About LAURA HAMMOND:

Primarily, I am an artist but somewhere in my late teens I also discovered that I also had a gift for, and a love of writing. I've also possessed an deep interest in the Paranornal. Thus many of my writing endeavours tend to touch upon this theme as a sub-genre. I started out writing romantic/paranormal fiction, and in one of my romantic novels which was published by Renaissance e-books, I ventured into the erotica arena. The typical vanilla romantic love scenes felt mind-numbingly tedious to write at that point. It was then suggested to me that I should try writing in the erotica genre. Initially I doubted my ability to create a complete erotica novel, but I soldiered on anyway, and Dana's Release and Handcuffs and Roses are the result...still touching on the romantic/paranormal theme, but in a BDSM context. Both books were well received at Renaissance and have sold quite well there.