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★ Amazon Top 25 bestselling author ★

Kathy Lockheart is an Amazon Top 25 bestselling author and Kindle Unlimited All-Star of Suspenseful Romance novels. Her books—which have a unique blend of emotional elements typically found in women’s fiction and the romance and danger elements found in romantic suspense—contain themes that include dark romance antiheroes, enemies to lovers alpha tropes, and forbidden romance angst. When she’s not writing, you can find her silently cursing the person who put fluorescent lights in dressing rooms.

SECRETS AND THE CITY
Deadly Illusion
Fatal Cure
Lethal Justice
Grave Deception

Vendetta Duet
Secret Vendetta
Silent Vendetta

Cross Duet
Crossfire
Crossover

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Average rating: 4.06 · 43,882 ratings · 3,525 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	Deadly Illusion (Secrets and the City, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 16,381 ratings — 11 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
	Crash (Sinners and Saints #1) 4.13 avg rating — 8,651 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Fatal Cure (Secrets and the City, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 3,779 ratings — published 2022	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
	Secret Vendetta (Vendetta Duet #1) 4.11 avg rating — 3,073 ratings — 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
	Power (Sinners and Saints #2) 4.28 avg rating — 2,904 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Silent Vendetta (Vendetta Duet, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 2,316 ratings — 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
	Grave Deception (Secrets and the City, #4) 4.22 avg rating — 1,986 ratings — 3 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
	Lethal Justice (Secrets and the City, #3) 4.16 avg rating — 1,990 ratings — 5 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
	Bound (Sinners and Saints #3) 4.33 avg rating — 1,097 ratings	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
	Crossfire (Cross Duet #1) 4.31 avg rating — 601 ratings — 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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Bound is LIVE!

"Marry me or watch your company burn." That's how Axel Pierce—my biggest rival and brother's best friend—proposed our fake engagement.

Some call him a corporate shark.
I call him the devil in a three-piece suit.

Too bad he kisses like an angel and touches me like he means it.

Now every staged dinner feels like foreplay.
Every public appearance tests our control.
And every night I'm left asking:

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Series by Kathy Lockheart

Secrets and the City (4 books)
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3.96 avg rating — 24,693 ratings

Sinners and Saints (3 books)
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4.18 avg rating — 12,642 ratings

Vendetta Duet (2 books)
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Kathy Lockheart (Goodreads Author)

4.16 avg rating — 5,389 ratings

Cross Duet (2 books)
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Kathy Lockheart (Goodreads Author)

4.33 avg rating — 1,125 ratings

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Doubt: A Forbidden Brother’s Best Friend Romance (Sinners and Saints Book 4)

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“But he knew better than anyone that the bruises ran deeper than the skin. They ran all the way to your soul and left permanent splinters in your heart.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Deadly Illusion

tags: dangerous-love, domestic-suspense, emotional, forbidden-love, love-story, romance, romantic-suspense, romantic-thriller, sports-romance, suspense

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“Damian’s eyes glided over my body, his voice searing with anger. “What did he do to you?”
― Kathy Lockheart, Deadly Illusion

tags: alpha, alpha-male, domestic-violence, forbidden-love, love, protector, romance, romantic-suspense, romantic-thriller

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“I can’t lose you … You’re everything to me.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Crossover

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“I’m not going anywhere, Sabra Valentine. I’m in this for the long haul.”
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“No one is normal. Everyone is just pretending to be normal.”
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“But he knew better than anyone that the bruises ran deeper than the skin. They ran all the way to your soul and left permanent splinters in your heart.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Deadly Illusion

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“Damian’s eyes glided over my body, his voice searing with anger. “What did he do to you?”
― Kathy Lockheart, Deadly Illusion

tags: alpha, alpha-male, domestic-violence, forbidden-love, love, protector, romance, romantic-suspense, romantic-thriller

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“If I ever see that piece of shit again, he’ll get the beating of his life,” Damian declared in an eerily calm tone.”
― Kathy Lockheart, Deadly Illusion

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