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Krista Holle

Goodreads Author

Born

The United States

Website

http://kristaholle.com

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Genre

Historical Fiction, Romance, Paranormal

Influences

Stephanie Meyer

Member Since

October 2011

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Krista has been writing since she was nine years old when she first scribbled out her first adolescent work entitled Merish, the completely illogical story of a girl who was part mermaid, part fish. As a young mother, she added to her repertoire some middle-grade readers and picture books.

In 2004, she began an intensive four-year period working part-time as a critical care nurse while homeschooling her four children. During this hectic time, courses of writing were taught and learned, and rules of syntax were scolded to memory. This period of time equipped her with the tools needed to enter the next phase of her writing experience—writing novels.

She has since published two books. Her brand is historical, sometimes magical, with a fast-pac ...more

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Krista Holle’s books

Average rating: 3.72 · 197 ratings · 105 reviews · 2 distinct works

	The Lure of Shapinsay 3.65 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	The Wind Whisperer 4.06 avg rating — 33 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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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

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Welcome to Paranormal Romance! This group is for the discussion and recommendation of paranormal romances and paranormal erotic romance, along with ur ...more

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We now have a group to have our discussions or fights over our book boyfriends. Loving fictional boys since December 19, 2011.

Clean Romances — 5893 members — last activity Dec 07, 2025 07:11PM
This group is dedicated to building a up a list of clean romance books. Not "Christian" or "Inspirational" (there are other groups for those), but goo ...more

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A place for all types of readers.

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The Best Place for PNR & UF Junkies ► A group for everyone who loves paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and related sub-genres like vampires, dragon ...more

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If you love Paranormal Romance join the group. Vamps, witches, fae, demons, werewolves, fallen angels and everything paranormal that you love. What bo ...more

Young Adult Fiction for Adults — 10993 members — last activity Jan 02, 2026 02:14PM
Whatever your age is, if you love reading young adult fiction, then I want to know what you are reading! Let's exchange ideas of good reads, nice idea ...more

UK Book Club — 6904 members — last activity 1 hour, 56 min ago
This is a book group for GoodReads users in the UK, but members from other countries are welcome too so long as all posts are made in English. The g ...more

Paranormal Boyfriends 101 — 301 members — last activity Jul 06, 2015 09:20PM
Is your book boyfriend a vampire, werewolf, shadowhunter, or angel? This group is all about book boyfriends from your favorite books. Here, you can di ...more

Into the Forest — 2103 members — last activity 13 hours, 15 min ago
A group to discuss the fairy and folk tales, world mythologies, mythic fiction, magical realism fiction, and monsters. Of course, we also discuss rete ...more

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Krista’s Friend Comments

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message 26: by Miss Deva

Sep 16, 2012 12:30PM

Hi Krista,

Thank you for the add, I look forward to reading " The Lure of Shapinsay" and seeing you around Goodreads. :)

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message 25: by Savannah

Mar 13, 2012 11:59AM

Krista, thank you for the friendship.

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message 24: by VampireNovelFan

Mar 02, 2012 08:07PM

Thanks for the friendvite, Krista! If you ever need a Paranormal/Urban Fantasy fix then I recommend you check out my blog! I've started doing giveaways for great series to my followers:

http://vampirenovelfan.wordpress.com/

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message 23: by Kia (last edited Dec 02, 2011 06:49PM)

Dec 02, 2011 06:48PM

Thanks for the request Krista! Sounds like your book is going to be a favorite. I'm definitely going to check it out once it's released. Congrats on your first publication!

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message 22: by Krista

Dec 02, 2011 06:23AM

Wow, lots of beautiful people avatars! I have such beautiful friends!

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message 21: by Denise

Dec 02, 2011 06:07AM

Hello Krista! Thanks for the friendvite!

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message 20: by Joan{missing the vampire bunny slippers!}

Nov 26, 2011 08:14AM

Hi! Thank you for the add!:D

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message 19: by Francesca the Fierce (Under the Covers Book Blog)

Nov 26, 2011 07:58AM

Hi Krista! Thanks for the friend invite!

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message 18: by Hayat

Nov 25, 2011 09:31AM

Hi Krista! Thanks for the friend invite! I've looked up your book The Lure of Shapinsay and I can't wait to read it. Is it a stand alone or are you planning to make it part of a series?

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message 17: by Dee

Nov 25, 2011 09:05AM

Hi Krista

Thanks for the friendvite :)

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message 16: by Ashley ~twisted_illusions~ (last edited Nov 24, 2011 11:03PM)

Nov 24, 2011 11:03PM

Hi Krista, Thanks for the friend request.

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message 15: by Tanecia

Nov 24, 2011 07:47PM

Thanks for the friends request Krista!! Happy turkey day too!

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message 14: by Krista

Nov 24, 2011 12:10PM

Danielle wrote: "Happy Thanksgiving Krista! Thanks for the GoodReads add! Can't wait to compare books!!"

Happy Thanksgiving, Danielle!

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message 13: by MD

Nov 24, 2011 11:31AM

Happy Thanksgiving Krista! Thanks for the GoodReads add! Can't wait to compare books!!

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message 12: by Florentine

Nov 22, 2011 08:42PM

thanks for the invite..
I've watched Breaking dawn movie.. love it! can't wait for Part 2

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message 11: by Carolyn F.

Nov 20, 2011 07:44PM

Thanks for the friend invite Krista!

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message 10: by tytti

Nov 19, 2011 07:55PM

Hi Krista and greetings from Finland!
Thanks for the invite =)

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message 9: by NhaughtyV says Damn the Zon Save the Reviews

Nov 18, 2011 07:52AM

Thanks so much for the friend-vite :)

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message 8: by Barbara ★

Nov 17, 2011 04:26PM

Thanks for the friendvite. The Lure of Shapinsay sounds interesting and I've added it to my Mt TBR.

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message 7: by Sandee is Reading

Nov 17, 2011 03:11PM

Thanks for the invite. :)

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message 6: by Jamie

Nov 14, 2011 04:40PM

Hi! Thanks for the friendvite!

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message 5: by Christina

Nov 14, 2011 03:50AM

Hi Krista! Thank you for the friend-vite.

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message 4: by Kit

Nov 12, 2011 07:19AM

Hi Krista! Thank you for the friend-vite. I'm really looking forward to reading The Lure of Shapinsay when it comes out! It looks really, REALLY good! I'll look for you on Twitter too! :)

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message 3: by Darreth

Nov 09, 2011 06:49PM