found: Anna and the duke, 2002:t.p. (Kathryn Smith) p. 3 of cover (lives in Ottawa, Ontario; author of Elusive passion, A seductive offer and Scandalous proposal)
found: Kathryn Smith homepage, via WWW, Oct. 30, 2002(b. Nova Scotia)
found: U.S. copyright file, Mar. 23, 2010(Smith, Kathryn, 1971- )
found: Fantastic fiction, Mar. 23, 2010(Kathryn Smith; titles: MacLaughlins series: Anna and the duke (2001), Emily and the Scot (2002); Ryland Brothers series: Elusive passion (2001), For the first time (2003), In your arms again (2004), In the night (2005), Still in my heart (2005); Friends trilogy: A seductive offer (2002), A game of scandal (2002), Into temptation (2003); Brotherhood of blood series: Be mine tonight (2006), Night of the huntress (2007), Taken by the night (2007), Let the night begin (2008), Night after night (2009); Nightmare chronicles: Before I wake (2008), Dark side of dawn (2009); When seducing a duke (2009); When marrying a scoundrel (2010); Naughty or nice? (2001); Weddings From Hell (2008))
found: OriginStory.net, Mar. 23, 2010(Let the night begin; avtor: Kathryn Smith/Кетрин Смит)
found: Girl in the steel corset, c2011:t.p. (Kady Cross)
found: Kady Cross website, May 24, 2011(Kady Cross is a pseudonym of author Kathryn Smith; lives in Connecticut)
found: Heart of brass, c2012:t.p.(Kate Cross) p. 3 of cover (Kate Cross is also author Kathryn Smith; writes steampunk young adult fiction as Kady Cross, urban fantasy as Kate Locke)
found: Seven crows, 2019:CIP t.p. (Kate Kessler) data view (Pseudonym of Kathryn Smith)
found: Wikipedia, viewed February 22, 2019:Kate Locke (Kate Locke is one of six nom de plumes of a Canadian-born author, born in 1971, who also goes by the names Kate Cross, Kady Cross, Kathryn Smith, Kate Kessler and Kate McLaughlin depending on the genre she writes.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Locke found: Email from Macmillan publisher, received January 14, 2020(confirms that her real name is Kathryn Dawn Smith, born July 13, 1971 and that she writes under other aliases)
