Cecelia Mecca is a historical romance author who recently left a twenty-year career in education to write full-time. Her medieval romance series set along the 13th-century Anglo-Scottish border includes The Lord's Captive, nominated for best romance in the Kindle Book Review Awards. Armed with a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Literacy from Pennsylvania State University and master's degree in English and Medieval Studies, Cecelia combines her passions for literature and the middle ages in a dream career come true.