Terri-Lynne DeFino was born and raised in New Jersey, but escaped to the wilds of Connecticut where she still lives with her husband, and her cats. If you knock on her door, she'll invite you in and feed you. That's what Jersey Italian women do, because you can take the girl out of Jersey, but you can't take the Jersey out of the girl. She is the author of the Bitterly Suite romance series published by Kensington Lyrical.