Michele Stegman

Michele Stegman has loved history all her life. When she was studying history in graduate school, one of her professors quipped that she put too much romance in her research papers. She decided to put in more romance and write historical romances.

Her Fortune series is following the adventures of the Fortune family through piracy and war in the 1700’s.

Conquest of the Heart, her upcoming book, takes place in England in 1067, just after the Norman Conquest. It is quite different from most books that are set during the Conquest. For one thing, her hero is not a big, brash Norman conqueror. He’s a Saxon. It’s the heroine who is the Norman. Her people conquered his country, now she must conquer his heart!

Michele was never interested in writing contemporary novels. But one day she was driving along, thinking of nothing in particular, when the entire plot for Mr. Right’s Baby popped into her head. She couldn’t stop thinking about it and finally decided it was a book that had to be written.

Michele lives her history every day. She lives in an 1840’s log cabin, and sleeps in a 200 year old bed with her very own hero, her husband, Ron. She spins, weaves, makes her own soap, and bakes her own bread and crackers.

Two cats, Chopstix and 5, demand lots of petting, but her two daughters, Kira and Shana, are the delight of her life.

Michele also dabbles in art, and is a member of the Southeastern Indiana Art Guild.

Website: http://www.michelestegman.com
Twitter: @michelestegman
Blog: http://www.michelestegman.com/thoughts

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• White Trash Witch on March 29, 2014
  
  White Trash Witch The whole tone of this book is lively, upbeat, and happy, just like the heroine, who seems to find a way to look at the bright side of any situation. I love books with magic in them and this one has plenty. The story just wouldn't work at all without it. But the magic was never used to conveniently rescue the story when things got tough. The hero and heroine had to work through their issues without waving a wand, muttering a spell, or snapping their fingers. And sometimes, the magic just didn't work--at least when the White Trash Witch heroine tried to use it! I was anxious to see how things would turn out and just kept reading. This was a fun, light read.