Defiant

Pamela Clare began her writing career as a columnist and investigative reporter and eventually became the editor-in-chief of two different newspapers. Along the way, she and her team won numerous state and national honors, including the National Journalism Award for Public Service and the Keeper of the Flame Lifetime Achievement Award. She is the author of many historical romance and contemporary romantic suspense novels, including the MacKinnon's Rangers trilogy, the Blakewell/Kenleigh Family trilogy, and the I-Team series. Pamela lives in Colorado.

Kaleo Griffith is a classically trained, multiple award-winning voice artist and actor living in Los Angeles. He has been called "powerful, with the presence of a young Timothy Dalton" by the Hollywood Reporter. Kaleo graduated cum laude from Franklin Pierce University with a BA in Theatre, holds an MFA in acting from Rutgers University, and is a graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He has also lived and trained classically in the U.K. through Roger Williams University. His film and television credits include Oliver Stone's Talk Radio, Law & Order, Law & Order SVU, Diagnosis X, and All My Children, as well as hosting on HGTV. He has performed in over fifty professional theatrical productions across the country, including at the Pasadena Playhouse and South Coast Repertory Theatre, working with veterans like Richard Chamberlain, Jessica Walter, and Lois Nettleton. His voice work encompasses many commercial campaigns and audiobooks. Kaleo won two Audiofile Earphones Awards for his narration work on Pamela Clare's Extreme Exposure and Pulitzer Prize finalist Karen Russell's Vampires in the Lemon Grove.