N.J. Ricks is a wife, mother, teacher, and author who lives in the beautiful Bitterroot Valley of Montana with her husband, three children, two golden dogs, and three cats. She finds solace in reading, writing, and watching heartwarming contemporary romance because she loves a guaranteed happy ending. She has a bachelor’s degree in English education and a master’s in education. She has a compulsive need to fill every waking minute with some kind of activity, and you can often find her on her computer researching or writing or outside with her kids.