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Authors: Larry and
Rosemary Mild
Publisher : Magic Island Literary Works
ISBN-13 : 979-8986386409
Authors: Larry and
Rosemary Mild
Publisher : Magic Island Literary Works
ISBN-13 : 979-8986386409
“As they cruised through miles of countryside dotted with lavender and poppies, a subdued Katcha noted a small pasture with a single grazing cow. It struck a chord of sadness for her. Departure meant permanent family separation and loneliness for both mother and daughter.”
When Kent Brunker is caught by the Russian police and imprisoned in the Ural mountains, he wonders if his life is over. But before long, fate, and love intervene to change everything for him.
The year is 1992. Three years after the fall of the Berlin wall. America decides to send a secret agent over to plant a spy bug in the office of a Russian general. Kent is that agent, but despite his years of expertise, he makes a mistake when leaving the office and gets caught by the Russians.
Kent is sent straight to prison with no trial of any kind and it is there that he begins to plan out his escape. By using the clothes of a stable hand, Kent slips away and starts off on foot through the mountains, alone and with no idea where to go next.
However, he soon finds a cafe where a waitress named Katcha serves him, and the two feel an immediate connection to each other. Katcha discovers that she has been developing deep feelings for Kent and that she wishes to return with him to America, but the trip will not be easy and she knows this.
'Kent and Katcha: Espionage, Spycraft, Romance,' is a surprising and stunning tale from masters of historical fiction, Larry and Rosemary Mild. This is the second book from this writing couple that I have read, and I think my love for their writing is only getting stronger!
This is a great read for lovers of historical fiction and all readers alike!
About Larry and Rosemary Mild
Award winning authors Larry and Rosemary coauthor mystery, suspense, and fantasy novels and short stories: The Paco and Molly Mysteries; The Dan and Rivka Sherman Mysteries; 2 Hawaii suspense/thrillers; a sci-fi novella; a historical novel (new); and four collections of short stories.
They are members of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, the National League of American Pen Women, and Hawaii Fiction Writers.
Making their home in Honolulu, Hawaii, in a condo overlooking the Pacific Ocean, they relish time with their daughter and grandchildren. Rosemary’s popular personal essays include her new book IN MY NEXT LIFE I’LL GET IT RIGHT. She is a former assistant editor of Harper’s Magazine. To learn more about themselves and their books, please visit their Website: https://www.magicile.com
From Kent and Katcha: Espionage, Spycraft, Romance
By Larry and Rosemary Mild
A Page in Katcha’s Diary
Wednesday, August 19th, 1992
Dear Diary. We didn’t get much sleep last night. Kent’s napping beside me now.
He snores, but I don’t mind. It gives me a little time to write. We’re on this bus to St. Petersburg.
The ride is bumpy. I can hardly read my scribbles. The next rest stop is Tikhvin, 220 miles away!
As much as I try, I can’t sleep in the daylight, or maybe it’s because I have so much confusion.
Kent heard me sniffling and dried the tears from my cheeks with those coarse paper towels. \
I need answers and he keeps putting me off. Says “Later” or “This isn’t the place” or “I haven’t decided yet.”
He promises he’ll never abandon me, but what does that mean? He has a dangerous career and loves it. He says, “It’s what I do, what I’ve always wanted to do since I
was a kid. It’s what I’m trained for. I like living on a high—taking risks and beating the odds. And I’ll be gone most of the time.”
Even if he takes me to America, what if he won’t marry me? Where will I settle?
How will I earn my living? I have no work skills, except waiting tables in Mama’s cafe. I love Kent, but even if we do marry, where will we live?
At his family farm in Iowa?
What’s in Iowa besides cows and pigs and corn?
I won’t be the helpless little woman sitting at home wringing my hands over where he is and if he’s in trouble. I want to go to culinary school.
Own a café like Mama’s and serve special Russian dishes, and English dishes too that I she taught me.
I have no future in Russia and Mama knows it. She gave up so much to leave England and marry Papa.
She was only nineteen and naïve about Russian life. She wants more of a life for me than she has. She helped us leave.
Our whole trip was her idea. It was really clever of her to give Kent Papa’s papers so he’d have a
Russian identity. Poor Papa. All he did was speak his mind at a meeting and he got thrown in prison.
I have shivers. I’m looking at that man sitting across the aisle from us. His name is Dimitri something. He’s up to no good. He might even be a policeman.
He was in that café we stopped in last night. I saw him staring at Kent.
I’ll stop whining now, Dear Diary. I’ll wait ’til we get to St. Petersburg and find a quiet place for us to talk. If he’ll talk.
©Larry and Rosemary Mild