Kristine Allen is a USA Today Bestselling author of heart racing romance. She lives in beautiful Central Texas where she can be found sweating and cursing the heat in the summers. She loves reading, horseback riding, and hockey - not necessarily in that order. She is known as the household staff to Gizmo, her tiny spoiled chihuahua mix. Kristine realized her dream of becoming a contemporary romance author after years of reading books like they were going out of style and having her own stories running rampant through her head. She feeds her creative thought processes with Smartfood white cheddar popcorn, peanut butter M&Ms, and Diet Coke. She works as a night shift nurse, but in stolen moments, taps out ideas and storylines until they culminate in characters and plots that pull her readers in and keep them entranced for hours.