K. Victoria Chase – författare

Berlin 1935On the eve of the Olympics, musician Willie Cooper is banned from performing her beloved jazz. With her half-German niece and nephew in need of food and shelter, she turns to the music underground to earn money. Each illegal gig brings the feared SD closer to her people, who are needed for an experiment only spoken of in feared whispers on the streets.British Intelligence Agent Klaus Hummer's mission is to observe and report as a journalist for Das Schwarze Korps, the Nazi's premiere newspaper. The immersion into Nazi propaganda and culture reveals an alarming agenda that will put him on a path to sacrifice the life of a beautiful jazz singer in favor for an assignment that can not fail.

Coming home pregnant, divorced, and nearly out of options was never part of Maya Richards's plan. Neither was falling for the boy she once left behind.Ten years ago, Maya chose the wrong man and left Norfolk, determined to prove everyone wrong. Now she's back in her small Virginia hometown with a baby due any day, a broken marriage behind her, and a father who still sees the girl who made one reckless mistake too many. What she needs is simple: a job, a fresh start, and the chance to prove she can build a life for her son on her own.Jacob "e;Jake"e; Rivers has loved Maya since they were kids Letting her leave once nearly broke him. Hiring her now as lead designer for his struggling landscaping company could save his business, but the more time they spend working side by side on a career-making university project, the harder it is to remember that Maya is not his to rescue.Maya wants independence. Jake wants to be chosen. And with Thanksgiving closing in, one contract could give them both the future they've been praying for.But if Maya keeps guarding her heart, she'll lose the man ready to love both her and her baby. And if Jake pushes too hard, he'll lose the only thing he's ever wanted from her: a love freely given.A Thankful Love is a small-town contemporary sweet romance featuring a pregnant heroine, a cinnamon-roll hero who falls first, workplace forced proximity, second-chance feelings, family healing, faith, and a Thanksgiving happily ever after. Richards Family Romance StandalonesA Thankful Love (novelette)A Merry Love (novelette)A Lasting Love (novel)An Honest Love (novel)

She was just looking for her sister. He was looking for a way out. Together, they found danger, desire—and a deadly secret worth killing for. US Marshal Alejandro Santiago is deep undercover and dangerously close to losing himself to the violent world he's infiltrated. Just when he's ready to walk away, a beautiful, fierce woman storms into his investigation—and into his heart.Audrey Hughes hasn't seen her sister in years. But when she receives a cryptic letter and finds her sister missing, Audrey drops everything to find answers. She doesn't expect bullets to fly, or to be rescued by a brooding marshal with a haunted past and a body built for sin.Thrust together by circumstance, Alejandro and Audrey must navigate a tangled web of lies, cartel secrets, and sizzling tension. She wants the truth. He wants to protect her. But someone wants them both silenced—forever.The Santiago BrothersRuthless ReckoningRuthless ShelterRuthless ProtectorRuthless PursuitRuthless ExposureFinal Ruthless (Coming 2026!)

She put him away once. Now he's escaped—and this time, he wants her.FBI profiler Maggie Weston built her career by getting inside the minds of monsters. But one case has never let her go.John Michael Burrows abducted women from his Virginia hometown and made them vanish. Maggie helped expose him, helped save his last victim, and helped send him to death row. She thought the nightmare was over.Then Burrows escapes during a prisoner transfer.Deputy U.S. Marshal Brandon Worth is supposed to track fugitives, not babysit profilers. But Maggie knows Burrows better than anyone, and every clue he leaves behind seems meant for her. A note on the bus. A burned-out car. A town full of potential victims. A house with secrets still buried beneath it.Burrows isn't running.He's leading them somewhere.As Maggie and Brandon follow his trail back to Culpeper, the hunt turns personal fast. Brandon is still haunted by the woman he couldn't save. Maggie is determined not to fail the case that almost broke her. And the closer they get to the truth, the harder it becomes to ignore the attraction growing between them.But Burrows knows Maggie's fears. He knows her methods. And he has been waiting for the perfect moment to turn the profiler into the prey.To stop him, Maggie and Brandon will have to trust each other with the parts of themselves they've tried hardest to protect.Because Burrows doesn't just want to escape justice.He wants Maggie to lose everything before he kills her.TROPES✅ FBI Profiler vs. Serial Killer✅ Forced Partnership✅ Wounded Protector Hero✅ U.S. Marshal Hero✅ Serial Killer Targets the Heroine Virginia JusticeDeadly ChaseMarked by the MobFatal ExposureOff Track

