“After a universal silence, Leo was the first to speak. “Did anyone else notice—”“Yes,” Catherine said. “What do you make of it?”“I haven’t decided yet.” Leo frowned and took a sip of port. “He’s not someone I would pair Bea with.”“Whom would you pair her with?”“Hanged if I know,” Leo said. “Someone with similar interests. The local veterinarian, perhaps?”“He’s eighty-three years old and deaf,” Catherine said.“They would never argue,” Leo pointed out.”

American author of historical and contemporary romance novels

Lisa Kleypas is an American author of historical and contemporary romance novels. She is known for writing in both of those romance genres, and for her work as a novelist. Before turning to fiction full time, she was named Miss Massachusetts 1985 and went on to compete in the Miss America 1986 pageant in Atlantic City. Her public profile comes from both pageantry and her later career as a romance writer.