Katerina Simms is a romance author and RWA Emerald Award Finalist; originally born on a sunny Mediterranean island, only to move to the weather-challenged suburbs of Melbourne, Australia.Tea addict, nature lover, and sloppy speaker of Russian, Katerina’s novels feature vivid contemporary settings and heart-stirring characters, punctuated with the occasional good laugh.Two of her author idols are the legendary Nora Roberts and Susan Elizabeth Phillips, though she doesn’t suppose they know who she is.