristic PNR series set on Harmony and Rainshadow feature dust bunnies.

[PepperP0t]

the iron druid chronicles (Kevin Hearne) -- oberon the wolfhound is a character and another joins later in the series. he's in practically every book and is part of the story

these have appearances and not integral to storyline
cascadia wolves (Lauren Dane) -- one of the wolves has a 3 legged lab
carver's problem (BL Brooklyn) -- wolf stuck as wolf dog but only for a couple of chapters.

[Dahrose]

You have to try Jane Cousins Southern Sanctuary Series - think there are like nine books.

Invisible sheep. Match making cats. A rock with an attitude problem (yes, you read that right) Sentient bridesmaids dresses. Some books feature the 'pets' more than others, but all have a heap of fun, humour and hot romances.

Start with book one - To Woo A Warrior.

Recommend reading series in order as there are running gags and secondary characters to meet along the way who are lots of fun.

[PepperP0t]

i forgot about South Sanctuary.

Shelley Laurentson Crows series has a dog named Brodie Hawaii and a variety of messenger animals

also in the latest on . Stieg has a pet goat that goes for walks and everything

[namericanwordcat]

Pavli wrote: "I don't know if you like mm books
but Beacon hill sorcerer by SJ Himes gets an amazing pnr-pet and this is all I am going to say because I dont wanna spoil a great suprise. Right now i cant even re..."

I will check it out!

[namericanwordcat]

Sandra J wrote: "Jayne Castle's futuristic PNR series set on Harmony and Rainshadow feature dust bunnies.

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Dust bunnies rule!

[namericanwordcat]

Dahrose wrote: "You have to try Jane Cousins Southern Sanctuary Series - think there are like nine books.

Invisible sheep. Match making cats. A rock with an attitude problem (yes, you read that ..."

Cool! I have that one!

[Ann aka Iftcan]

Mercy Thompson has a pet cat who likes werewolves and vampires. Moon Called (although that's UF rather than PNR)

I've just started reading The Arrival and there is a pet dog and cat in that one. (I've just started and haven't decided if I like it yet or not, but thought I'd toss it out for you.)

[PepperP0t]

Kalanya Price's Alex Craft series has a dog

[Diane ~Firefly~]

Celta's Heartmates by Robin D. Owens has familiars (usually cats). First book is:



Ilona Andrew's Innkeeper Chronicle series has a Shih Tzu Chi

[Sandra J]

PepperP0t wrote: "i forgot about South Sanctuary.

Shelley Laurentson Crows series has a dog named Brodie Hawaii and a variety of messenger animals

also in the latest on . Stieg h..."
OMG. I love Brodie Hawaii. Who wouldn't love a flying pit bull? And Hilda the goat is cute.

[Joseph]

Whiskey, Tango & Foxtrot Mystery series by Dixie Lyle is about an animal-loving Gal Friday with a telepathic cat, a shapeshifting dog, and a ghost of a chance of solving supernatural crime. The first book is A Taste Fur Murder.

In Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator series by Carole Nelson Douglas Delilah has a special wolfhound. The first book is Dancing With Werewolves.

[namericanwordcat]

Cool!

[Cam]

Dahrose wrote: "You have to try Jane Cousins Southern Sanctuary Series - think there are like nine books.

Invisible sheep. Match making cats. A rock with an attitude problem (yes, you read that ..."


I was going to mention this series but you beat me to it.

Love the Southern Sanctuary series - the hot, hot guys matched up with strong, sassy women - and so many laughs.

[namericanwordcat]

okay I need to move it up the TBR

[Ann aka Iftcan]

Jane Jameson in Molly Harper's series has a pet dog. These are very funny stories. Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs is book 1

[Britt B]

Demonslayer series: DemonFire by Kate Douglas.

[Timelord Iain]

If we're throwing gargoyles into the mix... doesn't Hollows add a gargoyle around book 7-10? Dead Witch Walking

Kate Daniels has a shapeshifting dog that turns into a bigger scarier dog... added to the story in book 4 I think: Magic Bleeds

Heartstrikers has a ghost cat that is more than it at first appears: Nice Dragons Finish Last

A lot of the Four Horsemen in the Lords of Deliverance spin-off from the Demonica series have domesticated hellhounds for pets: Eternal Rider

Harry Dresden has normal cat, magic Temple Dog, and talking skull: Storm Front

I used this Listopia list as a refresher of the books I've read that met the criteria... there are a few on here that look like PnR... only half of my suggestions were, but that seems par for the course with this thread: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[namericanwordcat]

Thanks!

