Caridad Pineiro is the USA TODAY and NY Times bestselling author of twenty novels. In 2007, a year marked by six releases from Harlequin and Pocket Books, Caridad was selected as the 2007 Golden Apple Author of the Year by the New York City Romance Writers. Caridad’s novels have been lauded as the Best Short Contemporary Romance of 2001 in the NJ Romance Writers Golden Leaf Contest, Top Fantasy Books of 2005 and 2006 by CATALINA Magazine and Top Nocturne of 2006 by Cataromance. In addition, Caridad’s books have received award nominations for Harlequin Readers’ Choice, RIO Reviewers and SingleTitles.com Top Contemporary Romance. Caridad has appeared at BookExpo America on several occasions, including to help launch Kensington’s Encanto multicultural line and Silhouette’s Nocturne series. A tech and promo savvy author, Caridad has appeared on various television shows, such as the FOX News Early Edition in New York, and articles featuring her novels have been published in several leading newspapers and magazines, such as the New York Daily News, LATINA and the Star Ledger. For more information on Caridad, please visit www.caridad.com [2] or www.thecallingvampirenovels.com [3].