Rule 1: Remember that Carina Ferrare is the daughter of Charlie Squad's most dreaded enemy–Eduardo Ferrare–and he will stop at nothing to keep his daughter and kill her rescuers.
Rule 2: To rescue Carina you must marry her, share a bed with her and somehow still be able to think enough to get the two of you out of her father's house alive.
Rule 3: Forget everything you've ever believed about not falling in love with your work.
Raised on a horse farm in Michigan, Cindy Dees dropped out of high school at 15 to attend the University of Michigan where she earned a B.A. in Russian and East European Studies. She became a U.S. Air Force Pilot, worked at the White House, and was a part-time spy during her military career. Her first novel was published in 2002, and she has published over forty more since then with HRS and HQN. She is a 5-time RITA finalist and 2-time RITA winner and has won numerous other awards.