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Kat Martin
  • Bibliography:
    84 Books (20 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 1988
  • Latest Book:
    September 2024
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About the Author

Kat Martin was born on July of 1947. She was raised in the Central Valley of California and attended the University of California, Santa Barbara. She graduated with a degree in Anthropology. Before becoming a writer, she was a real estate broker. She is married to the author Larry Jay Martin.
Kat has always been an avid reader and found herself with stories of her own rattling around in her head. Putting those stories on paper was an obvious next step for her. She started out as a historical romance writer but has since branched out into romantic suspense. Her contemporary stories are often inspired by current events or even the lyrics of a country song. Sometimes, her story ideas seem to spring from nowhere in particular. No matter what her inspiration, she is a gifted storyteller with bestselling books in her resume.
Kat Martin lives in Missoula, Montana with her husband. They have collaborated on a book under the pseudonym Kathy Lawrence.

Full Series List in Order

Americana

1 - Tin Angel (Jan-1990)
2 - Captain's Bride (Sep-1990)
3 - Lover's Gold (May-1991)

Blood Ties

0.5 - One Last Kiss (Sep-2021)
1 - The Last Goodnight (Nov-2021)
2 - The Last Mile (Jun-2022)
3 - One Last Chance (Dec-2022)

Boss, Inc.

1 - Into the Fury (Feb-2016)
2 - Into the Whirlwind (Jun-2016)
3 - Into the Firestorm (Feb-2017)

Brodies of Alaska

0.5 - Against the Heart (Dec-2013)
1 - Against the Wild (Jun-2014)
2 - Against the Sky (Feb-2015)
3 - Against the Tide (Jun-2015)

Dreyerville

1 - The Christmas Clock (Oct-2009)
2 - A Song for My Mother (Apr-2011)

Fire Trilogy

1 - Heartless (May-2001)
2 - The Fire Inside (Feb-2002)
3 - Fanning the Flame (Aug-2002)

Heart Trilogy

1 - Heart of Honor (Jan-2007)
2 - Heart of Fire (Oct-2007)
3 - Heart of Courage (Jan-2009)

Intoxicating Brides

1 - Royal's Bride (Aug-2009)
2 - Reese's Bride (Jan-2010)
3 - Rule's Bride (May-2010)

Kingsland

1 - Innocence Undone (Jan-1997)
2 - Dangerous Passions (Feb-1998)

Litchfield

1 - Nothing But Velvet (Jul-1997)
2 - Silk and Steel (Feb-2000)

Lords Trilogy

1 - Gypsy Lord (Sep-1992)
2 - Sweet Vengeance (Sep-1993)
3 - Devil's Prize (Jun-1995)

Maximum Security

0.5 - Wait Until Dark: A Novella (Nov-2018)
0.75 - After the Sunrise (Nov-2018)
1 - The Conspiracy (Jan-2019)
1.5 - Shadows at Dawn (Aug-2019)
2 - The Deception (Sep-2019)
2.5 - Before Nightfall (Jul-2020)
3 - The Ultimate Betrayal (Aug-2020)
3.5 - Come Midnight (Jun-2021)
4 - The Perfect Murder (Jun-2021)

Necklace

1 - The Bride's Necklace (Jan-2005)
2 - The Devil's Necklace (Aug-2005)
3 - The Handmaiden's Necklace (Jan-2006)

Paranormal 2

1 - Scent of Roses (Jul-2006)
2 - The Summit (Jul-2007)
3 - Season of Strangers (Jun-2008)

Paranormal 1

1 - The Secret (Mar-2001)
2 - The Dream (Sep-1995)
3 - The Silent Rose (Nov-1994)

Raines of Wind Canyon

1 - Against the Wind (Jan-2011)
2 - Against the Fire (Jan-2011)
3 - Against the Law (Feb-2011)
4 - Against the Storm (Oct-2011)
5 - Against the Night (Mar-2012)
6 - Against the Sun (Jun-2012)
7 - Against the Odds (Dec-2012)
8 - Against the Edge (May-2013)
9 - Against the Mark (Sep-2013)
10 - Against the Heart (Dec-2013)
11 - Against the Wild (Jun-2014)
12 - Against the Sky (Feb-2015)
13 - Against the Tide (Jun-2015)

