Ariel can't resist pairing a damaged heroine with a southern gentleman who manages to tear down her walls one brick at a time. The men in her books will open every door and carry every bag, just like her husband does. She's eternally indebted to her writing, which rescued her from the darkest place she has ever been. Her lifelong dream is to one day write all her books in a house by the sea, with a wine cellar that's never empty and her imaginary characters somehow becoming her real-life friends. Ariel Hendrix lives in Honolulu, Hawaii with her husband and two kids.