Cassie Miles
Description
Kay Bergstrom was born on 1947 and grew up in a small town at the very tip of southern Illinois, USA. A tomboy, she spent most of her time outside and got into big trouble for breaking the trellis while climbing out her second-story bedroom window. When her family moved to Los Ángeles, California, major culture shock ensued. She discovered that grapefruits grew on trees, television offered more than two channels, and all the other girls had breasts. While hiding out and waiting for her chest to develop, she read voraciously, raiding her mother's bookshelf for Mickey Spillane when she finished all her Nancy Drew novels. Another move took her family to Denver, Arizona, the place Cassie still calls home. She graduated from North Central college outside Chicago, got married, and returned to Colorado where she worked in personnel at the Denver Post and lived in a mountain cabin without running water. Upon learning she was pregnant, a return to civilization seemed prudent. She settled in Denver, raised two amazing daughters, and started writing for Harlequin as Cassie Miles. After her divorce, she took a break from romance and wrote straight suspense. During her frantic years as a single mom, writing books and working odd jobs to supplement her income, she hardly had time to breathe, much less to dream. Then something remarkable happened. She fell in love with a tall, sexy man who was an aerial photographer and the author of tough-guy mystery novels. Fortunately, he loved her back. She found her real-life hero, inherited three more grown kids and three grandchildren. She started writing romance again, loving every minute of a life filled with laughter, crazy road trips, sailboats, and journeys to Oregon with long walks on rocky beaches. Not too long ago, the love of her life developed inoperable pancreatic cancer. With supportive friends and family standing by, he died at home. She has no regrets and considers herself lucky to have found her soul mate, the man with whom she shared a perfect love. She now lives alone, surrounded by beautiful memories, while writes romances. From the balcony of her high-rise, she has a view of the gold dome of the Colorado State Capitol and the front edge of the Rockies. If she could find a way to add the ocean, she'd have the best of all possible worlds. Recently voted Writer of the Year by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, she attends critique groups specialising in mystery and romance, the perfect balance for Harlequin Intrigue books. One of her daughters once described her writing this way, "Romantic suspense. You know, kiss-kiss, bang-bang." If only it were that simple...
Books
Risky Proposition
Something wild... Mick Penotti trusted no man ... or woman. So when Sarah MacNeil from some big-shot foundation offered him an interest-free loan, he was dead set against it. But Sarah was another matter. Though she presented herself as a cool professional, Mick knew better. He longed to liberate and love the wild woman she hid. Sarah couldn't figure Mick out. Nothing about him added up. The ponytail, the motorcycle, the sexiness didn't mesh with the business savvy and his refusal to accept the loan. Most of all, she was baffled yet thrilled by his pursuit of her. But if she took him up on his proposition, she'd risk losing everything....
Mysterious Vows
The bride had amnesia... "Maria" couldn't remember her real name, where she'd come from or the mysterious, brooding man who claimed she'd agreed to marry him. She'd awakened with nothing more than a wedding ring--and directions to Jason Walker's secluded island. But would saying "I do" to Jason be a deadly error? Jason never dreamed that his mail-order bride would be so captivating, so sensual--or so dangerous. When time revealed that she wasn't really his true intended, he offered his protection--hoping to discover her identity. He even began to want to offer his love .... But could Jason probe the mystery woman's mind--and find the information that her pursuers would kill for? MAIL ORDER BRIDES Series--fictionDB**
Baby battalion
"Nolan Law is a dead man. Five years ago, his pregnant wife buried him-a soldier cut down in a desert war, a man who would do anything to protect those he loved. Even fake his death. His beloved Tess was safe as long as he was gone. Now a new assignment thrusts him back into her life-and puts her at risk once more. When Tess looks at him, Nolan knows she sees a ghost. Tess deserves to know why this stranger stirs her passion so intensely, why her husband's eyes stare back at her from his unfamiliar, scarred face. Yet discovering the truth will only resurrect the danger Nolan "died" to protect her from"-- Cover verso.
Colorado Abduction
A CITY SLICKER LIKE BURKE HAD NO BUSINESS BEING ON HER COLORADO RANCHBut Carolyn Carlisle knew she needed him. Not only was the Carlisle Ranch a target for sabotage just weeks before Christmas, but also her family had been threatened and danger lurked around every corner. Carolyn was used to being in charge, but incredibly sexy FBI agent J. D. Burke had other ideas. He was domineering, stubborn and vowed never to let an assignment turn personal. Still, with the enemy just as elusive as the agent's penetrating gaze, Carolyn secretly hoped Burke would let down his guard and act on their intense chemistry. Even if one amazing night ended up breaking her usually hardened heart.
Father, Lover, Bodyguard
CAPTIVE HEARTS: From hostages to prisoners of passion -- Held at gunpoint in a mysterious crime, three women are soon bound by desire to the men sworn to protect them at all costs... Amanda Fielding remembered nothing of the crime she was suspected of, or the blow that caused her partial amnesia. She awakened in the E.R. to gaze into the eyes of her former lover, Dr. David Haines - the man whose touch flamed her deepest desires. The man she'd left without a word...To prove her innocent and save her from a killer, David would take her captive himself. But would he still trust her when he learned she was guilty - of not telling him about their baby.....? In twenty-four hours, their lives chance forever...
Navajo Echoes
Uncompromising Prescott Personal Securities agent John Pinto liked to do things his way--especially on his current assignment to bring an on-the-run operative out of hiding. But when the sexy Navajo was teamed up with rookie agent Lily Clark, a spontaneous, former Denver cop, he was caught between her passion for life and his desire to get the job done.As they followed a trail littered with deadly obstacles, John appreciated Lily’s independence, but was unwilling to put her life on the line. True, they’d been sent to do a job, but never before had a woman aroused all his protective instincts…or rocked his stringent rules separating business from pleasure.
Mountain Midwife
"Kidnapped, blindfolded and driven to a desolate Rocky Mountain lodge--for midwife Rachel Devon it's the most terrifying birth she has ever attended to. But now that the baby's mother is dead, it's up to Rachel to get the child to safety. Much to Rachel's surprise, one of the kidnappers helps her escape. Cole McClure claims to be an undercover FBI agent, though Rachel doesn't trust him for a minute. He's got that sexy bad-boy edge, the type Rachel's been burned by way too often. But Cole comes through and with a blizzard bearing down on them, with killers and cops hot on their trail, they team up to find this innocent baby a home. And try to resist temptation when they're 'forced' to share a bed through the cold winter nights."--P. of cover.
Rule Breaker
Nothing stood between them...but the truth Hailed as a heroine after a plane crash, copilot Bailey Fielding couldn't forget the one victim she hadn't saved - pilot Kate Rivers. But the dead woman's husband, FAA investigator Joe Rivers, would never forget...So, when sparks began to fly between him and Bailey, Joe swore he would never fall in love again. Bailey was impossible to resist, though. Even as Joe found himself involved with her, he had to wonder what had happened in the cockpit before the plane went down. Because new evidence was making it seem as if Bailey was responsible for the fiery crash that had killed his wife... LAWMAN -- There's nothing sexier than the strong arms of the law!