Sinclair

1 - Midnight Sun (May-2003)
2 - Desert Heat (May-2004)
3 - Deep Blue (Apr-2005)

Southern

1 - Creole Fires (Feb-1992)
2 - Savannah Heat (Feb-1993)
3 - Natchez Flame (Feb-1994)
4 - Captain's Bride (Sep-1990)
5 - Lover's Gold (May-1991)

The Texas Trilogy

1 - Beyond Reason (May-2017)
2 - Beyond Danger (Feb-2018)
3 - Beyond Control (May-2018)

Wicked

1 - Wicked Promise (Oct-1998)
2 - Perfect Sin (Oct-2000)

Book List in Order: 84 titles



  • THE PERILOUS TRAIL LED STRAIGHT TO LOVE ... She fled a stifling existence for the glittering social whirl of California's state capital, trading childhood's innocence for a woman's burning desire. It was risky, masquerading as her flighty cousin, ...



  • Beautiful Molly James had her work cut out for her: to own and operate her late father's California ranch, the Lady Jay -- all by herself. Molly's Irish spirit was as bright as her flaming hair, but a young woman alone -- even one as iron-wil...



  • Kat and L.J. Martin have announced the re-release of one of their most popular novels, the only novel they've written as a team, Tin Angel.

    Henry Taggart had gone to San Francisco several years prior to 1872 and had built up Taggart Enterpris...



  • A LUSTY MAN Captain Blackwell was a rake and rogue...a devilishly handsome scoundrel who used women and tossed them aside. Marriage was the last thing on his mind. Then a wealthy plantation owner invited the captain to his daughter's nineteenth birt...



  • aka The Duchess of Carbon County A PASSIONATE WOMAN When a hired gunman came to her small Pennsylvania town, Elaina McAllister knew with one look at his glinting blue eyes that she could never love this insolent stranger. But against all will, ...



  • A WOMAN OF HIDDEN FLAMES The Louisiana sun beat mercilessly on Nicole St. Claire just as Fate, too, had been merciless. The once wealthy, flirtatious belle stood on the auction block to be sold as a servant. Her sensual figure disguised, her gloriou...



  • He was Dominic Edgemont, Lord Nightwyck, Heir to the Marquis of Gravenwold. But he was also a dark-eyed, half-gypsy bastard.... When tall, handsome Dominic sees one of his Romany band whipping a beautiful, flame haired captive, he never dreams she...



  • SPIRITS FORGED OF STEEL... Despite her disguise as Silver Jones, tavern maid, Lady Selena Hardwick-Jones was captured by bounty hunters combing the Georgia coast for the runaway with hair pale as spun silver and eyes like soft brown velvet. Forced o...



  • A WOMAN DRIVEN BY THE FIRES OF VENGEANCE... A MAN CONSUMED BY THE FLAMES OF DESIRE... A PASSION AS DANGEROUS AS IT IS IRRESISTIBLE... With her cascading raven curls and sleek, sinewy curves, Jocelyn Asbury was a woman any man would want. And Rayn...






  • A WOMAN OF COURAGE AND HONOR She sold everything she owned to go west and marry a powerful land baron she'd never seen. But Priscilla Wills hadn't counted on the gunfight -- or the gunfighter -- who would change her life: the tall, broad-shouldere...



  • THEY WERE ENEMIES IN A DIVIDED LAND... Saxon beauty Caryn of Iversham longed to escape the chill gray cloisters of the convent to which she'd fled -- but not in marriage to the towering, feared Raolfe de Gere, the Norman knight they called Ral the...



  • THEY PLAYED FOR HIGH STAKES -- PASSION, HONOR, AND REVENGE Damien, Lord Falon, made his ruthless proposal to Alexa Garrick at the gaming table where he'd cheated the exquisite young heiress out of a fortune -- one night with him would discharge ...



  • SHE WAS HIS CAPTIVE. HE WAS THE ONE MAN SHE WAS FORBIDDEN TO HAVE... As soon as the tall, handsome Spaniard leaned down from his stallion to offer her a rose, Caralee McConnell knew California held danger. But all too quickly she was forced to den...



