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Extended list available on the Leslie Esdaile Banks official web site.

TV Tie-in Projects as Leslie E. Banks
·      Soul Food: For Better or Worse (2002) Pocket Books
·      Soul Food: Through Thick and Thin (2003) Pocket Books

Romance as Leslie Esdaile
·      Sundance (1996)  Pinnacle Books
·      Slow Burn (1997) Arabesque (BET Books)
·      Love Notes (2001)  Arabesque
·      Love Lessons (2001)  Arabesque

  • Rivers of the Soul (2001)  Indigo (book 1)
  • Still Waters Run Deep (2002) Indigo Books

(book 2, sequel to Rivers of the Soul)
·      Love Potions (2002) BET Books
·      Tomorrow’s Promise (Homeland Heroes and Heroines) (2002) Indigo/Genesis Press
·      Through the Storm (2002) BET Publications
·      Sister Got Game (2004) Dafina (Kensington)
·      Keepin’ it Real (2005) Dafina
·      Take Me There (2006) Dafina
·      Better Than (2008) Dafina

Romance Anthologies
·      “Home for the Holidays” in Midnight Clear (2000) Genesis Press
·      “Time Enough for Love” in After the Vows (2001) Genesis  Press
·      “Valentine’s Love” in Candlelight and You” (2003) Arabesque
·      “Shameless” in Sisterhood of Shopaholics (2003) St. Martin’s

  • “A ‘No Drama’ Valentine’s” in Valentine’s Day is Killing Me (2006) Kensington

·      “Tempt Me” in Men of Danger (2010) St. Martin’s (writing as Alexis Grant)

 

Crime/Suspense as Leslie Esdaile Banks
·      Betrayal of the Trust (2004) Dafina
·      Blind Trust (2005) Dafina
·      Shattered Trust (2006) Dafina
·      No Trust (2007) Dafina

 

Crime/Suspense as L.A. Banks
·      Scarface, The Beginning (2006) St. Martin’s

 

Paranormal as L.A. Banks

VHL Series---all with St. Martin’s Press
·      Minion (2003)
·      The Awakening (2004)
·      The Hunted (2004)
·      The Bitten (2005)
·      The Forbidden (2005)
·      The Damned (2006)
·      The Forsaken (2006)
·      The Wicked (2007)
·      The Cursed (2008)
·      The Darkness (2008)
·      The Shadows (2008)
·      The Shadows (2009)

  • The Thirteenth (2009)

Hot New Angel Series—with Simon & Schuster/Pocketbooks

  • Surrender the Dark (2011)

Crimson Moon Series----with St. Martin’s Press
·      Bad Blood (2008)
·      Bite the Bullet (2008)
·      Undead on Arrival (2009)
·      Cursed to Death (2009)
·      Never Cry Wolf (2010)
·      Left for Undead (2010)

Paranormal Anthologies
·      Stroke of Midnight (2004) St. Martin’s Press
·      Dark Dreams (2006) Kensington Books
·      Love at First Bite (2006) St. Martin’s Press
·      My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding ( 2006) St. Martin’s P ress
·      Vegas Bites (2006) Parker Publishing
·      Creepin’ (2007) Kimani Press
·      Dark Delicacies 2 (2007)  Running Press
·      On the Line (2007) Kimani Press
·      Hotter Than Hell (2008) Harper
·      The Darker Mask (2008) Tor (MacMillan)
·      The Ancestors (2008) Dafina
·      Vampires: Dracula and the Undead Legions (2009) Moonstone
·      Blood Lite 2 (2010) Pocket Books
·      Surrender the Dark (2011) Pocketbooks/Simon and Schuster
·      Death’s Excellent Vacation (2010) Berkeley

 

Dark Avengers Series—ebook short stories
·      Finder’s Keepers (book 1) (2008) Night Shade Books
·      Finder’s Keepers (book 2) (2008) Night Shade Books

 

Non- Fiction Essays/Articles as Leslie Esdaile
·      How to Write a Romance for the New Market (1999) – Genesis Press, *article within anthology

  • “Light at the End of the Tunnel” story in Chicken Soup for the African American Soul (2004) Health Communications, Inc
  • NOTE:  Leslie Esdaile/Leslie Banks also has several non-fiction articles in various travel magazines and newspapers.

Romances as Alexis Grant
·      Sizzle and Burn (2011) St. Martin’s

Comics as L.A Banks

The Hidden Darkness:
·      #1 Ashes to Ashes (August 2010) Dynamite Entertainment
·      #2 Dust to Dust (Fall 2010) Dynamite Entertainment
·      #3  Bygones to Blood (Fall 2010) Dynamite Entertainment
·      #4 Dawn and Darkness (? Title) Dynamite Entertainment

Graphic novel(s) as L.A Banks
·      Dawn and Darkness (December 2010)

Young Adult as L.A. Banks
·      Shadow Walker January 2011