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A native of Baltimore, bestselling author Kate Lloyd and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest, the setting of Reinventing Ruthie. She has worked a variety of jobs, including restaurateur and car salesman. When she isn’t writing she enjoys travel, but would rather walk the beach with her cairn terrier, Piper. She still misses her dear Welsh corgi and couldn’t live without a dog.

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Average rating: 4.1 · 4,097 ratings · 1,007 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	Leaving Lancaster (Legacy of Lancaster, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 1,391 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pennsylvania Patchwork (Legacy of Lancaster #2) 4.07 avg rating — 598 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forever Amish (Legacy of Lancaster #3) 4.28 avg rating — 476 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Starting from Scratch (Lancaster Discoveries, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 327 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Letter from Lancaster County (Volume 1) (Lancaster Discoveries) 4.09 avg rating — 289 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Lancaster Family Christmas 4.28 avg rating — 204 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Lancaster Family Secret 4.55 avg rating — 149 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Rome With Love 4.06 avg rating — 108 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Legacy of Lancaster Trilogy 4.42 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Portrait of Marguerite 3.83 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I fondly recall the wonderful time my husband and I traveled to Lancaster County, PA, to celebrate our anniversary. I don’t remember the exact year, but I remember it was in late October because that’s when our anniversary is. My husband kindly indulged me as I gathered information for a new book, which became a bestseller! Read more of this blog post »

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Legacy of Lancaster (3 books)
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Kate Lloyd liked Kate Lloyd's blog post: Happy Birthday to Snowbound on Skye and a Giveaway! " Yay and hurrah, my new book Snowbound on Skye is available in Paperback and eBook!I’m so excited I want to do cartwheels—if only I could—and dance the highland fling! Cl..." Read more of this blog post »
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“They say kids are resilient, but they’re not; they learn to accommodate.”
― Kate Lloyd, The Legacy of Lancaster Trilogy

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“Swallowing your words before you say them is better than having to eat them afterward.”
― Kate Lloyd, Leaving Lancaster

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“If Zach was the boy’s father, I should step aside. I wanted what was best for the child,”
― Kate Lloyd, Pennsylvania Patchwork: A Novel

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