Patricia DeGroot has been writing professionally since she was eighteen. She sold her first romance in 1999. She was already an award-winning copywriter before she turned to fiction. Patricia lives near Denver, Colorado where she is inspired daily by her majestic view of the Rocky Mountains. She is blessed to share her life with her husband of more than thirty years, Bill, daughter Jennifer, son-in-law Chris, son Chris, and two grandsons, Jacob and Lucas.