Dena McMurdieCatherine Michaels whisks you away to sun-drenched shores with her sweet, small-town romances. Get ready to laugh out loud, shed a tear (or two), and swoon over heartwarming characters you'll instantly connect with. Before she started writing romance Catherine got a graduate degree and completed post-graduate studies in educating exceptional children. After years in the classroom and later corporate boardrooms, this award-winning author published five children's books under the name Cat Michaels. During Covid, when she yearned for happily-ever afters, she started imagining her Gull Island series of sweet, small-town romances. Catherine and her family live outside of Raleigh, North Carolina, where she writes and visits her happy place on the coast every chance she gets. Read More Read Less