In the world of the written word, Simone Beaudelaire strives for technical excellence while advancing a worldview in which the sacred and the sensual blend into stories of people whose relationships are founded in faith, but are no less passionate for it. Unapologetically explicit, yet undeniably classy, Beaudelaire's 20+ novels aim to make readers think, cry, pray... and get a little hot and bothered.
Diana's passion for history and travel has taken her to every setting of her historicals and paranormals.
The four-book Yorkist Saga and two time travels are set in England. The New York Saga spans the 20th century. A Bloody Good Cruise is set aboard an Italian cruise ship in the Mediterranean. Her urban fantasy Fakin' It won a Romantic Times Top Pick award. Diana owns an engineering business with her husband Chris and they make their home on Cape Cod, USA. A longtime member of Romance Writers of America, the Richard III Society, and the Aaron Burr Association, she joined the Surratt Society when researching A NECESSARY END. Lorna Read was born in Liverpool and started writing at the age of six, when she wrote her first song (words and music) and first poem (about her cat!).
When she was eleven, she wrote the first few chapters of a book featuring a Canadian lumberjack, which is still lurking in a battered old notebook. At school, she won several essay prizes and came second in an RSPCA essay competition. After gaining an Honours degree in English from Bangor University in North Wales, she moved to London and started work as an advertising copywriter, then spent several years as a rock music journalist whilst singing with her own band.
Next came a stint with IPC Magazines as editor of romantic story magazine, Loving. During her decade on the title, she regularly appeared on radio and TV as an agony aunt. Lorna now lives in West London. The Earl's Captive is her first title for Next Chapter and she is currently working on the follow-up, The Earl's Concubine.
The four-book Yorkist Saga and two time travels are set in England. The New York Saga spans the 20th century. A Bloody Good Cruise is set aboard an Italian cruise ship in the Mediterranean. Her urban fantasy Fakin' It won a Romantic Times Top Pick award. Diana owns an engineering business with her husband Chris and they make their home on Cape Cod, USA. A longtime member of Romance Writers of America, the Richard III Society, and the Aaron Burr Association, she joined the Surratt Society when researching A NECESSARY END. Lorna Read was born in Liverpool and started writing at the age of six, when she wrote her first song (words and music) and first poem (about her cat!).
When she was eleven, she wrote the first few chapters of a book featuring a Canadian lumberjack, which is still lurking in a battered old notebook. At school, she won several essay prizes and came second in an RSPCA essay competition. After gaining an Honours degree in English from Bangor University in North Wales, she moved to London and started work as an advertising copywriter, then spent several years as a rock music journalist whilst singing with her own band.
Next came a stint with IPC Magazines as editor of romantic story magazine, Loving. During her decade on the title, she regularly appeared on radio and TV as an agony aunt. Lorna now lives in West London. The Earl's Captive is her first title for Next Chapter and she is currently working on the follow-up, The Earl's Concubine.
