Lizzy Hartwell writes rom-com and high stakes romantic mysteries featuring fearless heroines, swoon-worthy alpha males, and stakes high enough to require a parachute. A former NASA employee married to a test pilot (for real), she knows a thing or two about smart women in dangerous situations—and the men brave enough to love them. When she's not crafting page-turners, she's reading in sweatpants with her Instant Pot doing the heavy lifting. She lives in Southern California and is a recovering children's book author who finally let her characters kiss.