Violet Duke is a former professor of English education who is ecstatic to now be on the other side of the page writing wickedly fun contemporary romance novels. When she's not arguing with her story characters or feeding her book-a-day reading addiction, she enjoys tackling reno projects with her power tools (trying pretty much anything without reading the directions first) and cooking "special edition" dishes that laugh in the face of recipes. Violet lives in Hawai'i with her two cute kids and similarly adorable husband.