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.
Jaguar’s Mate
She’s not looking for a mate…
Sapphire is cursed. Every relationship she’s ever been in has ended poorly. So she’s sworn off relationships and is happy with her life. Until Eli comes along—a one-night stand that turned into more. When things got too intense, she did what she always did. She ran.
He’s not letting her get away…
This time Eli isn’t letting Sapphire go without a fight. When her friend needs help escaping an abusive situation, he steps up, no questions asked. It doesn’t matter that Sapphire won’t tell him why she’s holding back from him. He’s a jaguar shifter and cats are very patient—he’ll wait for his mate to come around. But before he can claim her once and for all, they’ll have to deal with an angry bunch of shifters who are out for blood.
More info →Chasing Vengeance
Wanting her means putting a target on her back…
Layla’s taste in men runs toward the epic side of awful. With one murderous ex-fiancé already behind her, she’s attempting to start over in Redemption Harbor with the help of her bestie, Nova. And wine. Lots of wine. The very thing that helps her make another epic mistake—trying to kiss Xavier, one of her newest friends. So what if he’s sexy, funny, and has completely taken over her fantasies? Relationships and Layla don’t mix. And Xavier is clearly not interested anyway.
But it’s too late to walk away…
Any good hitman has no business forging a personal life…no matter how great the temptation. And Xavier is an exceptionally good hitman, with a long list of enemies. Even if Layla could somehow look past his profession, he’d never put her in jeopardy. But everyone has their breaking point—and when Layla accepts a date with someone else, Xavier’s possessiveness is unleashed. The greater the risk, the sweeter the reward…until Xavier’s sweet Layla is used against him by someone from his past. Now he’ll do whatever it takes to protect her from the enemy hunting her from the shadows.
More info →Darkness Rising
When a bringer of death…
Awakened after millennia, dragon warrior Reaper is ready to fulfill his destiny…until he sees Greer. With one glimpse, everything Reaper has ever known throughout his very long life is irrevocably changed. Greer’s his mate, he feels it in his blood, in his soul—but convincing her is another matter. The dragon clan healer finds him obnoxious and annoying, but he knows a woman’s interest when he smells it. And Greer smells like one word: mine.
Meets a giver of life…
Greer has spent hundreds of years using her healing abilities for the good of others, making her the polar opposite of Reaper. The ferocious war general may be an ancient, but his arrogance proves he hasn’t spent any of that time learning about women. Greer is displeased when her Alpha sends her to New Orleans with the insufferable warrior—then she sees him in action against a menace threatening to tear the city apart. Fierce, protective, magnificent…mate-worthy. Except he’s hiding something from her. Something dark and devastating that could destroy their newly forged bond. Maybe opposites do attract, but if they want to live long enough to find out, they’ll first have to save the world teetering on the brink of obliteration.
More info →Bishop’s Knight
The Bishop siblings’ family is on the verge of collapse as all three find themselves embroiled in danger. Family bonds may keep them alive…but only love can give them something to live for. Read BISHOP’S KNIGHT, the first novel in this heart-pounding Endgame trilogy!
She needs his protection…
Thanks to years of government training, Evie Bishop knows how to get into places she doesn’t belong—and she’s very good at it. But years of doing black ops work burned her out so she returns home—to unexpected chaos. One of her brothers is in a coma and the other is in hiding, wanted for murder. Then a fellow operative from her past shows up shot and bleeding with news that an assassin is gunning for everyone involved with a past op. She’s forced to turn to the one man she knows she can trust—the man whose heart she broke.
But it will come with a price…
When Dylan Blackwood proposed a year ago, Evie turned him down flat and walked out of his life. He’s stunned when he finds her on his doorstep covered in someone else’s blood, needing his help. He always knew there was more to her than met the eye—that Evie was never simply the pampered society princess she wanted people to believe she was. But he never expected this. If she needs help, he’ll give it. Even if he can’t forget her betrayal. Even if he isn’t sure he can trust her. But his protection will come with a price—her heart. Before they can have a chance at a future, they’ll have to work together to take down a faceless enemy who has Evie firmly in his crosshairs.
FIRST IN NEW TRILOGY
Author note: This book can be read as a stand-alone, complete with HEA.
Bishop’s Queen
Return to the Endgame trilogy where blood is thick, but passion is thicker…
He doesn’t believe in fairy-tale endings…
They used to call Evan Bishop the golden boy. He had it all and was about to close the business deal of a lifetime, then marry the woman of his dreams. But everything goes to hell when a faceless enemy wants to destroy his family’s empire and see him dead. Except the bomb meant to kill him fails. He wakes up from a coma to find his face scarred and his brother missing and wanted for murder. Now that he’s damaged, he hides away from the world—including the woman he loves. He refuses to be a burden to her, so even though it destroys him, he sets her free.
