Kate O'Donnell is the pen name of Nancy Kephart Garcia because, contrary to the surnames, she is of Irish, Scot and Welsh descent. She is a fourth generation Montanan, was raised in Missoula and attended the University of Montana. She now lives in Palo Alto, California, with her family. She enjoys reading, hiking, traveling, American pit bull terriers, creating award-winning watercolors and returning to Montana as often as possible. The writing is an addiction. She has written three other historical romances soon to follow A Tale of Thorns and Honey into eBooks.