Ann DeFee

Ann DeFee is an award-winning author who infuses humor into her stories of romance, relationships and quirky characters. She's written eleven novels and one novella under various Harlequin imprints. Her debut book, A Texas State of Mind (2005) was a double finalist in the national Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA contest and a Romantic Times nominee for Best First Series Book. In addition, Summer After Summer (2007) won the national Book Buyers' Best Long Contemporary award. She is currently writing Southern Fiction for Bellastoria Press. Her most current work, Believe won the Reader's Favorite Gold Medal for Magic and Wizardry and the Chanticleer Somerset award for Women's Fiction. It was also featured as a recommended review by Kirkus. The second book in the Irish Enchantment series, When the Magnolia Blooms won the New York City Big Book Award for Fiction and was a finalist in the Book Excellence Award.She loves all things that glitter and is addicted to hot chocolate.