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Emily has been reading romance novels since she was 11 years old. Her first Harlequin Romance novel came free in a box of Hefty garbage bags. She's been reading-- and loving!--romance novels ever since.

In her spare time, she loves to garden and cook...well, bake. Mostly cookies. Naturally, she still loves to read a good romance book. She's been blissfully married for nearly nine years. When they can ditch their five pets for a couple of weeks, she and her husband like to travel to exotic and exciting locations, such as Greece, Costa Rica and Ignorant Flats, Texas.

She has a degree in English from Texas A&M University. After college she taught middle school for four years. While teaching America's disenfranchised youth to appreciate fine literature, she learned very little about writing romance but a lot about finding humor in any situation. Eager for a job where she wouldn't have to dodge spitwads, she fled the teaching profession to write full-time. Though her characters sometimes misbehave, they almost never throw things at her.

Emily has been writing seriously for four years. In that time, she's completed five novels--one romantic suspense (big mistake) and four romantic comedies. In 2001, one of her dreams came true when her manuscript Love Letters to Tabitha was a finalist in the Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart contest. Just over a year later she got "the Call."

A charity bachelorette auction had provided Matt Ballard with the opportunity he'd been waiting for. He would buy Claire Caldiera for the evening. And she wouldn't be able to leave him like she had years before.

But part of this powerful bachelor still longed for the woman whose deception had nearly destroyed him. His plan had been to get her back into his bed, get his answers and be the one to leave. Yet just one touch reignited long-forgotten passions. And now this billionaire's heart might have to pay the ultimate price.