Writing these about sections are so hard when you’re someone like me, who lives inside their head most of the time! But I know you have curious minds, just like I do when it comes to my favourite authors, so I’ll lift the veil and let you in a little.

I’ve been a cheese, chocolate and coffee addict most of my life and last year, after coming out of a long period of illnesses, I decided to get healthy and, horror of horrors, was confronted with a difficult choice. I had to either give up my favourite things to eat and drink, or keep doing what I as doing and suffering the consequences on my health. What did I do? I found decaf coffee that’s actually drinkable and found replacements for the cheese and chocolate in vegan and sugar-free alternatives. No mean feat might I add. The cheese one remains a huge challenge and if you’ve found any that are remotely palatable pop me an email – I’m desperate.

I can usually be found in my home office, either writing, reading or disappearing down rabbit holes on the internet under the guise of doing research!

Growing up in a multi-lingual environment, I knew I wanted to become an author, but had a complete lack of confidence when it came to picking a language! Then life got in the way and I got married, emigrated, raised two amazing kids, and the closest I got to writing was joining book clubs and learning to drink copious amounts of wine. Then somewhere along the way, when I was in my forties, I attended a writing course where I met romance author Romy Sommer. Together, we founded the Romance writers Organisation of South Africa (ROSA), which is still going strong more than a decade later.

I write sizzling hot reads in the mafia romance, romantic suspense and romantic thrillers sub-genres. There’s one thing you can be sure of when reading my books – there’s plenty of action, and lots more taking place between the sheets! I love transporting my readers to destinations unknown.

As a bona fide nosy parker, there’s nothing better than delving into worlds I know nothing about and making up interesting characters and crafting unputdownable stories. In this fast-paced world, there’s so much to learn and so little time to do it in.

I’m currently living in sunny South Africa with my entrepreneurial, ever-patient aviator husband, and with our kids living their own lives, the welcome sign at our house is always out and we love it when friends and family come to visit.