Therese Beharrie is a South African romance author of several acclaimed novels, including her One Day to Forever series. She takes pride in writing diverse characters and settings, and her books are often recommended for their heart and banter. She lives in Cape Town with her husband, her inspiration for every hero, and two adorable baby boys. You can follow her on social media or visit her at theresebeharrie.com.

After a semi-nomadic childhood throughout California, Lorelie Brown spent high school in Orange County before joining the US Army. She’s traveled the world from South Korea to Italy and now lives north of Chicago. She set her Belladonna Ink series in Southern California because she gets enough sleet and snow in her real life.

Lorelie has three active sons, a shih tzu and a yorkiepoo puppy. The yorkiepoo makes a guest appearance in one of her books. Readers can find out which by checking out LorelieBrown.com.

More at home in a restaurant back-of-house than in academia, Eri had the epiphany early on that becoming an author might, with luck and persistence, pay better than either.
In writing, Eri’s especially interested in exploring niches of history, queerness, politics, and their intersections—as long as there is a tropey love story to be had. HEAs always feature; socialists frequently do.
Other than writing, Eri reads—and then promptly forgets—lots of dense and obscure non-fiction; stress-bakes; rearranges the zone-5 perennial shade garden; and dreams about taking time to learn woodworking and/or French.
Eri lives in the Midwest USA with one husband and two long-haired (human) kids.

J.K. Coi is a multi-published, award winning author of contemporary and paranormal romance and urban fantasy. She makes her home in Ontario, Canada, with her husband and son, a black golden retriever, and a feisty black cat who is the uncontested head of the household. While she spends her days immersed in the litigious world of insurance law, she is very happy to spend her nights writing dark and sexy characters who leap off the page and into readers’ hearts

Amy Jo Cousins writes contemporary romance and erotica about smart people finding their own best kind of smexy. She lives in Chicago with her son, where she tweets too much, sometimes runs really far, and waits for the Cubs to win the World Series.

Christine is a romance novelist and short story writer, with over forty publications. She loves to exercise and stops writing just long enough to keep her body in motion too. When she’s not pretending to be a ninja in her basement, she’s most likely spending time with her family and two dogs.

Piper J. Drake (or “PJ”) began her writing career as PJ Schnyder, writing sci-fi & paranormal romance and steampunk. She has recently received the FF&P PRISM award for her work as well as the NJRW Golden Leaf award and Parsec award.

Now, Piper is exploring the complexity of romantic suspense, incorporating her interests in mixed martial arts and the military into her writing.

Vicki Essex is a romance writer based in Toronto, Canada, and has published six contemporary romance books with Harlequin Superromance. She also writes the young adult fantasy weird West series The Devil’s Revolver under the pseudonym V. S. McGrath. She enjoys sleep, salty snacks, Netflix and crocheting rectangular things. Find Vicki on her website, vickiessex.com, Twitter @VickiEssex and on Facebook at facebook.com/vickiessexauthor.