One of Patricia Thayer's favourite things about writing is the research. She enjoys travelling to different parts of the country and meeting people because it adds so much flavour to her books. She has even been to Texas to learn about ranching from a 90-year-old cowboy! Patricia has authored over thirty books and has been nominated for both the National Reader's Choice Award and the prestigious RITA award. Patricia also volunteers for the Grandparent Autism Network.Bestselling author Donna Alward has the best job in the world: a combination of stay-at-home mother and romance novelist. In 2001 she penned her first novel, and found herself hooked on writing romance. In 2006 she sold her… first manuscript, and now writes heartwarming stories from her home in Nova Scotia, Canada. Donna loves to hear from readers; you can contact her through her website at www.donnaalward.com or through her publisher.Rebecca Winters attended bording school in Lausanne, Switzerland at the age of 17, where she learned to speak French and met girls from all over the world. Upon returning to the U.S., Winters developed her love of languages when she earned a B.A. in secondary education, history, French, and Spanish from the University of Utah and did postgraduate work in Arabic. Because of her studies overseas, Winters decided to become a teacher and studied French and history in Utah. For the past 15 years, she's taught junior-high and high-school French and history. Winters' first novel was published in 1978. It was called By Love Divided, and published under the name Rebecca Burton. As soon as she finished that novel, she started another novel entitled The Loving Season. A few years later, Harlequin bought Blind to Love, a story that takes place in Kenya. Winters has won the National Readers' Choice Award, the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, and has been named Utah Writer of the Year. She was winner of the January 2001 Romantic Times Magazine WISH Hero award to Alik Jarman for His Very Own, a finalist in the National Readers' Choice Award in the traditional category to be announced during the National RWA Convention in July of 2001 for The Faithful Bride, she won a B Dalton Award, made the Waldenbooks Bestseller Lists, has won mutiple awards from the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice, as well as being a Romantic Times Career Achievement Nominee and winning First Place in the National Reader's Choice Awards. Winters was also crowned Utah Writer of the Year. She is working her way toward her 50th novel for Harlequin.