Dear Reader,

I’ve heard it said a real writer has at least sixty books inside her. Well, I don’t know about that, but I wrote my first book in 1990 and since then I’ve done fifty more. Maybe that makes me a real writer! Whatever, it isn’t easy. Planning each book is like a pregnancy—painful and compelling. But the wow factor when the baby is born makes it all worthwhile!

Writing romances in a medical setting is a definite challenge—I have to keep up-to-date with what’s going on in the medical world to be able to give enough detail to catch the reader’s interest and give the setting authenticity. This gives me wonderful opportunities to develop the human-interest side of medicine, and I hope gives the books more depth and appeal.

People often ask me how I find my inspiration, and the answer is I don’t know! It’s always different. Practically Perfect came about because my editor suggested a book set in general practice. I persuaded the father of my daughter’s school friend to show me around his office. It was attached to their house, and the layout triggered all sorts of interesting possibilities, not the least the incident with the prescription drugs cabinet, which led to—no, I won’t tell you. You’ll have to read it! I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

All the best,

Caroline

P.S. The kittens are mine, now grown up, and Icki is helping me write this by lying on my keyboard.