Katie Reus

Katie Reus is the New York Times, USA Today, and IndieReader bestselling author of the Red Stone Security series, the Redemption Harbor series and the Deadly Ops series. She fell in love with romance at a young age thanks to books she pilfered from her mom’s stash. Years later she loves reading romance almost as much as she loves writing it.

However, she didn’t always know she wanted to be a writer. After changing majors many times, she finally graduated summa cum laude with a degree in psychology. Not long after that she discovered a new love. Writing. She now spends her days writing dark paranormal romance and sexy romantic suspense.

Deadly Surrender

Deadly Surrender

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Series: Sin City Series, Book 5
Genre: Romantic Suspense

Getting too close could end their friendship…

Good old-fashioned heartbreak sent Grace running to Las Vegas for a new start. There, she has the support of a college buddy and her social group, which includes Logan…funny, sexy, protective Logan MacNeil. They’ve become close friends, but that’s all Grace is willing to offer. Logan’s a known player, and Grace has been hurt enough for one lifetime, thanks. Getting left at the altar will do that to a woman.

Being apart could end their lives…

Logan’s reputation is more than a little exaggerated, and he’s never cared. Until Grace. She’s worth risking his heart again, if he can convince the brave, independent woman he’s not the playboy he seems. Right now she needs a friend…and a protector. Someone has already targeted them both—twice. Logan suspects he gained an enemy for his part in his boss’s recent failed business deal. But until he’s sure, he’s keeping Grace close. Achingly, torturously close… And when things turn deadly, he’ll lay everything on the line to make her his.

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Conall: In die Dunkelheit

Conall: In die Dunkelheit

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Series: Dunkelheit, Book 5
Genres: Foreign Editions, German

EIN BUCH. ZWEI GESCHICHTEN.

Eine Halbgöttin und ein Halbdämon stehen kurz vor der Heirat. Was bedeutet, dass eine Woche voller Festlichkeiten, Romantik, Spaß und der Art verrücktem Drama, für das Wolfwandler bekannt sind, bevorsteht. Als jemand das Stavros-Rudel ins Visier nimmt, schließen sich alle zusammen, um gegen einen unbekannten Feind zu kämpfen, und zwei Paare kämpfen um ihre Chance auf ein Happy End.

Sie sucht keinen Gefährten – doch er will für immer. 

Rhea ist eine Kriegerin. Sie hat über hundert Jahre lang für das Stavros-Wolfsrudel gekämpft und geblutet. Sie hätte nie erwartet, sich in den Alpha eines Drachenclans zu verlieben. Doch als ihre Vergangenheit sie heimsucht, findet sie sich Seite an Seite mit dem Mann wieder, der der Star all ihrer Fantasien ist.

Conall, der Alpha des Petronilla-Clans, hat sich bisher Zeit gelassen, seine künftige Gefährtin für sich zu beanspruchen. Doch jemand aus ihrer Vergangenheit bedroht sie und ihr Rudel – und das Leben der Frau, auf die er ein Leben lang gewartet hat.

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Wandler, Vampire und Drachen sind real – und wenn sie erst einmal einen Gefährten gewählt haben, geben sie nicht so einfach auf.

Vor einem Jahr hatte Liberty keine Ahnung, dass es tatsächlich Dinge und Wesen gibt, die die Nacht beherrschen. Von einem Team aus Halbdämonen und einer Halbgöttin aus einem Höllenreich gerettet verliebt sie sich jeden Tag mehr und mehr in ihren sexy Retter Rory. Sie fürchtet jedoch, dass sie zu kaputt ist, um jemals wieder eine Beziehung zu haben, doch je mehr Zeit sie zusammen verbringen, desto schwieriger wird es, die gegenseitige Anziehung zu leugnen.

Halbwolf-Halbdämon Rory hat Liberty seit ihrer Rettung im Auge behalten. Er ist sich nicht sicher, was nötig ist, um aus der Freundeszone auszubrechen und mehr zu werden, doch er ist bereit, ewig zu warten, wenn das nötig ist. Denn es lohnt sich, für Liberty zu kämpfen, und er wird alles tun, um die tapfere Überlebende zu seiner zu machen.

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Ancient Warrior

Ancient Warrior

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Series: Ancients Rising, Book 8
Genre: Paranormal Romance

RELEASING April 11, 2023

The last time she saw him…

Long before The Fall, before the world changed forever, tiger shifter Harlow worked in Black Ops for the safety of all shifters. She excelled at her job, loved everything about it, until the male she loved tried to kill her. So she was forced to kill him first.

She killed him.