  • Jessica Fox wasn't always the beautiful, composed young woman who is the toast of the London ton. Born in poverty, Jessica wandered the streets until fate found her a guardian in the aging Marquess of Belmore. Now, it is fate she tempts with her long...



  • previously released under title: Lover's Gold May 1991 Publisher: Diamond Books ISBN: 1557735050 ISBN13: 9781557735058 When a hired gunman came to her small Pennsylvania town, Ela...



  • FROM THE DEPTHS OF AN ENGLISH FOREST TO GLITTERING BALLROOMS TO THE SCAFFOLD'S DARK SHADOW, RIDE THE PATH OF TEMPTATION... Lovely Velvet Moran has renounced all thoughts of love. To save her family from ruin, she will wed the hard-faced Duke of Ca...



  • Despite having been on opposite sides of the war, Yankee doctor Josh Coltrane is unprepared for the continued bitterness of long-lost love Angel Summers. Can these two former sweethearts learn to forgive and forget the past?...



  • When Elissa Tauber learns of her beloved brother's murder and that her native homeland is threatened, she is determined to expose the traitor. Posing as a recently widowed countess, she moves through the glittering world of the court, willing to bart...



  • A LADY's DESPERATE CHOICE Faced with a forced marriage to a loathsome neighbor, Elizabeth Woolcot can only appeal to her powerful guardian, Nicholas Warring, for aid. Unfortunately, Nicholas, Earl of Ravenworth, is known as the Wicked Earl for go...






  • THEIR PASSION WAS A FORCE OF NATURE, AS WILD AND POWERFUL AS THE SEA They came from opposite worlds: Brianne, a young woman trapped in a life from which she longs to escape; and Captain Marcus Delaine, the Earl of Hawksmoor, a man whose heart and...



  • SHE COULD TAKE HIS NAME, Lady Kathryn Grayson is a gently bred noblewoman with a privileged future ahead of her... until her greedy uncle decides to steal her fortune by committing her to an insane asylum. Her only escape is to stow away in the ca...



  • He was a nobleman. She was a commoner. It was the perfect recipe for perfect sin. PERFECT PLAN He was the ultimate rake. But Randall Clayton, 7th Duke of Beldon, harbors a hidden motive for seducing the fiery haired, passionate Caitlin Harmon....



  • A NEW BEGINNING WAS HER ONLY WISH... His name is Chance McLain. Wildly good-looking, superbly confident, he's everything Kate Rollins doesn't want when she lands in Lost Peak, Montana. She's come to change her life, to heal her child, to find ...



  • An innocent woman. An accomplished rogue. Love wasn't part of the bargain... A SHAMELESS BARGAIN To escape her life of poverty as a tenant farmer's daughter, Ariel Summers made a bargain with the devil -- she would become the Earl of Greville...



  • Glittering ballrooms and candlelit boudoirs of Regency-era England -- a novel of seduction and secrets, and breathtaking romance. Kassandra "Kitt" Wentworth was no ordinary young woman. Headstrong and rebellious, this daughter of a viscount had n...



  • THE HEART OF DARKNESS...AND DESIRE Allie Parker knows her best friend's death was no accident, and her quest to find the truth soon puts her in the wrong place - at the worst possible time... An unwilling passenger on a boat carrying deadly ca...



  • The London ton is abuzz with the latest scandal. Jillian Whitney, well-born but penniless, has been living under the roof of a wealthy nobleman old enough to be her father. When Adam Hawthorne, the mysterious Earl of Blackwood, meets the lovely rebel...



  • Vermillion Lee Durant is well versed in the art of seduction and determined to remain loyal to the destiny she was born to fulfill. But to Captain Caleb Tanner, a British officer hunting a spy who has been leaking information to the French, she may b...



  • A shattering romantic suspense set in the remote Yukon territory, where true darkness exists in the heart of a ruthless killer who won't let anything come between him and perfect, deadly vengeance. "OVER MY DEAD BODY" Call Hawkins just wants t...






  • FEAR AND DESIRE WILL FIND YOU...NO MATTER WHERE YOUR RUN For Ph.D. candidate Patience Sinclair, leaving the ivy-covered campus of Boston University for the wide, open spaces of Texas means a chance to stop looking over her shoulder at every turn. ...



