About author, Rhoda Baxter:  Rhoda Baxter started off in the South of England and pinged around the world a bit until she ended up in the North of England, where the cakes are better. Along the way she collected one husband, two kids, a few (ahem) extra pounds in weight and a PhD in molecular biology (not necessarily in that order). She had childhood ambitions to be an astronaut or at least 5 feet tall. Having failed at both of these, she now writes humourous novels instead.

Her first novel, Patently in Love was a contender for the RNA Joan Hessayon Award and was a top ten finalist in the 2012 Preditors and Editors poll for romance reads. Her second novel Having a Ball will be published in March 2013.

She can be found wittering on about science, comedy and cake on her website www.rhodabaxter.com or on Twitter (@rhodabaxter).

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