I love to write steamy American-set historical romances of the Gilded Age and Gay Nineties--the late Victorian period during which America's industrial age aristocracy lived like lords and ladies o...view moreI love to write steamy American-set historical romances of the Gilded Age and Gay Nineties--the late Victorian period during which America's industrial age aristocracy lived like lords and ladies of England.A closet feminist, I admire the brave women of this era who fought for equal voting rights, and who often broke the mold to bring about social change and women's equality. Writing about strong women, and the alpha males who love them, is one of my greatest passions . . . besides my loving husband.I live in a far northwest suburb of Chicago, out where the corn still grows and farmstands are plentiful. On a nice day you might see me out gardening, but on a nasty day, I'll be glued to my chair working on another book.view less