Kathryn M. Hearst

Kathryn M. Hearst is an American author of contemporary and paranormal romance based in North Carolina, where she lives with her rescue dogs. Her work spans the paranormal Tessa Lamar and Immortal Reign series, built around shapeshifters and supernatural bloodlines, alongside contemporary romance lines such as Hot Southern Nights and Single Dads Gone Wild. Hearst favors large ensemble casts, second-chance romances, and characters she describes wanting to feel like old friends, often setting her stories in the American South. She maintains an active readership across major book platforms and audiobook editions of her novels.