Denise Rossetti's interest in reading dates back to her early youth when an aunt would tell her original fairy tales. It was not until 2005, however, that she decided to try her hand at writing her own stories. That year Rossetti dared herself to enter the Erotic Pen Writing Contest that year, and while her entry
Gift of the Goddess did not win it nevertheless attracted the interest of Ellora's cave editor, Sue-Ellen Gower. The book forms the first part of
Phoenix Rising trio of erotic fantasy novels published by Ellora's Cave. Rossetti has since published a series of short stories and a novel
Thief of Light which are all set in the same Pentacles universe. Two of her Kaminsky Family stories have also been published in the anthologies
A Red Hot Year (2007) and
Ellora's Cavemen: Season of Seduction Volume 1 (2007).