Cathryn Hein was born in South Australia's rural south-east and is a popular author of rural romance and romantic adventure novels. She was a Romance Writers of Australia Romantic Book of the Year finalist with Santa and the Saddler, and is a regular Australian Romance Reader Awards finalist. Cathryn's first three novels: Promises, Heart of the Valley and Heartland, were finalists in the 2011, 2012 and 2013 Australian Romance Readers Awards. She has written six novels in the Levenham Love Story series including Rocking Horse Hill, along with more than eight standalone rural romances. The French Prize was her first romantic adventure story. Cathryn lives in Newcastle, Australia with her partner of many years, Jim. When she's not writing, she plays golf (ineptly), cooks (well) and in football season barracks (rowdily) for her beloved Sydney Swans AFL team.
Sophie Loughran is a NIDA graduate whose performing career spans musical theatre, voiceover and audiobook narration. Sophie’s voiceover journey began at Southern Cross Austereo working on the street team for Fox FM and Triple M. She has since lent her voice to more than 16 fiction and non-fiction audiobooks for Bolinda audio including Australian titles like Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor, The Codebreakers by Alli Sinclair and The Most Important Job in the World by Gina Rushton. International titles include The Shot by Naima Brown and When She Was Gone by Sara Foster. Sophie has also worked on voiceover campaigns for clients such as City of Melbourne, Starbucks and MARS.