Australian author, Alyssa James, is a qualified speech-language pathologist and has a Masters degree in Science. Happily married with three children, she has also been an international flight attendant with Qantas Airways and a professional pianist. Her writing journey began in the evenings when she was on maternity leave from her private practice, following the birth of her twins. Very early on she was a finalist in several competitions run by the Romance Writers of Australia and Romance Writers of New Zealand. Her first writing contract was with Escape Publishing (Harlequin Enterprises Austr...