Debut author Kate Austin writes for Harlequin's new women's fiction line, Next.  She lives in Vancouver, B.C.

Jo Beverley is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over twenty historical romances.    She is the recipient of two Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times and is the winner of five Rita awards.  She is a member of the  Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame and Honor Roll.   She lives in Victoria, B.C.

Anita sometimes wonders where the characters come from who find their way into her imagination and insist she tell their stories. Perhaps it’s in the family genes. Anita’s mother was a writer. Anita lives on Vancouver Island with her husband, three African violets and a Christmas cactus.

Sidney, B.C. author, Denise Dietz, is married to fellow romance author Gordon Aalborg.   In addition to penning romantic suspense with Gordon, she is the author of the bestselling Ingrid Beaumont Mystery series starring Hitchcock the Dog.

Living with her husband and their three boys, Laura has learned to play Mario Party with the best of them, and has become fairly fluent in the language of Pokemon, Yugi-Oh, light sabers and sword fights.   Between soccer, hockey, swimming and baseball, Laura likes to watch HOUSE and cheer for the Yankees.  And, of course, she always makes time for a good book and a large double-double from Timmy's.

After spending seven years living in the Canadian arctic, Laura and her family are now back home in southwestern British Columbia.

A 2004 Rita Finalist, Barbara Dunlop started writing major works of fiction at age eight.  Today she is an award-winning and best-selling romantic comedy author of several Harlequin and Silhouette imprints.  Barbara's January 2006 Silhouette Desire, THUNDERBOLT OVER TEXAS, hit #5 on the Waldenbooks bestseller list for series romance.

Judy Gill, best-selling author of over 3 dozen published romance novels, loves boating on the coast of her home province, British Columbia, when she's not exploring the jungles and cloud-forests of Costa Rica. Most of her books are set in BC, often on or by the Pacific Ocean, her favorite playground.

A prolific author, Kay Gregory, of Richmond, B.C. is currently working on her 30th book!   Her books have been published with Harlequin Mills & Boon and other publishers.  Some of her books are also available in Large Print, audio and electronic formats.

Victoria Gordon is the pseudonym for Gordon Aalborg.   Victoria/Gordon has published twenty contemporary romance novels with Harlequin/Mills & Boon and is currently writing mysteries and women's fiction.   He lives in Sidney, B.C. with his wife, mystery and romance author, Denise Dietz.

Multi-published author Leanne Karella writes contemporary, historical and paranormal.  She also writes sensual romance for women under the pseudonym name Anna Leigh Keaton.

Catherine Kean writes medieval historical romances for Medallion Press.  Currently living in Florida, she loves to return to her British Columbia home town of Port Alberni, located on Vancouver Island.

Multi-published author Kathleen Lawless has written both historical and contemporary romances for Harlequin, Kensington, and HarperCollins. A few years ago she turned up the heat and discovered she loves writing erotic romances for Pocket Books. She lives on Vancouver Island in British Columbia.

Susan Lyons writes contemporary romance that's intense, passionate, heartwarming and fun. Her Awesome Foursome series from Kensington Aphrodisia is set in Vancouver (Susan's hometown) and features four twenty-something friends who laugh, cry, bond - and find their own very sexy romances. Her award-winning books have sold foreign rights to Germany, The Netherlands and Portugal. Her short fiction has been published internationally.

Alice is thrilled that her debut Historical novel,  finalled in the Royal Rendezvous Conference contest and launched her on a career that combines her love of history and her belief in happy endings. With her husband and two cats, Alice lives on beautiful Vancouver Island.