Nothing could prepare her for the rites of spring...
As a classical ballet dancer, Monica Hamlin faced the abrupt injury-caused end of her career with great fear. She had counted on her income from a New York City dance troupe to help finance her younger sister's training at the world's finest ballet academy. In desperation, Monica answered a mysterious advertisement for a short-term position.
When Cord Temple placed that ad, he knew it would be a tough job to fill. And he was sure that if he could just find a woman that he was attracted to, his plan would be perfectly executed....
Sandra Kitt is the author of more than twenty novels, including The Color of Love, Significant Others, and Close Encounters, as well as numerous short stories.
Her work has been nominated for the NAACP Image Award and has appeared on theEssence and Blackboard bestseller lists. She is the recipient of the Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award and the Zora Neale Hurston Literary Award.
A native New Yorker, Kitt previously worked as a graphic designer, creating cards for UNICEF, illustrating books, and exhibiting her own work, which is included in the collection of the Museum of African American Art in Los Angeles. She formerly served as the managing director of the Richard S. Perkin Collection in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History.