After reading countless romance novels, Cynthia Lucas decided to put her self-proclaimed "addiction to love" to good use and write her own. WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES weaves time-travel, swashbuckling heated romance, into a captivating love and adventure story that leaves the reader turning page after page until the very end.The book was a #1 Best Seller in Kindle Edition in October and November of 2012, and continues to be a Top 100 Best Seller in Time Travel Romance on Amazon.com. After numerous requests for a sequel, Ms. Lucas released QUICKSILVER MOON in the fall of 2012 to glowing reviews. That second book in this series is a Finalist (Best Time Travel) in the 2013 RONE Awards.Other titles by Ms.

Lucas include, BLOOD FROM A STONE which was a Quarter Finalist in the 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards, and is a Finalist (Best Paranormal) in the 2013 RONE Awards, and the upcoming release "SMOKE & MIRRORZ" due out in the summer of 2013. Although this is Lucas' first published novel, her love of writing began at a very young age and was cultivated through her long-time career as a singer/songwriter in the musical act NORTH 2 SOUTH and as an award winning songwriter and lyricist. (All Messed Up; Nominee: Best Country Song, 2005. JPF Music Awards, largest free indie songwriting awards/competition in the world. Winner: Ka-Blam (4th Place, Best Lyrics, 2006.) Her travels throughout the US, and her "gypsy" lifestyle on the road touring as a musician in earlier years brought about the inspiration for a romantic hero of Romany background.When not writing her stories, Cynthia writes, records and plays music every weekend with NORTH 2 SOUTH on many stages, both large and small throughout Central Florida, where she resides with her husband of twenty-one years, their daughter and several pets, including exotic birds and various wildlife that she rehabs as a hobby.