Bastone, Cara: - Cara Bastone is a full time writer who lives and writes in Brooklyn with her husband, son, and an almost-goldendoodle. Her goal with her work is to find the swoon in ordinary love stories. Shes been a fan of the romance genre since she found a grocery bag filled with her grandmothers old Harlequin Romances when she was in high school. Shes a fangirl for pretzel sticks, long walks through Prospect Park, and love stories featuring men who arent crippled by their own masculinity.