After a semi-nomadic childhood throughout California, Lorelie Brown spent high school in Orange County before joining the US Army. After traveling the world from South Korea to Italy, she’s returned home to California, where she currently lives with her three sons and shih-tzu.  Lorelie Brown has cowritten books in two contemporary erotic romance series under the name Katie Porter and has written four historical romance novels. Ahead in the Heat is the second in her sexy, new Pacific Blue series, following Riding the Wave.