Caridad Pineiro
Pseudonym for Caridad Scordato.
http://www.caridad.com
Caridad Piñeiro is a multi-published and
award-winning author whose love of the written word
developed when her fifth grade teacher assigned a project
— to write a book that would be placed in a class
lending library. She has been hooked on writing ever since.
From the start, Caridad's novels have received acclaim and
have helped redefine the landscape of modern romance novels.
In 1999, Caridad was published by Kensington as part of
Encanto, the first line of bilingual Latino romance novels.
In 2000, Caridad was one of the first Latino authors
featured at the launch of BookExpo America's Spanish
Pavillion. In December 2006, Caridad helped Silhouette
launch its successful Nocturne paranormal line with
DEATH CALLS, one of the novels in the
award-winning THE CALLING Vampire series. In
addition, Caridad has appeared at BookExpo America on
numerous occasions and has captained both the multicultural
and vampire genre panels at the RT BookClub Conventions.
Caridad's CHICAS novels, including her seventeenth release,
SOUTH BEACH CHICAS CATCH THEIR MAN from Simon
& Schuster's Downtown Press, have garnered praise from both
fellow authors and reviewers and are helping to make Latina
fiction a vital part of the publishing mainstream.
In recognition of her work, Caridad has received various
awards and honors. In 2007, a year marked by the debut of
six novels from Harlequin and Pocket Books, Caridad received
the Golden Apple Award Author of the Year Award from the New
York City Chapter of the Romance Writers of America. Other
honors that Caridad has received include the selection of
DANGER CALLS and DEATH CALLS as
the Top Fantasy Books of 2005 and 2006 by CATALINA
magazine, the Cataromance Reviewers Choice Award for Best
Nocturne in 2006 and the New Jersey Romance Writers Golden
Leaf award in 2001 for Best Short Contemporary. Her other
titles have received a number of nominations, such as the
Harlequin Readers Choice Awards and RIO Reviewers Choice
Awards. Both DANGER CALLS and SEX AND
THE SOUTH BEACH CHICAS have been book club selections.
Caridad's eighteenth novel, MOON FEVER, a
paranormal anthology with Maggie Shayne, Susan Sizemore and
Lori Handeland, debuted in late September 2007 as #32 on the
New York Times Extended Bestseller list and #123 on
the USA TODAY Bestseller List. HOLIDAY WITH A
VAMPIRE, a paranormal anthology with Maureen Child,
made the BookScan Top 100 Adult Fiction list.
In 2010, Caridad will debut a new paranormal romantic
suspense series with Grand Central Publishing.
Caridad has appeared on Romance Novel Television, Fox
Television's Good Day New York Early Edition , New Jersey
News' Jersey's Talking with Lee Leonard and WGN-TV's
Adelante Chicago. Articles featuring Caridad's works have
appeared in the New York Daily News, Catalina,
RT BookClub, Star Ledger, Home Tribune
News, Sun Sentinel, Variety Yahoo! Online News,
Latina and the Waterbury Republican-American.
When not writing, Caridad teaches workshops on various
topics related to writing and heads a writing group. Caridad
is also an attorney, wife and mother.
Also about the Author: Caridad was born in Havana, Cuba, and
settled in the New York Metropolitan area. She attended
Villanova University on a Presidential Scholarship and
graduated magna cum laude. Caridad earned her juris doctor
from St. John's University and became the first female
partner of Abelman, Frayne & Schwab, an intellectual
property firm in midtown Manhattan.
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Books
Amazon Awakening
December 1, 2011
Rey Peralta has been sent to persuade Paola Lopes to return
to Brazil and take up her place as Priestess of the
Guardians, protectors of the sacred realm hidden deep in the
Amazon Read more...
A Vampire for Christmas
October 18, 2011
Tis the season...for these darkly sexy tales.
All they want for Christmas is you...
It’s the time of year for twinkling lights on trees
and kisses under the mistletoe. Yet the passing of Read more...
The Lost
(Sin Hunter #1)
July 26, 2011
Adam Bruno is no ordinary millionaire. The heir to an
ancient race possessing a dark, powerful magic, he can
shapeshift and create energy. His gifts make him a living
weapon and have forced Read more...
The Fifth Kingdom
June 28, 2011
Dr. Deanna Vasquez hasn’t spoken to her mother in
years, not since the renowned archaeologist abandoned her
family in her quest to find the lost tomb of Montezuma. When
CIA agent Bill Santana Read more...
