Krista Kass -

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Following college, Kass began her career as a journalist, working for several newspapers and magazines. However, it was her love for romance novels that ultimately led her to pursue a writing career. She started writing her first novel, , which was published in 1995. The book's success marked the beginning of Kass's journey as a romance author. krista kass

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The first was simple. A scarf, red as a heartbeat, had blown out of a tram last winter. Its owner, an old teacher who had been widowed the year of the snow, had never stopped waiting on the bench by the river. Krista unraveled the memory along the map’s dotted line and found the bench; she sat, watching the people pass, and waited until the teacher’s hands brushed the air where the scarf had been. When the woman reached the bench a small gust tangled at her sleeve as if the scarf remembered the body that had worn it. Tears slid down the woman’s face that looked like relief and small, soft forgiveness at once. She thanked Krista with a story about chalked math problems and a boy named Jonah who had stood too tall for his uniform. Krista put the story in her pocket like another impossible thing. Following college, Kass began her career as a