Rebecca Ruger has been a customs trade specialist, artist and shop owner, magazine editor, and restaurant manager. Before all that, just prior to eighth grade, she fell in love with romance books when her mother introduced her to Victoria Holt, and her sister shared her Barbara Cartland collection.

She adores coffee and DIY projects, which are often provoked by the simple question, “How hard can it be?” She loves reading as much as writing, beach vacations over big city tours, and once avoided the first floor of her home for three days straight when she couldn’t find where that spider went. Rebecca is mom to four fabulous young adults and The Best Dog Ever, Brody, and makes her home in Western New York.