Ellen Butler lives with her family in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC. She holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration and Policy, and her history includes a long list of writing and editing for dry but illuminating professional newsletters, and windy papers on public policy. The leap to novel writing was simply a creative outlet for Ellen’s overactive imagination. Her genre is women’s fiction and romance. She likes to provide strong female characters and suspense in her novels. Professionally, she belongs to the Virginia Writer’s Club, the Northern Virginia Writer’s club, and Write by the Rails. Ellen is an admitted chocoholic and confesses to a penchant for shoe shopping. You can find her first two novels, Poplar Place and Second Chance Christmas, at major online book retailers. For more information visit Ellen at: www.ellenbutler.net, and on Facebook at Ellen Butler Books. View her blogs at Tempting Romance, temptingromance.blogspot.com.