Now Aodh is back. And this fierce, dominant dragon shifter won’t stop until he gets answers. But things aren’t what they seem and now he has more than a battle with Harlow on his hands. If they want a chance at a future, they’ll have to take down an ancient enemy who has targeted not only them, but their friends—and it’s going to take uniting all their skills to survive.

Author note: Each book in the series can be read as a stand-alone, complete with HEA and no cliffhanger.

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Fighting for Magnolia

Fighting for Magnolia

RELEASE DATE: August 27, 2024

Return to the action-packed Redemption Harbor Security series with the latest romantic suspense, Fighting for Magnolia! Book 4 in the bestselling series.

FULL DESCRIPTION COMING SOON.

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Deadly Past

Deadly Past

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Series: Verona Bay, Book 2
Genre: Romantic Suspense

She lost everything once…

Autumn Perez was just twenty-two when she witnessed a brutal murder and gave up her entire life to put the killer behind bars. A decade later, witness protection has her settled in picturesque Verona Bay, teaching art at the local high school. It’s a quiet life…until she’s caught up in another harrowing event and she worries that the US Marshals will try to move her again. But Autumn is done running—she’s built a life, has friends. And now she’s pregnant after an intense one-night stand with her sexy neighbor.

This time she’s not running…

Lincoln Jordan has been biding his time with Autumn, his talented, gorgeous neighbor. The attraction between them is undeniable, and after their one incredible night together he wants more. But she’s determined to keep him at arm’s length. When it becomes clear that someone wants her dead, he steps up to protect her. He needs to earn her trust, and fast. Because the enemy is closer than they ever imagined.

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Silent Protector

Silent Protector

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Series: Verona Bay, Book 3
Genre: Romantic Suspense

RELEASING October 26, 2021

Some secrets keep you safe…

Adeline Rodriguez left her violent past behind, buried her secrets and started over in Verona Bay. Now a successful co-owner in a local pet grooming business, she’s made a life for herself in this idyllic community, and has real friends. Thanks to her past, the only thing she hasn’t mastered yet is a real relationship. And when circumstances lead her to finally let her guard down with sexy Mac Collins, he completely ghosts her. Her first instinct is to close herself off again, but she decides to confront him instead—and that fateful decision puts her directly in the crosshairs of a killer.

Others can destroy you…

Mac has wanted Adeline since the moment they met, but she made it clear that she didn’t want a relationship. So he kept his distance. When they’re trapped together in a remote cabin, things change between them. But Mac’s past has come back to haunt him, so he pushes her away to protect her. Unfortunately, it’s already too late. Adeline is now a target too. To save her, Mac has no choice except to end the threat. Only then can he try to win over the woman he can’t live without. But winning over the feisty Adeline might prove to be harder than stopping a killer.

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Ancient Guardian

Ancient Guardian

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Series: Ancients Rising, Book 9
Genre: Paranormal Romance

He lost everyone he ever loved before…

Alpha dragon shifter Orion woke from his millennia-long hibernation into a different world—and found a band of humans struggling to survive. He’s been living among them, secretly keeping the predators away, but he’s kept his true identity hidden from everyone. Until an enemy threatens everything he’s come to love, including the human female he’s obsessed with. The female he can never have but will sacrifice everything for.

Now he has to step up and be the Alpha they all need…

Violet fell hard and fast for the stranger who joined their small farming community after The Fall. He lives with them, works alongside them, but there’s something different about him that she can’t quite put her finger on. When a group of visiting supernaturals upends everything in her community, she discovers he’s been hiding a huge secret. But that’s the least of their issues. If they don’t claim their territory and eliminate the growing threat outside their borders, there won’t be anything left to fight for.

Author note: Each book in the series can be read as a stand-alone, complete with HEA and no cliffhanger.

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A Very Merry Hitman

A Very Merry Hitman

RELEASE DATE: October 22, 2024

She’s surrounded by killers…

Aileen’s parents, brother and all her neighbors have unconventional jobs to say the least. So she’s surrounded by hitmen. Is it weird? Sure, but so is she. Lately she finds herself looking at one of her neighbors in a new light. When the single mom asks him for a teeny tiny favor—to help her after years of being celibate—he shuts her down. So she decides to throw herself back out there and start dating again.

And he’s the scariest of them all…

Dante has convinced himself that he’s protecting Aileen by keeping his distance. But when a man dressed as Santa tries to kidnap her, all bets are off. So he does what any good hitman would do—he kidnaps her to keep her safe. He’ll keep her under his roof, in his arms, and hopefully in his bed, while ending any and all threats to her. Too bad her nosy family tries to take over with her protection detail. It may be the most wonderful time of the year, but danger is about to find them all.

