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Strong heroines, protective heroes, and plenty of trouble.
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I'm KC Nord, an author of paranormal romance, romantic suspense, urban fantasy, and the occasional story where things go horribly wrong.
I love writing strong heroines, protective heroes, supernatural worlds, danger, romance, and characters who don't always make the smartest decisions—but usually make things interesting.
When I'm not writing, I'm usually reading, spending time with my family, or being supervised by one of my cats.
I'm excited to be part of Lantern and hope you'll find a story here that keeps you turning pages.
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Fantasy
Piper Turner thought turning twenty-one would mean cake, cocktails, and maybe finally getting her life together. She was wrong.
First, her boyfriend betrays her with her best friend. Then strange things start happening around Mossy Creek—things even Piper can't blame on her possibly haunted house or her late great-grandmother's restless ghost.
Enter Torin Winterbourne: tall, dark, dangerously attractive, and the mysterious owner of a security company who always seems to know more than he's willing to say.
As if that isn't enough, Piper discovers a tiny winged man with a taste for mischief hiding in her flower garden. Arlen insists he's a pixie. He also seems determined to make himself at home, preferably anywhere Torin can't find him.
The deeper Piper gets pulled into a dark, dangerous world she always thought belonged in Granny's fairy stories, the harder it becomes to ignore one unsettling possibility:
Maybe all these strange things aren't happening around Piper by accident.
And whatever is waking up in Mossy Creek may have been waiting for her twenty-first birthday.
Fantasy
Lara Silvers has spent most of her life avoiding dragons.
Her parents were dragon riders. They were heroes. And they died for it.
So while half of Evermere dreams of being chosen at the annual Selection, Lara wants nothing to do with dragons, riders, or the prestigious world they belong to. She's perfectly happy working in her family's jewelry shop and keeping both feet firmly on the ground.
Then she finds a young black dragon chained in the woods.
Freeing her is probably the most reckless thing Lara has ever done—and considering her habit of acting before thinking, that's saying something. But when the dragon chooses Lara and an unexpected bond forms between them, Lara's carefully planned future disappears overnight.

Found a new favorite?
Now she's headed to Drakhan Academy, where everyone else actually wanted to be there.
Between learning to fly, surviving combat training, dealing with classmates who think she never earned her place, and trying not to embarrass herself in front of a certain infuriatingly attractive third-year rider, Lara has enough problems.
But whoever wanted Sable hasn't necessarily stopped looking for her.
Paranormal Romance
Skye Adams has no idea who she was before two years ago.
A terrible accident stole her memories and nearly took her life. Skye has learned to live with the blank space where her past should be—even if she's getting tired of being treated like she's too fragile to handle the truth.
Skye lives in a harsh, unforgiving world where zombies have been a fact of life for years. But outbreaks in her small West Texas town have always been rare.
Until now.
When EAB agent Liam Zane arrives to investigate the sudden increase in zombie activity, he starts asking questions no one seems able to answer. He's tall, unfairly handsome, irritatingly observant—and far too good at noticing the things Skye would rather ignore.
As the investigation draws them closer, so does the attraction neither of them expected. But when pieces of Skye's missing past begin to surface, she starts to wonder if the accident she's been told about is really the whole story.
And some secrets were never meant to come back.
Skye survived something she shouldn't have.
Romantic Suspense
Someone is watching her. The sheriff is determined to keep her safe. Neither of them is prepared for what comes next.
Laney Cross has built a life she loves in the small Southern town of Bayou Oaks, complete with a cozy bookstore of her own. The only complication is Beckett Hall—her brother’s best friend, the town sheriff, and the man she’s had a crush on for years.
Then the gifts start arriving.
Someone knows where Laney lives. Where she works. When she’s alone.
As the attention turns threatening, Beckett refuses to let Laney face the danger by herself. Forced into close quarters, the feelings they’ve both tried to ignore become impossible to hide.
But Laney’s stalker has been waiting a long time for his chance—and he has no intention of letting Beckett stand in his way.
In Bayou Oaks, falling in love might be dangerous.
But answering the door could be deadly.
Come for the small-town romance. Stay for…
🖤 Brother’s best friend
🖤 A protective small-town sheriff
🖤 Forced proximity
🖤 Years of mutual pining
🖤 A stalker getting dangerously close
🖤 A heroine who refuses to be scared out of her own life
Paranormal Romance
Alexandra Bennett thought she knew exactly who she was.
Then Damien Cross walked into her life and changed everything.
Dangerously attractive, infuriatingly protective, and unlike anyone Lexie has ever known, Damien belongs to a world she never knew existed—a world of vampires, blood bonds, ancient rivalries, and enemies who seem far too interested in her.
Because Lexie isn't quite as human as she always believed.
As buried secrets about her family begin to surface, she finds herself pulled deeper into Damien's world—and closer to the man who seems determined to protect her, even when she isn't sure she needs protecting.
But someone has been waiting a very long time for Lexie to discover the truth.
And now that she has, they aren't about to let her walk away.
Come for the vampires. Stay for…
🖤 Slow-burn romance
🖤 A dangerously protective vampire
🖤 Hidden heritage & family secrets
🖤 Blood bonds
🖤 Forced proximity
🖤 A heroine who refuses to be sidelined