Lindsay Jayne Ashford is the bestselling author of the historical novels Through the Mist, A Feather on the Water, The House at Mermaid's Cove, The Snow Gypsy, Whisper of the Moon Moth, The Woman on the Orient Express, and The Color of Secrets, as well as the Megan Rhys con¬temporary crime series. The first woman to graduate from Queens' College, Cambridge, Lindsay earned a degree in criminology and was a reporter for the BBC before becoming a freelance journalist, writing for a number of national magazines and newspapers. She lives in a late-medieval farmhouse in Wales with her husband, Steve, and their dog, Pablo, and has a writing cabin among the trees that she shares with a pair of tawny owls. When she's not writing, she enjoys dancing and gardening. For more information, visit www.lindsay-jayne-ashford.com.