Marie Force is the New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling and award-winning author of forty contemporary romances, including the Green Mountain novels: It’s Only Love, And I Love Her, I Saw Her Standing There, I Want to Hold Your Hand, and All You Need is Love.

While her husband was in the Navy, Marie lived in Spain, Maryland and Florida, and she is now settled in her home state of Rhode Island. She is the mother of two young adults and two feisty dogs, Brandy and Louie.