President of her own corporation, Erin Lindsay had finally met her match in Devlin Douglas, the industrial giant whose laughing black eyes belied his awesome position in the business world.
Erin knew that conquering a man like Devlin was a challenge like no other. His reputation was all too well deserved. With ruthless determination he was systematically destroying her defenses. Erin might have triumphed on the corporate battlefield. Now she was waging wear on the battlefield of love, struggling to hold her own against a man who'd pay any price to achieve his goal, struggling to keep her wits about her, to hold on to her heart against a man who had already taken possession of her soul.
Emma F. Merritt was born on 12 November 1940 in Texas, USA. She resided with her husband, Paul, in San Antonio, where she wrote long letters to her twin sons, who both served in the Marine Corps. Her romances were published since 1983, she signed her novels as Emma Merritt and under the pseudonyms Emma Bennett and Micah Leigh. She was the first president of the San Antonio Romance Authors. She was widely known in the romance community as a tireless volunteer and mentor.
Emma Merritt passed away on 18 October 1995. Since then, the Romance Writers of America have honored the memory of Merritt by naming their National Service Award after her. The Virginia Romance Writers have also named a scholarship after Emma Merritt, and the San Antonio Romance Authors have named their conference and contest after her: the Merritt Conference and the Award of Merritt.