Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match" where we introduce you to authors you may fall in love with. It's our great pleasure to present Katrina Emmel!
Writes:
My young adult romances are a comfort meal on the page. I mix up smart leads and swoon-worthy love interests with a hearty helping of off-the-beaten-path America, dial the heat to slow burn, and serve it with a dash of wit with a side of happy endings. NEAR MISSES & COWBOY KISSES features the rivals-to-lovers journey of Riley Thomas, an artistic California girl, and Colton Walker, a quiet Nebraskan cowboy, who are forced to spend a week together on the Oregon Trail.
About:
A New Englander in Southern California by way of the Midwest, I’m a science geek who enjoys planting milkweed for monarchs, arts and crafts, and making up silly songs with my kids. I love spending time with my family, especially when we’re on unexpected adventures or discovering a new favorite food. When I’m not momming, writing, or working, I enjoy watching mysteries featuring savvy leading ladies (i.e., MURDER, SHE WROTE, MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES, MISS MARPLE, etc.).
Fun fact: One year, I convinced my family to celebrate a holiday every day; personal favorites included National Popcorn Day, Pick Strawberries Day, and Buy a Book Day.
What I’m looking for in my ideal reader match:
- Likes bonnets (the bigger the better), bison (from a distance), and boots (hiking and cowboy).
- Dislikes lost-luggage, attack racoons, and mistaken first-impressions.
- Willing to take a sweeping journey across the Nebraskan prairie.
- Enjoys books by Kristy Boyce, Becky Dean, and Kasie West
What to expect if we’re compatible:
- Sweet, slow-burn romance with a satisfying happy ending
- Lots of animals, wild and domesticated
- Vivid country settings
- Sunshiny vibes
- Dual POV
- Instagram posts about nature, travel ball Mom life, and my quirky upcycled art projects
A swoon-worthy YA rivals-to-lovers romance between a Nebraskan cowboy and California girl, thrust together on the Oregon Trail.
Anything’s possible under a prairie sky…
Riley Thomas is feeling stuck—she’s moved from California to Nebraska, she’s on a weeklong Oregon Trail family bonding excursion, and her luggage is lost. There’s no one her age on the trip except a tall, dark and irksome cowboy who wrongly assumes she has zero ability to handle the great outdoors. She can’t wait for this misery to end—even though going “home” isn’t even possible anymore.
Lone wolf Colton Walker loves the simpler life of the plains and his family’s tourism business that helps protect them. He’s a stand-up guy—not a love ‘em and leave ‘em type like his rival, Jake. And he knows better than to take his chances with a prairie princess like Riley.
But Riley’s got more sense than Colton thinks--and he’s not nearly as inflexible as he seems. And under a wide prairie sky of puffy clouds and bright stars, everything comes into focus--including a cowboy’s heart.
Katrina Emmel’s Near Misses and Cowboy Kisses will take you on a sweeping journey across the American prairie . . . once you love a boy in a Stetson, you’ll never be the same.
Young Adult | Coming of Age [Delacorte Romance, On Sale: July 23, 2024, Trade Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9780593708149 / eISBN: 9780593708156]
Katrina grew up in New Hampshire, and has a love for literature and science. She studied biochemistry in college before moving to the Midwest for graduate school, where she earned her Ph.D. in chemistry. Continuing her journey to the West Coast, Katrina lives in an active household that includes her husband, two children, father-in-law, and their rascally pup. She works as a chemistry consultant, and writes YA fiction and children’s fiction and non-fiction. Katrina loves chai, science and nature, trying out new recipes, music, and crafting.
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