Background
Cready was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
(Mr. Darcy just isn't Flip Allison's style. She prefers no...)
Mr. Darcy just isn't Flip Allison's style. She prefers novels with hot sex on the bathroom sink to the mannerly, high-tension longing of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. That is, until she pays a visit to Madame K, who promises a therapeutic massage with an opportunity to "Imagine Yourself in Your Favourite Book." Somehow, on the way to a sizzling sink-top session with a Venetian Adonis, Flip lands right in the middle of Regency England -- and dangerously close to handsome Mr. Darcy. So close, in fact, that she discovers a side of him even Jane Austen couldn't have imagined. Waking from her massage, Flip is on top of the world and ready for her upcoming book club -- that is, until she notices a new scene in which Darcy and spunky heroine Lizzy Bennet are arguing over...Flip Allison? Her rapturous liaison with Darcy has had disastrous consequences for Austen's characters -- not to mention millions of Pride and Prejudice fans!
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( Critically acclaimed author Gwyn Cready leaves readers ...)
Critically acclaimed author Gwyn Cready leaves readers on the edge of their seats in a provocative time travel romance A door to the past Ambitious art historian Campbell Stratford is about to make a name for herself with her scandalously sexy biographies of famous seventeenth-century artists. Suddenly she is catapulted back in time and comes face-to-face with one of her subjects: bad-boy painter Peter Lely, portraitist to the king. Creates chaos of classic proportions Peter is entranced by his mysterious visitor, and Cam can't resist becoming one of the lovely ladies to pose on his modeling chaise. But Sir Peter knows a lot more than he's telling about time travel in general and art historians in particular. What he doesn't know is that Cam is the one responsible for the very project he's about to sabotage. And when Cam finds she's been tricked, she exacts her revenge on paper... "A wonderful jaunt through time." -RT Book Reviews, 4 stars "Entertaining and lively...will leave readers breathless." -Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW
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(What do you do when your journey seems to have been mappe...)
What do you do when your journey seems to have been mapped out for you since birth? Follow it, or follow your instincts? Joss O'Malley and Hugh Hawksmoor, products of two different upbringings in two very different worlds will have to find out. Smart, brunette and directed, Joss O'Malley came from centuries-old wealth, but after her cold and distant father squandered the family fortune, she's seen only one path for herself: keeping her beloved mother's small map-making company and its thirty-two employees afloat. She thinks she's found her white knight in Rogan Reynolds, the whiz-kid entrepreneur who's the darling of the venture capital world. But when Hugh Hawksmoor, the dark, handsome, self-made navy captain from eighteenth-century London, bursts into her life, sparks fly. Little does she know, however, that Hugh's motivations run deeper than simple attraction. He has sworn to avenge his brother's murder three hundred years ago at the hands of a man who figured out how to change the past for his own profit--Joss's father, Alfred Brand. Joss' company possesses the map that will reverse the changes Brand wrought, and Hugh will do whatever it takes to return it to its rightful place. Hugh forces Joss on a dangerous journey to the past that takes them from a remote islet in the north Atlantic to a raging river in the wilds of Exmoor to Hugh's rooms in London and, finally, to a heated liaison on the grounds of Lord Quarley's estate, where Joss learns she's risked more than her heart and Hugh discovers that the path to redemption lay in the terrifying uncharted territory of love and forgiveness.
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(In her sparkling and hilarious debut, author Gwyn Cready ...)
