DEBRA MULLINS is an award-winning author of historical and paranormal romances, including Prodigal Son. She has been nominated for the Holt Medallion, the Rita from Romance Writers of America, and the National Readers Choice Award. When not writing, Mullins is reading or traveling or working on her family tree—sometimes all at the same time. Born and raised in the New York/New Jersey area, she now lives in California with her family, where she doesn’t miss snowstorms in the least and continues her search for real pizza.