Total Rush
by Deirdre Martin

FOUR ALARM PASSION

Free spirit Gemma Dante might be the black sheep of her big Italian family, but when it comes to business, her New Age boutique is the best in the Big Apple. Longing for a love life that's just as successful, Gemma casts a spell to bring her Mr. Right. But when the cosmic wires get crossed, not one but TWO men enter her life. One's a little too far "off" for even Gemma's tastes. The other's a clean-cut firefighter who's anything but her type...

But the more she gets to know firefighter Sean Kennealy, the more he grows on Gemma. And for his part, Sean doesn't know quite what to make of his pretty neighbor who burns incense and sometimes wears Birkenstocks. He only knows that being near her sparks a fire in him that even the guys at Ladder 29, Engine 31 can't put out...

Deirdre Martin's Bio

Deirdre was six when she wrote her first "book", a Peanuts parody. Over the course of her twelve year freelance career, her work appeared in a wide variety of publications, including McCall's and The New York Times. In 1998, her first non fiction book was published: Investing for Retirement (Avon). She also contributed to Lifescripts for Managers, Lifescripts for Employees, and Lifescripts for the Self Employed. (MacMillan, 1999).

Her first romance, BODY CHECK, will be published by Jove in March of 2003. A second book, FAIR PLAY, is slated to be released by Jove in January of 2004. Deirdre is busily at work on her third book.

A resident of Ithaca, NY, Deirdre enjoys hiking and biking with her husband, Mark Levine, co author of the financial bestseller, Die Broke.