KayLee Patterson, author

Very quickly on the heels of the previous book, I present to you the first in the Salish Coast University series.  This is a contemporary forced-proximity, enemies-to-lovers, why-choose sports romance.  I know that's a lot in one book, but it works! I worked on this one over the last couple of months, in between working on Seed Money, which is why they're out at about the same time.  When I got stuck in one, I'd switch to the other.  In fact, I have two more novels that are partially finished as well, and some ideas for a couple more after that.  Welcome to my brain, where there are several engines burning at once. What's this one about?  I present the blurb:  Kira is ready to start her freshman year at Salish Coast University. With an apartment, a job, and a carefully planned future waiting for her a few hundred miles from home, she's determined to make the most of her fresh start. Then everything falls apart. Within hours of arriving, Kira discovers ...

Hello readers! It's JUNE!  It's a lovely 80 degrees outside and if it weren't for the hundred or so bug bites on my arms and legs, I would be enjoying it immensely!  Yes, I went to Florida to honor my late father's service with the Navy SEALs.  We stayed a few extra days to visit with my husband's bestie who lives an hour or so away from Orlando.  The last day we were there, the no-see-ums came out and feasted on my tasty skin.  They largely left the guys alone, strangely, and I'm itchy as hell.  Super unfair! Today, I finally (FINALLY!) posted one of the ... what is it, FIVE?  SIX?? ... books I've been working on.   This one is Seed Money, Part One of the Elderstrain Project .   The blurb goes thusly: With each generation, more Lycan chose human mates, and the number of pureblood Lycan continued to decline. Experts predicted that within five or six generations, pure Lycan could become nearly extinct. Gabriel Townsend had always be...

What begins as a first date at the Jane Austen Festival in Bath takes a startling turn when Sophie and Ryan are thrust more than 200 years into the past. Suddenly stranded in Regency England, they must scramble to find food, clothing, and shelter while learning to pass as members of polite society—all while searching for a way back home. Their predicament grows more complicated when they realize the blood oath that carried them into the past can only be broken if a mysterious death is avenged. With few options, they’re forced to hide in an empty house, recently vacated by the late Lady Trowbridge, and hope that they can find a way home before its rightful owner, Lord Trowbridge, returns from India. Can they solve a centuries-old mystery and undo the oath before they’re discovered and cast out—or trapped in the past forever? This was my second true attempt at writing a novel that eventually was published (the first being It Happened One Flight, which changed names and had a massive over...

In addition to this writing hobby, I read a lot.  I read 137 books last year, and 20 so far this year.  I know I'm a little behind the pace if I want to read over 100, but I'll get caught up when I'm on a few long flights and trips this summer. Strange things can sometimes come up in a search history, and the least innocuous is "Popular Names of people born in 1940." Why is this on my mind, you ask? While writing, I try to find names that suit the characters.  Sometimes, yes, the bad guy gets a name from someone in my past (bwa-ha-ha!).  Or the hero gets a name from someone I admire.  Although, more often than not, I make the character to resemble someone I love  or admire, and give them a different name; maybe one that is trendy now, or reflects the age of the character in the story.  Sometimes the story is much more...ahem...exciting than real life. Imagine writing about your bestie using her name, and that character is getting it on with her boss in...

I mentioned in my earlier post that I began writing werewolf novels because after reading a novel with a vampire lover, I realized that I was Team Jacob.  I couldn't imagine getting busy an ice cold...well, you know.  BRR! I much prefer warm and snuggly over cold and dead.  But hey, that's just me. Inspired by that, I asked myself how a Lycan/werewolf story would go, and my imagination took off.   It began with the idea that twin brothers, Michael and Mitchell, who were living in Portland, Oregon a few years after the pandemic, which only gets a brief mention.  The Discovery had already been made and many Lycan were struggling with discrimination, so many people of Lycan ancestry were still living in secret.   Rival packs stir up trouble while Michael reveals something about Mitchell's long-time girlfriend, leading to a betrayal that could tear them apart. Published May 31, 2024.  464 pages ASIN ‏ : ‎  B0D5PK7Q8T  https://a.co/d/0e8...

Another stand-alone romance, this novel is one that explores forced proximity, small town, celebrity status, and a little touch of ESP. While she was at University, 1500 miles from home, Matilda got the bad news that her Gran had passed away just a couple weeks before the Christmas holidays. With little money to travel home, she raced to the airport to try to get back to Minnesota as quickly and as cheaply as possible. An unexpected upgrade threw her into the path she never anticipated. After days of enduring his grueling schedule, actor-singer-songwriter-entertainer legend Jason Lander found that his charter flight was grounded due to mechanical issues and forced to take a domestic flight to Minneapolis from Seattle. He boarded the late-night flight and ended up sitting next to a beautiful University student who did was almost no one did--treated him like a regular guy. Grabbing a cab together, they found themselves trapped in the blizzard of the century on her family's homestead ...