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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Caridad Piñeiro was born in Havana, Cuba, and settled in the New York metropolitan area. She attended Villanova University on a Presidential Scholarship and graduated with honours. Caridad earned her Juris Doctor from St John’s University and became the first female and Latina partner of Abelman, Frayne & Schwab.

Caridad is an author whose love of the written word developed when her fifth-grade teacher assigned a project – to write a book that would be placed in a class lending library. She has been hooked on writing ever since. Articles featuring Caridad’s works have been published in various magazines and newspapers. She has appeared on Fox Television’s Good Day New York, New Jersey News’ Jersey’s Talking with Lee Leonard and WGN-TV’s Adelante Chicago. Caridad was also one of the Latina authors featured at the first-ever Spanish Pavilion at the 2000 Chicago BookExpo America. Caridad’s novels have been nominated for various readers’ and reviewers’ choice awards, including awards from Affaire de Coeur, Harlequin Books and RIO. Danger Calls was a 2005 Top 5 Read from Catalina magazine and the first book selected for Catalina’s cyber book club.

When not writing, Caridad is a mum, wife and lawyer. Caridad also teaches various writing workshops and heads a writing group at a local bookstore. For more information on Caridad’s books, contests and appearances, or to contact Caridad, please visit www.caridad.com.

Dear Reader,

When I was asked to write the story in which this heroine first appeared, More Than a Mission (May 2007), I was also asked to leave the status of “the Sparrow” in question. I was delighted! Why? Because I totally fell in love with the relationship between the two twin sisters, and because I knew there was more to Dani and the story of why she became “a world-renowned assassin.” Since writing More Than a Mission, many readers have asked whether Dani was actually dead and also, how I could redeem Dani if she had killed or aided in the death of the Prince of Silvershire. I won’t give anything away, but I hope that by the time you finish Secret Agent Reunion, you’ll understand the demons that drove Dani and sympathise with the choices she made.

Why did I choose such a hard road for Dani? I see the news every day, and the toll that drugs take on our society is immense. I wanted to make a point that even recreational drug use comes with a price you may not see – the thousands of people who die as a result of drug-related activities, much like Lizzy Bee’s and Dani’s parents. I hope you’ll enjoy not only this action-packed story, but also the romance between Mitch and Dani, since they have become two of my favourite characters.

Caridad