Juanita Critch grew up in a rural Newfoundland community of fewer than 50 people. After attending Memorial University, where she graduated with a BA in religious studies and folklore, she settled in St. John’s, Newfoundland, with her husband Brian. By day, Juanita writes steamy contemporary romance for Harlequin/Mills & Boon, but by night she drinks margaritas and dreams of living on a tropical beach. Juanita and Michael talk about one-room school houses where your mom is the teacher, good teens who like angry music, religious studies, the publishing industry, and missing important phone calls.