Historical Christian Fiction

Meet Kathleen Fuller:

Just the facts...

I was born in New Orleans, Louisiana,
grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, and
now make my home in beautiful
Geneva, Ohio.

I've been married to James for 15 wonderful years (really, they
have been wonderful!) We have three terrific children, three
dogs, and an overwhelmed cat. We have also raised cattle,
pigs, and chickens at various times over the years. We would
have gone into the goat business, but I had to draw the line
somewhere.

I started writing in 2000, and published my first short story a
year later. Since then I have authored several short stories,
novellas, novels, and have done a lot of freelance non-fiction
work. I have also worked as an editor.

I have a Masters degree in Special Education, emphasis on
teaching the blind and visually impaired, and a Bachelors in
Early Childhood/Elementary Education. I have taught all age
groups ranging from age 4 to age 18.

A few of my favorite things: my relationship with Christ,
chocolate (of course!), autumn, a satisfying book, good
friends, a sense of humor, people who don't take themselves
seriously, haunting melodies,  NFL football, and did I mention
chocolate?

Kathleen's Books:

A Clever Disguise

For years, Michael Balcarris has loved Emily Dymoke from afar. However, because of his secret profession, he is unable to admit his feelings for her and show his true self. Instead, he must continue to present himself as a frivolous fop to both London society and the woman of his dreams.

As a young girl, Emily had a private crush on Michael, who had been a handsome and dashing friend of her brother Colin. Yet upon his return to London after attending university, she is unable to abide his insufferable presence. To make matters worse, Michael insists on being everywhere she is—including her family’s country home when they go on summer holiday.

During their time in the countryside, however, Emily starts to see a new side of Michael. She also has to fight her growing attraction to him, leaving her to wonder how could she be falling in love with a man she can barely tolerate.

A Brilliant Deception

Lily Thornton, daughter of the Duke of Breckenridge, unwittingly finds herself a suspect in a rash of jewelry thefts. In order to clear her name, she teams up with her best friend Emily’s brother, the handsome Colin Dymoke, to find the real thief. To make matters worse, Lily’s scheming former fiancé keeps turning up and causing trouble while making Lily question her own self-worth.

Thankfully, she has Colin by her side to help and protect her. As they work to solve the mystery, Lily fights her growing feelings for Colin, who is considered one of England’s most eligible bachelors. Having been hurt in the past, she’s reluctant to trust her heart to someone again.

Before long, the two of them are caught up in a web of intrigue and deception. They need to clear Lily’s name before she and her family are ruined and all hope for romance with Colin is lost.

Never Broken

A story of love and faith set during
Ireland's Great Famine. Special Note:
Never Broken is the first in a three book
series. The following books, Never
Forsaken and Never Abandoned, were
never released due to the publisher's
(Premium Press America) decision to no
longer publish romantic fiction. I am still
in search of a publisher for this series,
and I thank all of the readers who have
contacted me about the sequels for their
kind words about Never Broken. I
understand your frustration, and
appreciate your patience.

Santa Fe Sunrise

Luke Jackson, a volunteer soldier based in Santa Fe, is eager to return home to San Antonio, Texas. Weary from the war and healing from a serious injury, he is given one last assignment before his discharge—to escort the daughter of a wealthy businessman to Las Vegas in the New Mexico Territory. Luke is stunned to discover that not only does he have to escort the woman and her chaperone, but four young orphans as well.

Melanie Faraday has always been an obedient daughter, but she is dismayed to learn her widowed father has brought her to Santa Fe to marry the son of one of his business partners. Unprepared for marriage to a stranger, but unwilling to go against her father, she feels her future is doomed until she meets four abandoned Mexican children shortly after her arrival in Santa Fe. She vows to find them a home and, in a desperate attempt to avoid her impending marriage, she uses her father’s connections to secure an escort for her to take the children to an orphanage in Las Vegas, unbeknownst to her father.

During the journey the group is hampered with thunderstorms, which delays their travels but gives Luke and Melanie much time to not only fall in love with each other, but to fall in love with the children as well.

San Francisco Serenade

Gazing at the beautifully dressed people swaying to the music, Jillian Sanders smiled in awe. Through the sea of graceful dancers she locked eyes with the most handsome man she’d ever seen. As if my magic, he crossed the floor and asked her to dance. Their true identities unknown, Jillian and her handsome man enjoy just one brief dance before Jillian was informed of her father’s death. Abruptly, in a state of shock, she departs without ever finding out the name of her mystery man...

