Sands grew up in Southern Ontario. Before college Sands sent in a manuscript to Harlequin Enterprises, but got a response asking for a rewrite and anything else she had written; taking this as a rejection Sands went on to study at the University of Windsor full time while working full time. Sands published her first novel, The Deed, in 1997.

Sands has written for three publishing houses: HarperCollin, Dorchester, and Kensington. Her novels have made the Waldens Books, Barnes & Noble, USA Today and The New York Times Bestsellers lists.

Sands has been nominated the Romantic Times Best Historical Romance and the Romantic Times Best Paranormal Romance awards, and has placed three times in the Reviewers International Organization (RIO) awards. She has won one P.E.A.R.L. (Paranormal Excellence Award for Romantic Literature) award and has been nominated several more times.

• 2000 P.E.A.R.L. Best Paranormal Anthology for Mistletoe & Magic

The Deed Series

• The Deed (April 1997)
• The Key (February 1999)
• The Chase (November 2004)

Other Historical Romance Novels

• The Switch (August 1999)
• Sweet Revenge (February 2000)
• Always (July 2000)
• Lady Pirate (January 2001)
• Bliss (September 2001)
• A Reluctant Reformer (February 2002)
• What She Wants (September 2002)
• The Perfect Wife (September 2005)
• Love Is Blind (August 2006)
• The Brat (May 2007)

Contemporaries

• The Loving Daylights (April 2003)

Argeneau Series

1. A Quick Bite (Avon HarperCollins - November 2005)
2. Love Bites (Dorchester Publishing - January 2004)
3. Single White Vampire (Dorchester Publishing - September 2003)
4. Tall, Dark & Hungry (Dorchester Publishing - July 2004)
5. A Bite To Remember (Avon HarperCollins - July 2006)
6. Bite Me If You Can (Avon HarperCollins - February 2007)
7. The Accidental Vampire (Avon HarperCollins - January 2008)
8. Vampires Are Forever (Avon HarperCollins - February 2008)
9. Vampire, Interrupted (Avon HarperCollins - March 2008)
10. The Rogue Hunter - The Rogue Hunter Series (Avon HarperCollins - September 2008)
11. The Immortal Hunter - The Rogue Hunter Series (Avon HarperCollins - March 2009)
12. The Renegade Hunter - The Rogue Hunter Series (Avon HarperCollins - September 2009)
13. Bitten By Cupid (Avon HarperCollins - January 2010)
14. Born To Bite (Avon HarperCollins - September 2010)
15. Hungry For You (Avon HarperCollins - December 2010)

Devil Of The Highlands Series

1. Devil Of The Highlands (January 2009)
2. Taming the Highland Bride (January 2010)
3. The Hellion And The Highlander (February 2010)

Half books with Hannah Howell

• The Eternal Highlander (Kensington Publishing Co Inc - August 2005)
• My Immortal Highlander (Kensington Publishing Co Inc - August 2006)
• Highland Thirst (Kensington Publishing Co Inc - August 2007)

Anthologies

• Five Gold Rings (Dorchester Publishing Co - October 1999) (with Constance O'Banyon, Stobie Piel, and Flora Speer)
• Mistletoe & Magic (Dorchester Publishing Co - November 2000) (with Lisa Cach, Stobie Piel, and Amy Elizabeth Saunders)
• Wish List (Dorchester Publishing Co - November 2001) (with Lisa Kleypas, Claudia Dain, and Lisa Cach)
• A Mother’s Way (Dorchester Publishing Co - March 2002) (with Lisa Cach, Susan Grant, and Julie Kenner)
• His Immortal Embrace (Kensington Publishing Co Inc - August 2004) (with Sara Blayne, Hannah Howell and Kate Huntington)
• Dates From Hell (Avon HarperCollins - April 2006) (with Kim Harrison, Kelley Armstrong, and Lori Handeland)
• Holidays Are Hell (Avon HarperCollins - November 2007) (with Kim Harrison, Vicki Pettersson, and Marjorie M. Liu)
• Bitten By Cupid (Avon HarperCollins - January 2010) (with Pamela Palmer and Jamie Rush)