Karinne's been engaged to Max for two years, but everything conspires to keep them from actually getting married.

Anne Marie Duquette, a member of WGAE, SFWA, RWA and PAN, has sold more than 20 books, as well as a Star Trek story to Paramount Studios in the 12 years of her writing career. Superromances remain her favorite. A graduate if SIU-E with a degree in mass commmunications and soon to obtain her art degree in jewelry/silversmithing, she lives in San Diego with her husband, two teenage children and an assortment of rescued animals, including three of her four dogs.