She’s about to prove him wrong…
Isla MacDonald isn’t walking away from Evan just because he’s decided to shut her out of his life. He blames himself for the bombing that got her father killed and nearly killed him—but he’s wrong. After all attempts to see him fail, with a broken heart she tries to resume her life and take over her father’s firm. Though it’s not her dream, she wants to honor his legacy. But when someone tries to kill her—twice—she needs a bodyguard. To her surprise Evan steps up and insists on protecting her, putting on a show as the caring fiancé. But he won’t let her back into his life or into his heart. To have any chance at a future together, they’ll have to resurrect the past and stay alive long enough to expose the man determined to see them both dead.
More info →Saving Danger
To maintain her cover and keep her family off her back, they fake a relationship.
Having spent her whole life trying to prove she’s just as capable as her three older brothers, art retrieval expert Ivy Danger has landed the biggest gig of her career, one that will pay off the mortgage of the animal shelter she owns. That is, if she doesn’t die before finishing the job. Even if she locates the stolen art, the violent gang of thieves won’t give up their million-dollar payday without a fight. She has one person she can turn to for help—Nash Harris. Security expert, her brother’s best friend…and the gorgeous man of her fantasies who treats her like a kid sister. Not that she’d do anything about her attraction anyway—not when it would screw up her family dynamic if things went sideways between them.
Now it’s impossible to tell what’s real and what’s not.
Despite having known Ivy forever, “brotherly” is the last thing Nash feels for the sexy troublemaker. She’s it for him. The One. He’s known it for a while…but convincing Ivy is another matter. When they have to fake a relationship for her current job, things shift between them. They’ve worked together before, but she’s in over her head with this latest job. But before anything can come of it, he’ll have to keep her alive when she’s targeted by a dangerous group known for violent retaliation. Nash will do whatever it takes to keep her safe, to prove she can trust him—on the job, with her life, and with her heart.
Red Stone Security, #17
More info →Reaper: Der Aufstieg der Dunkelheit
Wenn ein Todesbringer …
Nach Jahrtausenden erwacht, ist der Drachenkrieger Reaper bereit, sein Schicksal zu erfüllen … bis er Greer sieht. Mit einem Blick wird alles, was Reaper in seinem sehr langen Leben je gekannt hat, unwiderruflich verändert. Greer ist seine Gefährtin, er spürt es in seinem Blut, in seiner Seele – aber sie zu überzeugen, ist eine andere Sache. Der Heiler des Drachenclans findet ihn unausstehlich und nervig, aber er erkennt das Interesse einer Frau, wenn er es riecht. Und Greer riecht wie ein Wort: meins.
… auf einen Lebensspender trifft …
Greer hat Hunderte von Jahren damit verbracht, ihre Heilfähigkeiten zum Wohle anderer einzusetzen, was sie zum genauen Gegenteil von Reaper macht. Der wilde Kriegsgeneral mag ein alter Mann sein, aber seine Arroganz beweist, dass er keine Zeit damit verbracht hat, etwas über Frauen zu lernen. Greer ist unzufrieden, als ihr Alpha sie mit dem unerträglichen Krieger nach New Orleans schickt – dann sieht sie ihn im Einsatz gegen etwas, das droht, die Stadt zu zerreißen. Wild, beschützend, großartig … kameradschaftlich. Vielleicht ziehen sich Gegensätze an, aber wenn sie lange genug leben wollen, um es herauszufinden, müssen sie zuerst die Welt retten, die am Rande der Auslöschung steht.
More info →Fighting for Hailey
She’s the one who got away…
They grew up together, dated for years—but when Lennox had a chance at a college scholarship and a new life, Hailey abruptly ended things. She wanted him to have the life he deserved, and with her track record knew she’d just bring him down. Now they’re both grown and she runs the new division of Redemption Harbor Consulting, heading up their security division. But her past is about to collide with her present in a big way, and she can’t outrun her demons any longer.
This time, he’s playing for keeps…
Years ago Hailey joined the military and ruthlessly cut all her foster siblings out her life. Now that one of them is in danger she’s back—and Lennox isn’t letting her push him away ever again. One of their own has been kidnapped and with the clock ticking, they have no choice but to work together to find him before it’s too late. But the threat is much worse than they imagined. It will take all their combined skills—and breaking through Hailey’s walls— to unravel the clues in time to save him.
BOOK 1 in all new series.
