Sassy Peale is desperate to help her family, but her meager salary doesn't stretch far. Then she meets John Callister, and she thinks her new friend is an honesttoGod cowboyrugged and trustworthy.
But John isn't a ranch hand, he's a millionaire from one of Montana's most powerful families! And when Sassy finds out who he really is, she's certain the arrogant millionaire is just playing with her. John has to convince Sassy that he's the man she first thought he wasa diamond in the rough.
Diana Palmer is a former newspaper reporter with 16 years’ experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. She began selling romance novels in 1979 and currently writes for HQN Books (mainstream romances) and Silhouette Books (contemporary series romances).
Diana Palmer has over 40 million copies of her books in print, which have been translated and published around the world, and she has written over 100 books for Silhouette, MIRA and Harlequin Books.
Her awards include 10 Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic TimesMagazine, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards.
In 1998, a Japanese Harlequin reader poll gave her Silhouette Desire novel The Patient Nurse its favoritebookoftheyear award.
She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by the Gale Group, TwentiethCentury Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who’s Who of Authors and Writers by Melrose Press, Ltd., and Love’s Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk.
She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen’s Association, the Archeological Institute of America, the Planetary Society, the Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriffs' Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
She has been married to her husband, James, since 1972. They have one son, who is in college studying to pursue a law enforcement career.
Diana herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45, inspired by her husband, who had quit a bluecollar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming. He retired from his own computer business in 1998, and now enters skeetshooting competitions in local, state, national and international competition.
Diana graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, Georgia, in 1995 with a major in history and a double minor in archeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi) and was named to the National Dean’s List.
In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master’s degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies.
