My secret vice is Sudoku puzzles. Can't stop playing them. My parents are accountants. I blame them entirely.

It's kind of the yin and yang that fascinate me. That for all the evil men do, there are also people who work obnoxiously long hours and sacrifice their personal lives because it is a calling - if they don't keep our streets safe, if they aren't there to advocate for and save beaten women and children and murder victims, who will?

I still like the relationship part of any story. You don't want your character to figure everything out and then at the end of the day, go home and eat soup from a can by herself.

Life may not be perfect, at least it offered moments that were perfect enough.

What I loved about romances was the character, and I think I still bring that to my novels. What romance taught me was that the 'who' will always matter more than the 'what.' It's fun to come up with plots, but I want to make sure the reader cares about who it's happening to.

You can be the hunter, or you can be the hunted.

I'm not the most detailed writer. I have a tendency to be more action-oriented vs. descriptive.