Susan Andersen was born in 1950 and raised in Seattle, Washington surrounded by men; her father, her two older brothers and her grandfather. She trained as a dental assistant, although she did not like working for dentists. Susan married to her high school sweetie, and they had a son.
After she turned 30, she felt that she might have the "life experience" to string an entire book together. Her first novels were published in 1993. She has been nominated three times for Romantic Times Magazine's Reviewer's Choice Awards, winning in 1998 for Baby, I'm Yours. She has also been named a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award winner. She has appeared three times on the list of 10 novels picked as Amazon.com Editor's Choice in 2001, 2002 and 2003.
THE DANCER AND THE DETECTIVE. TOGETHER, THEY'RE EXPLOSIVE... Amanda Charles was a showgirl with Grace Kelly good looks and lovely violet eyes that were wide open to both the golden glamour and sequined tawdriness of Reno. But like the dancers in ...
Aunie Franklin could still remember the murderous gleam in her ex-husband's dark eyes when he promised her: "You'll pay for leaving me, Aunie." So she fled Atlanta for the Pacific Northwest, praying he'd never find her. For she was starting her life ...
FIRE AND ICE On the ice, Sasha Miller sizzles--seducing her audience with her spectacular skating moves, leaving her fans begging for more. Off the ice, she can't escape the loneliness of her life and her tragic past, or the loss of her skating pa...
A Ride On the Wild Side The last place Catherine MacPherson ever expected to find herself was sitting on a Greyhound bus, handcuffed to a surly bounty hunter, with only a suitcase of her twin sister's flashy, shrink-wrap clothing to wear! Just two...
Juliet and Her Romeo Beau Prim and proper Juliet Rose Astor Lowell doesn't want her body guarded by anyone while she's in New Orleans for the grand opening of Daddy's new hotel--especially not by consummate macho cop Beau Dupree. He's just too big...
Rule One: Don't Let Him In When photographer Nick Coltrane saunters into Daisy Parker's office, all she sees is the man who broke her heart nine years ago. Never mind that he wants to hire her as his bodyguard--ah, security specialist -- or that h...
A Man With a Past J.D. Carver learned life's tough lessons on the streets, so when an unexpected inheritance sends him to the Star Lake Lodge to claim his half, he's expecting trouble. Being greeted with open arms by the whole Lawrence gang--feist...
Who said "you can't go home again"? In Veronica Davis's case, who'd want to -- especially when you hail from Fossil, Washington? But now she's back among the good-ol' boys who think she's fair game just because she's in a waitress uniform. The tr...
LUCKY YOU! Lily Morrisette wants roots, respect, her own business, and independence. So what is she doing on a road trip with a good-looking marine who's carrying her into the heart of serious peril? It started out as an impulsive lark fueled...
When Victoria Hamilton's "no strings, no last names" vacation fling resulted in a baby, she knew she had to begin a new life far from her family's corrupting influence. Now her father has been murdered, her half brother, Jared, is the prime suspect a...
On the Steal the Thunder tour, the real show's offstage It's supposed to be the biggest summer of Priscilla Jayne Morgan's life. She's on the brink of country music superstardom, yet she had to fire her crooked-manager Mama, and the tabloids are ...
Las Vegas showgirl Carly Jacobsen keeps finding out the hard way that her idea of fun differs radically from that of her neighbor Wolfgang Jones. Sure, he looks incredible, and he seems to have a thing for her legs, but the man's a robot. So what'...
Jane thinks nothing can make her lose her cool But the princess of propriety blows a gasket the night she meets the contractor restoring the Wolcott mansion. Devlin Kavanagh's rugged sex appeal may buckle her knees, but the man is out of control! ...
He could be her fantasy man -- if he could just lighten up... Tall, dark and intense, Detective Jason de Sanges excites all kinds of fantasies in Poppy Calloway. But when she suggests the three teens caught spray-painting a Seattle neighborhood be...
SHE'S SO GOOD AT BEING BAD Though it's been years since the infamous Macy O'James stepped foot in Sugarville, Washington, everyone remembers what she supposedly did. The tiny town is still buzzing about her crime and lack of punishment. Now back to...
When old enemies are thrown together, all bets are off... Way back in high school, golden boy Cade Gallari publicly revealed he'd slept with "fat girl" Ava Spencer to win a bet. Now a decade older and a head turner with her own concierge business,...
He's the last man on earth she should want... For a guy she's fantasized about throttling, Jake Bradshaw sure is easy on the eyes. In fact, he seriously tempts inn manager Jenny Salazar to put her hands to better use. Except this is the guy who le...
"Wrong for each other" never felt more right… Even a lifelong traveler like Harper Summerville has to admire the scenery in Razor Bay, Washington. There's the mountains. The evergreens. The water. And Max Bradshaw, the incredibly sexy deputy sh...
Some mistakes are worth repeating… Tasha Riordan's one night with Luc Bradshaw was the best of her life. The following two -- when he left her to be thrown into a Bahamian jail on bogus charges -- were her worst. Now, seven years later, the und...
They can't escape the heat… Magdalene Deluca isn't the damsel-in-distress type. But if she has to involve a stranger in a dangerous chase through South America, she's glad Finn Kavanagh's the guy she sucked into her problems. Very glad. The man...
It’s taken time but I’m slowly crawling my way up the entertainment industry ladder. I could get a lot farther, faster, if I were willing to...
A daring young woman pushes back against societal constraints in a feminist, coming-of-age Western romance from New York Times bestselling author Susan Andersen. In the small, bustling town of Mattawa, Oregon, the turn of the century offers a ne...