What If You Made It Up? (Paperback or Softback)

It was a painful habit, living with bad choices when people thought she was the epitome of success. But when hiding her misery from a probing life coach proved futile, Eva Karlsen ditched her lucrative corporate career and rebooted, making up a new life with her own life coaching practice in the shadows of the Gros Ventres, Bear, Wyoming. Opening herself up to relationships and community was not what Eva had in mind, but the small-town residents didn't get her memo. The dramatic Heidi, effervescent Jana, sage Grace, and boisterous Marlo unwittingly pull Eva into a luxury she had never allowed herself-friendships with women. Add the mysterious transplant Sander, the entrepreneur Gianni, and the masculine Steve Mason, and the community of Bear gets spicy. Suddenly Eva's involved in the adventures of her new friends as they unravel an international caper, open a new Italian restaurant, uncover a long-lost family legacy, and negotiate their unpredictable environment. Between daily walks with her retrievers, moose watching, life coaching, and new love, Eva finds herself flourishing in a life she never would have expected for herself a few years earlier. All she had needed to do was simply make it up!

Kathleen Kolze has worked in global corporations for twenty-five years. She is a certified Emotional Intelligence Coach and Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, and is accredited with the International Coach Foundation. This all came after a career change from information technology, where she had roles from analyst to chief information officer. She holds a BS in computer science and mathematics. Her passion at work is to share the simplicity that awareness of personal choice can improve your quality of life.
 
Kathleen resides in Illinois and has been married to Bob for more than twenty years. She has two children, Kent and Claire, and, until recently, had golden retrievers including Dash and Scout. They are the only reality-based characters in her first novel and will live on in fiction!
 
Kathleen loves to travel as much as possible and has lived across the American Midwest and in Europe and Northern California. She is an avid walker, quilter, and student of ballroom dance. When possible she dabbles in perfecting culinary delights using just a little too much olive oil and garlic.