Born and raised in Maine with a slight detour to Connecticut for junior and senior high school, Jillian loves her home state and the opportunities for developing story ideas.

Jillian didn't jump directly into writing the steamy romance novels, but developed it over five years and four novels. Each novel saw the characters getting friendlier and friendlier until she realized she had jumped into a new category of romance.

Being married to a police officer and working as a journalist in a small town, I have become more aware of the interactions between different people and I've learned that if you shut your mouth long enough people will tell you almost anything.