They say cats have nine lives. Lucky for Cat Dupress， she s got seven left. Bounty hunter Cat Dupress first cheated death when she was thirteen. The second time left her orphaned and scarred. And the only thing that will diminsh her lust for revenge is finding the man who left her for dead as she watched him murder her father. Every job she takes is an opportunity to invade the criminal world that hides the tattoed man who ruined her life. And she hopes to hunt him down on her current mission into the rugged deserts of Mexico， where there is no law to watch her back. Without her knowledge， bondsman Wilson McKay is on the same job， and trailing Cat is the fastest way to find his man. He s willing to share resources -- and the reward -- especially if that means getting to know the lonely woman beneath Cat s tough， take-no-prisoners exterior. Life s taught Cat that the surest way to land on her feet is to work alone， but Wilson might be the man to change her mind -- when they re not competing for jobs or ready to kill each other.

With over fifty books in print， award-winning author Sharon Sala， who also writes as Dinah McCall， still has to remind herself from time to time that this isn't a dream.

She learned to read at the age of four and has had her nose in a book ever since. Her introduction into romance came at an early age through the stories of Zane Gray， Grace Livingston Hill and Emily Loring. Her pride in contributing to the genre is echoed by the letters of her fans.

She's a four-time RITA finalist， Winner of the Janet Dailey Award， three-time Career Achievement winner from Romantic Times magazine， four-time winner of the National Reader's Choice Award and five-time winner of the Colorado Romance Writer's Award of Excellence， as well as numerous other industry awards.

Her books are regularly on bestseller lists， such as the New York Times extended list， USA Today， Publishers Weekly， Waldenbooks mass market， and many others.

She claims that， for her， learning to read was a matter of evolution， but learning to write and then being published was a revolution. It changed her life， her world and her fate.