Penrod

Penrod Hathaway has seen the worst of humanity.As a detective, he spends his days untangling crimes, catching killers, and dealing with people at their worst. Dating? That's another mystery he'd rather avoid. After one disappointing date after another, Penrod is convinced that finding the right woman just isn't in the cards.Lori Hamilton has spent her entire life scraping by. Working long hours as a waitress and carefully saving every dollar, she dreams of something more-a car, a house, and maybe someday a life where she doesn't have to worry about every penny.Then Lori wins the lottery.Suddenly she has everything she's ever dreamed of… except the freedom to enjoy it. Keeping her life-and her fortune-secret is the only way to protect herself from the chaos that money can bring.When Lori's carefully guarded world begins to collide with Penrod's, neither of them expects what happens next. Between murder investigations, family meddling, and secrets that could change everything, the last thing Penrod planned to find was love.But sometimes the most unexpected cases…are the ones that lead straight to the heart. I woke up one morning and decided to give play time to the people in my head who were keeping me awake. Little did I know that they would be so relentless and want their time right now! I wrote for the pure joy of it and to entertain my family and friends. But mostly it was to get more than an hour of sleep without a story playing out. Of course, the more I write, the more they want. So…well, as a result of sleepless days (I work through the night as a gun toting grandma – nope not a vigilantly but an armed security guard) I have lots of stories written.Hello! My name is Kathi Barton and I'm an author. I have been married to my very best friend Sonny for at times seems several lifetimes – in a good way, honey. And together we have three wonderful children and then the ones we brought into the world - Paul and Dale Barton, Jason and Wendy Barton and Danielle and Ben Conklin. They have given us seven of the greatest treasures on Earth. They don't live at home seven days a week! No, seriously, seven grandchildren – Gavin, Spring, Ben, Trinity, Sarah, Kelly and Kian. The Hathaways, a contemporary romance series by Kathi S. Barton