Sanna Brand's (Award-winning author Vicki Stiefel) second Regency, THE DECEPTION is book two in her Secret Tales. Vicki also writes fantasy (The Made Ones Saga) and urban fantasy (The Afterworld Chronicles), while her mystery/thrillers feature homicide counselor Tally Whyte.Vicki tapped into her love of knitting to produce Chest of Bone The Knit Collection and co-wrote 10 Secrets of the LaidBack Knitters. After running The Writers Studio with her late husband, William G. Tapply, Vicki taught fiction writing at Clark University.She grew up in professional theater and planned to become an actress. Instead, she slung hamburgers, and managed a scuba shop. She is a mom to two wonderful humans and her passions for scuba diving, fly fishing, knitting, and horses pop up in her novels, as do chocolate, bourbon, and lobster.Currently, she's playing with her pups and kitty while editing THE SEER, the third book in The Secret Tales.