LINDA CHALK has been writing romances for as long as she can remember. She has completed one historical romance set in the backdrop of the California gold rush. A second one is in progress. She loves to read about American history especially the old west, and researching all the interesting stuff high school history class left out. Her family often claims that she was born in the wrong century. Judy Carpenter, writing as ANN GREGORY, lives in Cherry Grove, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio, with her husband Bill and Zacc, a gray and white tom cat. When she's not writing, Judy enjoys painting, sewin...