Virginia Kantra

New York Times bestselling author Virginia Kantra is the author of thirty books of women's fiction, contemporary romance, paranormal romance, and romantic suspense. Her stories have earned numerous awards including two Romance Writers of America's RITA (R) Awards, ten RITA nominations, and two National Readers' Choice Awards.

Carolina Dreaming, the fifth book in her
Dare Island series, won the 2017 RITA (R) Award for Best Contemporary Romance - Midlength; was named one of BookPage's Top Ten Romance Novels of 2016; won New Jersey Romance Writer's Golden Leaf Award; and is a Georgia Romance Writers Maggie Award finalist.

Her work includes the popular Children of the Sea series and, in e-book format, The MacNeills stories.