Ally Blake writes warm, wistful, whimsical romance love stories, with over four million copies savoured by readers around the world so far. An ardent advocate for romance literature, Ally delights in sharing her enthusiasm on air, in print, and onstage at festivals across Australia. When she’s not dreaming up happily-ever-afters, you’ll find her sipping strong coffee, cloud-gazing, or relishing in the glide of a dark pencil over really-good notepapAward-winning and bestselling author Michele Hauf, who also writes as Michele Renae, lives in Minneapolis. She''s published over 100 novels in a variety of genres, including historical and contemporary romance, paranormal romance, action/adventure and fantasy. Follow her on Pinterest @toastfaery and Instagram @MicheleHaufVisit her website: michelehauf.comNina Milne has loved Mills & Boon, since as a child she discovered stacks of M&B books ‘hidden’ in the airing cupboard so is thrilled to now write for them. Nina spent her childhood in England, US and France. Since then she has acquired an English degree, 1 hero-husband, 3 gorgeous children and a house in Brighton where she plans to stay. After all she can now transport herself via her characters to anywhere in the world whilst sitting in pyjamas in her study. Bliss!In all that she does, Elle Brown is a storyteller. Writing is her first love, but she dabbles in painting, costuming, and hosting wildly themed dinner parties. Elle is also an entertaining and dynamic workshop leader and speaker. A Pittsburgh native and Carnegie Mellon graduate, she is a reader, a foodie, an Episcopalian, and a Girl Scout. With all her heart, she believes that everyone deserves a happily-ever-after. Find her at ElleBrownAuthor.comJenny Lane (she/they) is a queer romance author. Their stories are queer, whimsical, heartwarming…and always end with a happily ever after.There is nothing Jenny loves more than a fire pit, an ocean view, and a good book to read—but they will settle for any combination of these three. When Jenny isn't writing or reading something, she works as a librarian and advocate for literacy.Joss loves books, coffee and traveling—especially to the wild places of Southern Africa and, well, anywhere. She’s a wife and a mom to two young adults. She’s also a servant to two cats and a dog the size of a small cow. After a career in local economic development and business, Joss writes full-time from her home in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.Bryony Rosehurst is a Manchester-based romance author and poet dedicated to telling diverse stories of love and happily ever afters — and perhaps a little bit of angst sprinkled in for good measure. You can usually find her painting (badly), photographing new cities (occasionally), or wishing for autumn (always). She also hosts the queer podcast Swords & Sapphics with her long-distance best friend, Ivy. Under the name Rachel Bowdler, she has written Honeymoon for One and Summer at the Scottish Castle, and, more recently, Kindling under the name Bonnie Woods.Juliette Hyland believes in strong coffee, hot drinks and happily ever afters! She lives in Ohio, USA, with her prince charming, who has patiently listened to many rants regarding characters failing to follow the outline. When not working on fun and flirty happily ever afters, Juliette can be found spending time with her beautiful daughters, giant dogs or sewing uneven stitches with her sewing machine.MICHELLE DOUGLAS has been writing for Mills & Boon since 2007, and believes she has the best job in the world. She's a sucker for happy endings, heroines who have a secret stash of chocolate, and heroes who know how to laugh. She lives in Newcastle Australia with her own romantic hero, a house full of dust and books, and an eclectic collection of sixties and seventies vinyl. She loves to hear from readers and can be contacted via her website www.michelle-douglas.comSusan Meier spent most of her twenties thinking she was a job-hopper – until she began to write and realised everything that had come before was only research! One of eleven children, with twenty-four nieces and nephews and three kids of her own, Susan lives in Western Pennsylvania with her wonderful husband, Mike, her children, and two over-fed, well-cuddled cats, Sophie and Fluffy. You can visit Susan’s website at www.susanmeier.comA charity-working, dog-walking, child-wrangling, dust-ignoring bookworm, Jessica lives in the beautiful and historic city of York with one patient husband, one daughter, one very fluffy dog, two dog-loathing cats and a goldfish called Bob.As day dreaming is her very favourite hobby and she loves a good happy-ever-after Jessica can’t believe she’s lucky enough to write romance for a living. Say hi on Twitter at @yrosered or visit sprigmuslin.blogspot.com