Clare Connelly was raised in small-town Australia among a family of avid readers. She spent much of her childhood up a tree, Harlequin book in hand. She is married to her own real-life hero in a bungalow near the sea with their two children. She is frequently found staring into space – a surefire sign she is in the world of her characters. Writing for Harlequin Presents is a long-held dream. Clare can be contacted via clareconnelly.com or on her Facebook page.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.

Clare Connelly was raised in small-town Australia among a family of avid readers. She spent much of her childhood up a tree, Harlequin book in hand. She is married to her own real-life hero in a bungalow near the sea with their two children. She is frequently found staring into space – a surefire sign she is in the world of her characters. Writing for Harlequin Presents is a long-held dream. Clare can be contacted via clareconnelly.com or on her Facebook page.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.