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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.

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Deadly Illusion
Fatal Cure
Lethal Justice
Grave Deception

Vendetta Duet
Secret Vendetta
Silent Vendetta

Cross Duet
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	Deadly Illusion (Secrets and the City, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 17,227 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) 4.11 avg rating — 15,432 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Power (Sinners and Saints #2) 4.27 avg rating — 6,450 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
	Bound (Sinners and Saints #3) 4.30 avg rating — 4,264 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 — 4,150 ratings — published 2022 — 6 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
	Secret Vendetta (Vendetta Duet #1) 4.13 avg rating — 3,627 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
	Silent Vendetta (Vendetta Duet, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 2,794 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
	Doubt (Sinners and Saints #4) 4.25 avg rating — 2,709 ratings — published 2026 — 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
	Trust (Sinners and Saints #5) 4.43 avg rating — 2,408 ratings — published 2026 — 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
	Grave Deception (Secrets and the City, #4) 4.23 avg rating — 2,238 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

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Doubt is LIVE!

I killed a man.

That’s what they charged me with after finding me in the woods with a bloody knife, a dead body, and no memory of how I got there.

The case was over before it began…
until Ryker Kincaid stepped in.

Chicago’s most ruthless defense attorney.
My brother’s best friend.
The only man I ever loved.

He shouldn’t touch me.
Shouldn’t move me into his penthouse.
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Series by Kathy Lockheart

Sinners and Saints (5 books)
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Secrets and the City (4 books)
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3.97 avg rating — 26,420 ratings

Vendetta Duet (2 books)
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4.18 avg rating — 6,420 ratings

Cross Duet (2 books)
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4.34 avg rating — 1,788 ratings

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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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“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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