by Dawn Atkins
Falling in love and getting married caused her to modify those plans somewhat, and she decided a teaching certificate and a steady paycheck might come in handy. It wasn’t until she was sharing most of her waking hours with two little boys under the age of three that she thought of writing (or perhaps moving to a private room in a nice quiet mental hospital).
It was Cara’s mom who saved her sanity by handing her a romance novel and saying, "Why don’t you try this?"
She did, and it started her thinking. Hadn’t her sixth-grade teacher told her what a good writer she was? And there was the award she’d won from the Detroit News for a short, short story she wrote when she was 16….
Was Cara instantly successful in achieving her new dream of becoming a published writer? Absolutely not! It wasn’t until she’d battled her way through her fourth romance novel that she made her first sale to Harlequin Temptation.
Ten books later, is Cara happy with her new career? Absolutely! (It’s only on the days when her characters are giving her trouble that she wonders if maybe brain surgery would be easier.)
Cara lives in upstate New York with her three sons. When she isn’t writing, she teaches in the Writing Program at Syracuse University and at a community college near her home. Her current hobbies are reading, running, and in-line skating. You can write to her at P.O. Box 327, Dewitt, NY 13214.
Jo Leigh
Award-winning author and screenwriter Jo Leigh began her career in 1975 as a reader in the Comedy Development department for 20th-Century Fox. She left Fox in 1977 to go on location with The Deer Hunter. She then worked as an auditor, associate producer, and producer on such projects as When She Says No for CBS, Beulah Land for NBC, Great American Traffic Jam for NBC and Clan of the Cave Bear for Jozak Productions. In 1987 she became head of development for the McCarron Film Corp., overseeing a roster of 12 feature films.
As a screenwriter, she’s had a series idea purchased by Cinemax, and has worked as a script consultant on more than 50 screenplays. Currently, her screenplay Apache Tears is in development with Northern Lights Productions in Canada.
Jo also teaches writing in two-day workshops across the country, and is a frequent guest speaker at writing conferences. Her tape on Advanced Plotting from the Dallas Romance Writers of America conference is the bestselling tape in RWA’s history.
Her first Silhouette novel, Suspect, was awarded Best First Series Book by Romantic Times Magazine, garnered the 1994 Romance Writer of the Year award from Pike’s Peak RWA, and was a finalist for Best Romantic Suspense Novel of 1994 by Romance Writers of America.
Her first Temptation novel, One Wicked Night, was a finalist for Best Short Contemporary Novel of 1998 by Romance Writers of America.
She also ghostwrote Great Big Beautiful Doll —The Anna Nicole Smith Story for Barricade Books.
Jo currently writes for Harlequin American, Harlequin Temptation, Harlequin Intrigue, and Harlequin special series. She lives in Nevada with her three enormous cats, Zeke, Coco, and Molly. You can reach her at her website: www.joleigh.com
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ON SALE IN JULY 2006
HIGHLAND FLING by Jennifer LaBreque, Harlequin Blaze
THE SEX QUOTIENT by Jamie Sobrato, Harlequin Blaze
INNUENDO by Crystal Green, Harlequin Blaze
JUST ONE TASTE by Wendy Etherington, Harlequin Blaze
BOYS OF SUMMER, an Anthology by Julie Elizabeth Leto, Kimberly Raye, and Leslie Kelly, Harlequin Blaze
PRINCE OF THE DESERT by Penny Jordan, Harlequin Presents
NAKED IN HIS ARMS by Sandra Marton, Harlequin Presents
THE SECRET BABY REVENGE by Emma Darcy, Harlequin Presents
AT THE TYCOON’S BIDDING by Cathy Williams, Harlequin Presents
THE ITALIAN’S CONVENIENT WIFE by Catherine Spencer, Harlequin Presents
