USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Lazaris spent most of her early twenties blocking shots in front of a deck hockey net and writing stories.

These days, she spends her days and nights hunched over the keyboard, combining her love of hockey and writing into romance novels.

A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Jennifer’s a die-hard Penguins fan who lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She takes her life in her hands every time she wears her Penguins jersey in the heart of Leafs Nation, but figures it’s worth the risk to represent her beloved Black and Gold.