Lucy King spent her adolescence lost in the world of Mills & Boon when she ought to have been paying attention to her teachers. But as she couldn’t live in a dreamworld forever, she eventually acquired a degree in languages and an eclectic collection of jobs. After a decade in Spain, Lucy now lives in Wiltshire with her young family where, when not writing, she spends time reading, failing to finish cryptic crosswords and missing the beaches of Andalucia.Lorraine Hall is a part-time hermit and full-time writer. She was born with an old soul and her head in the clouds which, it turns out, is the perfect combination to spend her days creating thunderous alpha heroes and the fierce, determined heroines who win their hearts. She lives in a potentially haunted house with her soulmate and rambunctious band of hermits-in-training. When she’s not writing romance, she’s reading it.