Toni Blake
<p><em>USA Today</em> bestselling author Toni Blake's love of writing began when she won an essay contest in the fifth grade. Soon after, she penned her first novel—nineteen notebook pages long. Since then, Toni has become a RITA®-nominated author of more than twenty contemporary romance novels, her books have received the National Readers Choice Award and the Bookseller's Best Award, and her work has been excerpted in <em>Cosmo</em>. Toni lives in the Midwest and enjoys traveling, crafts, and spending time outdoors.</p>