THE JET-SET SEDUCTION by Sandra Field, Harlequin Presents
MISTRESS ON DEMAND by Maggie Cox, Harlequin Presents
THE ONE-WEEK WIFE by Patricia Kay, Silhouette Desire
TO CLAIM HIS OWN by Mary Lynn Baxter, Silhouette Desire
TRUST FUND AFFAIRS by Emilie Rose (containing PAYING THE PLAYBOY’S PRICE, EXPOSING THE EXECUTIVE’S SECRETS, and BENDING TO THE BACHELOR’S WILL), Silhouette Desire
RICH AND RECLUSIVE (containing HOUSE OF MIDNIGHT FANTASIES by Kristi Gold, FORCED TO THE ALTAR by Susan Crosby, and THE MILLIONAIRE’S PREGNANT MISTRESS by Michelle Celmer), Silhouette Desire
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DESTINY’S HAND by Lori Wilde, Harlequin Blaze
FORBIDDEN FANTASIES (containing DON’T TEMPT ME by Dawn Atkins, TWO HOT! by Cara Summers and CLOSER…by Jo Leigh), Harlequin Blaze
AFTER HOURS by Karen Kendall (containing MIDNIGHT OIL, MIDNIGHT MADNESS and MIDNIGHT TOUCH), Harlequin Blaze
DON’T TEMPT ME…by Dawn Atkins, Harlequin Blaze
TWO HOT! by Cara Summers, Harlequin Blaze
CLOSER…by Jo Leigh, Harlequin Blaze
MIDNIGHT OIL by Karen Kendall, Harlequin Blaze
MIDNIGHT MADNESS by Karen Kendall, Harlequin Blaze
MIDNIGHT TOUCH by Karen Kendall, Harlequin Blaze
THE SHEIKH’S DISOBEDIENT BRIDE by Jane Porter, Harlequin Presents
THE SOON-TO-BE-DISINHERITED WIFE by Jennifer Greene, Silhouette Desire
FULL CIRCLE by Shannon Hollis, Harlequin Blaze
ROYAL BRIDES TRILOGY by Lucy Monroe (containing THE PRINCE’S VIRGIN WIFE, HIS ROYAL LOVE CHILD and THE SCORSOLINI MARRIAGE BARGAIN), Harlequin Presents
MEDITERRANEAN MEN (containing THE GREEK’S BRIDAL BARGAIN by Melanie Melburne, THE ITALIAN’S PRICE by Diana Hamilton and THE SPANISH BILLIONAIRE’S MISTRESS by Susan Stephens), Harlequin Presents
THE PRINCE’S VIRGIN WIFE by Lucy Monroe, Harlequin Presents
HIS ROYAL LOVE CHILD by Lucy Monroe, Harlequin Presents
THE SCORSOLINI MARRIAGE BARGAIN by Lucy Monroe, Harlequin Presents
THE GREEK’S BRIDAL BARGAIN by Melanie Melburne, Harlequin Presents
THE ITALIAN’S PRICE by Diana Hamilton, Harlequin Presents
THE SPANISH BILLIONAIRE’S MISTRESS by Susan Stephens, Harlequin Presents
THE WEALTHY MAN’S WAITRESS by Maggie Cox, Harlequin Presents
THE SICILIAN DUKE’S DEMAND by Madeleine Ker, Harlequin Presents
THE RAGS-TO-RICHES WIFE by Metsy Hingle, Silhouette Desire
INTO TEMPTATION by Jeanie London, Harlequin Blaze
TRADED TO THE SHEIKH by Emma Darcy, Harlequin Presents
BOUGHT BY A BILLIONAIRE by Kaye Thorpe, Harlequin Presents
BABY, I’M YOURS by Catherine Mann, Silhouette Desire
CAUGHT by Kristin Hardy, Harlequin Blaze
THE GREEK’S CHOSEN WIFE by Lynne Graham, Harlequin Presents
THE BILLIONAIRE BOSS’S FORBIDDEN MISTRESS by Miranda Lee, Harlequin Presents
TOTALLY TEXAN by Mary Lynn Baxter, Silhouette Desire
THE ITALIAN’S STOLEN BRIDE by Emma Darcy, Harlequin Presents
UNCONTROLLABLE by Susan Kearney, Harlequin Blaze
WHATEVER RILEY WANTS by Maureen Child, Silhouette Desire
SEXY ALL OVER by Jamie Sobrato, Harlequin Blaze
HOT TO THE TOUCH by Jennifer Greene, Silhouette Desire
TALKING ABOUT SEX…by Vicki Lewis Thompson, Harlequin Blaze
THE TYCOON’S TROPHY WIFE by Miranda Lee, Harlequin Presents
BOSS MAN by Diana Palmer, Silhouette Desire
DON’T OPEN TILL CHRISTMAS by Leslie Kelly, Harlequin Blaze
ANGELS AND OUTLAWS by Barbara Dunlop, Harlequin Blaze, White Star miniseries
AT THE PLAYBOY’S PLEASURE by Kim Lawrence, Harlequin Special Releases
THE MAN MEANS BUSINESS by Annette Broadrick, Silhouette Desire
HIDDEN GEMS by Carrie Alexander, Harlequin Blaze, White Star miniseries
FOREVER MINE, VALENTINE by Vicki Lewis Thompson, Harlequin Spec
ial Release
SKIN DEEP by Tori Carrington, Harlequin Special Release
SEDUCING SULLIVAN by Julie Elizabeth Leto, Harlequin Special Release
A COWBOY & A GENTLEMAN by Ann Major, Harlequin Special Release
STONE COLD SURRENDER by Brenda Jackson, Kimani Press