Kathleen Barker was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. A graduate of Blessed Sacrament, the Institute of Notre Dame and Towson University, she spent twenty years as the much-traveled wife of a Navy pilot and has three children. While working for a Fortune 500 insurance company in New Orleans, she wrote feature and human interest articles for their magazine and received the Field Reporter of the Year award. After Hurricane Katrina, she returned to her beloved state of Maryland where she started work on “The Charm City Chronicles”. The first volume is “Ednor Scardens” which is available on Amazon and Barnes and Nobel websites. The second volume, “The Body Wars” will soon be available.
You can read more about Kate and her books on her blog.
Ednor Scardens (The Charm City Chronicles Book 1)
Growing up in an Irish Catholic neighborhood in Baltimore in the 1960's was hard enough when everything went right. Kate Fitzgerald wasn't that lucky.Struggling to cope with unwanted attention from older boys and men, Kate's childhood friendship with shy classmate Gabe Kelsey begins to blossom, but ...
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The Body War (The Charm City Chronicles Book 2)
He's 18. She's 16. As her alpha-male, athletic boyfriend's departure for college looms, shy underclassman Kate worries that Michael won't be able to resist the siren call of his promiscuous ex-girlfriend, who is prepared to do anything he desires in order to reclaim his affection. As the pressure mo...
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The Hurting Year (The Charm City Chronicles Book 3)
"The Hurting Year", the third installment of the Charm City Chronicles series, continues the story of sixteen-year-old Kate Fitzgerald in 1960's Baltimore, Maryland. Having an older boyfriend does have its perks - until he leaves to go to college. Kate's troubles quickly multiply when her beloved ...
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On Gabriel’s Wings (The Charm City Chronicles Book 4)
In the fourth and final installment of "The Charm City Chronicles" saga, Kate finds herself married at 17, and her teen and adult worlds collide. While husband Michael is away at college, her beloved grandmother's health goes into serious decline and Kate's graduation is imperiled. These struggles...
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