By day she's a mild-mannered language teacher, but after hours, Mardi Ballou's wild writer persona erupts and entraps her in bondage...to her computer. Release comes only once she achieves her word count goal, at which point the maniacal chocolate monster will give her one sublime piece. And then she can spend time with her hero husband Lee, who gives great massages at strategic times. So Mardi writes what she knows-- romances--hot and mainstream--for the indie press March Forth and for numerous other publishers. Also women's fiction. Her most recent releases are Deja Brew in e-book format for Ellora's Cave and, in print from Ellora's Cave Perfect Pear in the Ripe and Ready anthology. The Fangly, My Dear series--Byte Marks, What's a Ghoul to Do?, and Playing with Matches is in print from Samhain. Check out Mardi at http://www.MardiBallou.com.