Cami Dalton is an American author of contemporary romance novels. Dalton's debut novel, Her Private Dancer, was published by Harlequin's Temptation line of category romances in April 2004. In a review of the novel, Romantic Times remarked on the "sizzling sensuality and strong writing" of Dalton's novel, [1] while The Road to Romance described the book as having "an exciting storyline, endearing and charming characters, laugh out loud scenarios and pure romance from the heart." [2] Dalton was a finalist for the 2004 Reviewers International Organization Award for Debut Romance [3] and was nominated by Romantic Times BookReviews for Best First Series Romance. [4]
Cami's second book, published by Harlequiin's Blaze line, is called Pleasure to the Max! and is set to be released on August 1, 2008. In early 2008, Cami signed a three-book deal with Harlequiin to follow up her first two books.
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