Ryleigh Andrews

During the day, Ryleigh is an analyst, but even then, she's writing, sneakily crafting scenes on post-it notes. She's been told she's a bit of a geek...some say nerd. She'll agree to it all. She loves music. It's been a force in her life for as long as she can remember. Her love of Star Wars and superheroes has probably been going on just as long...see, this is where the geek/nerd thing comes into play. But, most of all, Ryleigh loves the written word. She's been writing for a long time. Her fir

VICTORIA ASHLEY

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author. Victoria Ashley grew up in Rockford, IL and has had a passion for reading for as long as she can remember. After finding a reading app where it allowed readers to upload their own stories, she gave it a shot and writing became her passion. She lives for a good romance book with bad boys that are just highly misunderstood and is not afraid to be caught crying during a good read. When she's not reading or writing about bad boys, you can find her

Casey L. B

Casey Bond resides in West Virginia with her husband and their two beautiful daughters. They have two fur-babies, a cat named Nefertiti and an enormous puppy named Benson. Casey loves to read almost as much as she enjoys writing young adult and new adult fiction. Dystopian is her favorite, but all of her works include a romantic element. Follow her on Twitter @authorcaseybond, www.facebook.com/authorcaseybond,

Cora Cade

Nestled away in a small town in Ohio, Cora Cade spends her days adding steamy books to her library, snuggling with her four rotten dogs, and debating the finer points of life with the dear husband. When she's not tucked away with a book you can find her tapping away on her laptop. With coffee. And music.

Sara Celi

Amazon Bestselling Author, Sara Celi, has lived all over the United States. She calls the Greater Cincinnati area home. Sara has spent more than a decade working in journalism and broadcasting, with jobs both on-air and off-air at TV stations in Louisiana, Ohio, and Oklahoma. Her work has appeared in numerous online publications, magazines and newspapers, and she is a contributing author to Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Positive. Since the release of her debut novel, The Undesirable,

Lashell Collins

Lashell Collins is an American author of spicy, romantic fiction. An avid lover of animals and flowers, she has spent the last twenty years working in Veterinary clinics and Garden Centers before finally finding the courage to pursue her real passion and write. She is a huge music fan, loves action movies and, of course, a good romance - whether she's reading it, watching it, or writing it. She lives in Ohio with her husband, a Bernese Mountain Dog and an American Bobtail cat.

MC Decker

M.C. Decker is the author of the debut novel, Unwritten. She lives in a suburb of Flint, Michigan with her husband and spoiled-rotten Siamese cat, Simon. For the last decade, she has worked as a journalist for several community newspapers in Michigan's Thumb region. She enjoys all things '80s and '90s pop culture: movies, boy bands, music and especially the color, hot pink. She also strictly lives by the motto, "Life is better in flip flops," and is a diehard Detroit Tigers fan.

MARISSA DOBSON

Born and raised in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, Marissa Dobson now resides about an hour from Washington, D.C. She's a lady who likes to keep busy, and is always busy doing something. With two different college degrees, she believes you are never done learning. Being the first daughter to an avid reader, this gave her the advantage of learning to read at a young age. Since learning to read she has always had her nose in a book.

L.B. Dunbar

I'd love to say I've written for 10,000 hours, and that makes me a pro. But I can't say that. What I can say is I had a story in my head that wouldn't go away. I thought typing it in my computer would be the end of things, but it only led to another story and another. I love reading, so characters in my head isn't something new. What is new is my creation of them. Hope you enjoy my favorites as much as I do. Happy reading!

Beth Flynn

Beth Flynn is a fiction writer who lives and works in Sapphire, North Carolina, deep within the southern Blue Ridge Mountains. Raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Beth and her husband, Jim, have spent the last 16 years in Sapphire, where they own a construction company. They have been married 30 years and have two daughters and two dogs. In her spare time, Beth enjoys writing, reading, church and taking rides on the back of her husband’s Harley. She is a four-year breast cancer survivor.

ANGELA GRAHAM

New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author. Angela knew she found her calling in the world of fiction the moment she began pounding away at the keys for her first short story in 2012. With a baby on her shoulder, she wrote for about a year before deciding to try her hand at an actual novel. It was the best decision she ever made and since then she continues to bring characters to life in her free time snuck away from her first role as mother to her three young children.

