Summer Devon is the alter ego of writer Kate Rothwell. Until she met Summer, Kate was a mild-mannered writer with kids, a husband and a dog. To channel this new identity, Kate has to recall her wild younger days--okay, not that wild, though she did stints as a bartender and an artist model.

They share a few similarities, yet Kate and Summer are very different. Summer cares about her appearance, can dance and walk for miles in high-heeled shoes, has a rich melodic laugh and naturally beautiful fingernails. Her advanced degree is in something very exotic that led to a well-paid career in a field she'd like to discuss, but regretfully, can't. She can pop bonbons and type at the same time and never gets chocolate on the keyboard or her blouse. Though her clothes are generally shapehugging, she never suffers from static cling.