Writing as Kathy Otten for Wild Rose Press
Kathy is a working mom who lives in the open farm country of western New York with a husband and three teenagers. She enjoys taking long walks with her two large dogs who usually drag her along behind them while they root through the tall grass and underbrush of the woods and fields they trek. In the winter, Kathy likes to curl up with a good book and one or two of her four cats, while the snow blows outside. In between the kids, work and animals, Kathy sits at her computer and weave stories of laughter, heartache and love for the crazy cast of characters swirling around in her head.
Contact Kathy at jersey.vt.1774@hotmail.com
Kathy’s Wild Rose titles... Click on book image to order.
Redemption of a Cavalier
American Rosette
$1.50 @ Wild Rose
Trying to redeem himself for the death of his fiancee’s brother, Wesley Cole has put himself in the front lines of every battle he’s fought in the Civil War, until hours before his next major battle when he accidentally meets the one woman whose love and forgiveness can offer him peace. (9 pages)
Someone to Share the Sunsets
American Rosette
$1.50 @ Wild Rose
On her way to Texas at the close of the Civil War, Allison Nordstrom stops at a farm in Virginia to return to his only surviving brother, the personal effects of a wounded prisoner she’d once nursed. But instead of a warm welcome she is met by a drunken, embittered man with a loaded gun. (19 pages)Kathy's forthcoming book Between the Lines
Anxious to escape the confines of her loving, but overprotective family, Meg Greyson travels to Wyoming Territory to marry the man of her dreams. Only she discovers Brendan Kelly is nothing like the gentleman rancher who penned her beautiful letters. As she comes to know this intimidating, yet tacit man, Meg finds herself constantly having to rationalize away his dark and dangerous side in order to conform him to her image of the perfect man who wrote her letters.Brendan knows he should tell her the truth, but once he does, she will leave him forever. So he keeps pretending and every time she says, “I love you,” he dies a little more inside, for he knows he will never be the man she wants him to be.Excerpt:
“Be making no mistakes, Meg Greyson. ‘Tis a hard man I be and a hard life I be living. I’ve no room in it for soft words and doe-eyed looks. And by the saints, I’ll be wanting none o’ yer damn pity!” He whirled on his heels. His long strides took him quickly into the barn.Meg stared after him, her emotions caught somewhere between wanting to give him a big hug and wanting to hit him with a big rock. Lifting her chin, she marched into the dimly lit building and halted before him. His hat on his head, he froze in the act of sliding his arm into the sleeve of his shirt. Cold jade eyes clashed with hers.Suddenly, she wheeled around, scanned the interior, strode to the corner, picked up a bucket and stalked back. Her jaw set, she slammed the bucket upside-down on the floor at his feet. Then she snatched up the hem of her skirt and with two sharp clicks of her heels against the wood, stomped on top. Though the extra height helped, she was still forced to tip her head back in order to meet his narrow-eyed scowl.“Mister Kelly! If you have had a hard life, so be it. But do not presume to bully me with your harsh words and threatening looks. I have endured it for years from my family and I will not tolerate it from the man I marry! Another thing! Do not be so quick to confuse pity with compassion. Understand, sir, I pity only those whom I cannot respect. I offer my compassion to those that I care for!”Her nose in the air, she stepped off the bucket, picked it up, and replaced it in the corner. Then with her head high, she marched from the barn and left him standing there with his shirt sleeve half way up his arm.Early Review:
Lynda Warnock at Writers and Readers of Distinctive Fiction gives BETWEEN THE LINES a blue seal of approval. She says: “BETWEEN THE LINES is more than just a romance; laced throughout with more than enough suspense to keep your interest until the end. I didn’t want to put this tale down until I had finished, and I enjoyed every word. This may have been the first book I have read by Ms. Otten but I can tell you it won’t be my last.”