SR Grey

S.R. Grey is an Amazon Top 100 Bestselling author and a Barnes & Noble #1 Bestselling author. She is the author of the popular Judge Me Not series, the Inevitability duology, A Harbour Falls Mystery trilogy, and the new Laid Bare series of novellas. Ms. Grey's novels have appeared on Amazon and Barnes & Noble bestseller lists in multiple categories, including #1 on the Barnes & Noble Nook Bestsellers list last year.

S.E. HALL

Amazon Best Selling Author S.E.Hall is the author of the Amazon Best Selling Evolve Series:Emerge,Embrace, Entangled(novella)and Entice as well as the best selling stand-alone NA Romance, Pretty Instinct. She also co-wrote Stirred Up and Packaged, stand-alone erotic quickies with her CP and friend, Author Angela Graham and is honored to be a part of the USA Today and NYT Best Selling Devour box set.

KIM HOLDON

Kim Holden is an author from Denver CO. Her debut novel, All of It, was released December 2013.

Jillian Jacobs

In the spring of 2013, Jillian Jacobs changed her career path and became a romance writer. After reading for years, she figured writing a romance would be quick and easy. Nope! With the guidance of the Indiana Romance Writers of America chapter, she has learned there are many "rules" to writing a proper romance. Being re-schooled has been an interesting journey, and she hopes the best trails are yet to be traveled.

Danielle James

I live in KY with my beautiful family. When I am not writing, I enjoy the little things in life, such as a good book, a good movie, a ball game, and watching my children do what kids do. (usually the girls torturing my son in some creative way) I love to both read and write paranormal books. For me, it is an escape from the real world that doesn't come from anywhere else. I have always said that I only tell the story as my characters who live in my head tell it to me.

Melissa Jane

A recent bloomer in the writing world, Melissa Jane has delved into a complex world where light and dark clash in unforgivable ways. Romanticism takes on darker influences while malevolence attempts to interfere with courage. Jane knows no boundaries when it comes to discovering the endless personalities that exist within our world. No one is exempt from love, not even those condemned to a life of pain and betrayal where revenge is the only safe passage to true freedom.

Stephanie Keyes

Keyes is the author of the YA Fantasy series, The Star Child, which currently includes The Star Child, After Faerie, The Fallen Stars, and The Star Catcher, all from by Inkspell Publishing. Steph writes YA novels because she's a hopeless romantic who lives to believe that Magick truly does exist. She is hard at work on a new YA novel. Contact Stephanie Website: www.stephaniekeyes.com

JENNIFER LANE

Get psyched for romance with psychologist/author (psycho author) Jennifer Lane! By day she witnesses tremendous growth in her psychotherapy clients, and by night she wrangles misbehaving fictional characters as she writes sports romance and romantic suspense with a psychological twist. She can't decide which is more fun.

J.M. MADDEN

NY Times and USA Today Bestselling author J.M. Madden writes compelling romances between 'combat modified' military men and the women who love them. J.M. Madden loves any and all good love stories, most particularly her own. She has two beautiful children and a husband who always keeps her on her toes.

BL Marsh

B. L. Marsh has been writing and telling stories her entire life. She is a music teacher, guest lecturer and runs Master Classes. Her academic research is focused on the L'homme arme tradition, the Dead Sea Scrolls, chant transmission in the Medieval and Renaissance, and Gnostic and Kabbalah history. Her passion for spirituality, mythology and developing her relationship with God are parts of her Rule of Life.

SHAYNE MCCLENDON

Shayne McClendon is an indie author who has received rave reviews for her premiere novel "The Barter System." Other projects recently released are "In the Service of Women," "Yes to Everything," "Completely Wrecked," "Love of the Game - The Complete Collection," "Hudson" - the second book set in "The Barter System" world, and many more. Writer, mom, and hermit...Shayne listens to the voices in her head because their ideas are awesome. Those around her have learned not to question the crazy.

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ANNE MERCIER

http:/AnneMercierWrites.com First and foremost I am an avid reader of romance. I read every single day. Without reading I wouldn't be inspired to write. The same can be said about music. I started reading with Nora Roberts and Sandra Brown's LoveSwept titles forever ago and went from reading solely traditionally published to reading nearly all indie authors. I still read my Nora and a few others. A must.

