Alexis Morgan grew up near St. Louis, Missouri, graduating from the University of Missouri with a B.A. in English, cum laude. She met her future husband sitting outside one of her classes in her freshman year, although it wasn't until the next fall that they actually started dating. They were married in St. Louis, but eventually his job took them to the Pacific Northwest where they've now lived for close to thirty years. Author of more than eighteen full-length books, short stories and novellas, Alexis began her career writing contemporary romances and then moved on to historicals set in the American West. However, beginning in 2006, she crossed over to the dark side. She really loves writing paranormal romances, finding the world building and developing of her own mythology for her characters especially satisfying. Alexis currently writes three paranormal series set in very different worlds, which serve as backdrops for her powerful warrior heroes: The Paladins of Darkness, The Talions and her exciting vampire stories for Silhouette Nocturne. Jenna Night comes from a family of southern-born natural storytellers. Her parents were avid readers and the house was always filled with books. No wonder she grew up wanting to tell her own stories. She's lived on both coasts, but currently resides in the Inland Northwest where she's astonished by the occasional glimpse of a moose, a herd of elk or a soaring eagle.