Carol Burnside is an award-winning author of "Sizzling romance with heart and humor." Her personal second-chance-at-love story resulted in a marriage to her high school sweetheart of thirty-plus years. They reside in northern Arkansas, where Carol enjoys the Ozark foothills from her office windows and drinks tea year round.Also published in short stories, Carol's novel length manuscripts have placed in numerous contests and won five, including the prestigious Maggie Award for Excellence.Writing as Annie Rayburn, she writes speculative fiction, e-published, erotic romances which have been favorably received.While she enjoys the adoration she receives from her furbabies, what Carol/Annie really loves is hearing from her readers. Visit her at www.CarolBurnside.com or www.PetitFoursAndHotTamales.com.