In her sparkling and hilarious debut, author Gwyn Cready introduces Persephone "Seph" Pyle, a total control freak who plans for everything -- until a pair of killer heels sends her back in time and into the arms of a ruggedly handsome sea captain straight from the pages of a romance novel. Wandering the Pittsburgh airport before a business trip, Seph decides to kill time with some preflight shopping -- anything to get her mind off Tom Fraser, her irresistible, dimple-chinned coworker turned travel buddy. So when a pair of to-die-for pink stilettos calls her name from a store window, she tries them on -- only to be swiftly transported back to the eighteenth century and flung aboard a turbulent ship sailing the Mediterranean! There, Seph is stunned to meet Phillip Drummond, an arrogant British pirate and the spitting image of Tom. Phillip has summoned her back in time to straighten out his complete mess of a life -- for he is the burly hero in the romance novel she someday hopes to write, and she is responsible for his destiny. But in the midst of turning things right so she can get back to reality, Seph starts to fall for the smolderingly sexy Phillip. And when Tom is thrown into the mix, she doesn't know what -- or who -- she wants. Seph soon realizes that spotting the perfect pair of shoes may be easy, but finding the perfect man can be a real trip.
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( For lovers of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander, a sexy Scotti...)
For lovers of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander, a sexy Scottish time travel romance from award-winning author Gwyn Cready Thrown back to the sizzling tensions of the Scottish borderlands Librarian Panna Kennedy battles budget cuts, eccentric patrons, and the loneliness of early widowhood until she ventures through a long-locked door under the library's stairs and finds herself in the opulent eighteenth-century castle library of the dashing and dangerously handsome Captain Jamie Bridgewater. Can she trust a handsome hero? Jamie is embroiled in a risky game of high-stakes subterfuge on the Scottish/English border, where loyalty to the wrong cause can cost you your life, and Panna is instantly swept into the intrigue. Their adventure takes them across the border into perilous and passion-filled territory. But when Jamie is caught and Panna realizes she holds the key to his destiny, will she return to safety as he demands, or follow her timeless desire? "The master of time travel romance." -Booklist "A thrill-ride of a time travel romance, a genre Gwyn Cready has quickly come to master." -Sapphyria's Steamy Book Reviews "A time-bending treat." - Full Moon Bites
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( Romance novels save the day in award-winning author Gwy...)
Romance novels save the day in award-winning author Gwyn Cready's fun and sensual take on modern-day love Can romance novels save the day Snobbish book critic Ellery Sharpe has made the strategic mistake of unleashing her scathing wit on the memoir of the world's leading romance publisher. As damage control, her boss at Vanity Place magazine assigns her the ultimate punishment: write an ode to romance novels, a genre she considers the literary equivalent of word search puzzles. To make matters worse, he hires her sexy ex, Axel Mackenzie, to shoot the photos. When it looks like true love hasn't a chance? Axel has reasons of his own for wanting to convince the strong-willed Ellery to paint romance in an attractive light. He decides to take his cue from Kiltlander, a much-adored romance, and starts secretly drawing lessons from the book's compelling hero. Because getting Ellery to fall for romance novels might be just the push she needs to believe people can change...even him. "Cready's writing is romantic and wickedly witty." -Rachel Gibson, New York Times Bestselling Author "Sexy second-chance romance." -RT Book Reviews, 4 stars "Delightfully original...an absolute crowd-pleaser." -Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW
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( RITA Award–winning author Gwyn Cready continues the “sex...)
RITA Award–winning author Gwyn Cready continues the “sexy fun” (BookPage) of her charming time-travel adventures with a high-spirited tale of a modern-day mapmaker and the eighteenth-century English navy captain she can’t resist. Ambitious and feisty Josephine “Joss” O’Malley has spent years fighting to keep her mother’s map-making company alive. Just when she finds herself considering taking a risky next step with bad-boy entrepreneur Rogan Reynolds— whose generosity has helped keep the business afloat—Joss meets dark and mysterious Hugh Hawksmoor. Hugh’s deft touch and old-world seduction stir Joss’s desires like a storm at sea, and she has no clue that he has sailed three hundred years into the future to avenge the death of his brother at the hands of her father. Or that she holds the key to a map that will help him undo the destructive changes her father wrought in the past. When Hugh lures Joss into a treacherous journey through time, there’s not a twenty-first-century trick that can save her. But when she applies her own instincts to a course she thought was set, she discovers that the high seas hold some scandalous surprises.
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(Wandering the Pittsburgh airport before a business trip, ...)
