Addison Kline

Addison Kline was an earlier byline of romantic-suspense writer A. C. Williams, whose fiction combines family history, criminal threats, and relationships tested by inherited conflict. Black Horse opens the Breaking Black series with Averi Ford and Colt McClain confronting the return of the man responsible for losses in both their childhoods. Goodreads identifies Kline and Williams together, dates the original publication to 2014, and lists this novel at the head of the sequence. FictionDB independently confirms the three-book reading order, followed by Broken Road and Shattered Chances. The title names Colt's father, whose release forces Averi to decide whether hiding can protect the life she rebuilt. Kline uses the couple's long shared past to make the suspense personal rather than incidental. Readers beginning with Black Horse enter a continuing story about loyalty, survival, and whether affection formed before trauma can withstand the danger that resurfaces years later.