Dear Reader…
Thank you for being a part of an extraordinary group I truly
adore, book lovers. People who love to escape and adventure beyond the dull and
stressful in life through reading. Whether it’s a paperback in your hands or an
eBook device in your lap, readers are my favorite people. I believe the world
spins more passionately, more hued in bright colors, because of you.
Where is your favorite place to read at home? Do you have a
pefect overstuffed chair with a crocheted afghan or a cozy corner of the couch
where you can stretch your legs or curl them under you as you turn the pages?
Or are you like me, with full-platter days so you read every night in bed
before falling asleep? My nightstand sits under an odd stack of books at any
given time.
Is your personal reading relegated to vacations where you
can seclude yourself into a cabin in the woods by a roaring fire or tanning on
a sandy beach blanket with the waves as your soundtrack? If that’s the only time you have to read, that is a
shame, and your life is overscheduled.
I grew up in southern California
during a time where our local library had a limit on how many books you could
check out at one time. The magic number was five. As I buried myself deep in
the pages of a Beverly Cleary or a Laura Ingalls Wilder book, life transformed
into a whole new world. One of the strangest, magical occurrence in some of these
stories was snow. Kids went to school in the snow – how did that happen? If it
rained in So Cal, the adults freaked out a little, I could never imagine living
in a snow-covered area.
Dreams do come true, and I moved up to the Pacific
Northwest where at least once during the winter months, Mother
Nature blesses the area with a blanket of snow. And it’s everything I’d read
about in books: Quiet, crunchy, slippery, cold, wet, slushy. Wonderful.
As a child I wanted to make people smile or sigh from the
moment I could scribble stories on paper. My mentors and heroes were author and
being a published author is fantastic, another dream come true. I hope my book Their Witch Wears Plaid takes you away
from your ordinary into a magical realm of normal in Scotland
with a rag band of characters. The storyline is like a treat of cotton candy at
the fair, a bit of sweetness and a joy to remember. A rom-com tryst including a
gorgeous ghost, witches and a knight in shining armor. I hope you’ll enjoy it.
Forever yours,
Kathleen Shaputis
About the Author
Kathleen Shaputis lives in the glorious Pacific Northwest with her husband, Bob, a clowder of cats
and three pompously protective Pomeranians with little social aptitude: Brugh,
Bouncer and Miss Jazzy. If not writing, she’s busy reading and watching
romantic comedies, her ultimate paradise.
Her latest book is Their Witch Wears Plaid.
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About the Book:
A giant-sized Druid, annoying trances and frightening
nightmares mess up Nell's festive end of summer plans. Living in Scotland,
a palm reader for Baillie Castle,
Nell loses her heart to a professional jouster. But is her shining knight in
cahoots with the sinister Druid?
Will the recipe of a magic coin, diva queens and witches be
enough to save Nell from death? Or will evil triumph over love?
Thank you for allowing me to guest post today!
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