Under the names Livia J. Washburn and L.J. Washburn, Livia Reasoner has been writing award-winning, critically acclaimed mystery, romance, and historical novels for more than twenty-five years. She began to write in collaboration with her husband, author James Reasoner, and soon branched out into telling her own stories. As a longtime fan of paranormal romance, having written many as Elizabeth Hallam, she's thrilled to be writing for the Silhouette Nocturne line under her own name.Livia lives in the Texas countryside with her husband and dogs. Her websites can be found at www.liviawashburn.com, and www.liviareasoner.com and she blogs at http://liviajwashburn.blogspot.com.