Alison Kent

Alison Kent was a born reader, but it wasn't until she reached the age of thirty that she knew she wanted to be a writer when she grew up. Five years later, she made her first sale, and in 1995, she accepted an offer issued by the senior editor of Harlequin Temptation live on the "Isn't It Romantic?" episode of CBS 48 Hours. The resulting book, Call Me, was a Romantic Times finalist for Best First Series Book in 1996.

With her first three Temptations on the shelf, she took a break from writing romance novels and spent a few months living one, finding her own hero and practicing every technique she'd learned from a lifetime of reading the best "how-to" manuals around! And the rest, as they say, is history. Having more than 30 titles contracted or in print, she now writes for both the Harlequin Blaze and Kensington Brava lines.

Alison lives in a Houston, Texas, suburb with her hero, any number of their four vagabond kids, and a dog named Smith. Readers can contact her through her website, and chat about craft, the writing life, and favorite books on her very active blog.

On the Web

• Alison Kent
• Blah Blog of Alison Kent
• Alison Kent at Publishers Marketplace

Non-Fiction

• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Erotic Romance - 2006 Alpha Books
• Totally Charmed: Demons, Whitelighters and the Power of Three - 2005 BenBella Books

Fiction

Books

• Deep Breath - 2006 Kensington Brava
• Goes Down Easy - 2006 Harlequin Blaze
• Red Letter Nights - 2005 Harlequin Blaze - RT Bookclub Top Pick
• Kiss & Makeup - 2005 Harlequin Blaze
• Larger Than Life - 2005 Kensington Brava

Novellas

• "Sara Smiles" in Beach Blanket Bad Boys - 2005 Kensington Brava
• The McKenzie Artifact - 2005 Kensington Brava
• The Beach Alibi - 2005 Kensington Brava - National Quill Award Nominee
• The Samms Agenda - 2004 Kensington Brava
• The Shaughnessey Accord - 2004 Kensington Brava
• "Upstairs, Downstairs" in Mother, Please! - 2004 Harlequin
• "A Blue Christmas" in Jingle Bell Rock - 2003 Kensington Brava

Series/Related Titles

Smithson Group / SG-5

• Deep Breath - 04/2006 Kensington Brava
• Larger Than Life - 06/2005 Kensington Brava
• The McKenzie Artifact - 02/2005 Kensington Brava
• The Beach Alibi - 01/2005 Kensington Brava - National Quill Award Nominee
• The Samms Agenda - 12/2004 Kensington Brava
• The Shaughnessey Accord - 11/2004 Kensington Brava
• The Bane Affair - 10/2004 Kensington Brava

gIRL-gEAR

• Indiscreet - 01/2004 Harlequin Blaze - RT Bookclub Top Pick
• Wicked Games - 10/2003 Harlequin Blaze
• Striptease - 08/2003 Harlequin Blaze - RT Bookclub Top Pick
• Bound To Happen - 05/2002 Harlequin Blaze
• No Strings Attached - 03/2002 Harlequin Blaze
• All Tied Up - 01/2002 Harlequin Blaze