The case could make her career. The man tied to it could ruin everything.Detective Eugenia "e;Genie"e; Green has spent years proving she belongs in Springfield's police department. Smart, relentless, and determined to rise, she knows one mistake in a city where everyone knows her name could follow her forever.Then four people are murdered in two weeks.Each killing is more brutal than the last. Each victim is marked with a signature Genie can't ignore. And every clue pulls her toward the one man she has every reason to keep at a professional distance.Rafael Santiago left Virginia to escape the gang ties that nearly destroyed him. He came home to repair the fractured relationship with his mother, not to be dragged back into the violence he fought to survive. But when the murders connect to the life he swore he'd buried, Rafa knows the killer isn't choosing victims at random.And Genie knows he may be the only person who can help her stop the next one.Working with Rafa could cost her the respect she's fought so hard to earn. He's dangerous, guarded, and tied to a past her department will never overlook. He's also the boy she once noticed from the safety of high school hallways—and the man whose quiet intensity now threatens every boundary she's trying to hold.Rafa has spent years outrunning the worst parts of himself. But Genie sees too much. She sees the guilt he carries, the control he clings to, and the man beneath the reputation everyone else remembers. Earning her trust could help him stop a killer. Losing it could prove he was never worth saving.As old enemies resurface and the murders strike closer to home, Genie and Rafa are forced into familiar neighborhoods now shadowed by fear. The attraction between them is reckless. The danger is personal. And the deeper Genie digs, the harder it becomes to know whether trusting Rafa will destroy her case… or save her life.For readers who love dangerous redemption arcs, relentless heroines, forced proximity, and romantic suspense where the man she shouldn't trust may be the only one who can protect her heart. The Santiago BrothersRuthless ReckoningRuthless ShelterRuthless ProtectorRuthless PursuitRuthless ExposureRuthless Defender (Coming 2026!)

She's a U.S. Marshal on vacation. He's a covert agent on a mission. When her abduction threatens both their lives, the only way out…is into each other's arms.Ricardo Santiago never expected his latest intelligence mission in the Arabian desert to involve rescuing a kidnapped woman—especially not a fiery, suspicious beauty who challenges his every move. But when Melody Lewis is dragged in front of a Saudi sheik and offered up as a concubine, Ric doesn't hesitate. He claims her as his own to protect her from a fate worse than death.Melody can take care of herself—she's been trained to. But surviving days in captivity without food or water leaves her weakened and wary of the one man standing between her and safety. He says he's here to help. He says she can trust him. But Melody's learned the hard way that trust can cost more than freedom—it can cost her heart.As Ric's cover gets shakier by the hour and his enemies close in, his only option is the unthinkable: marry Melody to keep her safe. But the more he fights the pull between them, the harder it becomes to tell where the act ends…and real feelings begin.In a desert filled with secrets, betrayals, and deadly games, can Ric and Melody escape with their lives—and their hearts—intact?The Santiago BrothersRuthless ReckoningRuthless ShelterRuthless ProtectorRuthless PursuitRuthless ExposureFinal Ruthless (Coming 2026!)

Merriment. Mistletoe. Making out.Residency is difficult; especially when the gorgeous grandson of her dead patient is filing an official complaint. Dr. Joan Richards heads home for some much needed merriment.With a new promotion on the line, Garrett Croft doesn't have time for love. When his grandfather traps him into a double-date with an all too familiar doctor, Garrett must decide whether or not he can let go of his grief and open his heart to love.This is a 12,000 word sweet romance.Thrillingly Passionate. Wonderfully Clean. Interracial Romance Novels by K. Victoria Chase

Rivals-in-training. And now... targets.Adolfo Perrera was trained to follow orders, eliminate threats, and never get personal. But when he uncovers a deadly conspiracy targeting his former classmates—including the one woman he can't forget—he disobeys a direct CIA command and disappears into the jungle to save her.Zaire Baker doesn't need rescuing. She's always fought her way to the front, proving herself in a male-dominated world where one mistake could cost her everything. She's fierce, brilliant, and prepared for anything—except for Adolfo showing up in the middle of her black ops mission with that infuriatingly confident look in his eyes.Forced to go off-grid and on the run, Adolfo and Zaire must rely on each other to survive the jungle, outwit an elite kill team, and uncover who betrayed them. But survival isn't the only thing on the line. Because the longer they stay alive, the harder it gets to ignore the heat between them.He broke the rules to protect her.She'll risk her life before she lets him carry that burden alone.But if they can't learn to trust each other—completely—this mission might be their last.Ruthless Pursuit is an action-packed romantic suspense with enemies-to-lovers tension, forced proximity in the jungle, and a protector hero who would rather risk his career than lose the woman who got away.TROPES✅ Enemies to lovers✅ Forced proximity (with jungle heat!)✅ Only one bed (and it's in the wild)✅ Tough guy x tougher woman✅ She drives him crazy… and he loves it The Santiago BrothersRuthless ReckoningRuthless ShelterRuthless ProtectorRuthless PursuitRuthless ExposureFinal Ruthless (Coming 2026!)

