Bethany Michaels is the author of over twenty-five steamy contemporary novels and novellas as well as a few Regency-set historicals and light paranormals. The first book in her Nashville country music series, Nashville Heat, was a finalist in RT Magazine's Reviewers' Choice awards for Best Small Press Erotic Romance. When not writing, she enjoys movies, traveling, the outdoors, volunteering with her kids' scout troops, and visiting the cool places around Nashville where her books are set. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband and children.