Love's Tie That Binds: De Clare Chronicles Beginning (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781505720808)

Nickii Fowler began reading in the usual way, in the first grade with tales of Dick and Jane and their dog, Spot. She gradually tackled subject matter that is more challenging and found herself deeply in love with books by the third grade. By the fifth grade, after reading The Snow Goose by Paul Galico, she began penning her own stories, and continued to do so since then. She went on to enjoy a career in the electronics industry as an Administrator, while writing stories and manuscripts in her free time. She reached an unfortunate block in her writing when she was 28, but continued her love affair with words as an insatiable reader. Fortunately that block crumbled in February of 2014, resulting in the de Clare Chronicles series. And the manuscripts keep coming. Along with being a self-professed bibliophile and wordsmith, she is a medieval history buff, and genealogist. She found herself hooked on historical romance after reading a book given to her by a friend written by well-known author, Kathleen Woodiwiss, whom she credits as one of her greatest inspirations. (Along with Roberta Gillis). Her favorite book is The Wolf and the Dove by Woodiwiss, and it is set in her favorite time period, that of William the Conqueror's 1066. Nickii is a native of Los Angeles, California, and currently resides in a small suburb with her niece and "nephew-in-law", her three 'grandchildren' and her cat, Syndi.