Tarina has spent her entire life in and around the military - first as a dependent and then as an enlisted Air Force member.

​Her debut novel, Stitched Up Heart, released in September 2016 and hit the number one spot on Amazon's Top 100 Free Military Romance. She uses her life as inspiration for many of her stories, because truth is stranger (and funnier) than fiction.

Tarina is still active duty and a single mom of seven-year-old twins. Her favorite hobby is sleep. She is now retired and is trying on being a stay-at-home mom before figuring out what the next stage of her life looks like.