Mark

Kathi S. Barton

Nov 2021 · World Castle Publishing, LLC

About this ebook

Jamie Kemp was good at her job. Working for the FBI in search and rescue as a dog trainer and handler was fulfilling work. Never laying down many roots, Jamie was ready to head out on assignment with her dogs at a moment’s notice.

Mark Cross and his family had lived in the Smoky Mountains for ten generations, and he loved the land, but of late, he was feeling rather lonely. Mark and his entire family were bears, black bears that blended into the wooded areas better than any wild ones in the park.

Jamie and her dogs were called in to find a missing woman. Instead, Jamie found herself in the crosshairs of a serial killer. Mark showed her pictures of the women this maniac had killed, and she could be their twin. And to complicate things more, Mark was her mate….

Ratings and reviews

Mark' is the first book in Kathi S. Barton's "A Cross to Bear" series. It has an interesting setting, which is a national park, and Mark Cross and his five brothers live up on the mountain with their grandparents. As a matter of fact, when the park became part of the National Park registry is was written that as long as there was a member of the Cross family alive and living there, their hundred acres belonged to them. If and when there were no more Cross' then the land would revert to the park. Jamie Kemp had been called in to take her dogs and go to the park in order to try and locate a woman who has missing. Seems an FBI agent and her dogs are never off duty. Before the plane could even take off from the runway the dogs had alerted to a problem that needed to be dealt with. Of these two find each other and realize they're mates. Their relationship isn't the hot and crazy, passion-filled romance but at least there was heart in the story. I'm left with a lot of questions about some of the things in the book but I'm hoping Ms. Barton answers them in one or more of the other books.

About the author

Kathi Barton, a winner of the Pinnacle Book Achievement Award and a best-selling author on Amazon and All Romance books, lives in Nashport, Ohio, with her husband, Paul. When not creating new worlds and romance, Kathi and her husband enjoy camping and going to auctions. She can also be seen at county fairs with her husband, who is an artist and potter.

Her muse, a cross between Jimmy Stewart and Hugh Jackman, brings her stories to life for her readers in a way that has them coming back time and again for more. Her favorite genre is paranormal romance, with a great deal of spice. You can visit Kathi online and drop her an email if you’d like. She loves hearing from her fans. [e-mail].

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