AlTonya Washington's first contemporary novel, "Remember Love" BET/Arabesque 2003, was nominated by Romantic Times as Best 1st Multicultural Romance. Her novel "Finding Love Again" won the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Multicultural Romance 2004. Her fourth novel "Love Scheme" was nominated as Favorite Steamy Novel for the prestigious EMMA Award of Romance Slam Jam. She presently resides in North Carolina.

Seven days to reclaim the only woman he's ever needed
Graedon Clegg has misgivings about a weeklong retreat at a remote country estate organized by his estranged brother. One, his brother can't be trusted. And two, it's hosted by his ex-wife, Tielle. Grae was forced to walk away from Tielle for the sake of the family advertising business. But he still burns for the vibrant woman who could always bring out the very best in him.
Tielle stubbornly refuses to believe that the Clegg brothers can't work things out, and she's delighted to finally help heal their family. Having powerful, handsome Grae around again is painful yet exciting and tempting. Grae and Tielle honeymooned at this same hideaway before. Will their new time together rekindle the romance they once shared, in the place where it all began?