  • IS HER HEART PURE ENOUGH TO SURVIVE THE NECKLACE'S CURSE? Knowing that she alone can protect her sister from the Baron Harwood, their lecherous stepfather, Victoria Temple Whiting snatches the family's heirloom necklace, believed to hold the power...



  • "Mind Your Own Business...Or Else..." For reporter Hope Sinclair, writing about the recovery of a sunken Spanish treasure off Pleasure Island should be her big chance. But Hope can't help feeling that she's been hand-picked for this job for all the ...



  • THE NECKLACE PROMISED GREAT HAPPINESS OR GREAT TRAGEDY -- AND NOBODY COULD ELUDE ITS POWER... To British privateer Ethan Sharpe, Grace Chastain is nothing but a pawn for vengeance against Harmon Jeffries, the traitor responsible for his brutal yea...



  • CAN A NECKLACE HOLD THE POWER TO RIGHT A LOVE GONE WRONG? Five years ago Rafael, Duke of Sheffield, believed he was betrayed by the woman he loved and the pain haunts him still. When Rafe discovers that he was cruelly tricked, and that Danielle Du...



  • Elizabeth doesn't believe in ghosts. But this time she has no choice. Family counselor Elizabeth Conner isn't sure what to think when Maria Santiago comes to her for help. Pregnant and terrified, Maria claims to be visited each night by the ghost ...



  • Krista Hart, publisher of the weekly London ladies' gazette Heart to Heart, is not afraid to speak her mind. Even on such unpopular issues as social reform--risking her reputation and her very safety--Krista will not be intimidated, although she know...



  • Autumn Sommers knows the danger of ignoring such powerful omens. Twelve years earlier, she could have prevented a tragic accident if only she had acted on those horrible nightmares. This time, she knows what she has to do. Her research into loca...



  • As a viscount's daughter, vivacious Coralee Whitmore is perfectly placed to write about London's elite in the outspoken ladies' gazette, Heart to Heart. But beneath her fashionable exterior beats the heart of a serious journalist. So when her sist...



  • Dedicated, driven real estate agent Julie Ferris is enjoying a day at the beach with her sister Laura when a strange, almost undetectable charge fills the air. Then, under the hot Malibu sun, time stops altogether. Neither sister can explain thei...






  • Under the pert pen name "Lady Smart," opinionated Lindsey Graham crusades for social change among London's elite, writing for the ladies' gazette Heart to Heart. But Lindsey's greatest campaign begins when her brother Rudy, a notorious rake, is accus...



  • Though he is a tilted nobleman, Royal Dewar is singularly unlucky...forced to choose between his soul mate and his salvation. After years abroad, Royal has returned to Bransford Castle to find his father dying and the family treasury nearly empty....



  • Sylvia Winters just found a job and an apartment in her hometown of Dreyerville, Michigan, but she is hesitant to return. Eight years ago, she jilted her fiancé, Joe Dixon, telling him that she was moving to Chicago because small-town living was not...



  • Wounded in battle, Major Reese Dewar returns to England--but his injuries are nothing compared to his shattered heart Years ago, love-struck Reese departed his home at Briarwood with a promise from raven-haired Elizabeth Clemens that she would mak...



  • Unrepentant rake Rule Dewar is living the good life when a most surprising event occurs--he falls in love with his wife. After their strategic marriage of commerce three years ago, Rule quite forgot about Violet Griffin, the teenage heiress to a B...



  • Once one of the “no-account Raines boys,” Gabriel Raines has pulled himself out of poverty by his bootstraps to become a successful businessman -- one who has become the target of revenge . . . You can’t fight what you can’t see. And Gabriel...



  • They were known as the "no-account Raines boys" but they've grown into successful, honorable men and everything they have, they've fought for tooth and nail. Now each of the three brothers has one last obstacle to overcome to claim what's eluding the...



  • The most unsettled of the “no-account Raines boys,” Devlin Raines has long been protecting his heart from injury. But his latest case -- and client -- forces him to lay everything on the line . . . At thirty-two Dev is “mostly retired” from ...



  • In this charming novel, Kat Martin brings readers back to the town of Dreyerville for another compelling story of love, loss, hope, and second chances... Years after leaving Dreyerville "for good" with her boyfriend right after high school, Marly ...



