Author: Kathi Barton

She lost her sister. He never expected to lose his heart.

After a devastating accident claims the lives of her sister and brother-in-law, Trinity “Trinny” Banton suddenly finds herself raising their infant daughter alone. Between managing a vast estate, protecting her new family from those who want a piece of her inheritance, and learning to be a mother overnight, romance is the last thing on her mind.

Renowned artist Audon Hathaway has built a life around his work, his family, and the freedom to live on his own terms. Wealth and success have only made him wary of women interested in his fortune instead of the man behind the paintbrush. Then one unforgettable evening introduces him to the beautiful, fiercely independent woman who refuses to let anyone rescue her.

The attraction between them is undeniable.

As outside threats close in and old wounds refuse to stay buried, Audon and Trinny discover that sometimes the greatest masterpiece isn’t painted on canvas…

…it’s the family you never expected to find.

Love may arrive when they least expect it—but holding onto it will take all the courage they have.

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When hotshot lawyer Axel Hathaway trades his corner office for a crumbling estate and a diamond-in-the-rough downtown property, he’s looking for an escape—not a fresh start. Then, he meets Mackenzie “Mac” Booth, a renovation contractor whose sharp wit is matched only by her talent for bringing old buildings back to life.

As they peel back layers of vintage wallpaper and restore century-old hardwood, Axel finds himself falling for more than just the properties’ historic charm. But both the estate and Mac harbor secrets that refuse to stay buried. With his carefully constructed new life-threatening to collapse like a house of cards, Axel must decide if he’s finally ready to tear down the walls he’s built around his heart.

Sometimes love arrives when your whole life is falling apart… and puts every broken piece back where it belongs.

After surviving two unexpected heart attacks brought on by extreme stress and betrayal, attorney Debra Author is determined to rebuild her life. But starting over becomes a lot less terrifying when Dr. Kahana Hathaway, the calm, steady ER physician who helped save her life, keeps showing up exactly when she needs him most.

Kahana never expected to fall so hard, so fast. With a demanding medical career and a knack for carrying everyone else’s burdens, love was never something he made room for. But Debra’s resilience, humor, and vulnerability awaken something in him he didn’t realize was missing.

With an unstable relative threatening her inheritance, her career, and her peace, Debra must lean on the one man who refuses to let her fight alone. And Kahana will risk everything — including his heart — to protect the future they’re just beginning to imagine.

Penrod Hathaway has seen the worst of humanity.

As a detective, he spends his days untangling crimes, catching killers, and dealing with people at their worst. Dating? That’s another mystery he’d rather avoid. After one disappointing date after another, Penrod is convinced that finding the right woman just isn’t in the cards.

Lori Hamilton has spent her entire life scraping by. Working long hours as a waitress and carefully saving every dollar, she dreams of something more—a car, a house, and maybe someday a life where she doesn’t have to worry about every penny.

Then Lori wins the lottery.

Suddenly she has everything she’s ever dreamed of… except the freedom to enjoy it. Keeping her life—and her fortune—secret is the only way to protect herself from the chaos that money can bring.

When Lori’s carefully guarded world begins to collide with Penrod’s, neither of them expects what happens next. Between murder investigations, family meddling, and secrets that could change everything, the last thing Penrod planned to find was love.

But sometimes the most unexpected cases…are the ones that lead straight to the heart.

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Cullen Dixon has spent years keeping his distance—from people, from peace, and especially from the idea of love. Haunted by nightmares he can’t escape, he’s convinced that no woman should have to live with the darkness he carries. A mate? That’s one thing he’s sure he’ll never have.

When Emmie arrives in town for what should have been a simple visit, she doesn’t expect to find herself drawn to the quiet strength of Cullen—or the tight-knit Dixon family that seems to take her in as one of their own. What starts as a casual date quickly turns into something deeper, something neither of them saw coming.

But Cullen’s world isn’t as simple as it appears. The work he does still carries risks, and the life he’s trying to build comes with responsibilities that could put everything he’s found with Emmie in jeopardy.

As their connection grows, so does the question neither of them can ignore—can love truly take root in a life filled with danger, duty, and the unexpected?

In the final installment of the Dixon Troop series, hearts are claimed, families are forged, and one last love story proves that sometimes the strongest warriors are the ones who finally choose to come home.

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From the moment Amy found out her brother was running for the presidency of the United States, she moved out of the family home and changed her last name. She loved her brother, but she didn’t love the limelight. All she wanted was freedom. The freedom to live her life the way she wanted without being in the shadow of the Secret Service all the time. Taking pictures was her passion, and that’s what she would do, and no one would stand in her way.

Amy had taken a lot of great shots of the animals at the zoo, but if one more person asked her if she had permission to be there, she would scream. She just about had her camera in focus when another zoo employee approached her. He introduced himself as Dr. Dallas Dixon, and instead of being upset with her, he wanted her to take some pictures of a gorilla who had just given birth, but the baby wouldn’t live.

It didn’t take long for Amy to realize that Dallas was a shifter and silverback to his troop. “You’re the silverback. The leader to her. I don’t know how that works, but you’re a shifter. Gorilla shifter and leader. That’s why that other man said that you could order her to do—Christ, oh mighty. Oh fucking no.” She turned her entire body and looked at the man sitting not ten feet from her. “You are not telling me that you have it in your impossibly small mind that I’m whatever they call a silverback’s mate, are you? No. Don’t answer that. I don’t need to, nor do I want to know.”

