Kathleen Martin
2025
Kathleen Martin calls herself a farm girl from Ohio. Her books are a realization of two dreams she's had since she was twelve. It was then she announced to her family that she wanted to be a published author, and a mother, when she grew up. Her first book, The Sea Stone Collection, fulfilled her first dream of becoming a published author. Becoming a mother to her son, Michael, fulfilled the second dream. When Michael grew to manhood, and became a tattoo artist, he became the inspiration for her next two novels, Called Back- A Tale of Two Worlds, and its sequel, The Return- Into the Deep. She lives in Ohio with her husband.
The Sea Stone Collection
Growing up in a small seaside town, Kathy Jennings has walked the beach since she was 11, searching for her magical sea stones. Still alone at 60, she finally finds that one special stone that tells her she will soon fall in love for the first time. Is 60 too old to fall in love? Not according to her best friend, Becky Porter, who owns the local flower shop. An avid marathon runner, Becky is always willing to pull on her running shoes for a cause. So, at age 59, she makes plans to run the 5-K for Juvenile Diabetes. When she is diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, Kathy. a classic couch potato, steps up and volunteers to run the race for her. However, the transformation from couch potato to marathon runner has its challenges for Kathy. Will meeting the handsome British gentleman, Marcus Stone, be that spark of inspiration Kathy needs. She soon realizes she'll need more that Marcus's support to get her through the loss of her friend. She'll need God. But, due to childhood traumas, both women have turned their backs on God. As Becky's illness progresses, both women are forced to re-examine the reason they turned their backs on God so long ago. Kathy finds herself torn between the happiness of falling in love, and the heartache of watching a lifelong friend die.
Called Back - A Tale of Two Worlds
"Mike Aul thinks he's living the good life in Ann Arbor, Michigan. At the age of 35, he's working as a tattoo artist and selling his Native American paintings on-line. Then a re-occurring dream reveals the image of an elderly Native American man from the days of the old west. Following his instincts, Mike paints the image onto a canvas, and it quickly becomes one of his best pieces. When the owner of a Phoenix art gallery invites him to display his work in a South-west exhibition, Mike seizes the opportunity and includes the painting of the elderly Native American in his collection. His life quickly takes a turn for the bizarre when a Navaho grandfather names Arthur White Horse, visits the gallery and claims the man in the painting is actually an old friend of Mike's who is reaching out to him from a past life.
""He travels across time with a message for you, ""Arthur tells him.
Mike quickly dismisses the old man's words as Indian mumbo-jumbo. However, his questions begin to mount when the man in the painting suddenly begins to haunt his every move. Who is this mysterious ""out of time"" friends and what message could he possibly have for a young tattoo artist? Hoping to find answers to these questions, Mike accepts Arthur's invitation to visit him on the Navaho Indian Reservation. What Mike discovers there is more than he bargains for, and he returns a very different man."
The Return-Into the Deep
"When Mike Aul receives an urgent summons from Arthur White Horse, asking him for his help, he's forced to weigh out the consequences. Still dealing with the nightmares from his last trip to the Navajo Indian Reservation, ten months earlier, he finds himself torn between answering Arthur's urgent call and keeping his sanity. But considering Arthur a good friend, he decides to throw caution to the wind and catches the first flight to Arizona. He thinks he'll be building a goat pen. However, what Arthur has in mind is much more demanding than pounding nails! When the young tattoo artist arrives at Arthur's house on the ""Rez"", he's met with dire news.
""Black Fox is missing!""
Mike is taken aback! Black Fox is a name that lived only in 1830, and in his past as Two Ponies. Not in 2017! In reality, the old Hopi shaman passed on nearly two centuries earlier. How can he now be missing? What happens next, sends Mike on an adventure that nearly costs him his life, and he's forced to rethink everything he's ever known about the world around him."