Hello, my name is Ava and I am a book junkie. I love to immerse myself in worlds created by words, whether I am reading or writing them. I love books that make me think and feel deeply, stories that crackle to life, and characters that stay with me when I close the book. I enjoy most genres-history, memoirs, mysteries, philosophy, poetry, cookbooks, plays . . . and toe-curling, steamy romance novels. It's the whole human experience! No one fits into one neat category in real life or in successful fiction. My hope is that my varied interests will lead to characters and plots as well-rounded as my reading list. I am currently being entertained by the voices of the Whiskey and Wildfire series, and they are pushing and shoving inside my head to make their way onto paper . . . or the monitor, as the case may be! Each of my stories starts with a woman finding her inner strength to blaze her own path. I'm a proponent of real love as a partnership of equals; a supportive relationship that is greater than the sum of its parts. This is the kind of love I've shared with my husband for over 20 years, and I know that it is a rare and precious gift. You'll find life lessons we've learned in each story I write, and a little bit of my sexy beast in all of my men.