Rita HerronUSA Today bestselling author Rita Herron fell in love with books at the ripe old age of eight when she read her first Trixie Belden mystery. Ten years ago, she traded her job as a kindergarten teacher for one as a writer and now has more than inety romance novels to her credit. She loves penning dark romantic suspense tales, especially those set in small Southern towns. She earned a Career Achievement Award from RT Book Reviews for her work in Series Romantic Suspense and has received rave reviews for the Slaughter Creek novels Dying to Tell and Her Dying Breath. Rita is a native of Milledgeville, Georgia, and a proud mother and grandmother. Read More Read Less