Scholar. Soldier. Storyteller

V. L. Marotto writes sharp-edged fantasy where power has consequences and love is never safe. Raised in a world of strategy and steel, but steeped in stories of love and ruin, she draws from nearly a decade of service as an Army Special Operations Officer, to craft war0bound romance in morally complex worlds.

She holds a Master of Science in International Relations and a Master of Arts in Strategic Studies, which helps shape the political undercurrents and moral fractures woven through her worlds.

Married to a Special Forces veteran and raising three children (with one on the way), Tori, as she is known by friends and family, understands devotion, sacrifice, and the quiet wars fought for family.