Stephanie Kusiak grew up in an idyllic neighborhood in Orange County, California. She spent her formative years watching after her brothers, rescuing stray animals and learning all she could about the supernatural from her grandmother over Sunday brunches. As a writer, she realistically captures the humanizing elements in life and focuses on the characters that live in her worlds. She is known on the internet for her steamy erotica and her poignant emotional twists. Her interests include, playing the piano, karaoke singing, online gaming and perusing local farmers’ markets. She currently works in the financial sector and resides in Aliso Viejo, California with her wife and their tortoiseshell cat, Sydney. Loved and Lost won a 2014 Rainbow Award as Best Lesbian Contemporary & Erotic Romance and Best Lesbian Debut. Further Readings: Loved and Lost by Stephanie Kusiak Paperback: 566 pages Publisher: Sapphire Books Publishing (July 1, 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 1939062586 ISBN-13: 978-1939062581 Amazon: Loved and Lost Amazon Kindle: Loved and Lost Blake Fortnier and Rachel Kaplan are the perfect couple. Fifteen years into a marriage that will seemingly last forever, a tragic accident tears them apart. After reaching the end of her rope, Blake is blessed with the chance to relive her life. She can right her wrongs, live life to the fullest and change the course of fate, or so she hopes. More Rainbow Awards at my website: elisarolle.com , Rainbow Awards/2014 This journal is friends only. This entry was originally posted at http://reviews-and-ramblings.dreamwidth.org/4599442.html . If you are not friends on this journal, Please comment there using OpenID.