<p>Award-winning author Miriam Allenson writes about smart-mouthed women and the men who love them. (She’s been told she’s a little smart-mouthed herself.)</p><p>Miriam  took a dog’s age and then some to publish her first book, FOR THE LOVE OF THE DAME. She cut the time it took her to write her next book, A DUKE FOR DESSERT, in half and she reduced it by half again in writing WHEN THE DUKE FINDS HIS HEART. She apologizes for being so slow.  </p><p>When Miriam is not working on a book—which is almost never—she’s in the kitchen baking something, gardening on her “huge” 8’x4’ deck, or adding one more character to her 400+ Pez collection. She likes licorice but not chocolate, polenta more than pizza, and baseball any day over football.</p><p>Miriam lives in northern New Jersey with her fabulous, supportive husband, Andy. One day they’re going to take a cruise around the world. She’ll still take her laptop with her.  </p><p>Visit Miriam at miriamallenson.com or her Facebook account, facebook.com/msallenson.  </p><p/>
