Karen Hawkins

Karen Hawkins moves from Regency-set historical comedy to contemporary romance with light magical elements. Raised in the mountains of East Tennessee, she has described storytelling as part of the culture that formed her. An Affair to Remember opens the Talisman Ring series, following Anthony Elliot, Earl of Greyley, and the outspoken governess Anna Thraxton as they care for five orphaned children and reconsider their antagonism. The novel's mixture of family disorder, verbal sparring, and courtship established the connected St. John family as the series' recurring circle. Hawkins later developed historical sequences including the MacLean Curse, Hurst Amulet, and Duchess Diaries books. Her Dove Pond novels move into contemporary small-town fiction while retaining an interest in family ties and transformative relationships. Simon & Schuster identifies her as a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Across these settings, Hawkins writes character-led romance in which inherited expectations are disrupted by households, communities, and female protagonists unwilling to remain conveniently quiet.