AKA Chance Valentine Love knows no defeat... It knows no size... It knows neither past nor present... It knows only the one loved and the sweet surrender when two hearts face each other at last and see the reflection of their soul. I hope you find this true in each story of mine you encounter and finish believing that love knows no defeat, courage knows no defeat, and neither do you. Ann Ann Vremont is a mother, wife, licensed attorney, technical writer, high school dropout and former Russian linguist for Army SigInt. She's called Bingo for a living, waitressed at a strip club, scooped ice cream and conducted political surveys—including for the wrong party. She maintains that, if she hadn't dropped out of high school, she would probably be a mineralogist or a geophysicist—lifelong interests reflected in her first title with Ellora's Cave, Calabi Chronicles: Bloodstone. Ann further maintains that if she had never met her husband of fifteen-plus years or had their son when she did, she would probably be making her living illegally—or, if unsuccessful, sitting in jail. She has a large collection of minerals and a growing collection of lighthouses. Having been born and partially raised in Arizona, the mineral collection doesn't surprise her, but she's still puzzling the source of her lighthouse fetish.