Kelli Ireland spent a decade as a name on a door in corporate America. Unexpectedly liberated by Fate's dark and warped sense of humor, she chose to carpe the diem and pursue her passion for writing. A fan of happily-ever-afters, she found she loved being the Puppet Master for the most unlikely couples. Seeing them through the best and worst of each other while helping them survive the joys and disasters of falling in love? Best. Thing. Ever. She exercises her total love the of the HEA (happily-ever-after) by writing both contemporary and paranormal romance novels.
But Kelli has a dark side, too. It's a side that requires nurturing and periodic outlets or bad things happen to her husband--pictures of him sleeping that he refuses to see the humor in, tape on the cats' feet, bird calls at 2 a.m. and...more. That's why she also writes urban fantasy. It's an escapist thing, a way to let her imagination go as wild as it dare go, letting it world build, create a variety of characters that don't all have to be redeemed and to create that slow burn of romance across a couple of books before the actual consummation of a relationship between hero and heroine. But just because the build is slower, don't expect the results to be cooler. Trust her when she says she has to, on occasion, rein herself in. Slow burns are the best.
Kelli is also an absolute series addict. That means she rarely writes a stand alone book. Not that her series can't be read as stand alone (except the urban fantasies, which are best read in order), but she loves the way her literary heroes-- authors like Larissa Ione, Gena Showalter and Vivian Arend--take their series and draw them out to give readers far more intimate relationships with the characters inside their worlds.
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But Kelli has a dark side, too. It's a side that requires nurturing and periodic outlets or bad things happen to her husband--pictures of him sleeping that he refuses to see the humor in, tape on the cats' feet, bird calls at 2 a.m. and...more. That's why she also writes urban fantasy. It's an escapist thing, a way to let her imagination go as wild as it dare go, letting it world build, create a variety of characters that don't all have to be redeemed and to create that slow burn of romance across a couple of books before the actual consummation of a relationship between hero and heroine. But just because the build is slower, don't expect the results to be cooler. Trust her when she says she has to, on occasion, rein herself in. Slow burns are the best.
Kelli is also an absolute series addict. That means she rarely writes a stand alone book. Not that her series can't be read as stand alone (except the urban fantasies, which are best read in order), but she loves the way her literary heroes-- authors like Larissa Ione, Gena Showalter and Vivian Arend--take their series and draw them out to give readers far more intimate relationships with the characters inside their worlds.
Fun Facts:
- Kelli is tall, coming in at 6'1".
- To call Kelli an animal lover is the equivalent of calling brain freeze disconcertingly uncomfortable: understatement of the century, people.
- Seafood is an abomination in Kelli's Book of Life Facts. ("If it once walked the land, put a fork in her hand. If it ever swam in the sea, just leave it the hell be.")
- If Kelli could live anywhere in the world, it would be...Ireland.
- A total gear-head, Kelli has owned far too many cars over the course of her marriage. It's a sickness, friends. A sickness.
- She never writes about people she knows. Creepy factor = HIGH.
- Before Fate's intervention, Kelli had a beautiful cottage garden. She's in the process of bribing her husband to help revive it. And by "help," she really means follow her directions and do the manual labor she can no longer do.
- Kelli believes life without humor =/= a good life.
- She never asks someone to do something she won't do herself.
- Someday, Kelli wants to live in a finished house. She's been "under construction" her entire marriage...19 years and counting.
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- Food: Northern Mexican food (sopapilla compuesta...mmmm)
- Music: almost anything except Swedish hiphop. (Don't ask.)
- Movie: Give me Chris Hemsworth and show me his arms. And abs. And legs. And smile. And stuff.
- Book: Impossible to answer. (Still crying over ME BEFORE YOU)
- Drink: Vinnie del Rocco smoothie from Planet Smoothie
- Holiday: Christmas (loves to give gifts and it's so freaking hot outside)
- Season: Doesn't matter as long as it's 30-67 degrees outside.
