Bateman, Kate: - Kate Bateman, writing as K. C. Bateman, is the #1 bestselling author of Regency, Victorian, and Renaissance historical romances. Her books feature feisty, intelligent heroines, wickedly inappropriate banter, and heroes you want to both strangle and kiss. Kate leads a double life as a fine art appraiser and on-screen antiques expert for several TV shows in the UK. She lives in Illinois with a number-loving husband and three inexhaustible children.