Maureen Smith is a USA Today bestselling author who has garnered critical acclaim for her sensual romances and heart-pounding romantic suspense. She has won a Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award and numerous Emma Awards. She also writes women's fiction under the award-winning pen name Naomi Chase. Before becoming an author, Maureen interned with a former U.S. presidential candidate, worked at the famous Watergate complex, and enjoyed a stint as a reporter and freelance writer. She is married to her college sweetheart and they have two children. Follow her on Instagram @authormaureensmith