The big day is here and I can hardly believe it. After four years virtually trapped by dust bunnies under my bed, Burning Bridges is seeing the light of day. BookStrand has taken my baby under its wings and set it loose to fly. I hope.

It seems like forever ago since I visited my mom and aunt in Virginia. We were sitting in the kitchen drinking coffee when the news came on the radio. One of the throw-away feature stories was about a mailman who had hidden bags of mail into his shed twenty years before. After his death, his wife dicovered them.

The post office vowed they'd do their best to deliver the lost letters. My brain immediately starting conjuring scenarios. What might have changed in people's lives if they hadn't received that long-ago mail? Had bills not been paid? Had lovers broken up? Had family disputes erupted?

I thought of my own life, when I'd rushed home from school to look for letters from my sweetheart. What if I'd missed the one where he declared his love? Or the acceptance to my first-choice college, where I had to respond within days to their offer? How would missing one or two important letters have affected my life? Or yours?

Before I drove home a couple of days later, I had Burning Bridges almost fully planned in my mind. A month later I had the book written. And I've loved it ever since then.

I hope you do, too!

Anne

It's a little known secret (until now), but Anne Krist, writer of romances, mysteries and women's fiction, is the "sweet" sibling in her family. Her saucy sister, Dee S. Knight, writes naughty, sexy stories for Liquid Silver Books, Whispers Publishing and Samhain Publishing. Anne can't talk about Dee without blushing; Dee doesn't mention Anne's name without a smirk. Family dinners are quite interesting.

Visit Dee anytime! She loves to brag about her sister and she'll tell you about her own available and upcoming books.