She’s renowned for creating deeply emotional romances with adept characterizations, with a huge amount of attention to getting the historical detailscorrect. As at June 2015, a considerable fifteen of her titles were on the USA Today bestseller list. In 1997, her novel Always to Remember’ gained her the Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Short Historical Romance. Rachel is probably best-known for herromances, which are beautiful and deeply emotional. Her work has appeared under various pen names, such as Rachel Hawthorne, J.A.

She has penned a variety of genres, ranging from contemporary and historical romance, to paranormal romance as well as young adult novels. Rachel currently lives in Plano, alongside her husband and two sons and is a renowned novelist, having the accolade of being both a New York Times and USA Today bestselling American author. She earned her BA in psychology while attending the University of Texas and in 1998,Laura Bush, (at that time theFirst Lady of Texas,)invited her to sit on a panel which was to judge romancebooks for the Texas Book Festival. Plano, Texas was her next destinationin 1987. Rachel lived in the city of Austin, in Texas for sixteen years. Shortly after she was born, Lorraine’s family moved to Angleton, Texas and the family settled there. He served in the Royal Air Force, being stationed at Bovingdon in the UK, which was how her parents first met. Her mother wasand her father was American. Rachel Hawthorne was born as Lorraine Heath in Hertfordshire, in England.

Caribbean Cruising by Rachel Hawthorne