Books published by publisher Heather Karn

Another year of Christmas preparations is in full swing at the North Pole’s own Christmas Village, and Holly is content to be working at her father’s bakery. But when Chip calls her into his office with a promotion she can’t turn down, life as Holly knows it is about to change. With a new bakery located in New York City scheduled to go online the first of November, and her at the head of the project, she has little time for distractions. That is, until she meets her handsome new assistant.Merric quickly proves to be more than a competent assistant, especially when devastating news from back home puts all the pressure on them to make the new bakery a success. Even with their deadline approaching, romance blossoms between Holly and Merric, but it’s not without its challenges. Can it survive when Holly discovers a secret Merric has been hiding? Or will they pull together and fight for their chance at happiness and success?Join a new batch of characters in this deliciously epic companion novel to First Christmas!Cookie Christmas is a sweet holiday romance. All language, violence, or sexual content is little to none.

Joette “Joey” McClane is on a life or death mission. With her best friend’s life on the line, she, Kev, and a host of her new friends and family escape to Earth. With two people already dead from Tom’s evil plan, and one still unaccounted for, they have to race the clock to rescue Chrissa and return to Fairimorr before Leon breaks the truce with Derek. Knowing it is likely her last trip to Earth, Joey requests to stay a few days longer to celebrate Thanksgiving with her relatives, but that may be pushing their time limit too far. When the unthinkable happens, the group finds themselves trapped on Earth. With unlikely new allies and traitors in their midst, it soon becomes difficult to tell friend from foe. In all of their trials, one fact remains clear to Joey: Tom must be stopped at all costs, or humanity will be destroyed.This is a clean, young adult paranormal romance. There is little to no sexual content and any violence is not graphic. There is little to no swearing.

Joette McClane’s life has gone from the happiest it could ever be to heartbreak with the deaths of her parents. Now living with her grandma and aunt, trying to put the pieces of her life back together, a school assignment shocks the life back into Joey- an essay on the weregals, a race of werecats who disappeared from the mountains of West Virginia nearly twenty years ago. As luck, or fate, would have it, not only does Joey stumble across the first weregal seen in years, but what Kev knows about Joey will turn her world upside down. But Kev’s not the only creature lurking in the West Virginia pines, and these other creatures might not be so friendly. Armed with her peculiar sense of smell, Joey and her friends set out to discover the truth behind these mysterious strangers who have their sights set on Joey, but will the price of truth be too much to pay?Perfect Scents is a clean Young Adult Paranormal Romance. There is little to no sexual content or violence.

Joey and Kev are now on the run, all the while Joey’s weregal side grows stronger. Escaping to Fairimorr proves to be more daunting than either had counted on, and when they arrive at their destination, they don’t receive the warm welcome they expected. With a new, foreign world ahead of her, Joey is faced with new challenges and obstacles that she never dreamed she’d ever have to face. Her human upbringing puts her at a disadvantage, which those she now comes into contact with don’t even begin to understand. She must choose whether life in Fairimorr is worth the sacrifices she’s made, or if she’ll find a way to escape back to Earth. All the while Joey learns to trust her instincts to survive, and not all of them are human instincts. And when her world feels like it’s tearing apart, she is faced with the question that her heart needs answered: does she truly belong with Kev, as his mate?

Joette McClane’s life has gone from the happiest it could ever be to heartbreak with the deaths of her parents. Now living with her grandma and aunt, trying to put the pieces of her life back together, a school assignment shocks the life back into Joey- an essay on the weregals, a race of werecats who disappeared from the mountains of West Virginia nearly twenty years ago. As luck, or fate, would have it, not only does Joey stumble across the first weregal seen in years, but what Kev knows about Joey will turn her world upside down. But Kev’s not the only creature lurking in the West Virginia pines, and these other creatures might not be so friendly. Armed with her peculiar sense of smell, Joey and her friends set out to discover the truth behind these mysterious strangers who have their sights set on Joey, but will the price of truth be too much to pay?

Joette “Joey” McClane is on a life or death mission. With her best friend’s life on the line, she, Kev, and a host of her new friends and family escape to Earth. With two people already dead from Tom’s evil plan, and one still unaccounted for, they have to race the clock to rescue Chrissa and return to Fairimorr before Leon breaks the truce with Derek. Knowing it is likely her last trip to Earth, Joey requests to stay a few days longer to celebrate Thanksgiving with her relatives, but that may be pushing their time limit too far. When the unthinkable happens, the group finds themselves trapped on Earth. With unlikely new allies and traitors in their midst, it soon becomes difficult to tell friend from foe. In all of their trials, one fact remains clear to Joey: Tom must be stopped at all costs, or humanity will be destroyed.

Vixen is an ice dragon shifter whose obsession with Christmas increases each day. Her clan’s village is located at the North Pole: the home of the one and only Santa Claus and his elves. She lives a life of carefree celebration until an attack from a vengeful dragon lands Vixen at the feet of her mate, a man who has never celebrated Christmas. Lunar is from none other than the South Pole, the farthest place on Earth from Vixen’s beloved home. And as for her favorite holiday, he’s never joined in any of the human traditions surrounding it. If anything, he’s purposefully avoided them. Vixen must now take the reins and teach her mate all about the joyous time of year she celebrates year round. Just when their relationship starts to blossom, Vixen is kidnapped and held for ransom. Lunar will stop at nothing to save her as his first Christmas draws near. After all, there is no place like home for the holidays. First Christmas is a story about love and family. It's a clean YA Paranormal Romance. There is no swearing or sexual content. Any violence is mild and not graphic.

Another year of Christmas preparations is in full swing at the North Pole’s own Christmas Village, and Holly is content to be working at her father’s bakery. But when Chip calls her into his office with a promotion she can’t turn down, life as Holly knows it is about to change. With a new bakery located in New York City scheduled to go online the first of November, and her at the head of the project, she has little time for distractions. That is, until she meets her handsome new assistant. Merric quickly proves to be more than a competent assistant, especially when devastating news from back home puts all the pressure on them to make the new bakery a success. Even with their deadline approaching, romance blossoms between Holly and Merric, but it’s not without its challenges. Can it survive when Holly discovers a secret Merric has been hiding? Or will they pull together and fight for their chance at happiness and success? Join a new batch of characters in this deliciously epic companion novel to First Christmas! Cookie Christmas is a sweet holiday romance. All language, violence, or sexual content is little to none.

“Pure Gold” is a biographical novel, based on an outstanding woman’s life, this story is set in South Africa with a short period in the United Kingdom. The main character is Helen. She gives up her first love in order to marry a man in a wheelchair, suffering from a degenerative disease. As she nurses him through his long and difficult life, she battles asthma, infertility, breast cancer, a nervous breakdown and the loss of her parents, only to triumph at the end as she leans to deal with all her many trials through her deepening relationship with God and her growing faith.When Helen first feels the call of God to marry this man, she is a young woman and a new, immature Christian, but as she chooses to do the will of God, she begins to grow in her faith and mature as a person. Helen learns to deal with disappointment by placing her faith in God. In doing so she grows in trust in all things. The initial antagonist in the story is her first love and a man who is a constant reminder of all she has given up during the early years of her life. As Helen is finally able to come to terms with God’s will and releases this man, a new and unexpected antagonist arises in the form of her own husband.This story was written to honour a strong, courageous and inspirational woman who chose to follow God even when she couldn’t see the beginning from the end, when nothing made sense and she felt ready to give up. We follow her journey through life, both spiritually and emotionally as she grows through her trials and triumphs, and learns joy and peace, even when everything around her is in turmoil.