“Sizzling romance with heart and humor”
Traditionally published in short stories, Carol Burnside (aka Annie Rayburn)'s novel length manuscripts have placed in numerous contests and won five, including the prestigious Maggie Award for Excellence. Her personal second-chance-at-love story resulted in a marriage to her high school sweetheart of thirty-plus years. They reside in northern Arkansas, where Carol enjoys the Ozark foothills from her office windows and drinks sweet iced tea year round.

Writing as Annie Rayburn, she produces speculative fiction, erotic romances. Imagine our world today with a humanoid race very much like us (Crainesians) living peacefully among us here on Earth and searching for their life-mate. They have the ability to communicate telepathically, can project visions and share dreams. Can you imagine? Not just phone sex, but dream sex? That's why they're also labeled soft sci-fi and lite paranormal. Talk about cross-genre sizzle!

While Carol/Annie enjoys the adoration she receives from her three spoiled dogs, what she really loves is hearing from her readers. Visit her at www.AnnieRayburn.com for blog posts, excerpts, review snippits, and more about her sexy Crainesian characters.

Happy reading!

These days, Carol/Annie is busy writing and Indie Publishing her Crainesian and contemporary romance books.