Ashlee was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah but always wanted to know what it was like to live on the other side of the mountains. During her undergrad years she interned a semester in DC with her congressman and later attended law school in Syracuse, New York, where she ventured to Israel for a summer semester. After graduating law school with a little taste of what it's like living in the bigger world, Ashlee moved back home to Salt Lake and took the Utah Bar Exam, got married, and settled in with her hubby and two wonderful kids. A few more years in the legal realm, she grew restless again and turned her pen to one of her first loves--writing stories. Currently, when she's not working the day job as in-house counsel for a restaurant management company, she spends her time with her family and squeezing in writing time--anything to avoid the housekeeping. Just kidding, honey;) With influences from her first stories by Lucy Maude Montgomery, Victoria Holt, and Kathleen Woodiwiss, Ashlee writes with romance and humor at the heart of every story--and sometimes a dash of mystery and suspense. Hopefully she pulls it off.