Bateman, K. C.: - Kate Bateman / K. C. Bateman, is the #1 bestselling author of Regency, Victorian and Renaissance historical romances. Her Renaissance romp The Devil To Pay is a 2019 RITA nominee. Her books have received Starred Reviews from Publisher's weekly, and feature feisty, intelligent heroines, (badasses in bodices!) wickedly inappropriate banter, and heroes you want to strangle and kiss. When not writing, Kate leads a double life as a fine art appraiser and on-screen antiques expert for several TV shows in the UK. She currently lives in Illinois with a number-loving husband and three inexhaustible children, and regularly returns to her native England 'for research.'