Matilda Martel is a Texas girl in love with a Philly boy who loves to write dirty books about older men who fall in love with younger women and fumble their way into a filthy, funny, forever. She likes her heroes to be successful, sweet, suave, sophisticated, and kind-and then, lose all their composure, turning into bumbling fools when they spot the girl of their dreams. She likes her heroines to be witty, intelligent, and unshakeable-who could do just as well without a man-until the hero convinces her otherwise. Matilda lives in Austin, with her husband, three crazy Chihuahuas, and two adorable cats. And she spends most of her days writing steamy romance books with no cheating and Happily Ever Afters, not HFN.