Jax (Jacquelyn Frank) was born and raised in Brownsville, Texas. She is a retired schoolteacher with a Master's degree in Education and Bachelor's in Liberal Arts. She is a contributing author to two pieces for Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul (Grandma's Recipe and A Bridge to Freedom. Her short story, A Shadow to Call her Own, was published by Amazon Shorts.com. Her self-published urban fantasy novel, Heart of the Jaguar, is the first out of three in the series of novels for young adults. She is currently conducting research and writing the prequel to her second novel. Jacqueline Mendez has participated in several speaking engagements such as the Barnes & Noble Chicken Soup Spanish edition book signing (March 2008), the Reading Awareness symposium at Weslaco STC (Oct 20007), Latino Writer's Society in San Antonio, TX (April 2007), San Antonio College Author book Fair (April 14 2007), appeared on Radio Ventana - an online radio station (April 2007), spoke at the University of Texas at Brownsville (May 2007), the Edwards James Olmos festival in Dallas, TX (2006), made appearances in the San Antonio Living Show on WOAI (2005), and has done promotional readings with Barnes & Noble. She is also a member of IFMASA (Independent Film Maker's Association of San Antonio) and an advocate for battered women and children of abuse.

A little fantasy goes a long way.... Born on Sanibel Island somewhere between the fifth and seventh bottle of Rosa Regale, Jenna McCormick writes big girl romance with a touch of out of this world fantasy. Her hobbies include scouring the Internet for the perfect pair of boots and stirring up trouble, much to the dismay of her alter ego. Contact Jenna at authorjennamac@gmail.com Also look for her mysteries and contemporary romance published under Jennifer L. Hart or visit her at www.jenniferlhart.com

Cassie Ryan (a.k.a. Tina Gerow) started her published writing career writing steamy paranormal romance under another pen name. However, when one of her critique partners, Brit Blaise, suggested she try her hand at erotic romance, she gave it a shot! After all, shes not a girl to turn down a challenge of any type. So, she pulled out all the stops and wrote the first several chapters of what would become CEREMONY OF SEDUCTION. After hearing Audrey LaFehr from Kensington speak on a new erotic romance line shed started called Aphrodisia, at RWA Nationals, Cassie sent in her partial and went back to writing. So, when Audrey fished her partial out of the slush pile and offered her a three book deal, Cassie Ryan was officially born. Cassie lives in Phoenix, Arizona and besides being a write-a-holic, is a frequent speaker on several writing and motivational topics. "