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Carla Cassidy
Also known as: Carla Bracale Cassidy, Carla Bracale
Carla Bracale grew up in a very small town in Kansas, USA. She was a Kansas City Chiefs cheerleader and local theater actress before she packed her bags and moved to New York City with dreams of becoming a dancer and actress. She got a job performing as a singer/dancer with a show band that traveled the East coast. During her touring, she met Frank Cassidy, her husband to be. After settling down into married life and starting a family, she remembered her childhood love of writing. She has always enjoyed reading, and she believes the only thing better than reading a good book is creating a good story. Her first book, a young adult romance, was sold in 1988 under her maiden name. Her first adult romance was sold three years later under her married name. She wrote as Carla Cook. She is an award-winning author who has written more than 80 books. In 1995 she won Best Silhouette Romance of 1995 from Romantic Times Magazine for Anything for Danny. In 1998 she also won a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times Magazine for Best Innovative Series, and her 1998 release, Pregnant With His Child, was both a nominee for Best Silhouette Romance from Romantic Times Magazine and a RITA nominee in the Best Traditional category. Carla lives in the US Midwest with her husband, their daugther and their dogs, Sabra and Spooky. She loves to order items she'll never use from catalogs and believes all exercise should be banned.
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— from Are you afraid?
Most acclaimed
The Magician
Dr. John Dee and Nicollo Machiavelli are after Nicholas Flamel and the secret to eternal life - Josh and Sophie Newman are the world's only hope...California: In the hands of Dr. John Dee and the Dark Elders, the book of Abraham the Mage could mean the destruction of the world as we know it. The most powerful book of all time, it holds the secret to eternal life. A secret more dangerous than any one man should ever hold. And Dee is two pages away from the knowledge that would bring the Dark Elders into ultimate power. His only obstacle? Josh and Sophie Newman - who are 8,000 miles away. Paris:After fleeing Ojai, Nicholas, Sophie, Josh, and Scatty emerge in Paris. The City of Lights. Home for Nicholas Flamel. Only this homecoming is anything but sweet. Perenell is still locked up back in Alcatraz and Paris is burning - with it, the last hopes for the human race. Nicollo Machiavelli, immortal author and celebrated art collector, is working for Dee. He's after them, and time is running out for Nicholas and Perenell. Every day spent without the book they age one year - their magic becomes weaker and their bodies, more frail. For Flamel the Prophesy is becoming more and more clear. It's time for Sophie to learn the second elemental magic. Fire Magic. And there's only one man who can teach it to her. Flamel's old student The Comte de Saint Germain--alchemist, magician, and rock star. Josh and Sophie Newman are the world's only hope. If they don't turn on each other first.
Her Counterfeit Husband (Mustang, Montana)
Was it possible for a case of amnesia to completely change her husband's personality? For the man who walked back into Elena Richards' life had little in common with the cad who had mysteriously disappeared almost five months ago. Elena had known her marriage was over. But now a decidedly different "Travis" was back - and Elena was carrying his child. Was she falling passionately in love with her long-lost husband - or his estranged twin?
Safety in Numbers
Not quite a match made in heaven After growing up with a mother who had married and divorced with the seasons, Clementina Delaney had found safety in numbers. A different man every night meant no commitments, no entanglements, no pain. Josh MacNeill was looking for a wife. After a harrowing visit to hell on earth, he knew life was a precious gift--one to share with a loving family. All he had to do was find Ms. Right. Clem was definitely not in the running. She'd hated him when she was ten and hadn't warmed up much to him since. Only, instead of a girl in pigtails, Josh now saw a proud, beautiful woman terrified of going one-on-one. Could he show her that in his arms, love meant forever?