ANIE MICHAELS

Amazon Best Selling Author Anie is the west coast author of the Never Series and standalone, The Space Between Us.

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Stacey Mosteller

Stacey is the New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author of Second Chances (co-authored with H.M. Ward) and the Nashville Nights series. She is also a wife, mother, writer and self-professed bookwhore - not necessarily in that order! As the mother of three growing boys, her Kindle has become her temporary escape from the insanity of boys, dogs and her husband. Stacey can usually be found curled up with her iPad when she's supposed to be writing or creating endless playlists on Spotify!

Alexis Noelle

I live in Philadelphia Pennsylvania with my husband, two kids, and two dogs. On top of starting a writing career I am a full time student, and a full time mom. I love spending time with my kids, although I have to hide the computer from them when I am writing! I love being active and being able to do any activity outdoors.

BROOKE PAGE

New Adult Romance Author Mother of two, wonder wife, after school art/pottery instructor, self proclaimed runner, and Indie Romance Novel junkie!

MARY E. PALMERIN

Mary E. Palmerin is 27 years old and resides in Indiana. She is married, has two small boys and usually has her nose in a good book when she isn't writing. She has been writing since she was a young girl, scribbling fairy tales down on notebook paper, creating poetry through her teen years, and many shorts in between, all of which she has kept. Mary enjoys telling tales that are both raw and real, seeing it as a gift to be able to evoke various emotions from her readers.

Lila Rose

I started writing in 2013 and self-published the first of the Hawks MC Club series Holding Out. The next to follow was something different, I wrote Senseless Attraction, a YA novel. Soon I was back to the Hawks series with number two Climbing Out. I have more to write in the series, but there will be also be more novels in the humorous erotica genre, like Left to Chance coming soon, if not out now.

Sidonia Rose

Sidonia Rose lives in suburban Maryland with her family. Sidonia has a long love affair with books. She started early by memorizing her Dr. Seuss books read to her, so she could read them to her parents instead. She is often found with a book in her hands or a couple of books so she can lend to a friend. You can often spot her by her toe shoes.

KATE ROTH

Inspired by music, film, art and the wealth of stories she has heard through her career as a professional hair stylist, Kate Roth has been dreaming up love stories since junior high. Kate's first two novels, New Adult romance THE LOW NOTES and New Adult Paranormal romance RECKLESS RADIANCE were originally released by Rebel Ink Press but have since been re-released as second editions and indie works.

JAYNE RYLON

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Jayne received the 2011 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Indie Erotic Romance. Her stories used to begin as daydreams in seemingly endless business meetings, but now she is a full time author, who employs the skills she learned in her straight-laced corporate existence in the business of writing. She lives in Ohio with two cats and her husband, who both inspires her fantasies and supports her career.

S.L. Schiefer

S.L was born and raised in a small town in Ohio. She is the biggest Ohio State fan EVER! She's married with two beautiful boys and a furbaby. A country girl at heart, and have no problem sitting outside by a fire or grabbing guns and target shooting. Works as a hairstylist and assistant manager at SportClips. In her down time you'll generally find her relaxing with her Kindle, or trying to entertain the minions.

EMMA SHADE

Emma lives in Indiana with her husband and three crazy cats. When she's not busy writing her next novel, Emma enjoys spending time with family and friends, listening to music, taking naps, or curled up with a good book. She is currently pursuing a degree in Visual Communications with Photography. Emma is a proud member of the Romance Writers of America.

BETHANY SHAW

Bethany Shaw has lived in Ohio her entire life. She is happily married to her husband of nine years and together they have two wonderful children. They also share their home with three dogs and two cats. Most of the time, she has at least one of her pets by her feet while she writes. Writing has always been a passion of hers and she is thrilled to pursue her dreams. She enjoys reading romances, young adult and fantasy.

Andrea Smith

USA Today and Amazon Bestselling author Andrea Smith has a wicked sense of humor. No matter the genre, she is able to infuse laughter throughout. She is an open book to her friends and family. She celebrates her successes and reflects on her failures with those she holds dear. Andrea is an Ohio native, currently residing in southern Ohio.