[Kira]

Top Dog by Cynthia Arsuaga has a yorkie shifter! Very fun book.

[Sandra J]

How about Brodie Hawaii, the flying pit bull, in the Call of Crows series by Shelly Laurenston?

[Elizabeth]

I love when the main characters have a special relationship with an animal, especially cats, dogs, or hunting birds. Horses can also be fun in certain circumstances. I love animals. If a book has the animal being mistreated or killed it ruins the whole story for me.

[Chessela]

Elizabeth wrote: "I love when the main characters have a special relationship with an animal, "

Me, too. Because I have pets, I want the characters I read and write to have pets. I actually find it hard to write main characters that don't have pets. I think I've only written one heroine who didn't have a cat or dog, and writing about her apartment was hard because she had no pet to feed and talk to!

The Midnight, Texas trilogy by Charlaine Harris has a cat that is not your run of the mill feline. You don't get as much of the cat in book 1 iirc, but he shows up more in 3.

[A.]

The little girl Bea has a dog that isn't exactly a normal dog.

[Marishka]

It's interesting...for dark paranormal romance, I almost prefer no pets. I've such a passion for animals, that I'm worried they might come to harm even if it's in just 2-dimensional literature. Same goes for movies - can't bare to see them hurt. They seem like frightened, unwilling participants in a dark world, even if they are powerful. It's human agency that is most interesting to me, because we have the will and the intelligence to act/or not act on our impulse and choose to do good over evil. Although, on second thought an evil, magic weaving chicken might be a good choice for a book!

[Elizabeth]

Marishka wrote: "It's interesting...for dark paranormal romance, I almost prefer no pets. I've such a passion for animals, that I'm worried they might come to harm even if it's in just 2-dimensional literature. Sam..."

Agree 100%. If the animal dies, it ruins the book or movie for me. I just can't get past it.

[Josie]

I'm exactly the same. If a character I like dies, I might get a bit upset, but if a pet dies then I'll be in tears and find it hard to carry on with the book. Illogical, but there it is.

[Marishka]

I think it could be because it's the death of innocence. Pets are usually without guile, without ulterior motive, they simply are.

[Josie]

I think they're also often a repository for hope in fiction. For example, you often have characters who don't get on well with people, or who are recovering from bad experiences, and who form very close bonds to their pets as a result. When their pets die, it's not just the death of the animal that's upsetting, but also the tragedy of that lost bond that was so integral to them.

[Marishka]

Yes, you're absolutely right. They are symbols of hope and I just realized also may be a type of familiar - someone who can boost our energy or health more - perhaps a connection to the spirit/animal world, so...when they die, that connection is severed, strength and hope lost. I think their death is tragic on so many levels, that some of it can only be felt and not reasoned. I'll go hug my dog now, I need a boost of positive energy :0)

[Elizabeth]

Marishka wrote: "I think it could be because it's the death of innocence. Pets are usually without guile, without ulterior motive, they simply are."

I agree they are innocents. I think it's also that no matter how much people may love you, nobody loves you with the unconditional love of a pet. That is a blessing rare and beautiful.

[Molly]

Setta Jay' s Guardians series, features a dog (hell hound actually) and some magical, matchmaking cats later on. It's a fun series (and on the naughty side), also spoiler alert (view spoiler)[ no animals are harmed during it. (hide spoiler)]

[A.]

Elizabeth wrote: "Marishka wrote: "It's interesting...for dark paranormal romance, I almost prefer no pets. I've such a passion for animals, that I'm worried they might come to harm even if it's in just 2-dimensiona..."

The pet doesn't die in my novel. I'm not a big fan of writing about death. I try to show the characters as victorious rather than dying and the bad guy winning..

[Elizabeth]

That's great. I have no problem with reading about people dying, but I can't stand if the animal dies. Guess I'm just one of the nutty tree hugging, bleeding heart liberals LOL.

[Pavli]

The Necromancer's Dance At the end of the second book he gets a very special pet, that comes from the demon realm. I'm not going to give anything else away because the suprise was the best part. The "pet" has a bigger part in the 3rd book.

[Jordy]

He doesn’t play a big role in the series but I LOVE Bertil the bay from Kresley Cole’s Immortals After Dark series

[Elizabeth]

My favorite pet, in all the series I've read, is the cat named spider in the Jayne Frost books by Kristen Painter.