Authors: Frances Stockton
HazardsDare (35 page)
My love for storytelling began when I created my first
fictional characters in kindergarten, convincing my family and friends that Red
Henry and Green Henry were identical twin brothers in my school. They were
mischievous, rarely did their homework, and even had girlfriends! Years later,
I started to write, completing my first manuscript in middle school. I confess
the heroine was a cross between a contemporary Laura Ingalls Wilder and Nancy
Drew, who’d been dating one of the Hardy Boys, but when I wrote
“
the end
”
I’d known
I had more stories to tell. Of course, life intervened, but whether I was in
high school, working as a Veterinary Technician, earning a degree in
h
istory and
s
econdary
e
ducation
,
or
teaching, I was always writing and reading romances.
Finally, I met and married my hero and moved to New England.
Shortly after, I joined RWA and the New England Chapter and have been writing
faithfully ever since. Now I am proud to be an author with Ellora’s Cave
Publishing.
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Ellora’s Cave Publishing
Hazard’s Dare
ISBN 9781419944796
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Hazard’s Dare Copyright © 2013 Frances Stockton
Edited by Briana St. James
Photography and cover design by Syneca
Model: Ryan
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Electronic book publication March 2013
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