<p>Willa Brooks is from Bronx, New York, but moved to Queens when she was nine and grew up there. A world of difference.<br/><br/>She'd sneak her mom's historical romance novels when she was a teenager and fell in love with romances in general. She watched soap operas and attributes them to the reason why she writes romantic suspense.<br/><br/>When she's not writing, she enjoys baking.</p>