Blythe Gifford is an author of medieval romances for the Harlequin Historical line featuring bastards born on the wrong side of the royal blanket. After many years in public relations, advertising, and marketing, she started writing seriously after a corporate layoff. Ten years and one layoff later, she became an overnight success when she sold her Romance Writers of America Golden Heart finalist manuscript to Harlequin. Her most recent release, HIS BORDER BRIDE, was a finalist for RomCon’s Readers’ Crown. She is now working on a trilogy, set on the Scottish Borders during the turbulent era of the Border Reivers. The Chicago Tribune has called her work “the perfect balance between history and romance.”