Photo by Kastler Photography

I think I was somewhere around eleven or twelve when I got tired of waiting for my favorite authors to write sequels and began to write them myself. When I got tired of playing in their worlds I started creating my own. Now, twenty years later, I still haven’t stopped. Contemporary, historical, fantasy, western, suspense, sci-fi…I love them all. As a reader I’ll pick up anything and often frustrate my loved ones with my habit of constantly having my nose in a book. As a writer I’m even worse. I currently have nine works in progress, five contemporary romances, a western, a sci-fi and two historical shorts.

I write what makes my heart sing and refuse to apologize for deviating from any known formulas. I write both erotic and sweet romance and will always let my characters determine which is what.

When not typing away on my laptop I spend gratuitous amounts of time training horses in a local barn. Since there are twelve of them and one of me, they do a bang up job of ganging up on me. It’s sort of like trying to turn couch potatoes into track stars. But to me, there’s nothing more soul satisfying than spending a morning on horseback listening to the sound of nature all around me. I’ve been riding longer than I’ve been writing, after all, and my equine friends oftentimes star in my works of fiction.

Though I grew up in the Rockies of Northern New Mexico, I make my home in the rolling hills of Missouri. Both places offer exciting backdrops for stories to come, and I love to travel looking for even more scene stealing locations.

So whether you’re an avid reader, a fellow author, or just someone passing through, I’d love to hear from you. You never know, you might just end up cast in one of my works of fiction…

Kaitlin’s Beverage of Choice

If you were just a little bit curious about Jessa’s Irish Car Bomb in Phoenix Rising, here’s the recipe that will keep you coming back for more…

3/4 pint Guinness® stout
1/2 shot Bailey's® Irish cream
1/2 shot Jameson® Irish whiskey

Add the Bailey's and Jameson to a shot glass, layering the Bailey's on the bottom. Pour the Guinness into a pint glass or beer mug 3/4 of the way full and let settle. Drop the shot glass into the Guinness and chug. If you don't drink it fast enough it will curdle and increasingly taste worse.