In Our Dreams

Offering an introduction by best-selling author Tami Hoag, a collection of enchanting and exciting love stories spanning from the medieval era to the Old West to the present includes contributions from such top authors as Mary Jo Putney, Ruth Glick, Linda Lael Miller, and Susan Wiggs. Original.

Linda Lael Miller, the best-selling author of over forty novels, is best known for stories set in the American West and for her unique vampire romances. Her heroines are women her 90's readers admire for their honor, courage, trustworthiness, valor and determination to succeed despite overwhelming odds--women like herself who have pulled themselves up from humble and difficult beginnings to realize their dreams. With the release of THE VOW (Pocket Books, 1998), Ms. Miller has launched The Linda Lael Miller One Vow For Women Scholarships to help women get the education or training they need to achieve their goals.

Beginning in 1987, over the course of eighteen historical novels, Mary Jo Putney has become known and loved for her stories of psychological depth and intensity. With legions of fans behind her, she has won numerous sales and writing awards, including two Rita Awards from Romance Writer of America (RWA) and the first Aphra Award from RWA's published author's chapter. Her latest book, ONE PERFECT ROSE hit both the New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-seller lists, won a Waldenbooks sales award, and was a nominee for RWA's Favorite Book of the Year Award.

Patricia Potter has become one of the most highly praised writers of historical romance since her impressive debut in 1988, when she won the Maggie Award and the Reviewer's choice Award from Romantic Times for her first novel. She received the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Storyteller of the Year for 1992 and was nominated for another Career Achievement Award, for Best Western Historical Romance, in 1995. She has worked as a newspaper reporter in Atlanta and was president of the Georgia Romance Writers Association.

Barbara Cummings is the award-winning, best-selling author of thirteen novels, a novella, and two short stories, which together include young adult, contemporary women's fiction, historical romance, historical mystery, and paranormal romantic suspense. In 1994, Ms. Cummings received the first Outstanding Achievement Award from Washington Romance Writers and a Reviewers' Choice Award from Romantic Times Magazine (PRIME TIME, Pinnacle). Her mystery novel, DEAD AS DEAD CAN BE gained sixth place in the Independent Mystery Booksellers' Association's "Best Paperback of 1993." And in 1988, her young adult novel SMOKE SCREEN was on the Waldenbooks Best-seller List for seven months.

Patricia Gardner Evans, a life-long resident of New Mexico, worked as a lifeguard, a librarian, and a teacher before beginning her writing career. She writes contemporary and historical western romance and romantic suspense, for which she has won numerous awards, including several Romantic Times Reviewers' choice Awards and a Romance Writers of America Rita (the romance genre's Oscar). She was also named the outstanding new romantic supsense writer of 1986.

Courtney Henke's writing career began one day when, as an Army wife and mother of three, she was hip-deep in packing boxes and potty chairs. The idea for CHAMELEON (Loveswept, 1987) struck her--and it wouldn't let go. In 1989, she won Romantic Times' Reviewer's Chocie Award for Best New Author, and CHAMELEON was nominated by Romance Writers of America for their Best First Book Award. Her three subsequent novels won her more award nominations, as well as legions of fans. After a six year sabbatical, Ms. Henke is back with "Moon Over Miranda," in IN OUR DREAMS.

Mary Kirk is the award-winning author of seven novels, including MIRACLES (1990 - Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Series Romance); and EMBERS (1991 - Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award for Most Innovative Romance). Ms. Kirk says she writes novels that reflect her "profound respect for the capacity of the human spirit to survive and flouish. I feel very much a part of the dialogue among women who are questioning what they want out of life and love. As a writer, I strive to present the most hopeful visions this dialogue has to offer."

Corey McFadden, who has a natural flair for historical romance, was formally trained as an actress at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. There, she developed an ear for witty repartee in such productions as Shakespearean comedy, comedy of amnners, and even the more contemporary Noel Coward. Later, she acquired a law degree, playing to juries instead of audiences as an Assistant United States Attorney and a prosecutor with the Department of Justice. Now at home her son and daughter, Ms. McFadden has turned to writing as a way to indulge her dramatic talents.

Susan Wiggs has won numerous awards for her writing, including Career Achievement and Reviewers' Choice awards from Romantic Times Magazine, the Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence, the Holt Medallion, and a Rita Award from Romance Writers of America. Her most recent release is THE DRIFTER (June, 1998), and in '99, her many fans will be delighted by the release of THE CHARM SCHOOL. The former Paris resident firmly believes the one thing everyone on the planet should do before they die is go to Paris and fall in love.

Ruth Glick, the award-winning novelist of over 70 books, says she has the best job in the world. She travels frequently, and her unique experiences are apt to find their way into her books--like the times she encountered a coral snake in the Guatemalan jungle and took a flight in a hot air balloon. Her latest suspense novel, NOWHERE MAN (July, 1998), and her next book, SHATTERED LULLABY, are part of her popular "43 Light Street" series, written under her pseudonym Rebecca York. Her awards include a Lifetime Achievement Award for Romantic Suspense Series and a Career Achievement Award for Romatic Mystery, both from Romantic Times.