Lauren Jeffries needed a scoop, something that would get her her first serious newspaper story and away from writing obits. When she sort-of faked Harry Nord's obit, she never dreamed it'd get published, let alone that a hot guy would show up asking a lot of uncomfortable questions and making her feel...well, hot.

A graduate of Yale and Cornell, Tracy Kelleher is a former newspaper reporter, communcations director for a mediation organization in Central and Easter Europe, and magazine editor. Tracy quit her day job after she began writing for Harlequin. She currently divides her time between New Jersey and Australia.