As the mother of five sons, now grown, I love to write about real people dealing with the drama (and humor) of everyday life. And dogs. And sometimes cats, but mostly dogs. Because you simply can't get too overly serious about stuff with a dog in the house.

Over the past fifteen years, I've written nearly 40 books for Harlequin/Silhouette and Red Dress Ink, and three of my Special Edition titles (A Mother's Wish (2009) Welcome Home, Cowboy (2011) and A Gift for All Seasons (2013) have won the RITA award, the romance industry's top prize for published authors. And I was thrilled when my November 2014 title, Santa's Playbook, earned the Romantic Times Gold Seal of Excellence, out of the hundreds of releases reviewed by the magazine for that month.

I am very active on Facebook, both under my pen name Karen Templeton and my full name, Karen Templeton Berger, running giveaway contests whenever I have a new book out...or just feel like it. I also maintain a website with all my most recent news, as well as excerpts from my entire backlist. So come say "hi." And if you should feel so inclined as to leave a review -- however brief -- of any of my books, that would really make my day.

Happy reading!

Lynne Graham (born July 30, 1956 in Northern Ireland) is a popular Northern Irish author of over 100 romance novels. Her first book was published in 1987. Today Lynne is the bestselling Mills and Boon Presents author with sales forty two million books worldwide. Lynne was born in July 30, 1956 in Northern Ireland in an Irish-Scottish family. She met her husband when she was 14, but before marrying she completed a degree at Edinburgh University. Lynne and her husband have five children, one natural and four adopted, two from Sri Lanka and two from Guatemala. Lynne is addicted to kids, books, chocolate, baths in candlelight, log fires and four poster beds. She loves exploring historic houses, castles and beautiful gardens.

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Kate Hewitt is the bestselling author of many novels of both historical and contemporary fiction. She particularly enjoys writing contemporary issue-driven women's fiction, and her novels have been called 'unputdownable' and 'the most emotional book I have ever read' by readers.

An American ex-pat, she lives in a small market town in Wales with her husband and five young(ish) children, along with their two Golden Retrievers. Join her newsletter for a free short story, as well as monthly updates and giveaways at https://www.bookouture.com/kate-hewitt/, or be part of her Facebook groups Kate's Reads, to discuss all manner of books, movies, music and cooking.

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