Wandering the Pittsburgh airport before a business trip, Seph decides to kill time with some preflight shopping - anything to get her mind off Tom Fraser, her irresistible, dimple-chinned coworker turned travel buddy. So when a pair of to-die-for pink stilettos calls her name from a store window, she tries them on, only to be swiftly transported back to the eighteenth century and flung aboard a turbulent ship sailing the Mediterranean! There, Seph is stunned to meet Phillip Drummond, an arrogant British pirate and the spitting image of Tom. Phillip has summoned her back in time to straighten out his complete mess of a life, for he is the burly hero in the romance novel she someday hopes to write and she is responsible for his destiny. But in the midst of turning things right so she can get back to reality, Seph starts to fall for the smolderingly sexy Phillip. And when Tom is thrown into the mix, she doesn't know what, or who, she wants. Seph soon realizes that spotting the perfect pair of shoes may be easy, but finding the perfect man can be a real trip.
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(In the second hilarious and sexy novel from author Gwyn C...)
In the second hilarious and sexy novel from author Gwyn Cready, a divorcée suffering from "carnal deprivation" has a racy one-night stand with one of literature's most irresistible heroes -- and learns that you really can't judge a book by its cover. Mr. Darcy just isn't Flip Allison's style. She prefers novels with hot sex on the bathroom sink to the mannerly, high-tension longing of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. That is, until she pays a visit to Madame K, who promises a therapeutic massage with an opportunity to "Imagine Yourself in Your Favorite Book." Somehow, on the way to a sizzling sink-top session with a Venetian Adonis, Flip lands right in the middle of Regency England -- and dangerously close to handsome Mr. Darcy. So close, in fact, that she discovers a side of him even Jane Austen couldn't have imagined. Waking from her massage, Flip is on top of the world and ready for her upcoming book club -- that is, until she notices a new scene in which Darcy and spunky heroine Lizzy Bennet are arguing over...Flip Allison? Her rapturous liaison with Darcy has had disastrous consequences for Austen's characters -- not to mention millions of Pride and Prejudice fans! Flip has twenty-four hours to put the story back on course, and Magnus Knightley, a sexy but imperious scholar whose brooding good looks and infuriating arrogance are decidedly Darcy-like, is the only one who can help. The only problem is, Flip can't keep her hands off him, either....
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Cready was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
She attended Mountain. Lebanon High School (where she became close friends with novelist Teri Coyne (The Last Bridge, 2009) and shared theatre classes with actress Ming-Na), graduating in 1979. Cready majored in English literature at the University of Chicago, graduating with a Bachelor in 1983, and followed that with an Master of Business Administration in marketing, also from Chicago.
Personal life
They have two children, born in 1988 and 1994. One of them is Carol Cameron Cready Pyle, who currently attends Drexel University. She aspires to be like Doctor Philosophy, and is studying psychology.
Like Seph, Cready worked as brand manager in the pharmaceutical industry.
Writing career
Cready is a paranormal romance author who specializes in sexy, funny time travel stories. Her novels are typically set in Pittsburgh, Cready"s hometown.
Her first book, Tumbling Through Time (2008), involves a woman who tries on a pair of magical pink sandals in the Nine West shoe store in the Pittsburgh Airport and ends up on the deck of a privateer ship in 1705. Publishers Weekly called Tumbling Through Time "a joy" and Cready "an author worth watching." Given the humorous tone and situations which often involve one woman and two men, Cready"s books have been likened to those of Janet Evanovich.
( For lovers of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander, a sexy Scotti...)
( Critically acclaimed author Gwyn Cready leaves readers ...)
(In her sparkling and hilarious debut, author Gwyn Cready ...)
( Romance novels save the day in award-winning author Gwy...)
(In the second hilarious and sexy novel from author Gwyn C...)
(What do you do when your journey seems to have been mappe...)
( RITA Award–winning author Gwyn Cready continues the “sex...)
(Wandering the Pittsburgh airport before a business trip, ...)
(Mr. Darcy just isn't Flip Allison's style. She prefers no...)