Irene Hannon is the bestselling, award-winning author of more than sixty contemporary ro-mance and romantic suspense novels. She is also a three-time winner of the RITA Award-the "Oscar" of romance fiction-from Romance Writers of America, and a member of that organiza-tion's elite Hall of Fame.Her many other awards include National Readers' Choice, Daphne du Maurier, Retailers' Choice, Booksellers' Best, Carol, and Reviewer's Choice from RT Book Reviews magazine, which also honored her with a Career Achievement Award for her entire body of work. In addi-tion, she is a two-time Christy Award finalist.Millions of copies of her books have been sold worldwide, and her novels have been trans-lated into multiple languages.Irene, who holds a BA in psychology and an MA in journalism, juggled two careers for many years until she gave up her executive corporate communications position with a Fortune 500 company to write full-time. She is happy to say she has no regrets.