  • Some women find trouble wherever they go. And some men are their only protection against it. Redheads like Maggie O'Connell are nothing but trouble. But Trace Rawlins, a former army ranger turned private investigator, takes the case anyway. After al...






  • He knows what goes on in the dark. She's got the face of an angel and the body of…well, isn't that what he'd expect from an exotic dancer? But there's something about this girl that Johnnie Riggs can't shake. The former army ranger is hot on the t...



  • It's not in bodyguard Jake Cantrell's job description to share his suspicions with his assignments. Beautiful executive Sage Dumont may be in charge, but Jake's not on her payroll. As a former special forces marine, Jake trusts his gut, and it's ...



  • This collection of short romance stories kicks off a new line of romance fiction from Goldminds Publishing, featuring New York Times Best Seller Kat Martin, Amazon.com #1 Best Seller Steven Law, and award-winning novelist Ellen Gray Massey. Also incl...



  • This case may prove to be too hot to handle. There's silver out there: Sabrina Eckhart is sure of it. And when she finds the hidden mine on that big piece of West Texas desert, all of her financial problems are solved. That is, if she can find it....



  • A CHILD HE'S NEVER MET, A DANGER HE'S NEVER KNOWN. That he's a father is news former navy SEAL Ben Slocum was not expecting. But once the initial shock wears off for the confirmed bachelor, he takes in the rest of what social worker Claire Chastai...



  • THE PERFECT MURDER IS A WORK OF ART In one catastrophic instant, Haley Warren's estranged father was taken from her. She never got the chance to reconnect with him, so now she's doing it the only way she's got left: by proving the explosion that k...



  • Some Women Find Trouble Wherever They Go. Some Are Lucky Enough To Find A Man Tough Enough To Handle It. When Meriwether Jones takes her four-year-old daughter and runs from trouble in L.A., that trouble follows. By the time Meri reaches rural S...



  • Alaska: Where the men are as bold and untamed as America's last wilderness It's been three years since Lane Bishop tragically lost her fiancé, and she's finally ready to risk her heart on someone else. The hot look in Dylan Brodie's eyes says he'...



  • ALASKA In America's last wilderness there are no limits to what a man can do. For detective Nick Brodie, that means keeping the perps off the streets of Anchorage 24/7. Nick has never backed down from danger, but after the horrors he's seen, he...



  • Secrets -- and safety -- melt under a midnight sun… Liv Chandler is running for her life, and the cops haven’t been able to do a thing to help. But there’s one man who makes her feel safe, no matter what…rugged charter boat captain Rafe Br...



  • A bodyguard, a bounty hunter, a P.I.--the men of Brodie Operations Security Service, Inc. are down for the job. . . Sinners, whores, and sluts beware--your time is at hand: a faceless menace is threatening lingerie models on a cross country tour, ...



  • A bodyguard, a bounty hunter, a private investigator, no one can handle the heat like the men of BOSS, Inc. Megan O'Brien is at her wit's end. Her three-year-old son has been kidnapped. No police, says the ransom demand. Fearing for her son's life...



  • At Brodie Operations Security Service, Inc., following your instincts is company policy . . . M. Cassidy -- Luke Brodie had heard the name before, some novice bounty hunter working Seattle, catching tricky skips with more success than a newcomer s...



  • New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin raises chills as danger stalks a woman determined to make it in a man’s world . . . Five weeks ago Carly Drake stood at her grandfather’s grave. Now she’s burying Drake Trucking’s top driver, ...



  • New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin brings page-turning suspense to a tale of secrets and passions turned deadly... Texas mogul Beau Reese is furious. All six feet three obscenely wealthy, good-looking inches of him. His sixty-year-old f...



  • Present Danger When Victoria Langford got engaged, she told herself to give love a chance. Six months later, she's on the run from her angry, abusive ex-fiancé with her four-year-old daughter and nowhere to go. Seventy miles north of Dallas, th...



  • AFTER the SUNRISE, a short story introducing Kat Martin's Maximum Security series, plus an excerpt from her new novel, THE CONSPIRACY.They Called Him the Hero of St. Andrew'sWhen an active shooter in full body armor strides down the center aisle of S...



