Andrea J. Johnson is a writer and editor whose expertise lies in traditional mysteries and romance. She holds a B.A. in English from Swarthmore College, an M.F.A. in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University, and a copyediting certification from UC San Diego. Her craft essays have appeared on several websites such as CrimeReads, Litreactor, DIY MFA, Submittable, and Funds for Writers. She has also written for the women's lifestyle websites Popsugar and The List Daily. Andrea's novels include the cozy courtroom whodunit series the Victoria Justice Mysteries, whose stories focus on a trial stenographer turned amateur sleuth (think Murder, She Wrote meets The Pelican Brief). Visit Andrea's website at ajthenovelist.com, and follow her @ajthenovelist on Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram.

Cassandra Martin is a conduit for lust and desire. She uses her beauty to draw in men to a place that no one will ever know exists. She is a woman in a long line of mistresses who have held a special key to a gate that no man can ever leave from.
Cassandra is the last surviving heir to a key that locks men with dark souls, within a hidden prison of torture deep beneath the earth's core. She has always served her purpose well, using seduction and a man's weakness against him. She has never failed.
Until Drago Brown.
Drago, an escaped convict is not certain of Cassandra's agenda, when he first meets the incredibly beautiful seductress, and she offers him what no man would normally refuse. However, his instincts warn him to move cautiously, and discover the hidden secrets and darkness he suspects lies beneath her innocent countenance. But his own battle within himself, and his decision to destroy or save the woman he doesn't want to love, may be his own downfall.