Sandra Kitt has published almost forty novels and novellas. She has been nominated for the NAACP Image Award, and has received the Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award and the Zora Neale Hurston Literary Award. Kitt has been a graphic designer creating cards for UNICEF and illustrating books. Her work is featured at the Museum of African American Art in L. A. She is also a former managing director at the American Museum of Natural History.

As hard as she's tried, Diane Maxwell has never forgotten the kiss she and Hale Cameron shared when she was a high school sophomore. Now a respected cardiologist, Diane is also a woman experienced in the highs and lows of love. She isn't ready to entrust her future to another man…. So when she accepts an invitation to vacation in the Virgin Islands, she doesn't expect Hale-now a sexy, sought-after bachelor-to complete the romantic setting.
Diane isn't at all the pampered, impetuous young girl Hale once held in his arms. She's matured into a sensual, independent woman who reignites their desire one stormy night. Unable to resist the push-pull of passion, they give in to their feelings, embarking on a steamy affair under a searing tropical sun. But to get the wary heart doctor to risk her own heart will take Hale's most seductive powers of persuasion….