The Bishop's Daughter Twenty years ago, if anyone had told Karen Woods that she'd be making her living as a fiction writer, she would have said they had the wrong woman. Now she considers it fun to make a living at what she'd do for amusement anyway. Karen writes romantic intrigue, historical romance, futuristic romance, and gothics. Karen was presented with the 2007 Patricia Lucas White Service Award given to honor her exemplary service to EPIC. Karen's thrillers MAGGIE'S HUNT and STALKING THE PHOENIX are available from The Fiction Works. Karen's regency romances RELUCTANT COUNTESS and SUITORS AND SCOUNDRELS are available from Awe-Struck eBooks. She also has a futuristic romance, THE ONLY ONE, available from Lionhearted Publishing. Her newest releases are: THE BISHOP'S DAUGHTER (inspirational Regency romance) and GET GERI (inspirational romantic suspense), available from Sleeping Beagle Books. Karen's Jewels of the Quill contributions include: a paranormal suspense titled Heart of Stone in TREASURES OF THE HEART; a paranormal romance called Ghost of a Chance in SHADOWS IN THE HEART; an inspirational romance novella named Christmas Faith in CHRISTMAS WISHES, Jewels of the Quill's second Christmas anthology; and Atop A Wedding Cake, a contemporary romance novella, in MAGICAL KISSES, the second Jewels of the Quill Valentine's Day anthology, which is a 2010 EPIC Award finalist. Karen's nonfiction includes IT'S TAXING: 2008 INCOME TAXES FOR U.S. AUTHORS and BECOMING HOLY (WITHOUT BEING HOLIER-THAN-THOU): A BRIEF EXPLORATION OF FRANCISCAN SPIRITUALITY THROUGH EXAMINING THE ADMONITIONS OF ST. FRANCIS. Click on the Books & Awards button below to purchase any of Karen's books. Visit Karen's blog here.