I grew up reading anything and everything I could, so it was a natural step when my interest eventually turned to writing. To date, I've published ten award-winning and bestselling novels including my April 2014 release, A BEAUTY SO RARE, which debuted on the CBA bestseller list and stayed on the list for three months, thanks to you! I write what some of my readers have termed historical "grit-lit," which is Southern historical fiction/romance set in post-Civil War Nashville. I also write Colorado Territory historicals set in the wilds and grandeur of the Rocky Mountains where I lived for over seventeen years. At the heart of each of my books is a female and male protagonist at crucial turning points in their lives. As each story has unfolded in my writing, I've taken the couple's journey with them and hope you'll enjoy taking each of these journeys too. I live in Nashville, Tennessee, with my husband--not far from the antebellum mansions about which I write--and with Jack, our sweet little Silky Terrier. My husband and I have two grown children who live nearby as well, which makes life pretty wonderful.My next release, TO WIN HER FAVOR, publishes in April 2015, and is the second standalone novel in the Belle Meade Plantation series set, of course, right here in Nashville, TN at the famous Belle Meade Plantation founded in 1807. My other Southern series is set at the opulent Belmont Mansion (now surrounded by Belmont University), which was built by Adelicia Acklen in 1853. Both of these mansions are house museums that welcome patrons so I encourage you to visit Belmont and Belle Meade if ever you're in Nashville. For more about my books, please visit www.TameraAlexander.com or join me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TameraAlexander or on Twitter @TameraAlexander (Photo credit: Mandy Whitley Photography)--Tamera's Books by series--Tamera's series novels are "standalones," meaning the stories may be loosely connected by continuing characters, but each novel is a complete story in itself. FOUNTAIN CREEK CHRONICLESRekindled, Fountain Creek Chronicles, Book 1, Bethany House Publishers (ISBN 0-7642-0108-5)Revealed, Fountain Creek Chronicles, Book 2, Bethany House Publishers (ISBN 0-7642-0109-3)Remembered, Fountain Creek Chronicles, Book 3, Bethany House Publishers (ISBN 0-7642-0110-7)Fountain Creek Chronicles Trilogy, Books 1- 3 in one volume, Bethany House Publishers (ISBN 978-0-7642-0736-5)TIMBER RIDGE REFLECTIONSFrom a Distance, Timber Ridge Reflections, Book 1, Bethany House Publishers (ISBN 978-0-7642-0389-3)Beyond This Moment, Timber Ridge Reflections, Book 2, Bethany House Publishers (ISBN 978-0-7642-0390-9)Within My Heart, Timber Ridge Reflections, Book 3, Bethany House Publishers (ISBN 0-7642-0391-6)STANDALONE NOVELThe Inheritance, Women of Faith Fiction, Thomas Nelson Publishers (ISBN 978-1-59554-632-6)BELMONT MANSION NOVELS (1 of 3)A Lasting Impression, the first stand-alone novel in the Belmont Mansion series, Bethany House Publishers (ISBN 978-0764206221)A Beauty So Rare, the second stand-alone novel in the Belmont Mansion series, Bethany House Publishers (ISBN 978-0764206238)Book Three (2016)BELLE MEADE PLANTATION NOVELS (1 of 3)To Whisper Her Name, the first stand-alone novel in the Belle Meade Plantation series, Zondervan Publishers/Harper Collins (ISBN 978-0310291060)To Win Her Favor, the second stand-alone novel in the Belle Meade Plantation series, Zondervan Publishers/Harper Collins (April 2015) Book Three (2016)A Southern Novella CollectionAmong the Fair Magnolias (four Southern love stories, Harper Collins Christian Publishing, releasing Summer 2015)