Her very popular “Secrets and Spies” novels are set during the Napoleonic era and showcase the dark history of the time. Kate Bateman’s historical romances are saucy passion-filled stories set in Regency and Victorian periods. The writing of historical romance is an extension of that love. She has asserted that she did well in the world of antiques because she has always had a love of history. Since she had worked with her father growing up, she partnered with him to set up an auction house and it was from there that she was approached to do shows such as “Flog It,” “Bargain Hunt” and “Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.” As a novelist, she also writes as KC Bateman, writing historical romance that lends itself to erotica and which comes with strong female leads. However, she did not have the money for pursuing her interest and thus collected affordable things in auction houses. After college, she got a job in publishing before she realized that she loved antiques more. She went to the Oundle School then proceeded to the University of Nottingham from whence she got her Bachelor’s in Arts and studied French and English. She was born in the United Kingdom but also spent a lot of time in Spain as a child. Kate Bateman was born to parents that were auctioneers and artists as they owned an art gallery and an antiques store. She spends her time between England and Illinois in the United States, where she lives with her husband and children. She is an on-screen antiques expert and fine art appraiser and her shows have been estimated to attract millions of viewers.

When she is not traveling to the world’s exotic locations to research her bestselling novels, you can find her working on TV. She went on to write her first novel “To Steal A Heart” the first of the “Secrets and Spies” series in 2017. Bateman wrote her first historical romance as a result of a dare from her husband who said he would give her a dollar if she finished it. She writes novels about intelligent, feisty heroines with mischievously inappropriate banter and snarky and sensual heroes that you want to both kiss and strangle. She is known for the “Secrets and Spies,” “Bow Street Bachelors,” and “Regency Novella” series among several single standing novels. Bateman is a bestselling historical romance author who writes novels in the Renaissance, Victorian, and Regency periods.

This Earl of Mine by Kate Bateman