Tema N. Merback

Tema Merback writes under the name Belle Ami. Please note IN THE FACE OF EVIL has been re-written and newly released as THE LAST DAUGHTER, under BELLE AMI.

Belle Ami writes breathtaking historical romance, time-travel, international thrillers, compelling historical fiction, and riveting romantic suspense with a touch of sensual heat. A self-confessed news junkie, Belle loves to create cutting-edge stories, weaving world issues, espionage, fast-paced action, and of course, redemptive love. Belle’s series and stand-alone novels include the following:

TIP OF THE SPEAR SERIES: A continuing, contemporary, international espionage, suspense-thriller series with romantic elements. TIP OF THE SPEAR includes the acclaimed Escape, Vengeance, Ransom, and Exposed.

OUT OF TIME SERIES: A continuing, time-travel, art-thriller series with romantic elements. OUT OF TIME includes the bestsellers The Girl Who Knew da Vinci and The Girl Who Loved Caravaggio, and the new release, The Girl Who Adored Rembrandt.

THE BLUE COAT SAGA: A three-part serial, time-travel, suspense thriller with romantic elements set in the present day and in World War II. THE BLUE COAT SAGA includes The Rendezvous in Paris, The Lost Legacy of Time, and The Secret Book of Names.

THE LAST DAUGHTER is a compelling and heart-wrenching World War II historical fiction novel. based on the remarkable life of Dina Frydman, one of the youngest survivors of the Holocaust. The story begins at the dawn of World War II and follows the Nazi invasion and occupation of Poland, focusing on the Nazi’s six-year reign of terror on the Jews of Poland, and the horrors of the death camps at Bergen-Belsen and Auschwitz, where more than six-million Jews were slaughtered.

The Lost in Time series published by Dragonblade Publishing is a three-book, time-travel historical romance series, including London Time, Paris Time, & the soon to be published Tuscan Time. Dragonblade is a top-selling boutique historical romance publishers in North America.

Belle is also the author of the romantic suspense series THE ONLY ONE, which includes The One, The One & More, and One More Time is Not Enough. This series will be revised and re-released in 2022.

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A former Kathryn McBride scholar of Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, Belle, is also thrilled to be a recipient of the RONE, RAVEN, Readers’ Favorite Award, and the Book Excellence Award.

Belle’s passions include hiking, boxing, skiing, cooking, travel, and of course, writing. She lives in Southern California with her husband Joe, her daughter Natasha, and her son Ben, along with a horse named Cindy Crawford, a senior-citizen Chihuahua named Giorgio Armani (who still has plenty of spark in his bark), a sassy-gal Chihuahua named Pebbles.

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