Amanda was born into a large Irish-Italian family and raised in the leafy green suburbs of County Dublin, Ireland. After dabbling in a few different career paths, she finally found her calling as an author after winning an online writing competiton with her first finished novel. Her days are usually spent trying to find time to write in between the school runs and playing chef/ chauffeur and referee to four young children.When Emmy Grayson cameacross her mother's copy of A Rose in Winter by Kathleen E.Woodiwiss, she snuck it into her room and promptly fell in love withromance. Over 20 years later, HarlequinPresents made her dream come true by offering her a contract for her firstbook. When she isn't writing, she's chasing her kids, attempting to garden, orcarving out a little time on her front porch with her own romance hero.

Amanda was born into a large Irish-Italian family and raised in the leafy green suburbs of County Dublin, Ireland. After dabbling in a few different career paths, she finally found her calling as an author after winning an online writing competiton with her first finished novel. Her days are usually spent trying to find time to write in between the school runs and playing chef/ chauffeur and referee to four young children.When Emmy Grayson cameacross her mother's copy of A Rose in Winter by Kathleen E.Woodiwiss, she snuck it into her room and promptly fell in love withromance. Over 20 years later, HarlequinPresents made her dream come true by offering her a contract for her firstbook. When she isn't writing, she's chasing her kids, attempting to garden, orcarving out a little time on her front porch with her own romance hero.

Amanda was born into a large Irish-Italian family and raised in the leafy green suburbs of County Dublin, Ireland. After dabbling in a few different career paths, she finally found her calling as an author after winning an online writing competiton with her first finished novel. Her days are usually spent trying to find time to write in between the school runs and playing chef/ chauffeur and referee to four young children.When Emmy Grayson cameacross her mother's copy of A Rose in Winter by Kathleen E.Woodiwiss, she snuck it into her room and promptly fell in love withromance. Over 20 years later, HarlequinPresents made her dream come true by offering her a contract for her firstbook. When she isn't writing, she's chasing her kids, attempting to garden, orcarving out a little time on her front porch with her own romance hero.