SELLING POINTS

* Stephanie Laurens's sales track is strong. Her most recent mass market, Where the Heart Leads, is just the latest in a string of bestsellers, hitting the New York Times bestseller list at #17. Her previous mass market title, The Edge of Desire, hit the New York Times list at #4, and remained on the USA Today bestseller list for six weeks.

* Laurens has been a consistent New York Times bestselling author in hardcover as well as paperback.

* She has appeared on the Publishers Weekly bestseller list, in both mass market and hardcover, and the USA Today Top 150 Books list.

* Each and every Laurens title can be read as part of a series, or stand completely alone. She also sells around the world, with a bestseller status in Australia.