Shannah Biondine resides in the hills of Ventura County, California with her husband, two teenagers, three dogs, and a long-haired calico cat. Shannah's background includes working in trade magazine publishing and operating an independent résumé service for almost eight years. She's an active member of the Authors Den and RWA national, a former president of the Los Angeles Chapter of RWA, and a member of EPPRO. Her articles on the craft of writing have been published both in print and online. She's also conducted workshops for beginning writers and appears as a regular columnist for Author-Network.com. She's an avid fiction reader of more than 20 novels a month and is currently working on two new projects. Her other published titles include Western historicals "Impassioned Stranger" and the 2001 Aspen Gold Finalist, "Impassioned Vagabond," from New Concepts Publishing; and "Cachet" a historical romance from SynergEbooks .