What made Roxanna Kay choose to be a Private Investigator and Bounty Hunter? Chasing bad guys, wresting them to the ground and handcuffing them. Let's start at the beginning....
Childhood was fairly normal until a fatal accident turned Roxanna Kay's life upside down. March 14th of her sixth grade year her mother, Betty Lou West, was killed in a car accident. Nothing was normal after that.
Her mother encouraged her to write as a child. Betty would say, "Roxy, write me a story about a girl playing in the woods." A few hours later she would return with the story. "That's the best story I've ever read." Betty would praise her daughter. After Betty's death Roxanna Kay continued writing stories, she knew her mother loved it.
Roxanna Kay through the years....
In the 10th grade she ran away from home with a blind date to Pasadena, Texas. She ended up marrying the blind date when she was a senior in high school. They moved to Trinidad, Colorado for a few months. The couple then moved back to Tulsa, Oklahoma and divorced within the first year. At seventeen years old Roxanna Kay was living alone and going through a nasty divorce.
Her husband broke in her house while she slept and beat her to a bloody pulp. He broke her nose, she had two black eyes, ribs bruised with a hairline fracture, lips swollen inside out one tooth went through her top lip, knots on the left side of her head so bad she couldn't comb her hair and she was so badly bruised and sore it was painful to breathe, more less move.
After she recovered Roxanna Kay met her second husband playing in a band, at a bar. The pair had a rambling soul and traveled 49 states and Canada. Leaving Hawaii the only state that she has yet to explore.
Married and divorced twice by the ripe ol' age of twenty-two, Roxanna Kay remarried at twenty-four. The third marriage produced her pride and joys, Chase and Avery. Now with two babies hanging on her legs and a third divorce at twenty-seven she settled in Glenpool, Oklahoma.
Vowing never to remarry she dove into training as a Private Investigator/Bounty Hunter. She endured self-defense training, body guard training, semi-automatic weapons training, survival training, an array of investigative skills training from criminal to car accidents to undercover...the list goes on. After all she had been through she made sure that if another man attempted to battered her she would get the best of HIM. Without fear she arrested men twice her size, it was her therapy.
It's been indicated more than once that the Apache Indian blood in Roxanna Kay boils when she's backed into a corner. Otherwise, the Cherokee in her reins.
Roxanna Kay has not remarried to this day, although she still dates.
The memo stating "it's time to grow up" was never recieved, someone might want to resend that!
Chase, Avery & Roxanna Kay
Family Photo
She has helped battered women escape and start a new life. Abused children have called her their "Guardian Angel".
Passionate about helping other women going through domestic violence, Roxanna Kay, travels around speaking to these groups and teaching self-defense techniques. A highly energetic program with a positive and self-esteem building message.
The question...what made Roxanna Kay choose to be a Private Investigator and Bounty Hunter?
The answer...at the end of the day Roxanna Kay wanted to know that she helped someone - a difference was made in someone's life or in the community. The neighborhood was a little safer place. Okay, truth be told...Roxanna Kay is an adrenaline junkie and the rush of catching a bad guy just can't be beat!
Roxanna Kay has been accused of being highly driven with her involvement in making movies as a Producer/Actor, modeling, coaching basketball and cheerleading. She even teaches line dance classes. Public speaking on radio, TV, personal appearances and emceeing concerts and beauty pageants, always proves to be entertaining. Another interest that Roxanna Kay has involvement in is the country music business. She has managed singers, performed public relations services for top ten recording artists. She has produced country music concerts for a highly acclaimed casino and for fund raising purposes. This all holds true to Roxanna Kay's motto...Life's an adventure, enjoy the ride!
Recently, she bought a house in beautiful Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Chase and Avery are now twenty and eighteen.
Roxanna Kay had a successful career for fifteen years as a Private Investigator/Bounty Hunter. Writing has always been apart of her life. Roxanna Kay has written commercials, magazine articles, scripts, short stories, web site content and created many ad campaigns.
Putting her love of writing and love of investigating together, she created the Rikki Rankin series.
Triple Cap and Blood Hold are now available!
On the left is Julie Lovelace, the character Grace in Triple Cap. On the right is Roxanna Kay. Taken the 4th of July at Lake Tenkiller.
Characters Rikki and Grace were inspired by the 28 year friendship between Roxanna Kay and Julie Lovelace. They met at age 14 (don't do the math). The night Roxanna Kay ran away from home with a blind date in the 10th grade is the night that a life-long friendship was formed.
Julie has witnessed more than once the dangerous situations Roxanna Kay has endured. Without hesitation Julie will tell you that Roxanna Kay has guardian angels all around her...it's the only explanation. Both have tremendous faith in God.
Many of the adventures these two have shared reflect in Roxanna Kay's books.
