I'm an avid reader, who had a book-a-day habit until I realized I not only wanted to read books but write them, too.

Romance has always been my first love, the hotter the better. I started reading romance in seventh grade when I discovered Harlequin Presents before graduating to Bertrice Small and Kathleen Woodiwiss. I spent most biology classes with a romance hidden inside my textbook.

After graduating from Penn State with an English degree (and parents who never once said (but had to be thinking) "What the hell are you going to do with an English degree?"), I took a job at a newspaper because the only thing I wanted to do was write and they were going to pay me to do it. And I needed the job. Covering municipal government meetings gave me plenty of time to think about exactly what I wanted to write. For me there was really no choice. It was romance all the way.

So, about 10 years ago, I decided to rekindle my childhood dream of writing romance, joined Romance Writers of America and Valley Forge Romance Writers and set about becoming published.

So, here I am, finally.