After years of struggling to write fiction, Carolynn Carey became serious about learning the craft. Joining the Romance Writers of America (RWA®) and then the Smoky Mountain Romance Writers chapter of RWA® provided the encouragement and assistance she needed. She finaled three times in the Regency category of the Golden Heart, and in 2004 she won her own chapter's Laurie in the short contemporary unpublished category. Later that year, her winning manuscript sold to Avalon Books and was published as A SUMMER SENTENCE in 2005. A sequel, FALLING FOR DALLAS, followed in 2006. Since that time, one of her Golden Heart finalists, COMPROMISING SITUATIONS, was published by Cerridwen Press and won a National Readers’ Choice Award for Best Regency. Her women’s fiction entitled LILY FOR A DAY is scheduled for release by Cerridwen Press in November 2008. Visit her web site for other releases.