TL Smith

T.L Smith was born and raised in Beautiful Australia. Favourite thing to do apart from read and write is to travel the world. With two children she has her hands full. T.L Smith's Debut novel is Sasha's Dilemma released in March 2014. Followed by a short Novella Adam's Heaven which was released late March 2014.

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Best Selling Author of Seize Me, Withstanding Me, Resenting Me, Shadowing Me, Discovering Me, and Author of Talania - A trip down memory lane the contemporary romance you need tissues for.

NACOLE STAYTON

Nacole Stayton is the Amazon Bestselling author of The Upside of Letting Go, as well as other new adult and contemporary romance titles, including A Graceful Mess, In the Lyrics and Savaged. She is twenty-something years young and currently resides in the Bluegrass State where she spends her nights writing vigorously.

Leslie Stephens

Leslie Stephens is a former executive who walked away from corporate America to pursue a passion for writing. After endless hours of reading Contemporary Romance and Erotica novels, Leslie wrote and published her debut novel in June, 2014.

Hilary Storm

Hilary Storm lives with her high school sweetheart and three children in Enid, Oklahoma. She drives her husband crazy talking about book characters everyday like they are real people. She graduated from Southwestern Oklahoma State University with an MBA in Accounting. Her passions include being a mom, writing, reading, photography, music, mocha coffee, and spending time with friends and family. She is the international best selling author of the Rebel Walking Series.

Ashley Suzanne

Ashley Suzanne has been writing as long as she can remember. As a youngster, she was always creating stories and talking to her imaginary friends. Thankfully, her parents also carried this love of fiction, and helped her grow into the writer she is today. Ashley is a bestselling author and spends equal amounts of time writing and reading. Being the true book whore she is, Ashley would rather dive into a good book before going out of her house.

LEIGHA TAYLOR

Leigha Taylor is a stay-at-home-mom. Shew has three amazing daughters who, along with her husband of eleven years, are the loves of her life. Leigha has loved books as long as she can remember. As a child, she devoured every book she could get her hands on. As an adult, she has a to-be-read list a mile long and couldn't be happier about it. Leigha also has a great love for music of all kinds. She has a passion for singing and almost never stops; she's always belting out show tunes, Disney song

MELISSA TOPPEN

Melissa is a lover of books and enjoys nothing more than losing herself in a good novel. She has a soft spot for Romance and focuses her writing in that direction but hopes to one day branch off and do something completely original. She loves music and is obsessed with the band Blue October! She has a rock star of a husband who gives it to her straight and two beautiful young children that show her what really matters in this life.

DANIELLE TORELLA

Born in Western NY in a small town. Now living in a slightly larger town :p I am married with 2 young boys. I am a stay at home mom, so I can be with my boys. I also do A LOT of painting!

MICHELLE VALENTINE

New York Times Best Selling Author. Michelle A. Valentine is a Central Ohio nurse turned author of erotic and New Adult romance.Her love of hard-rock music, tattoos and sexy musicians inspired her BLACK FALCON series.

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JM Witt

I'm a stay-at-home mom with four young children and one extremely supportive husband. We've been married for over ten years and reside in Metro Detroit, Michigan. I've dreamed of writing romance novels since I was little. After having baby #4, who may or may not have been fathered by Christian Grey, I decided it was time to pursue my dreams.

Scarlet Wolfe

Scarlet Wolfe began writing in January of 2013 as a way to distract and heal from some of the grief she was dealing with after the death of her teenage son. She instantly fell in love with bringing characters to life. Releasing contemporary romance throughout 2013, she branched out in 2014, adding erotica and teen. In 2015, her first romantic mystery/suspense, The Cassano Series, will come to fruition.

Lindy Zart

Lindy Zart has been writing since she was a child. Luckily for readers, her writing has improved since then. Roomies, a NA Rom-Com and international bestseller that hit #1 in Satire Fiction, General Humor, and Humorous, made the USA TODAY bestseller's list. She lives in Wisconsin with her husband, two sons, and one cat. Lindy loves hearing from people who enjoy her work. She also has a completely natural obsession with the following: coffee, pizza, peanut butter, bloody marys, and wine.