Hazel Cherokee and Booth Dixon had been good friends since college. Booth would do anything for her. Hazel had the unpleasant task of visiting her father one last time in jail to find out Grandma’s last wishes, and she needed some muscle in case her dad got out of hand. He was a mean man and deserved everything he was getting. Booth couldn’t make it, but he’d send one of his brothers…

As soon as Jayden came into the room, he stared at her like he’d never seen a woman before. She was getting annoyed with him because he just kept staring.

“I’m a woman. Haven’t you ever seen one before?” He nodded, then grinned. “You’re not all that charming if that’s what you’re going for. Sit down and keep an eye on my father. That’s what you’re here for, isn’t it?”

“Yes. I’ll protect you with my life.” She said that they’d have him chained up. She doubted that it would ever go that far. “You never know. Some people are stupider than you think. But he won’t touch
you. I swear it on my mother’s heart.”

Londyn Rice is running for her life, a target of betrayal from the law firm she once trusted. With a fortune in inheritance checks and ruthless enemies closing in, her escape leads her to Waylon Dixon — a man with secrets of his own. Waylon is more than the town’s hardware store owner; he’s a gorilla shifter bound to protect Londyn as his destined mate.

As their lives intertwine, Londyn must navigate a dangerous web of lies, revenge, and supernatural forces. Can she trust Waylon with her heart and life, or will the relentless pursuit of her enemies destroy them both? Together, they must face an enemy who will stop at nothing to claim what isn’t theirs—and discover a love worth fighting for.

Booth Dixon has a lot on his plate—teaching languages by day, translating historic documents for the president by night, and now? Trying to buy the perfect home for the love of his life, Dee.

Booth never expected to find his mate while house hunting—or that she’d be recovering from a near-fatal crash caused by a corrupt senator with a god complex. Dee has survived the unimaginable, and Booth is determined to give her the home, the love, and the future she deserves.

After the horrific accident nearly cost Dee her life, Booth refuses to let anything stand between them. Not greedy home sellers, not shady senators, and certainly not the fate that tried to take her from him. But as Dee’s body heals, a deeper magic begins to stir—one that binds souls for eternity. Booth is ready to claim his mate.

But with a greedy sister coming out of the woodwork, a justice system cracking under pressure, and a love that defies destiny, Booth and Dee must trust their bond to build the life they’ve fought so hard for.

Love is powerful. Magic is eternal. And the Dixon Troop always protects its own.

Sometimes fate stitches two hearts together—whether they’re ready or not.

ER nurse Doone McFarlen has always kept her life orderly and her emotions locked away. Until the night she’s dragged—literally—back into work to sew up a wounded soldier who turns out to be anything but ordinary. Major Cullen Dixon’s injuries put her face-to-face with his brother, Dr. Falkner Dixon, a newly minted physician with secrets of his own…and eyes that make her forget every rule she’s ever followed.

When a mysterious fire destroys Doone’s apartment, Falkner offers her a safe place to stay—but “safe” isn’t what she feels when sparks fly between them. Falkner knows the truth: she’s his fated mate, destined to share his life and his shifter world. Convincing a fiercely independent human nurse that magic—and love—are real might be the toughest challenge this gorilla shifter has ever faced.

Caught between desire and a family of protective shifters, Doone must decide if she can trust her heart—and a man who’s part beast—to heal her soul.


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Penrod Hathaway has seen the worst of humanity.

As a detective, he spends his days untangling crimes, catching killers, and dealing with people at their worst. Dating? That’s another mystery he’d rather avoid. After one disappointing date after another, Penrod is convinced that finding the right woman just isn’t in the cards.

Lori Hamilton has spent her entire life scraping by. Working long hours as a waitress and carefully saving every dollar, she dreams of something more—a car, a house, and maybe someday a life where she doesn’t have to worry about every penny.

Then Lori wins the lottery.

Suddenly she has everything she’s ever dreamed of… except the freedom to enjoy it. Keeping her life—and her fortune—secret is the only way to protect herself from the chaos that money can bring.

When Lori’s carefully guarded world begins to collide with Penrod’s, neither of them expects what happens next. Between murder investigations, family meddling, and secrets that could change everything, the last thing Penrod planned to find was love.

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When hotshot lawyer Axel Hathaway trades his corner office for a crumbling estate and a diamond-in-the-rough downtown property, he’s looking for an escape—not a fresh start. Then, he meets Mackenzie “Mac” Booth, a renovation contractor whose sharp wit is matched only by her talent for bringing old buildings back to life.

As they peel back layers of vintage wallpaper and restore century-old hardwood, Axel finds himself falling for more than just the properties’ historic charm. But both the estate and Mac harbor secrets that refuse to stay buried. With his carefully constructed new life-threatening to collapse like a house of cards, Axel must decide if he’s finally ready to tear down the walls he’s built around his heart.

Sometimes love arrives when your whole life is falling apart… and puts every broken piece back where it belongs.

After surviving two unexpected heart attacks brought on by extreme stress and betrayal, attorney Debra Author is determined to rebuild her life. But starting over becomes a lot less terrifying when Dr. Kahana Hathaway, the calm, steady ER physician who helped save her life, keeps showing up exactly when she needs him most.

Kahana never expected to fall so hard, so fast. With a demanding medical career and a knack for carrying everyone else’s burdens, love was never something he made room for. But Debra’s resilience, humor, and vulnerability awaken something in him he didn’t realize was missing.

With an unstable relative threatening her inheritance, her career, and her peace, Debra must lean on the one man who refuses to let her fight alone. And Kahana will risk everything — including his heart — to protect the future they’re just beginning to imagine.


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