WITHOUT A SOUND－CARLA CASSIDY

Haley Lambert has moved back to her Kansas City childhood home to care for her orphaned niece, Molly-and to find the monster who murdered her own sister. Molly may have witnessed her mother's murder, but whatever the little girl saw on that fateful night, she isn't talking. Now, with the killer still loose, another game of hide-and-seek is about to begin.

Carla Bracale grew up in a very small town in Kansas, U.S.A. She has always enjoyed reading, and she believes the only thing better than reading a good book is creating a good story. She has been a professional cheerleader, an actress, and a singer-dancer in a show band before settling into her true love writing.

Carla is an award-winning author who has written more than 80 books. In 1995 she won Best Silhouette Romance of 1995 from Romantic Times Magazine for Anything for Danny. In 1998 she also won a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times Magazine for Best Innovative Series, and her 1998 release, Pregnant With His Child, was both a nominee for Best Silhouette Romance from Romantic Times Magazine and a RITA nominee in the Best Traditional category.

Carla lives in the U.S. Midwest with her husband, Frank Cassidy, their daugther and their dogs, Sabra and Spooky. She loves to order items she'll never use from catalogs and believes all exercise should be banned.