Alethea Kontis is the author of the Woodcutter Sisters series, which includes Enchanted, Hero, and Dearest. She is also the New York Times best-selling co-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 in Virginia. Visit her website at www.aletheakontis.com .