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Kate Fitzroy has two lives. One in a flinty Victorian cottage in the racy town of Newmarket – the other in a Napoleonic manor in the peaceful Loire valley, surrounded by vineyardsKate’s life has not always been so blissful. Widowed at twenty-one, already with two children to love and protect, she fought her way along as hard a path as any of her heroines. Now, happily married and surrounded by a large, loving family, Kate enjoys every moment of every day.

Meghann Foye is the web editor at REDBOOK, where she covers topics such as parenting and infertility. Before that, she took her own #Meternity in 2010 to travel to China, Japan, India, Southeast Asia and Australia. From Marblehead, MA, she now lives in Jersey City.

Hester Fox is a full-time writer and mother, with a background in museum work and historical archaeology. She is the author of such novels as The Witch of Willow Hall, A Lullaby for Witches, and The Last Heir to Blackwood Library. She lives in a small mill town in Massachusetts.