Carolina Valdez has been making up stories since she was eight years old. Writing freelance, she’d sold over sixty articles and stories and won national awards before the publication of her first novel, Cry of the Bells , an historical romantic suspense written under the name Dee Ann Palmer. Her story Marathon Madness was selected for LAndmarked for Murder, the 2006 crime anthology produced by Sisters in Crime/Los Angeles. She writes under this name in this genre.

Today her Carolina Valdez romances, which often cross genres into the crime category, are published by Amber Quill Press, an association that began when her short historical, Dark Stranger , was a 2004 Amber Heat Wave winner. Two of her stories have placed in The Lories Best Published Novella contest. Her latest novellas, Woman in Black Lace , and Tie ’Em Up, Hold ’Em Down , have joined Dark Stranger and Silk Stealth in making the publisher’s best seller lists.

With over 100 foot races under her belt – including six marathons – she now limits her activities to fast walks and, after a serious accident on her bicycle, she no longer rides on the street. She and her husband enjoy golf, jazz, each other, their family and friends.

In addition to SinC/LA, she attends the Romance Writers of America’s California Orange County chapter and participates in Passionate Ink, From the Heart and Hearts Through History online.

	Amber Press! Tie 'Em Up, Hold 'Em Down Genre By Carolina Valdez They knew it was dangerous to be gay in the all male, macho world of firefighting, but when Dane Garrison and Bear Barrington are forced to sleep together, the barriers to expressing their love and satisfying their hidden lust for each other break down. Bear, terrified for them both if they’re outed, shuts Dane out when they return home as if their passionate love-making never happened. Dane wants this man in his life forever, and, more aggressive and secure, he fights against Bear’s resistance to their relationship. How he will win, or if he will win, will seal their fate forever…
	Amber Quill Press! Woman In Black Lace Genre By Carolina Valdez Seduction is what book store clerk Phebe Jones has in mind as she dresses in erotic black lace and a feathered mask for a masquerade ball in Wahington, D. C. Weary of her dull life, she's determined to seduce the first masked party goer who makes her clit throb and her panties dampen. Still, she hesitates when the hunk she's selected--a blond dressed in a kilt and wearing blue face paint reminiscent of Braveheart, invites her to his room after the festivities. Does she really have the courage for sex with a stranger? But the dark just before dawn brings the greatest shock of Phebe's life. Her world rocks as she wonders who this man she's slept with is. Where is she and what year is it? Panic floods her as she grapples with the greatest challenge of her life--figuring out how to return to 2008, when she has no idea how she left it for the past. NOW ON SALE:
Amber Quill	Amber Quill Press! Passion's Sweet Ecstasies Genre By Carolina Valdez In the pursuit of love, passion is the driving force to unlock and savor its sweet ecstasies. Previously available only in electronic format, these steamy, contemporary stories of erotic romance involving an ATF Special Agent and her back up, a life-threatening accident and two gold medallist skiers, and passion on the beaches of southern California have now been combined—due to popular demand—for a paperback edition! Included are the tales... NOW ON SALE:
	Amber Quill Press! Tears Of The Dragon Genre By Carolina Valdez Gloriana, princess of the golden dragons of the high mountains, has a sacred destiny to fulfill, but first she’s required to mate and produce an heir. In human form, as Arondele and hiding her true nature, she’s fallen in love with Rodick, a powerful knight in the enchanted kingdom of Ahnerion. Only after seducing an aroused but reluctant Rodick does she learn that, for not being a virgin when she mates for the first time as Gloriana, the penalty is death. For both of them. Terrified for Rodick’s safety, she abandons him. They will slay her, but at least he’ll be safe. Flaming passion fuels Rodick’s hunt to find Gloriana. When he learns what she is, and realizes that to have her he must battle her father, Dreicomar, the powerful and fearsome king of the golden dragons, will his love stand the test? And will he and his princess survive? NOW ON SALE
	Amber Quill Press! Portal To Darkness Genre By Carolina Valdez When Diana Waters attends her first Mardi Gras masked ball in New Orleans, she has no inkling she’ll be spun back in time to the Dark Ages on a carousel manipulated by a jealous witch. She also has no clue her new lover, Lance Davison, costumed as a black knight, is in, actuality, a powerful wizard. Lance follows Diana back in time, not only to protect her, but to save his brother’s castle holdings and break the curse cast upon him by the evil wizard Mardroc. Will Diana and Lance be able to survive their journey into the portal to darkness, where deadly griffins and giant, spider-like creatures pursue them at every step? Or will they discover a way to destroy their ruthless enemies and return to the present day, unscathed and with their love firmly intact? NOW ON SALE
	Amber Quill Press! View From The Top Genre By Carolina Valdez Their passion melts the sand to glass on the surfing beaches of southern California, but she's a billionaire's daughter and he's the son of a plumber. Aching to be loved for herself, and not her father's money, Keegan O'Neil has assumed a false identity. Before she can reveal who she really is, Hunter Ingram, the man who's unlocked her body and captured her heart, finds out in the most unexpected way. Shocked and hurt, he disappears. Will Keegan find him? And if she does, can their love survive her deception? NOW ON SALE
	Amber Quill Press! Avalanche Genre By Carolina Valdez After a serious crash in competition, ski patrol leader Seri Lohan, a Super G gold medalist, will never compete again. Chad Jenkins, next year's hope for another downhill gold, is seriously injured on her patrol watch, and she volunteers to take care of him. Years ago, Chad broke her heart. She's determined not to let him do so again, but, trapped with him in a chalet by a blizzard, all the old sensual longings emerge. He desperately needs her help and isn't above using seduction to keep her with him. If she succumbs, what will it do to her relationship with the man who's asked her to marry him? What will it do to her heart? NOW ON SALE:
	Amber Quill Press! Dark Stranger Genre By Carolina Valdez Jenny Dalton knows her place. She's a gringa, a foreigner, hired to care for the aunt of the irresistible ranchero, Rafael Allende. When love implodes her heart, she flees secretly in the dark of the night. But, beware! Resist love, and a dark stranger may come riding into your life. NOW ON SALE