I'm Keli Gwyn, a romantic at heart. I've been an avid romance reader since I was a teen. Now I write the stories I've loved for decades, inspirational historical romances. I live in in the heart of California's Gold Country. I set my stories in real towns that were thriving communities in the early days of the Golden State. My debut novel, A Bride Opens Shop in El Dorado, California, will be released by Barbour Publishing in July 2012.