 

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Ancient Protector

Ancient Protector

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Series: Ancients Rising, Book 1
Genre: Paranormal Romance

Even as he fights for their future…

With the world still rebuilding after massive dragon attacks, famous singer Star isn’t willing to rely on a stranger to protect her family—though dragon shifter Lachlan is difficult to resist. Something about him is strangely familiar, but she doesn’t understand why. He’s already helped Star rescue her sister from a recent abduction, but trust doesn’t come easy when his kind has nearly hunted her race to extinction. When her sister’s kidnapper launches another violent attack, Star has no choice but to accept Lachlan’s aid. But no matter that he’s stepped up to protect her, she’ll never allow the ancient Scottish dragon into her heart.

They’re bound by the past.

Lachlan lost the woman he was meant to mate millennia ago. Unable to live in a world without her, his pain drove him to hibernation. He never thought he would move on—until Star. He’s well aware the feisty shifter is his new destiny, so if tailing her to New Orleans is what he has to do to be near her, then so be it. When Star is attacked, Lachlan resolves to protect her at all costs. And he won’t have to do it alone. It will take Lachlan, his clansmen, and Star’s misfit band of friends to rain fiery vengeance down upon their enemy if she and her sister are to ever be truly free. Only then can he claim her and discover the shocking truth that lies buried in their past.

FIRST IN NEW SERIES

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Ian: Von der Dunkelheit gerettet

Ian: Von der Dunkelheit gerettet

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Series: Dunkelheit, Book 6
Genres: Foreign Editions, German

Er dachte, er hätte sie vor Jahrzehnten verloren.

Halb Dämon, halb Drachenwandler Ian McCabe ist fest entschlossen, die einzige Frau zurückzubekommen, die er je geliebt hat. Als Fiona O’Riley ihn vor Jahrzehnten aus ihrem Leben geworfen hat, dachte er, sie sei für immer fort. Jetzt, wo sie zurück ist, wird ihn nichts davon abhalten, sie für sich zu beanspruchen. Doch sie will nichts mit ihm – oder seiner Familie – zu tun haben.

Sie würde alles tun, um ihn zu retten.

Fiona weiß, dass Ian der einzige Mann für sie ist. Doch der einzige Weg, ihn am Leben zu erhalten, ist, sich von ihm fernzuhalten. Aber als eine Tragödie geschieht und sie böse Pläne für den Massenmord an Menschen aufdecken, müssen sie zusammenarbeiten, um die Feinde zu besiegen, die alle bedrohen. Doch es steht noch so viel mehr auf dem Spiel: als ihr unbestreitbares Verlangen wächst, stehen sie vor einer unerträglichen Wahl. Wenn Fiona und Ian ihrer Versuchung erliegen, könnte ihre Paarung das Letzte sein, was sie jemals tun.

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Colt: Auferstanden von den Toten

Colt: Auferstanden von den Toten

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Series: Redemption Harbor-Serie, Book 1
Genres: Foreign Editions, German

Sie hat ihren eigenen Tod vorgetäuscht

Sky Arévalo hat die CIA verlassen und ihren eigenen Tod vorgetäuscht, um Colt Stuart zu beschützen, den einzigen Mann, den sie je geliebt hat. Monate später treibt eine brutale Entführung sie dazu, sich in ein gefährliches Kartell einzuschleichen. Gerade, als sie glaubt, aus der Sache raus zu sein, geht alles schrecklich schief und sie entkommt mit blutrünstigen Feinden auf ihren Fersen – nur um sich einem sehr verwirrten und wütenden Colt stellen zu müssen.

Er ist bereit, jede Grenze zu überschreiten, um sie zu retten

Als Colt Stuart, ein ehemaliger Marine, herausfindet, dass die Frau, die er geliebt hat, ihn hinters Licht geführt hat, ist er schockiert und verletzt, doch das hält ihn nicht davon ab, alle möglichen Gesetze zu brechen, um sie am Leben zu halten. Leider wird das vielleicht nicht reichen, um einen mächtigen Feind aufzuhalten, der alles tun würde, um Skye tot zu sehen.

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The Trouble with Rylee

The Trouble with Rylee

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Genre: Romantic Suspense

RELEASING: April 9, 2024

She witnessed a terrible crime…

So she goes to the only place she knows she’ll be safe—Detective Mateo Jackson’s house. He’s her older brother’s best friend and has starred in far too many of her fantasies. Even if he thinks of her as a nuisance, she knows he’ll keep her safe.

He’ll do anything to keep her safe…

Mateo has wanted Rylee for longer than he wants to admit. But he’s always kept his distance out of respect for her family. Now that she’s in danger, all bets are off. When they’re forced to share a roof, undeniable sparks fly, but unless he can keep her alive—and get over his own baggage—their relationship might never get off the ground.

Author note: this short novella was previously published under a different title but has been heavily edited and rewritten.

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