Aztec Gold
January 3, 2011
Six months ago, Cynthia Guerrera’s lover and fellow
archaeologist Rafael Santiago trekked into the Mexican
jungle in search of one of the fabled Cities of
Gold—and never emerged. Guilty over their parting,
Cynthia won’t Read more...
Stronger than Sin
October 26, 2010
Dr. Liliana Carrera nearly lost her life to Wardwell
scientists. She won’t let them harm other innocent
victims, like her new patient, Jesse Bradford. The former
pro athlete had the best hands in Read more...
Sins of the Flesh
October 27, 2009
Caterina Shaw's days are numbered. Her only chance for
survival is a highly experimental gene treatment—a
risk she willingly takes. But now Caterina barely recognizes
herself. She has new, terrifying powers, an exotic,
arresting Read more...
Awakening the Beast
(A Collection of Six Sexy Bites)
September 29, 2009
Enter the darkly seductive world that exists within Nocturne
Bites' with tales woven by some of the most spellbinding
authors: Lisa Renee Jones, Olivia Gates, Linda O. Johnston,
Barbara J. Hancock, Caridad Piņeiro Read more...
Fury Calls
(The Calling #7)
March 1, 2009
Four years ago, overcome by hunger, Blake Richards took too
much from a young woman, and turned her to save her life.
Now Meghan Thomas is like him, a vampire...and their initial
attraction Read more...
Soldier's Secret Child
(#1540 The Coltons: Family First)
November 25, 2008
At eighteen, Macy Ward had turned to Fisher Yates for a
single night of comfort...and then Fisher joined the
military while she married another man. Years later, she is
a single mother, and Read more...
Holiday With A Vampire
December 1, 2007
'Tis the season to take a walk on the dark side...
Silhouette Nocturne is proud to present these two sensual,
heartwarming tales of love during the holiday season. True,
the heroes may not Read more...
Moon Fever
September 25, 2007
Spellbinding paranormal stories by four stellar
authors that will send shivers of desire down your
spine.
In "Tempting Fate" by Susan Sizemore,
Desiree dreams she spent a passion-filled night with sexy
rock star Jon Coyote...and Read more...
South Beach Chicas Catch Their Man
September 12, 2007
Four single girls + four sexy men = Trouble
for one confirmed
bachelorette who just wants to hang with her
amigas!
Reporter Sylvia Amenabar loves her vida loca. Just
months ago, she and her three Read more...
Secret Agent Reunion
(#1476 Mission: Impassioned)
August 1, 2007
Danielle Moore, alias The Sparrow, knows just how deadly
distractions can be. A year earlier she had allowed her
desire to discover the murderer of her parents to cloud her
judgment. Because of Read more...
Blood Calls
(The Calling #6)
May 1, 2007
Diego Rivera lost his life during the Spanish Inquisition,
but when he is saved by becoming a vampire, he swears to
become a better man. Ramona Escobar is a promising young
artist who Read more...
Devotion Calls
January 2, 2007
In Spanish Harlem, real danger comes in nonhuman form. A
night stalker haunts the barrio, feeding its insatiable
hunger, craving the humanity only healer Ricardo Fernandez
can give him. For Ricardo is cursed Read more...
Death Calls
(The Calling: Book 4)
December 1, 2006
When FBI agent Diana Reyes fell in love with Ryder Latimer,
she knew that there were things she would give up. For the
passion her vampire lover brought into her life, it Read more...
Temptation Calls
(#1390 - The Calling: Book 3)
October 1, 2005
Samantha Turner has survived her share of abusive
relationships, both in life and death. But after becoming a
vampire, Samantha finally finds freedom and embarks on a
new life -- Read more...
Danger Calls
(#1371 - The Calling: Book 2)
June 1, 2005
Dr. Melissa Danvers has no time in her life for love. In
addition to the demands of being a doctor at a New York
Metropolitan hospital, Melissa is the personal Read more...
Friday Night Chicas
April 1, 2005
Following in the footsteps of such compilations as Living
Large (2003), a set of four stories about African American
women by four authors, Friday Night Chicas presents four
novellas about four memorable Friday Read more...
Darkness Calls
(#1283 - The Calling: Book 1)
March 1, 2004
FBI Agent Diana Reyes has learned the hard way how to
master the darkeness, but it will tempt her again when she
is forced to go undercover to solve a Read more...
Darkness Calls
(#1283 - The Calling: Book 1)
February 28, 2004
FBI Agent Diana Reyes has learned the hard way how to
master the darkeness, but it will tempt her again when she
is forced to go undercover to solve a Read more...
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