Six months later, Jillian and her brother Roland, the new head of Sanders Shipping after her father’s death, move to San Francisco to open a U.S. branch of the company. Much to her surprise and dismay, Jillian is reacquainted with her anonymous dance partner. He turns out to be Ethan Vincent, part owner of Vincent & Son Shipping, Sanders Shipping’s biggest U.S. competition.

Jillian takes on the responsibility of running the company while also trying to fight her burgeoning feelings for Ethan. He has the power to destroy her company while also gaining her heart.

This delightful tale brings to new life the idea of mixing business with pleasure - and the stake your heart can have in any transaction.

San Antonio Sunset

After trouble with his family and much debate, dejected rancher Jeremiah Jackson sets out from San Antonio to make his fortune mining gold in California. With his heart full of hope and determination burning within, he forges through the Sierra Nevada Mountains searching to stake his claim. But instead of finding a successful life independent of his family, he is robbed, beaten and left for dead.

Drifter Calliope Winters and her con man friend Eli are on the run from the law. They are trying to run as far as they can but when she sees Jeremiah on the side of the road she insists they stop and rescue him. As she nurses him back to health, they both are drawn toward each other.

Both have their secrets, which they are reluctant to share, but as the bond between them grows, they realize they have to learn to trust before they can ride off into their San Antonio Sunset.

Special Assignment

Television journalist Eve Norwood is on the fast track to achieving her ultimate goal — a job with the news division of a major network. But when Toby Myers, an award winning cameraman and her ex-boyfriend, returns to town, he shakes up her orderly world, causing her to question every aspect of her life — both business and personal.

Before long they are paired together on a special assignment for their local television station, causing old hurts and new feelings to rise to the surface. Eventually they are able to put the past behind them and look forward to the future. But that future is in jeopardy when Eve is offered the opportunity of a lifetime.

Which will she choose? The love of a man who abandoned her in the past or the dream she’s worked her entire life to achieve?

Christmas Homecoming

This anthology contains three original historical novellas set in the late 1800s, each revolving around the discovery of love at Christmastime and a significant Christmas homecoming.

A Place to Call Home: The daughter of wealthy high-society parents falls in love with an Irish immigrant while helping the needy in Boston.

The Heart of a Stranger: Childhood sweethearts are reunited in the New Mexico Territory.

Christmas Legacy: A widow returns to her childhood home in Minnesota to sell her late grandmother's farm, only to find that widower Ben Akers has been named co-owner of the farm in her grandmother's will.

Chance Encounters of the Heart

This collection of novellas will delight readers with stories of love showing up in the most unexpected places: a couple thrown together at the airport when their flights are cancelled; two violinists competing for first chair during a European orchestra tour; and a missionary to Russia unexpectedly running into her old boyfriend when he gets stuck in an elevator.

From the Back Cover
What could be more romantic than a chance encounter with your one true love?

Let these delightful stories by Elizabeth White, Kathleen Fuller, and Susan Warren surprise you with unexpected love.

Will and a Way
Old acquaintances Will Fletcher and Zoe Hancock never expected to run into each other in a busy airport. But as their travel plans are thrown into confusion, they find their hearts taking flight toward a completely unexpected destination.

Encore, Encore
Talented violinist Annika Goran has just been given her dream opportunity: she will be concertmaster and soloist for the Moreland Chamber Orchestra’s upcoming European tour. But when she almost sits on Josef Gemmel’s priceless Stradivarius, she finds that more than her dreams may be at stake...

Measure of a Man
The last person Calli Deane expects to see trapped in an elevator in Siberia at 2 A.M. is Peter Samuelson--the man who broke her heart. Now she is swept into the past and drawn toward a future she never expected.

Scripture to Live By (Nonfiction)

The Bible is as relevant today as it was in Jesus' time-if you only know where and how to look. In Scripture to Live By, you'll find people of practical faith just like you, who look to the Scripture for guidance in the living of their daily lives. The problems they face are large and small, petty and profound, life and death-from raising kids on your own to dealing with serious illness. Yet the solutions are all to be found within Scripture-if you learn to read God's word with an open heart. Arron Chambers shows you how to do just this, with the insightful commentary that accompanies each story. This collection of stories by some of today's most respected Christian writers including Molly Noble Bull, David Faust, Kathleen Fuller, and Dr. Rebecca Price Janney, is sure to teach us all how to keep God's word with us throughout the day.