I’ve always been a reader, and my favorite books always have a love story in them, even if they’re historical or suspense or women’s fiction. After I outgrew Sweet Valley High (took a while), I devoured romances by LaVyrle Spencer and romantic suspense by Nora Roberts. Today some of my favorite authors are Liane Moriarty, Lisa Jewell, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Anita Shreve, Philippa Gregory, Beatrix Williams, Elin Hilderbrand. My all-time favorite books ever? YEARS by Lavyrle Spencer, FORTUNE’S ROCKS by Anita Shreve, CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, by Andre Acimen, BIG LITTLE LIES by Liane Moriarty, THE HOUSE AT RIVERTON by Kate Morton, and THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by Julian Barnes.

I attended Miami Ohio and earned a degree in American Studies. Not very useful, but I loved every moment of it, and I know my studies taught me how to read deeper into any kind of story–whether it was the story of a person, a place, or a historical event. I credit my high school English teacher Ms. Cook and some of my professors at Miami with teaching me how to write in my own voice and trust it.

I taught high school English and social studies for five years, and I’ve always been a dance teacher. After having two daughters, I chose not to return to teaching full time. I freelanced for a few years before I got serious about writing fiction. In 2010-11 I wrote three YA novels, once of which later morphed into SPEAK EASY (the other two shall never see the light of day). I queried agents without success for two years before deciding to try revising and self-publishing my historical as New Adult.

I published THE SPEAK EASY DUET in 2013, and it remains my favorite. In 2014 I switched to contemporary romance with the Frenched Series. By 2019, I moved fully into small town romance have have been there ever since!