ALETHEA KONTISis the author of the Woodcutter Sisters series, which includesEnchanted, Hero, and Dearest. She is also the "New York Times" best-sellingco-author of Sherrilyn Kenyon s The Dark-Hunter Companion". "Alethea was a student of science fiction greats Andre Norton and Orson Scott Card. She lives and writes on Florida's Space Coast. Visit her website at www.aletheakontis.com.