About Karen Ranney: Karen Ranney is an American author of historical romance novels.
How very different it would be to live somewhere where people weren't afraid to reveal themselves, where emotion was prized instead of hidden.
There’s no scandal involved,” she said airily. “I have no connection with you whatsoever. I have nothing to do with you. You are a thimble filled with water next to my ocean. You are a grain of sand to my beach. You are a tiny star in the sky. ...
All my happiness seems caught up in one of your smiles. - Jered Mandeville, 'Upon a Wicked Time
