Mistress Material

1967-08-07

Lucy Monroe has sold more than 40 books and has hit national bestsellers lists in the UK and the US. Her sexy category romances for Harlequin Presents include her ongoing mini-series, The Royal Brides. Lucy is a passionate lover of romance and writes in several subcategories of the genre. She hopes to transport her readers to an extraordinary place where the heart rules and love wins out. Lucy is an avid people-watcher and reader. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, children and pets. She loves romantic movies, action adventure, theater and dabbling in hobbies.

1939

Daphne Clair de Jong decided to be a writer when she was eight years old and won her first literary prize for a school essay. Her first short story was published when she was sixteen and she's been writing and publishing ever since. Nowadays she earns her living from writing, something her well-meaning teachers and guidance counsellors warned her she would never achieve in New Zealand. Her short stories have appeared in many magazines and anthologies, and a collection of them was presented in Crossing the Bar, published by David Ling, where they garnered wide praise. In 1976, Daphne's first full-length romantic novel was published by Mills & Boon as Return to Love. Since then she has pro…