Jade A. Waters began her literary naughtiness when she convinced a boyfriend that the sexiest form of foreplay was reading provocative words from a thesaurus. While repeating smoldering and all of its synonyms was fun for a while, Jade soon found she preferred penning entire erotic stories instead. Her short fiction appears at The Erotic Woman, on the Kiss Me Quick's Erotica Podcast, and in various anthologies from Cleis Press, including Best Women's Erotica of the Year (Volume 1), Best Women's 2014, Best Erotic Romance of the Year, The Big Book of Orgasms, and Bondage Bites. The first book in her Lessons in Control series—The Assignment—releases from Carina Press in December 2016. Jade loves candy, kisses, and good conversation, and still keeps several word lists posted on the walls of her home in sunny Northern California. Want to know more? Check out http://jadeawaters.com.