Molten desire carried the heated message to every cell in her body. It would have blazed a path to her eyes, to burn brightly there, but Neal couldn't let him see....
Memories-- all they had were memories. A starry-eyed teenager and a magnetic young man of twenty-four. More than a decade had passed. They'd been mere children then. Now Neal, at least, was an adult, a woman in charge of her life. A veterinarian, she'd come out to the Golden Cam to tend sick livestock, not to embark on another wild-goose chase with the irresistible Edric Cameron. Her memories held passion, pleasure--and heart-wrenching pain. She dared not trust him, dared not act on her emotions, but she couldn't deny the longing to throw caution to the winds, to fling herself into his arms without thought of tomorrow-- again.
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.