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Bess Greenfield

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Born

Pittsburgh, The United States

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http://www.bessgreenfield.com

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Romance

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Lisa Kleypas, Sherry Thomas, Julie Anne Long

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October 2012

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Originally from Pittsburgh, Bess Greenfield graduated from Cornell University and University of Pittsburgh School of Law. After a succession of jobs (cocktail waitress, receptionist, journalist, lawyer), she finally came to the realization that her true calling was writing historical romance. A lifelong fan of romance novels, she began compiling material by traveling extensively and independently in her early twenties. Looking back on her many narrow escapes from precarious situations, she marvels that she's still alive. But she has plenty of material. Now she saves her bold adventures for her heroines and hopes her three children will have more common sense. When she's not immersed in her imagination and history, she can often be found rea ...more

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	The Count's Last Mistress 3.70 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2013 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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For the past few months I've been working on a contemporary romance set in Aspen. It's a nice change of pace to write about characters with modern problems, and I'm really enjoying the intimacy of writing in the first person. However, just this past week one of my characters from the Valencourt series popped into my head and demanded I write her story. I had planned to do it in the future, but it' Read more of this blog post »

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Published on March 08, 2016 15:44 • Tags: bold-heroine, proper-english-duke-hero, valencourts-3

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