Having a rich English ancestry that can be traced back to the 1500s, BARBARA PIERCE credits her grandmother and the romantic family tales she was told as a child for inspiring her early fascination with English history.
Striving to balance her love of history with the need to tell a compelling story, she debuted in 2000 with A Desperate Game. Since then, she has created two successful family series, the Bedegraynes and the Carlisles.
In 2006, the first book in the Carlisle series, Wicked Under the Covers was nominated by Romantic Times for their prestigious Reviewer's Choice Award for Most Sensual Historical. In 2007, Sinful Between the Sheets received the same nomination, and went on to win the award.
Barbara also writes Regency historicals under the pseudonym, Alexandra Hawkins. Her popular Lords of Vice series continues to hit the USA Today Bestseller lists. To learn more about this series, visit her website at: www.alexandrahawkins.com