Kate's Blog

Sweepstakes!

Do you enjoy sparkly lights draped around your yard all year—the way I do? How about a string of colored lights over the living room mantle? I admit that I never put mine away! Lights on our mantel all year round. My mother sculpted the carolers.Magnificent Mt. Baker...

Congratulations

Congratulations

Please help me congratulate Brenda, winner of my $100 gift card and Snowbound in Skye  Many thanks to all who entered. I appreciate each and every one of you!

Congratulations

Congratulations

Please help me congratulate Brenda Burt Wheeler, the winner of my $100 Amazon gift card giveaway. Many thanks to all who entered. I appreciate each and every one of you!

Snowbound on Skye + A Giveaway!

Snowbound on Skye + A Giveaway!

Dear Friend, I’m thrilled to present Snowbound on Skye, my newest novel! Whether walking Piper, my dearest cairn terrier, or pruning our garden my mind is constantly exploring storylines and characters. My thoughts often spin back to my childhood when my father, a...

Congratulations

Congratulations

Please help me congratulate Kate Schaeffer, winner of my Spring All Around Giveaway of a $100 gift card and Mona Lisa Smiles.  Many thanks to all who entered. I appreciate each and every one of you!

Spring All Around

Spring All Around

I always get excited this time of year when I see spring blooms such as the chartreuse foliage unfurling from our ceanothus bush I was sure had died over the winter. Fortunately, I didn't cut down its homely bare branches.I spotted yellow primroses in our front yard...

My newest book

About Kate

Kate Lloyd is a novelist and a passionate observer of human relationships. A native of Baltimore, MD, she and her husband live in Seattle the setting of several of her novels. She lived in Rome and studied Italian in college. Kate has worked a variety of jobs, including car salesman and restaurateur.