KATHLEEN IRENE PATERKA is the author of numerous novels which embrace universal themes of family, love, and friendship. Her popular James Bay series includes FATTY PATTY, HOME FIRES, LOTTO LUCY, and FOR I HAVE SINNED, while her women’s fiction novels THE OTHER WIFE and ROYAL SECRETS provide readers with intense family drama based on real-life situations. Kathleen lives in Northern Michigan with her husband Steve, where she is busy working on her next James Bay novel.