About Me
My love affair with romance novels began when I was twelve. I was at a discount bookstore in my hometown and saw Julie Garwood’s The Prize for 30% off (RIP, Julie. You are missed.). The cover drew me in; it was colorful and sparkly. The story entranced me. Soon, I'd read her entire backlist. She made me feel, and I craved that. Characters became my best friends. Alternative worlds became a reliable coping mechanism. In high school, I stayed up all night reading and skipped school the next day, hiding in my bedroom so my parents didn’t know I was truant. Don't judge me...a little subterfuge is necessary in pursuing a passion! In college, I fell under the spell of ‘writing is not a career; do something more reliable' and decided to pursue psychology. Luckily, there’s no such thing as a wasted education (not that my student loans would agree—eeep!). Throughout this time, I kept feeding my reading obsession. I collected books like the curator of a library. I knew, in the back o...