My Life As A Merchant
A businessman receives a second chance at life in a medieval-inspired fantasy world shaped by trade, family, and light magic.
Latest Release by Kathy Rose
William the Dragonslayer
Before William became a legend, he was a boy learning how to survive.
Follow his coming-of-age journey through adventurer guilds, sword training, royal politics, found family, hard victories, painful losses, and the choices that shape My Life as a Merchant.
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Choose Your Next World
Two fantasy series, each with its own atmosphere and adventure.
The World of Fates
A vampire VRMMORPG becomes terrifyingly real when an avid gamer is trapped inside after the servers shut down.
Dark Vampire VRMMORPG Fantasy
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Shutdown
Volume 1
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The Kingdom’s Code
Volume 2
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Follow the family, business, and magic through every stage of Gil’s new life.
William the Dragonslayer
Prequel
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Volume 1
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Contracts
Volume 2
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Family
Volume 3
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Kingstown
Volume 4
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War
Volume 5
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Meet the Author
About Kathy Rose
Kathy Rose writes immersive fantasy adventures about survival, reinvention, family, and finding a place in unfamiliar worlds.
What’s Next
In Progress & Upcoming Titles
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In Progress and Next Projects
Current Project
- My Life As A Noble, Volume 1 — a new adventure following Gil.
Next Projects
- The World of Fates, Volume 3
- My Home Is a Dungeon V1
- My Life As A Noble, Volume 2
- The World of Fates, Volume 4
Upcoming Titles and Story Ideas
- A potential Ruby spin-off from The World of Fates
- AI Robot story
- The Gray Witch
- A goblin switched at birth with a human baby
- My Home Is A Dungeon — a girl takes over a dungeon to repay a family debt
- Familiar — a low-magic student receives a top-tier familiar
- Project: Rebirth
- Alien Takeover — a detective story connected to a larger world
- Monster Therapy — famous monsters attend group therapy
- Hell Stone — high school students end up in hell
- Red — a western
- Last Resort — an unlikely space team becomes the universe’s last hope
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