Kimerically Yours

Internet Home of Author & Local Cryptid, Kaitlin E. Kime

Kaitlin E. Kime is your friendly neighborhood cryptid who occasionally writes things while working as a teacher in Texas. When not reading, writing, playing video games, or bird-watching, she can be found thinking deeply about the many projects continually spinning like an off-kilter carousel through her mind. Usually, her writing tends toward fantasy and horror, but other genres occasionally slip through the cracks in her overfull brain, leading to a rather chimerical collection of work.

Flame-Keeper; Frost-Daughter

18-year-old Tamarack is the first in generations to have been born with the potential for magic in her swampland home and has been in training ever since to become the light her people desperately need. However, conditions in the swamps have steadily grown worse; her people are facing famine because the ghostly shades, which usually only rise in the deepest winters, have been rising earlier in the year, posing a threat to all who live in the swamps.

When the shades nearly kill Tamarack’s best friend, she decides that she must leave home to try and find a way to stop the shades by traveling to the northern country of Kvenöl. Tamarack finds much more than she bargains for, however, when she enters a world filled with monsters, magic, shadowy politics, and the undeniably charming Princess Ryndine. Together, they may find the answers that they have both been seeking—but what price are they willing to pay to become what their people need?

Released June 27th, 2026! Purchase on Barnes & Noble or Kobo today!