USA Today Bestselling author Kathy Carmichael resides on the west coast of Florida with her Scottish husband, one not-so-wee son, three cats, a part-time dog, and a huge collection of dust bunnies. Kathy writes award-winning romantic comedies and humorous mysteries. Her Texas Two-Step series is a reader favorite. Kathy's romantic comedy, Hot Flash, was named by the American Library Association's BOOKLIST magazine as one of the Top 10 Romance Fiction titles for 2009 and one of the 101 Top Romances of the Last Ten Years. Kathy loves hearing from readers. Visit her at KathyCarmichael.com