Denise Swanson writes the nationally bestselling Scumble River mystery series for Penguin/NAL/Obsidian. Her 10^th book, Murder of a Chocolate-Covered Cherry, came out in April and was on the B & N, Borders, and BookScan bestseller list for nine weeks. All of her backlist has gone into multiple printings—the first book is in its 12^th printing. (Read more)

Jackie Powers is an aspiring author currently working on polishing her 2nd manuscript, a historic erotica story set in Victorian London.

She is also webmistress for the Windy City Web site.

Jackie lives in Aurora, IL, with her four sons (Ages: 20, 18, 15 and 13), three cats and a Siberian Husky in a 100 year old house that's always in need of some sort of repair.

For her day job, Jackie builds web sites for people and creates stained glass art.

Years after receiving her Criminal Justice degree from the University of Oklahoma , Laura renken aka Melody Thomas discovered the historical romance genre. True legends like M.M Kaye, Kathleen Woodiwiss, Judith McNaught, and Penelope Williamson, sparked her love for writing and convinced her she wanted only to do one thing in life and that was to create great stories alive with grit and passion.In the past. She's written westerns for Leisure under Lori Morgan and Pirate adventure books for Berkley under Laura Renken. Her books have been five times reviewer nominated by Romantic Times Bookclub for Best Adventure and Best Historical Suspense and Gothic categories. (Read more)