Author: Kathleen Fox
Date/Time: Tuesday 10/13/2026 at 11:00 AM
Book: Evie Walters Takes the Wheel
Synopsis: Kathleen Fox is a wanderer, happiest when her van is packed, her dogs are snoring in the passenger seat, and the road ahead promises at least three good stories and one questionable decision. An explorer of backroads, small towns, and the wonderfully weird corners of the world, Kathleen's fictional work is grounded in under-represented rural voices and unexpected moments that only "van life" brings. After years of writing educational material, Kathleen decided to take a journey of a different kind — into women's fiction. In her warmhearted and witty debut, "Evie Walters Takes the Wheel," a mysterious gift spurs a widow to take a cross-country journey to find its sender—and along the way, she rediscovers herself. Evie Walters has lived most of her 71 years according to others’ expectations. But on the day of her husband’s funeral, she receives an anonymous delivery: an egret orchid. The same flower a Montana ranch hand once gave her decades ago — Novel Daniels, the boy who thought she could do anything. So now, she does. Defying her children's plans to move her into a retirement home, Evie buys a camper van and leaves life in North Carolina abruptly behind. Accompanied by her devoted rescue dog, she heads west to find her cowboy, befriending an unlikely cast of characters along the way. Free-spirited young vanlifers, roadside waitresses, eccentric billionaires, and kindhearted widowers all show Evie a side of life worth living. But Evie's drive toward the future takes her back to the past, to memories of the family ranch and childhood dreams. Now, with a second chance as open as the road before her, there's no telling who Evie Walters will become
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