New York Times best selling author, Michelle Ule fell in love with history, particularly US history, as a child and has read avidly on the subject ever since. Researching and then writing her massive family history, Pioneer Stock, put family names to extraordinary events in North American since the family's earliest arrival in 1628.When the opportunity arose to write a romance set in a log cabin, she immediately reached into her family history for pertinent stories. Panthers in the woods, Native Americans reaching between the unchinked gaps in the log cabin to touch the baby, a horrifying moment at the water hole-- all these stories and more happened to her Texas pioneer kinfolk.Her degree may be in English Literature from UCLA, her training may be as a newspaper reporter and her life may be rich with travel and family, but Michelle Ule always comes back to the most dynamic parts of her life: reading and loving God.The Dogtrot Christmas is part of Barbour Publishing's A Log Cabin Christmas Collection; which appeared on the October 4, 2011 New York Times Best Seller's List.Michelle is the author of Bridging Two Hearts, a Heartsong romance released in February, 2013. The story of a massage therapist at the Hotel del Coronado, terrified of the Coronado Bridge, who falls in love with a Navy SEAL who is not afraid of anything--this novel describes the personal and domestic life of Navy SEALS.She's also the author of An Inconvenient Gamble, part of Barbour's Texas Brides Collection, to be published in May 2013. This is the tale of a reformed gambler grappling with his past as a Civil War prisoner, in 1867 Texas. When he meets the widow of a man who led him to do a terrible deed, Charles has to confront how best to make things right for a family he wronged with a poor bet.The Gold Rush Christmas, part of Barbour A Pioneer Christmas Collection was released in time for Christmas in 2013. This tells the story of twins heading to 1897 Alaska in search of a disappeared missionary father, who get caught up in the Alaskan Gold Rush. A Pioneer Christmas Collection appeared on ECPA best seller lists for several months.In 2014, her novella The Yuletide Bride will be released as a stand alone novella ebook on November 6, and also as part of the 4-in-1 White Christmas Brides. The Sunbonnet Bride will be available in July 2015.Michelle has spent the last two years researching and writing a World War I novel featuring Oswald Chambers.