Kate Bateman / K.C. Bateman, is a bestselling author of Regency and Renaissance historical romances, including the Secrets & Spies series, Bow Street Bachelors series, Ruthless Rivals series, and Her Majesty’s Rebels series. Her books have received multiple Starred Reviews from Publishers Weekly and Library Journal, and feature feisty, intelligent heroines, (badasses in bodices!) wickedly inappropriate banter, and heroes you want to strangle and kiss. Her Renaissance romp The Devil To Pay was a 2019 RITA nominee.
Kate wrote her first historical romance in response to a $1 bet with her husband who rashly claimed she’d ‘never finish the thing.’ She gleefully proved him wrong. Her books have been translated into multiple languages, including French (J’ai Lu), Italian (Mondadori), Brazilian (Leabhar), Japanese, German, Romanian, Czech, and Croatian (Znanje).
When not writing, Kate leads a double life as a fine art appraiser, auctioneer, and antiques expert for several TV shows in the UK. She lives in England with her number-loving husband (who still owes her that dollar!), three inexhaustible children, and a naughty toy poodle named Monty.
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