Twelve Days in December: A Christmas Novella (12 page)

Michele Paige Holmes
spent her childhood and youth in Arizona and northern California, often curled up with a good book instead of out enjoying the sunshine. She graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in elementary education and found it an excellent major with which to indulge her love of children’s literature.

Her first novel,
Counting Stars
, won the 2007 Whitney Award for Best Romance. Its companion novel, a romantic suspense titled
All the Stars in Heaven
, was a Whitney Award finalist, as was her first historical romance,
Captive Heart
.
My Lucky Stars
completed the Stars series.

In 2014 Michele launched the Hearthfire Historical Romance line, with the debut title,
Saving Grace. Loving Helen
is the companion novel, with a third,
Marrying Christopher
released in July 2015.

When not reading or writing romance, Michele is busy with her full-time job as a wife and mother. She and her husband live in Utah with their five high-maintenance children, and a Shitzu that resembles a teddy bear, in a house with a wonderful view of the mountains.

You can find Michele on the web:
http://michelepaigeholmes.com

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