Even as she pursued engineering degrees, Dr. Vanessa Riley's love of 19th century history yielded a hunger for Regency and Victorian history. Her mission is to have the world fall in love with powerful historical heroes and heroines, who battle for peace with a flintlock and a prayer. Her debut regency, Madeline's Protector published by Pelican Books 2013 is a Christianbook.com bestseller and her writing has won or placed in several fictions contests including the Beacon, Show Me the Spark, and the Orange Rose. Vanessa enjoys writing from the comfort of her southern porch with a cup of Earl Gr...