Nicole Helm writes down-to-earth contemporary romance and fast-paced romantic suspense. She lives with her husband and two sons in Missouri.

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lindsay McKenna is a pioneer of the romance genre, with over 175 titles to her credit and nearly 23 million books sold across 33 countries. Known as "The Top Gun of Women's Military Fiction," she was an originator of the military romance with her 1983 novel, Captive of Fate, and was the first bestselling women's fiction author to publish a novel as digital-only in 1999.

Lindsay McKenna's father, who served in the Pacific theater during World War II, instilled a strong sense of patriotism and duty in his daughter, who is a U.S. Navy veteran. She served her country as a meteorologist in the Navy, and is dedicated to honoring our military men and women.