She escaped her father. She walked away from her partner. Now the mob is dragging her back to both.FBI profiler Sara Deckker has built her life on control, distance, and never looking back. Especially not toward the abusive father she cut out of her life—or the former partner who got too close to the broken pieces she keeps hidden.Then her father calls with a confession Sara can't ignore.James Deckker is dying. He's also the missing witness in a federal case against Richmond's most dangerous crime family. Another accountant is already dead. The trial is days away. And somewhere in her father's possession is a thumb drive that could destroy the Manicotts for good.The agent assigned to protect him is Doug Fairbanks—Sara's ex-partner, her biggest regret, and the only man who ever made her feel safe enough to be dangerous.Doug has spent a year trying to forget Sara Deckker. But when bullets start flying and witnesses keep disappearing, he has no choice but to hide her and her father in the one place the mob shouldn't find them. Close quarters make old attraction impossible to ignore. Old secrets make trust nearly impossible to give.But the Manicotts have friends in powerful places. The DA vanishes. Cops can't be trusted. And the evidence Sara's father carries may make all three of them targets.To survive, Sara will have to face the past she ran from—and trust the man she once left behind.Because this time, walking away won't just break her heart.It could get them both killed. TROPES✅ Partners-to-Lovers✅ Forced Proximity✅ Mob✅ Protector Hero✅ Second ChanceVirginia JusticeDeadly ChaseMarked by the Mob Fatal ExposureOff Track

The killer is hunting beautiful women. And the one woman Rico can't have may be next.FBI Agent Enrico "e;Rico"e; Tonoeli has never forgotten the case that almost broke him.Five years ago, a young woman was found murdered near the river—beautiful, brutalized, and stripped of her identity. Rico helped work the case, but the killer vanished before justice could be served.Now another young woman is dead.The same pattern. The same horror. And this time, the trail leads to a Richmond beauty pageant founded by international supermodel Daniella Fairbanks—the twin sister of Rico's best friend and the woman he has spent years trying not to want.Dani came home to Richmond to disappear.After a devastating accident overseas and a scandal threatening to destroy her career, the last thing she needs is attention. But when aspiring models connected to her pageant become targets, staying invisible is no longer an option. Neither is avoiding Rico, whose sharp eyes see far more than she wants to reveal.As Rico goes undercover at the pageant, the investigation turns darker. The killer is posing as someone the girls can trust. The bodies are multiplying. And the closer Rico gets to the truth, the more certain he becomes that Dani is standing directly in the killer's path.But Dani has secrets of her own. Secrets that could ruin her. Secrets that could distract Rico at the worst possible moment.Because this killer doesn't just want to take beauty.He wants to expose it, destroy it, and leave nothing behind.And if Rico can't stop him, Dani may become his most famous victim.TROPES✅ Brother's Best Friend✅ Celebrity Heroine✅ Protector Hero✅ Tortured FBI Hero✅ Serial KillerVirginia JusticeDeadly ChaseMarked by the Mob Fatal ExposureOff Track

Ex-felon "e;Buck"e; Gibson has labored for more than a decade to turn his life around. When he is deeded of half of Longhorn ranch, he feels all of his hard work is paying off--until he meets the co-owner. His dream of owning a ranch and continuing his work with youths on probation are threatened when he hears the buyout price.Darnell Long didn't have any children while alive, so in his will, he left his favorite niece--Phoebe Cox--half of Longhorn ranch. A popular on-air chef, Phoebe is grateful for the inheritance, but it throws a wrench into her plans to open a restaurant in New York.As Phoebe and Buck struggle to come to terms with their divergent lives and the future of Longhorn, an ex-boyfriend enters the picture to offer an enterprise to Phoebe that just might distract her from a sweet and sexy cowboy that's beginning to enjoy her peach cobbler--and her.A Sweet Surprise is a sweet romance with good food, hunky cowboys, and a reminder to never give up on your dreams.