Michelle's love affair with books began as a baby when, according to her mum, she would throw her teddies out of the cot and cuddle books instead. This love for all things wordy has never left her. A voracious reader, her tastes cross all genres. Her first experience with romance was as a child devouring copious amounts of fairy tales. As her reading tastes evolved, she discovered something special--that a book has the capacity to make her heart beat as if falling in love for the first time.When not reading or pretending to do the housework, Michelle loves nothing more than creating worlds of her own featuring handsome heroes and the sparkly, feisty women who refuse to take crap from them. She hopes her books can make her readers' hearts beat a little faster, too. If you would like to follow Michelle on Twitter, you will find her @chellebellwrite. You can also contact her via her website at http://www.michelle-smart.com.