Raised in a family of book lovers, Misha's mother first encouraged her to read by offering to pay her two cents per page of Hop on Pop, by Dr. Seuss. At first Misha was happy just to be raking in the cash, but before long she traded the pennies for the riches of the written word, and since that time she’s seldom been seen without a book in her hand. Misha’s debut novel, Homesong, was published in 2008 and was a finalist for the Bronte Prize for Romantic Fiction. Her first contemporary romantic suspense, Her Secret Bodyguard went to the top of Amazon’s Hot New Releases in 2011.