Candy Burke writes stories that are romantic, sometimes include paranormal elements, and almost often spiked with suspense. She weaves her fiction in the wee hours, has a love of flavored coffee, and indulges her dark side in flash fiction and horror. "To have a reader live vicariously in a world I've built, through the characters I've created; worry about them, cheer for them and cry with them, is an amazing gift. " She resides in North Carolina with her true-life hero, and furbaby