Winner of the Inaugural Romance Writers of Australia Spicy Bites sexy short story competition, Kristine loves telling sexy tales, exploring relationships between complex women and the strong men who love them, then working out just how much pain to inflict, or not inflict, before giving her characters their HEA (or, at least, their HFN). She’s also a relapsed lawyer who works in human resources, and writes and reads, to escape into other worlds where coffee (and red wine) is abundant, designer shoes and handbags are cheap, chocolate has no calories and men always put the toilet seat down. Find her on Twitter (@wordsbykc), Facebook (Kristine Charles) or Instagram (@wordsbykristinecharles) and drop by www.wordsbykristinecharles.com to check out some more of her words.