Day, Sylvia

PERSONAL:

Married; children: two. Education: Graduate of Monterey Peninsula College, 2002.

ADDRESSES:

Home—CA.

CAREER:

U.S. Army military intelligence, Russian linguist; writer. Cofounder of Passionate Ink chapter of Romance Writers of America.

MEMBER:

Romance Writers of America.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Recipient of various awards.

WRITINGS:

ROMANCE NOVELS

Snaring the Huntress, Amber Quill Press, 2005.

Catching Caroline, Amber Quill Press, 2005.

Ask for It, Brava/Kensington (New York, NY), 2006.

Bad Boys Ahoy! (three novellas), Brava (New York, NY), 2006.

Dangerous—Declassified: Dark Kisses, Ellora's Cave Publishing (Akron, OH), 2006.

Pleasures of the Night (Book 1 of the "Dream Guardians" series), Avon Red (New York, NY), 2007.

The Stranger I Married, Brava/Kensington (New York, NY), 2007.

Passion for the Game, Brava (New York, NY), 2007.

A Passion for Him, Brava (New York, NY), 2007.

Heat of the Night (Book 2 of the "Dream Guardians" series), Avon Red (New York, NY), 2008.

SIDELIGHTS:

Sylvia Day is the author of romance novels and cofounder of Passionate Ink, the erotic romance chapter of Romance Writers of America. Day's stories include varying levels of erotica. Her Bad Boys Ahoy! is a collection of three connected novellas set in the Regency period.

Ask for It finds Marcus Ashford, Earl of Westfield, pursuing the now-widowed Elizabeth, Lady Hawthorne, who jilted him in favor of her late husband, Lord Hawthorne. A diary left behind by him proves to contain a threat to Elizabeth's life, and Marcus feels that by convincing her that he is the one she should turn to for protection, he will more likely be able to win her favor. John Charles reviewed the novel for Booklist, noting its "sizzling passion and dangerous drama."

Charles also reviewed The Stranger I Married, the story of a marriage of convenience between Lady Isabel Putnam and Gerard Faulkner, Marquess of Gray- son. The unconsummated marriage is interrupted when they are separated for four years, and when he returns, he is no longer interested in a marriage based only on friendship. Charles described this Regency as being "boldly passionate, scorchingly sexy."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Booklist, February 15, 2006, John Charles, review of Bad Boys Ahoy!, p. 51; August 1, 2006, John Charles, review of Ask for It, p. 54; December 15, 2006, John Charles, review of The Stranger I Married, p. 29.

ONLINE

All about Romance,http://www.likesbooks.com/ (June 6, 2007), Sandy Coleman, review of Ask for It, Leigh Thomas, review of Pleasures of the Night, Cheryl Sneed, review of The Stranger I Married.

Best Reviews,http://www.thebestreviews.com/ (January 25, 2006), Harriet Klausner, review of Bad Boys Ahoy!; (July 25, 2006), Harriet Klausner, review of Ask for It; (January 3, 2007), Harriet Klausner, review of The Stranger I Married; (May 27, 2007), Harriet Klausner, review of Passion for the Game.

Sylvia Day MySpace profile,http://www.myspace.com/ sylviaday (June 6, 2007).