  • Don’t miss the thrilling prequel to New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin’s brand-new series, Maximum Security! Private investigator Jonah Wolfe knows trouble when he sees it. So when April Vale storms into his office at Maximum Securit...



  • Original Title: Until Midnight New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin raises the tension and the passion when family ambition turns deadly… Harper Winston’s brother has disappeared. Pursuing his dream of sailing the Caribbean, Michael...



  • Don’t miss this scorching novella, part of what Publishers Weekly is calling Kat Martin’s new Maximum Security series! Private detective Jaxon Ryker swore to himself he would keep his hands off Mindy Stewart. No matter how much Jax might secre...



  • When missing turns to murdered, one woman's search for answers will take her to a place she never wanted to go… After searching for her sister for two long years, Kate Gallagher is devastated when she’s called to the morgue to identify Chrissy...



  • It was an eerie sound, as if someone walked down the silent halls then came into her room and stood at the foot of her bed. Callie Sutton's chilling experience in the old family home begins her dangerous adventure -- with an outlaw ghost who look...



  • As girls, they bonded over broken homes and growing up in foster care. As women, they’re fighting for their lives, and loves, once more . . . MERI When Meriwether Jones takes her young daughter and runs from trouble in L.A., that trouble foll...



  • Kat Martin is back with another thrilling Maximum Security novella filled with danger, suspense and one smoldering road trip to the mountains of Mexico! When her best friend’s son is kidnapped, private detective Lissa Blayne drops everything to ...



  • Short Stories by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Authors Published August 2020 This book is a collection of uplifting contemporary romance short stories featuring authors who reside in the Pacific Northwest. Proceeds from the Summer Vi...



  • To prove her father’s innocence, she’ll have to turn a killer’s sights on herself When journalist Jessie Kegan’s father is accused of espionage and treason, Jessie has no doubt the man she looked up to her entire life is innocent. Worse ye...



  • A routine flight turns into a suspenseful race through the remote jungles of Honduras When strangers Breanna Winters and Derek Stiles met on a flight to Colombia, they never imagined they would need to rely on each other for survival. Taken hosta...



  • New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin is back with her most thrilling novel yet in the Maximum Security series -- The Perfect Murder. Fans of Sandra Brown, Linda Howard and Julie Garwood will fall in love with The Max. The eldest of the thr...



  • Colorado rancher Sam Bridger will do anything for a friend, even if it means babysitting a rich city girl who knows more about high fashion than horses. Blond, beautiful Liberty Hale looks like a model -- and acts like a spoiled brat -- but Sam sense...



  • A thrilling new suspense novel from the bestselling author of The Perfect Murder that fans of Jayne Ann Krentz and Laura Griffin won’t want to miss! A cold case is heating up, and with another body on his hands, one rancher is hot on the trail of a...



  • The New York Times bestselling author pairs a woman in search of her family's truth with a hard-hitting professional treasure hunter in this taut and thrilling new book. As an unknown assailant stalks them across the treacherous Superstition Moun...



  • New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin mixes high-octane adventure with sizzling romance for an explosive thriller featuring an ex Green Beret, a dangerous cult and a female private investigator who will let nothing stop her from rescuing her m...



  • From romantic thriller powerhouses Kat Martin, Alexandra Ivy and Rebecca Zanetti, the trio behind the instant USA Today bestseller PIVOT, three new interwoven stories about brave heroes fighting to stop a rampage - and p...



  • In a twisty page-turner for fans of Lisa Jewell and Melinda Leigh, New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin melds psychological thriller and ghost story as one woman’s daring search for the truth tests the dividing line between life and death.I...



  • In this spine-tingling tale the New York Times bestselling author melds love story with historical mystery as past meets present in Jerome, Arizona.1898: Robbery, prostitution, and violence are commonplace in the fabulously rich copper mining city of...


Award-Winning Books by Kat Martin

Captain's Bride
1990 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- American Historical Romance
Hot Rain
2002 All About Romance Reader Award -- Worst Read


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kat Martin has published 84 books.

The next book by Kat Martin, Haunted, will be published in September 2024.

The first book by Kat Martin, Magnificent Passage, was published in September 1988.

Yes. Kat Martin has 20 series.