Lisa James was born and raised in Northern California, and shares her home with one dog and 'a few' cats. The number of kitties fluctuates because she fosters kittens for a local rescue group. To date, she has had three romances published with Uncial Press: Ballantyne's Battle, Have Mercy, and Harper's Chance. For Ballantyne's Battle, she used her experience of owning horses for most of her life to craft a story of a man with no interest in horses meeting a riding instructor he wants to get to know better. Because she claims to not be interested, he hires her to give him riding lessons to give him time to change her mind. He is wildly successful. Have Mercy grew out of reading a true story of great anguish and pain that did not have a happy ending. The secret the heroine keeps from her husband in Havey Mercy almost destroys them both, but his love for her - and hers for him - means their marriage will be healed. The couple in Harper's Chance are introduced in Have Mercy. The obstacles to their happiness appear insurmountable, yet their love for each other allows them to triumph in the end. Currently Lisa James is working on her first non-fiction effort, a book on being an Honest-To-Goodness Cat Lady. In addition to horseback riding, she also enjoys hiking, yoga, crossword puzzles, and, of course, reading. Did her love of animals make it into all of her fiction efforts? You bet!