A special note from Kayla Marie:

Hi everyone! Please let me tell you a little about myself. I'm first and foremost a loving (and sometimes nagging) wife and a mom of a beautiful little boy, but when I'm not wrangling my little one or cleaning up messes, I write and try to manage my career as an indie author.

Quiting my job and leaving the world of adults was a life-changing decision for my family, and although it came with its own difficulties, I would make the decision again in a heartbeat. Being home with my son was precious, but being the person I am, I still felt like I needed something more. Writing became the "more" I was looking for and I was pleased to discover I had at least one book in me. With thousands of hours of love and attention, Mended was completed and I discovered a whole new part of myself that I didn't know was there.

For me, writing is a way to escape the everyday stresses of life and it creates a welcome challenge on a daily basis. I hope to make a career of it, but even if I don't succeed, I can be grateful I've pushed myself to achieve my dream of publishing my first book series.

I'm currently working on the third book in my Sweet Home Dixie series and it's scheduled to be released sometime next year. My Sweet Home Dixie series is made up of standalone contemporary romance novels set in a small, charming town in southern Alabama. All of my books have deep-rooted emotions, realistic and relatable characters full of flaws and personal struggles, and happy endings. I want to show readers that it's okay not to be perfect and that everyone falls down at some point in their lives. But with love and personal reflection, we can become far better people than we ever thought possible and can often achieve the unimaginable.