Handed a historical romance as a teen-ager, Ayla Ruse fell in love with love and with happy endings. Having grown up living life tasting a little of this and a little of that has not changed this attitude, but it's expanded her views. Love isn't always happy and it isn't always the way a person "thinks it should be." Sometimes it's outside the box, and it's always a challenge. The challenge of finding and holding onto this love is what drives Ayla in her fiction. She likes stories that strip love -– among other things—down to the skin and tests the attachment and beliefs of the participants. Sometimes that test can come in the form of multiple partners, overcoming a desperate fear or even being sexually inventive. Ayla is published with Changeling Press and with Totally Bound.

Megan Slayer, aka Wendi Zwaduk, is a multi-published, award-winning author of more than one-hundred short stories and novels. She’s been writing since 2008 and published since 2009. Her stories range from the contemporary and paranormal to LGBTQ and white hot themes. No matter what the length, her works are always hot, but with a lot of heart. She enjoys giving her characters a second chance at love, no matter what the form. She’s been nominated at the LRC for Best Author, Best Contemporary, Best Ménage, Best BDSM and Best Anthology. Her books have made it to the bestseller lists on Amazon.com. When she’s not writing, Megan spends time with her husband and son as well as three dogs and three cats. She enjoys art, music and racing, but football is her sport of choice. She’s an active member of the Friends of the Keystone-LaGrange Public library. Find out more about Megan and Wendi at: http://wendizwaduk.com/indexMegan.htm Sign up for the newsletter here: http://ymlp.com/xgjmjumygmgj

Lily Vega lives in the Midwest with her sexy husband who combines all of Dean Winchester's best qualities with a flair for computers. She continually cultivates her dirty mind, fueling it with caffeine and craft beer. She believes all creatures, especially those of the night, deserve mind-blowing sex with a happily ever after. Check out www.facebook.com/LilyVegaWriter for quirky posts and photos of hot guys. Visit Lily's website at LilyVega.com and follow her on Twitter @LV_Writer. Thanks to Luke Spooner for creating my fantastic avatar art. www.carrionhouse.com

I love fantasy, science fiction, speculative literature and movies, and just about anything with creatures in it! Creating new characters and worlds for myself and others to enjoy is one of the biggest joys on Earth for me. I have written a novella via text messaging service, dozens of articles for WiseGeek and YouthNoise, and currently freelance as a news blogger. My writing (including everything from nonfictional news stories to poetry and flash fiction) has been published at Baby-Line, Ecorazzi, Blink-Ink, Daily Kos, Scottsdale Health, Valley Scene Magazine, Short, Fast, and Deadly, and dozens of other publications, both in print and online. To read any of these and hundreds of other blog posts I’ve written, you can visit my alter ego, Sara J. Schmidt. This year I won four separate writing contests, including the Changeling Press Spring Fling, which resulted in the publication of my first book! I am also a homeschooling mom (believe it or not!) and live with my young daughter and husband, who was my highschool sweetheart.

J. Hali Steele wishes she could grow fur, wings, or fangs, so she can stay warm, fly, or just plain bite the crap out of... Well, she can't do those things but she wishes she could! Multi-published author of Romance in Paranormal, Fantasy, and Contemporary worlds which include ReligErotica and LGBTQ stories where humans, vampyres, shapeshifters and angels collide—they collide a lot! When J. Hali's not writing or reading, she can be found snuggled in front of the TV with a cat in her lap, and a cup of coffee. Quotes: Growl and roar—it's okay to let the beast out. – J. Hali Steele Death is overrated as punishment. – J. Hali Steele (from The Descendants) Life is complicated, it’s loud, death arrives silently. – J. Hali Steele (from Twice the Burn) Visit: www.jhalisteele.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/jhalisteele Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/sovereignkind Twitter: www.twitter.com/JHaliSteele Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/jhalisteele A Sovereign Spot: www.sovereignkind.blogspot.com All Author promotion: www.allauthor.com/profile/jhalisteele QueeRomance Ink: https://www.queeromanceink.com/mbm-bo...

Award winning author Anne Kane lives in the beautiful Okanagan Valley with a bouncy little rescue mutt(Merlin the Wonder Dog), a slightly larger rescue dog (Lexi the Bouncy) a cantankerous Himalayan cat (Jeff), and too many fish to count. She has two handsome sons and seven adorable grandchildren. She's always been fascinated by science fiction and fantasy so of course when she writes, she lets her imagination take over. The one thing the reader can always count on is that the main characters will live happily ever after, even if they have to defeat a few nasty aliens first. When she's not busy writing the next great novel, she likes to kayak, hike, ride motorcycles, swim, skate, practice karate, play her guitar, sing and of course, read.