Janet Grunst is the author of two award-winning historical romance novels, A Heart Set Free and A Heart for Freedom, as well as a novella titled, The Year Without Summer. Janet’s love of history inspires her stories, and she takes her characters on journeys over oceans to new lands, amidst political turmoil of the times and eventually through their own self-discovery. Janet discusses her writing journey, the challenges and joys of writing historical fiction and why her first book took 30 years to publish.