Sarah Daniels is the pen name of a clinical counsellor/author who combines the real-if stories she has encountered for more than 35 years and turbo-charged them through her creative imagination to create page- turning, light, fun, sexy novels such as this one. My journey through life has always encouraged me to write and tell stories. Growing up in a poor village where brutality was the norm, to experiencing a different type of brutality in the lower rungs of the coorporate world where women were definitely 'things' to be used, I learned to defend, negotiate and manipulate my way through the maze. 

Always watching, listening and learning - then writing the stories down. Traveling and living in different countries, I saw that the stories, in many ways, are the same everywhere. Not only my own, but what I saw around me. 

As I changed careers and lifestyles, I saw the three basic human tendencies kept showing up. The need to dominate - usually out of fear. The need to survive and be safe. The need for kindness, either given or received. These are overlayed by the sexual roles men and women take upon themselves in each situation and I've learned to watch for them and write about them. People never cease to amaze me with their kindness, resiliance, ability to bury themselves in chaos and become totally addicted to drama. It's hard to believe that people put themselves through the things they do.... but they do.

One day, when I was a journalist, I was interviewing a scion of industry - who turned out to be a real pompous ass He kept calling me "girl". "So girl, what else do you want to know about my success?" And then he wouldn't tell me anything worth while... anything that would make a good story. Towards the end of my allotted 30 minutes with him, in desperation - I asked - "What's the one thing you'd rather I didn't know about you?" And he answered me - in great detail.... and kept saying..."I don't now whyI'm telling you this" But he did. I had a hard time keeping my eyes down on my note pad and not showing the "HOLY SHIT" I was thinking. Our lawyers toned down the interview considerably, but at least I got a story worth printing. And so it continues. Since then, I've used that question many times. With clients, people I meet on trains, planes, on the beach and in the classroom.