The Recurring Cast
Reading order · 14 books · 2006 to 2015 · Set in San Francisco

Psy-Changeling Books in Order

The Psy-Changeling series is set in a world shared by the Psy, a race with psychic powers who have trained themselves to feel no emotion; the changelings, who can shift into animals; and humans. Each paranormal romance pairs two people as the old order begins to break.

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Series facts

Books
14
Published
2006 to 2015
First book
Slave to Sensation
Latest
Shards of Hope (2015)
Setting
Set in San Francisco

The reading order

Every Psy-Changeling book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.

14 books · Set in San Francisco
  1. 1Slave to Sensation2006Sascha Duncan is a Psy who hides a dangerous secret: she can feel.Buy on Amazon
  2. 2Visions of Heat2007With Faith NightStarFaith NightStar, a Psy foreseer, begins to have visions of murder, and turns to Vaughn D’Angelo, a jaguar changeling.Buy on Amazon
  3. 3Caressed by Ice2007Brenna Kincaid, a changeling survivor of a terrible attack, falls for Judd Lauren, a Psy assassin.Buy on Amazon
  4. 4Mine to Possess2008With Clay BennettClay Bennett, a leopard changeling, finds the girl he lost in childhood, Talin.Buy on Amazon
  5. 5Hostage to Pleasure2008With Dorian ChristensenAshaya Aleine, a brilliant Psy scientist, defects, and Dorian Christensen, a leopard changeling, is assigned to protect her.Buy on Amazon
  6. 6Branded by Fire2009With Mercy SmithMercy Smith, a leopard sentinel, and Riley Kincaid, a wolf lieutenant, are thrown together in a hunt.Buy on Amazon
  7. 7Blaze of Memory2009With Dev SantosDevraj Santos finds a battered woman whose memories have been stripped so that she can be programmed to kill, and must decide whether she is a threat to his people.Buy on Amazon
  8. 8Bonds of Justice2010With Max ShannonHuman detective Max Shannon hunts a killer targeting a Psy Councillor’s advisers, working with a Psy investigator whose work with others’ darkest memories is costing her.Buy on Amazon
  9. 9Play of Passion2010With Indigo RiviereAs tensions with Pure Psy rise, SnowDancer tracker Drew Kincaid must stop rogue changelings who have lost control, while danger threatens the pack’s home.Buy on Amazon
  10. 10Kiss of Snow2011With Sienna LaurenSienna Lauren, a defector from the PsyNet, has found a place among the SnowDancer wolves, but a secret from her past could endanger them all.Buy on Amazon
  11. 11Tangle of Need2012With Riaz DelgadoWolf soldier Adria and SnowDancer lieutenant Riaz are drawn into a Psy conflict that could change the fate of the world.Buy on Amazon
  12. 12Heart of Obsidian2013A volatile rebel and a woman whose existence has been erased stand at the centre of a dark story as a day of reckoning approaches.Buy on Amazon
  13. 13Shield of Winter2014With VasicThe Arrow Vasic must help awaken the empaths to stop a lethal contagion threatening the Psy, with the help of Ivy Jane.Buy on Amazon
  14. 14Shards of Hope2015With Aden KaiArrows Aden and Zaira escape captivity with their abilities blocked and must survive in harsh wilderness while an unseen enemy targets their squad.Buy on Amazon

Do you need to read them in order?

Read in order, starting with Slave to Sensation. A larger story runs across the series.

Who appears in which book

The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.

Characters in the Psy-Changeling books

16 characters from Nalini Singh’s chart, with the number of Psy-Changeling books each appears in.

CharacterBooksFirst in this series
Faith NightStarPsy foreseer1Visions of Heat 2007
Clay BennettDarkRiver sentinel1Mine to Possess 2008
Dorian ChristensenDarkRiver sentinel1Hostage to Pleasure 2008
Mercy SmithDarkRiver sentinel1Branded by Fire 2009
Dev SantosForgotten leader1Blaze of Memory 2009
Max ShannonHuman police detective1Bonds of Justice 2010
Indigo RiviereSnowDancer lieutenant1Play of Passion 2010
Sienna LaurenPsy X-marked1Kiss of Snow 2011
Riaz DelgadoSnowDancer lieutenant1Tangle of Need 2012
VasicArrow teleporter1Shield of Winter 2014
Aden KaiLeader of the Arrows1Shards of Hope 2015
Sascha DuncanPsy cardinal empath14Slave to Sensation 2006
Lucas HunterAlpha of the DarkRiver leopards14Slave to Sensation 2006
Judd LaurenPsy Arrow14Slave to Sensation 2006
Hawke SnowAlpha of the SnowDancer wolves14Slave to Sensation 2006
Kaleb KrychekPowerful Psy Councillor14Slave to Sensation 2006