I hope you enjoy Reforming the Rake—it's my debut novel, and I loved writing it. I started reading historical romances around the age of ten, and I'm afraid to say my entire adolescent sex education came from this source! I'd always planned, at least in a vague sort of way, that I would one day write them, too. A few months after graduating from college I decided that I'd better get on with it.

I especially hope that readers will like and identify with my heroine, Beatrice. I tried to make her as modern as possible without being too anachronistic. She's bookish, matrimonially-challenged, a bit cynical...and yet a hopeless romantic. She's hopeless in many ways, actually. If she really were a modern girl I'm certain she'd have to seek help from all corners: self-help tapes, hypnopedia, and possibly even professional advice.

My second novel, The Rake's Proposal, will be published by Harlequin in October 2006. It's about Beatrice's older brother, Ben. He loves the freedom of bachelorhood and can never quite resist the call of the sea, but all this begins to change when he meets a most unconventional woman, the beautiful Katherine Sutcliff. Suddenly settling down doesn't seem so bad...if only because it's the only way he can keep her out of trouble! You can read the first chapter by following the link above to forthcoming books.

Thanks for visiting my website. I love to hear from readers and can be reached at sarah@sarahelliott.net