Hi! I’m Kristie. I live in Southern California with my husband, 8-year-old daughter, and five dogs. I teach literature at a small college during the day, and spend my evenings as a creative writing dance mom. I discovered my love for reading in elementary school, when I first read The Black Stallion in the fourth grade. Since then, I read as if my life depends on it. Bookstores are my amusement parks, novels are my constant companions, and my dream is to build floor to ceiling bookshelves in every room of my house. I love paranormal romance novels, and I especially love novels with strong, fearless heroines. In my free time, I love to hike and camp in the mountains, and I don’t think there is anything better than reading a great book underneath a canopy of pine trees.