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Notes from Kathryn

Late fall/early Winter 2024

Dearest Friends and Lovers of Words,

After a long absence, I am back. Thank you for your patience. I have lost my beloved Jim. He fought cancer with his characteristic perseverance, but in the end, he got his wings and now is surrounded by God’s love.

God’s promises are a sustaining comfort during my dark days of grieving. I missed Jim on his birthday and on what would have been our fifteenth wedding anniversary. I will try to wade through my sorrow at Christmas and at the New Year’s celebrations. I know many of you have experienced the same anguish, and my heart goes out to anyone who is dealing with such a loss. Prayer helps me not to lose sight of God’s goodness during this bleak time.

I have thrown myself into my writing and have completed my manuscript for Beyond Betrayal, which will be released in 2025. This is the second novel in The Abigail Series. The third and final book of the series is being created now and is due to be published in 2026. Beyond Betrayal is set in Baltimore, Maryland in the early 1900s.

Abigail’s deepest desire is to have a normal family, but the loss of her firstborn and a family legacy of mental illness creates a mountainous obstacle. She is treated with the new psychotherapies offered by William James and Sigmund Freud. After successfully restarting her family, Abigail finds a starving, abandoned baby on her front porch. Who’s the mother? Who’s the father? This discovery sends shockwaves through Bill and Abigail’s marriage. The final blow is unexpected. Will trust be restored and will their love endure?

Thank you for reading my words.

Blessings,
Kathryn

“… because I said I would …”