Courtney Cole is a novelist who would rather write than eat chocolate. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Business, but no amount of working in the corporate world could quell her urge to write. Courtney was born and raised in Kansas, home of incredibly friendly people and the most horrendous weather on the planet. Because summer days were so hot, she grew up reading stacks of books... and when she didn't like the ending, she wrote her own. Courtney loves hot pink nail polish, Mitch Albom and thunderstorms (not necessarily in that order). She currently lives near Chicago with her real life Prince Charming, two sons, one daughter and small domestic zoo.