Lori Foster first published with Harlequin in January 1996. Her second book launched Temptation Blaze and her 25th book launched Temptation Heat. Since those early days, Lori has routinely had 6 to 10 releases a year. She's a Waldenbooks, USA Today, Publisher's Weekly and New York Times bestselling author with over 50 titles published through a variety of houses, including Berkley/Jove, Kensington, St. Martins, Harlequin and Silhouette. In 2005, Lori received the prestigious Romantic Times “Career Achievement Award” for Contemporary Romance.

Lori visits daily with readers as part of the “Running With Quills” blog at www.runningwithquills.com and at her busy message board featured on her website www.LoriFoster.com

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Penguin/NAL author Janice Maynard

Janice Maynard came to writing early in life. When her short story, The Princess and the Robbers, won a red ribbon in her third-grade school arts fair, Janice was hooked. She holds a B.A. from Emory and Henry College and an M.A. from East Tennessee State University. In 2002, Janice left a fifteen-year career as an elementary teacher to pursue writing full-time. She was first published with Kensington's Precious Gem line, later wrote for their Brava imprint, and now writes for Penguin/NAL. From January of 2007 to January 2009, Janice has eight very sexy romances coming out with NAL, three of which are erotica written under her pseudonym, Elizabeth Scott. She lives in east Tennessee with her husband, and has two grown daughters. Visit Janice at JaniceMaynard.com

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