Patricia Thayer has been writing for over twenty years, and has published thirty books with Silhouette® and Mills & Boone®. Her books have been twice nominated for various awards in the USA, including the National Readers' choice Award, the Book Buyers' Best and a prestigious RITA award. In 1997 NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE won the Romantic Times BOOK reviews Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Special Edition. Thanks to the understanding men in her life--her husband of over thirty-five years, Steve, and her three grown sons and three grandsons--Pat has been able to fulfill her dream of writing. Besides writing romance she loves to travel--especially in the west, where she researches her books first hand. You might find her on a ranch in Texas, or on a train to and old mining town in Colorado, and this year you'll find here on an adventure in Scotland just so long as she can share it with her favorite hero, Steve.