More info →Leighton: Verdeckte Spiele
Sie hätte bloß Mittel zum Zweck sein sollen …
Er hat Alexei Kuznetsov, den größten Feind von Redemption Harbor Consulting, fest im Visier. Für Leighton, den Mitbegründer von RHC, ist das Imperium des hinterhältigen Kriminellen zu stürzen nur ein weiterer kleiner Schritt, um mit seiner eigenen Vergangenheit abzuschließen. Um Kuznetsov zu vernichten, wird er seine russische Nichte benutzen, eine Frau, bei der Leighton vermutet, dass sie ebenfalls in schmutzige Geschäfte verwickelt ist. Eine Frau, bei der er nicht damit rechnet, sich zu ihr hingezogen zu fühlen … aber die sein Blut zum Kochen bringt und Leighton Dinge wollen lässt, die er mit jemandem wie ihr auf keinen Fall haben kann.
Jetzt bedeutet sie ihm alles …
Obwohl sie andere Perspektiven gehabt hätte, bringt die Loyalität zu ihrer Familie Lucy Carreras dazu, eines der erfolgreichen Hotels ihres Onkels zu leiten. Doch je länger sie das Tagesgeschäft verfolgt, desto fester ist sie davon überzeugt, dass in dem eleganten Etablissement einige zwielichtige Dinge ablaufen. Als ihr Verdacht von Leighton bestätigt wird – einem gefährlichen Mann, der direkt ihrer Fantasie entsprungen zu sein scheint – und Lucy erfährt, wie bösartig die Sünden ihres Onkels tatsächlich sind, implodiert ihre gesamte Welt. Jetzt kann sie ihn nicht länger tatenlos weitermachen lassen. Sie und Leighton werden Alexei gemeinsam zu Fall bringen … wenn sie den tödlichen Sturm überleben können, der auf sie zurast.
More info →Falling for Bella
RELEASING OCTOBER 20, 2026
She’s the face of her family’s New Orleans ghost tour company…
Bella has been working with her family at their popular tour company since she was a kid. She loves her city and giving tourists the real history. Even if the rival tour company across the street has been a thorn in their side for years. They steal customers and though she can’t prove it, she’s sure they’re behind the recent string of bad reviews. She’s been doing her best to ignore them, but it’s hard, especially since her recently returned former best friend is back in town and now running the other company. So what if he makes her heart pound whenever he looks at her? He’s the enemy and she wants nothing to do with him.
He’s trying to clean up his family’s mess…
Ansen and Bella used to be best friends, but their feuding families eventually drove a wedge between them. Now that he’s back home to stay, he’s hoping they can put the past behind them—so he proposes they fake a relationship to get their families to declare a truce. The upcoming Halloween festival provides them a chance to grow their businesses and gain more exposure—if only their families will stop their petty squabbles and pranks. If they can pull off that Halloween miracle, maybe he can finally convince Bella that he wants more than friendship from her—and that nothing about his proposal is fake.
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More info →Ancient Vendetta
Get ready for King and Aurora’s long awaited, action-packed story!
His responsibility is to his pack, his people—the territory of New Orleans.
When the world devolved into chaos and fire, Alpha wolf King kept his territory from collapsing. Now, every day it seems there’s a new challenge—rogue witches, treacherous vampires, evil dragons. But his biggest threat is Aurora. Unique, magical, a female who sees him, the male, and not simply the Alpha in charge. But she’s thrown up so many walls that he’s afraid he’ll never be able to break through to the woman behind them. When the most dangerous threat they’ve ever faced ravages the city he’ll need her at his side—to defeat it, and then claim the woman who already owns him, body and soul.
But she makes him want more.
After being held captive for a year, Aurora has embraced her freedom. For the first time in her life she’s living away from her older sister in a new territory. A new world. She’s made friends and is helping New Orleans get back on its feet. Giving to others is helping her combat her PTSD, but she’s far from the woman she used to be. Even so, she can’t fight her ever present and growing attraction to King. Except she’s afraid she’s broken, that she’ll never be able to have a normal relationship again—that she can’t handle being an Alpha’s mate. When an evil linked to his past threatens to tear them apart and destroy the city, she must set her fears aside and find the courage to follow her heart—and the wolf who’s already won it.
More info →Ancient Vengeance
She’s been sheltered her entire life…
Stella is from a fierce and ancient dragon line, but when her kingdom was invaded and half her family slaughtered, everything changed. She’s been taught to fight, to protect herself, but now that one of her sisters is back after being thought dead, she realizes it’s time to make some changes. After years of being smothered, she needs freedom, to spread her dragon wings and experience life. So when her grandmother tasks her with a job in New Orleans, she jumps at the chance to strike out on her own and prove herself.
He's never met anyone like her…
Dragon shifter Rhodes is a killer. An assassin. And he’s been ordered to kidnap the dragon princess Stella as vengeance against her clan. He’s always finished his contracts—until he meets her. Now he’ll do anything to keep her safe. To claim her forever as his mate. But first they’ll have to overcome the danger stalking her—and then he’ll have to figure out how to get her to forgive him for betraying her.
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