AlTonya Washington has been a romance novelist for 9 years. Her novel Finding Love Again won the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Multicultural Romance in 2004. She lives in North Carolina and recently received her Masters Degree in Library Science. As T. Onyx, AlTonya released her third erotica title "Pleasure's Powerhouse" in 2011. Her latest Harlequin/Kimani title is "Texas Love Song" first in the Lone Star Seduction Series to release in June 2012. The title will be followed up by the second book in the series "His Texas Touch" in July. 2012 will also mark the release of the fourteenth title in her popular Ramsey/Tesano Saga "A Lover's Sin".