was born in Texas but grew up in California. She has degrees in Art History from the University of California and spent many years in high tech marketing, specifically database marketing. Her last position was as Director of Marketing Operations for a software company.

She has always been a devotee to the woman writers of the Regency period like Jane Austen or Maria Edgeworth and was instantly hooked when she finally discovered Georgette Heyer. After reading a lot of Regency Romances she finally started to write one. Her first novel (A Proper Companion) was published by Jove in 1995. She then wrote for the Signet Regency Romance imprint before expanding into the Historical Romance genre, although her books are usually set in the Regency era. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area.