When Luke Clayborne accepts the invitation to his younger sister Kyle's commencement ceremony, his tightly woven existence begins to unravel. His deaf sibling leaves him with no doubt that she resents his failure to learn how to communicate with her in Sign Language. Jade Allenwood, Kyle's teacher, is a woman caught between two cultures. The one-time musical prodigy lost her hearing in an accident. Necessity forced her to trade her piano keys for computer keys and get on with her life. From the moment of their first meeting, Luke is intrigued by the outspoken teacher. She considers his inability to sign with his sister inexcusable. As the two work together, Luke's growing relationship with his sister is matched by a growing attraction to Jade. But learning Sign Language and understanding the differences between a silent and a hearing world are not easy - not even for two people falling in love.

Kathy Attalla's passion for romance began in her late teens and left her with an itch to discover the world. After living in places as culturally diverse as Athens, Greece, and Cairo, Egypt (where she met and married her own romantic hero), she returned to the States and settled with her husband in the quiet hamlet of Sterling Forest, New York. From a very young age, Kathy showed an aptitude for telling stories. Of course, her mother called her a pathological liar, but Kathy prefers to think back on those days as an apprenticeship for her future craft. Kathy learned how to write from the best - the authors who penned the books she spent countless hours reading. Although her writing allows her mind to soar in the clouds, she has an energetic nine-year-old who keeps her feet planted on the ground.

Avalon Romances by this author:
ROYAL BLUE
JUST BUSINESS
SILENT HEART