Although M. S. Spencer has lived or traveled in fivecontinents, the last 30 years have been spent mostly in Washington, D.C. as a librarian, Congressional staff assistant, speechwriter, editor, birdwatcher,kayaker, policy wonk, non-profit director and parent. She has two fabulous grown children, and currently divides her time between the Gulf coast of Florida and a tiny village in Maine.

Ms. Spencer has published nine romance novels. The firsttwo, Lost in His Arms and Lost and Found, were published by Red RosePublishing. The other six—LosersKeepers, Triptych,ArtfulDodging: The Torpedo Factory Murders, MaiTais and Mayhem: Murder at Mote Marine (a Sarasota Romance, Lapses of Memory, and the Mason's Mark —were published by SecretCravings. Whirlwind Romance, her ninth, was released September 2014.