Jackie Ashenden is the Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author of over 80 books. She prefers writing sexy, emotional contemporary romance with alpha heroes who've just got the world to their liking only to have it blown wide apart by their kick-ass heroines.She lives in Auckland, New Zealand. When she's not torturing alpha males and their gutsy heroines, she can be found drinking martinis, reading anything she can lay her hands on, wasting time on social media, or knitting yet another sweater.