Julia Kelly is the award-winning author of sexy historical and contemporary romances about smart women and the men who love them. She picked up her first romance novel and the bad habit of reading well past her bedtime when she was thirteen. Years later, while a struggling graduate student at Columbia University who was watching far too much Dancing With the Stars, she decided to try writing a romance to rekindle some of her creativity. She’s never looked back.Julia’s delightfully charming historical romance trilogy from Pocket Star, The Governess Was Wicked, The Governess Was Wanton, and The Governess Was Wild, follows three best friends who are employed by different families, and all find themselves wanting something they can’t have.Julia won the 2014 Contemporary Romance Chapter’s Stiletto Award for her sports romance Second Chance Girl which is set to be published by Pocket Star in 2017. Julia is the author of Seduction in the Snow and The Wedding Week. She is also a founding member of First Draught, a monthly YouTube show and podcast exploring writing and romance with a drink in hand.By day, Julia is an Emmy-nominated journalist in New York City where she chases breaking news and bosses reporters around. She never met a pair of stilettos she didn’t love and still stays up too late reading.Julia loves connecting with readers and is always happy to chat about romance, history, and everything in between!Newsletter: http://bit.ly/1Q0VBIzWebsite: juliakellywrites.comFacebook: /juliakellywritesTwitter: @the_julia_kellyWattpad: @juliakellywritesPinterest: @juliakellywrite