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I
have been writing both contemporary and regency romances since 1986,
though my writing began in earnest at age fourteen when I drafted
a script for my favorite TV show. While my attempt never made it
to the small screen, I eventually pursued writing as a career, first
with contemporary romances for Silhouette and later with historicals
set in the Regency period.
Raised on
the East Coast, my life changed dramatically when I married Paul
Blayney. Within six months we moved to a Coast Guard Base in Kodiak,
Alaska. It was the first time I had ever been off the east coast.
Over the years we lived all over the US including San Francisco;
Muskegon, Michigan; San Juan, Puerto Rico and Seattle. Paul's
career gave me the opportunity to experience, in a personal way,
the Coast Guard's search and rescue mission where life and death
are no more than a breath apart. These events shape my belief
that life is best lived with joy, love and a generous heart. Those
convictions are what I most want to share with my readers. Family
will always play a strong part in my books since, for me, family
relationships are as fundamental as the love between a man and
a woman.
Always interested
in books about relationships, I chose romance when I began writing
because it was one of the few literary forms that welcomed a happy
ending. Times have changed and many romance writers have moved
on to other genres taking the happy ending with them. As for my
plans, I still have dozens of stories to tell in the historical
romance genre and anticipate writing Regency-set stories for years
to come.
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