Katerina Simms is a contemporary romance author, RWA Emerald Award Finalist, and International North Street Book Prize semi-finalist. She was originally born on a sunny Mediterranean island, only to move to the weather-challenged suburbs of Melbourne, Australia.Tea addict, nature lover, and terrible gardener, Katerina's novels feature vivid modern settings and heart-stirring characters, punctuated with the occasional good laugh. Her romances skirt the edges of women's fiction, and her favorite tropes are opposites attract, slow burn, and heat with heart.